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Shoko Asahara

1955 - 2018

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Shoko Asahara (麻原 彰晃, Asahara Shōkō, March 2, 1955 – July 6, 2018), born Chizuo Matsumoto (松本 智津夫, Matsumoto Chizuo), was the founder and leader of the Japanese doomsday cult known as Aum Shinrikyo. He was convicted of masterminding the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, and was also involved in several other crimes. Asahara was sentenced to death in 2004, and his final appeal failed in 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shoko Asahara has received more than 3,053,732 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Shoko Asahara is the 901st most popular writer (up from 1,026th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Japan (up from 190th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Japanese Writer.

Shoko Asahara is most famous for being the founder of the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo. He is also known for being the mastermind behind the 1995 Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.

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  • 62.63

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  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.99

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  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Your First Steps to the Truth
Beyond Life and Death
Meditation
1993
Tathagata Abhidhamma Book 1
Spiritual life
Bodhisattva Sutra Salvation Through Comp

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shoko Asahara ranks 901 out of 7,302. Before him are Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Eugène Scribe, Daniel Goleman, Roger Zelazny, Nikolai Ostrovsky, and Appius Claudius Caecus. After him are Sherwood Anderson, Etty Hillesum, Bruce Chatwin, Maurice Druon, Wole Soyinka, and Stefan George.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Shoko Asahara ranks 42. Before him are Kris Jenner, Liu Xiaobo, Mark David Chapman, Mariano Rajoy, Lazarus Chakwera, and Billy Bob Thornton. After him are Martin Schulz, Roland Emmerich, Brendan Gleeson, Gary Sinise, Pietro Parolin, and Haitham bin Tariq. Among people deceased in 2018, Shoko Asahara ranks 46. Before him are Reynaldo Bignone, Burton Richter, Barbara Bush, Günter Blobel, Leon M. Lederman, and Bernard Lewis. After him are Paul Allen, R. Lee Ermey, Milena Dravić, Paul D. Boyer, Gene Sharp, and Joe Jackson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shoko Asahara ranks 160 out of 6,245. Before him are Kazuyoshi Miura (1967), Junko Tabei (1939), Kobayashi Issa (1763), Tomoyuki Yamashita (1885), Iwane Matsui (1878), and Ken Watanabe (1959). After him are Osamu Yamaji (1929), Nobusuke Kishi (1896), Emperor Ōjin (210), Antonio Inoki (1943), Shohei Imamura (1926), and Emperor Kaika (-208).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Shoko Asahara ranks 19. Before him are Sugawara no Michizane (845), Sei Shōnagon (966), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Masaru Emoto (1943), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), and Kobayashi Issa (1763). After him are Mori Ōgai (1862), Shūsaku Endō (1923), D. T. Suzuki (1870), Yosano Akiko (1878), Kenji Miyazawa (1896), and Eiji Yoshikawa (1892).

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