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WRITER

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 2,813,156 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Shoko Asahara is the 1,028th most popular writer (up from 1,129th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Japan (up from 212th 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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  • 2.8M

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  • 60.79

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shoko Asahara ranks 1,028 out of 5,755Before him are Derek Walcott, Bernhard Schlink, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Ernst Toller, Ľudovít Štúr, and Egill Skallagrímsson. After him are Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Jerome K. Jerome, Marcus Minucius Felix, John Malalas, Will Durant, and Corinna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Shoko Asahara ranks 44Before him are Jeff Koons, Héctor Cúper, Denis Mukwege, Katalin Karikó, Egils Levits, and J. K. Simmons. After him are Martin Schulz, Billy Idol, Brendan Gleeson, François Cluzet, Haitham bin Tariq, and Yuriy Sedykh. Among people deceased in 2018, Shoko Asahara ranks 55Before him are Jean-Louis Tauran, Paul D. Boyer, Scott Wilson, Reynaldo Bignone, Gérard Genette, and Dolores O'Riordan. After him are Sondra Locke, Wim Kok, Osamu Shimomura, Gene Sharp, Jalaluddin Haqqani, and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shoko Asahara ranks 191 out of 6,048Before him are Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Yoichiro Nambu (1921), Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1915), Emperor Kōtoku (596), Jiroemon Kimura (1897), and Emperor Kenzō (450). After him are Emperor Seimu (83), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), Shohei Imamura (1926), Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646), Yohji Yamamoto (1943), and Kawakami Gensai (1834).

Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Shoko Asahara ranks 19Before him are Masaru Emoto (1943), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Kōbō Abe (1924), Sugawara no Michizane (845), Edogawa Ranpo (1894), and Zeami Motokiyo (1363). After him are D. T. Suzuki (1870), Mori Ōgai (1862), Kobayashi Issa (1763), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Yosa Buson (1716), and Shūsaku Endō (1923).