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Masaru Emoto

1943 - 2014

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Masaru Emoto (江本 勝, Emoto Masaru; July 22, 1943 – October 17, 2014) was a Japanese businessman, author and pseudoscientist who claimed that human consciousness could affect the molecular structure of water. His 2004 book The Hidden Messages in Water was a New York Times best seller. His ideas had evolved over the years, and his early work revolved around pseudoscientific hypotheses that water could react to positive thoughts and words and that polluted water could be cleaned through prayer and positive visualization. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masaru Emoto is the 814th most popular writer (down from 768th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Japan (down from 130th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Writer.

Masaru Emoto is most famous for his experiments on water crystals. He would take water from a river, a bottle of water, and a glass of water and put them in a dark room. He would then use different words to describe each glass of water and take pictures of the crystals that form. He found that when he used words like "love" or "thank you" the crystals would form into beautiful shapes, but when he used words like "you fool" or "you idiot" the crystals would be distorted and ugly.

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Among writers, Masaru Emoto ranks 814 out of 7,302. Before him are Zeami Motokiyo, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Cesare Pavese, Joseph of Anchieta, Robert Ludlum, and William Saroyan. After him are Alexander Blok, Julius Fučík, Gerard of Cremona, Nikolay Karamzin, James Jones, and Aelia Eudocia.

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Among people born in 1943, Masaru Emoto ranks 66. Before him are Peter Zumthor, Mario Botta, Leonardo Sandri, Esma Redžepova, Andreas Baader, and Arthur B. McDonald. After him are Terrence Malick, Finn E. Kydland, Sam Shepard, Neale Donald Walsch, Klaus Maria Brandauer, and Tom Holland. Among people deceased in 2014, Masaru Emoto ranks 38. Before him are Pete Seeger, Lorin Maazel, Harold Ramis, Adolfo Suárez, H. R. Giger, and Richard Kiel. After him are Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Gerald Edelman, Tito Vilanova, William R. Pogue, Mickey Rooney, and Dobrica Ćosić.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masaru Emoto ranks 140 out of 6,245. Before him are Issei Sagawa (1949), Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), Emperor Go-Kōmyō (1633), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Jiro Miyake (1900), and Usaburo Hidaka (null). After him are Toshihide Maskawa (1940), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Hiroaki Sato (1932), Kobayashi Issa (1763), and Sonny Chiba (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Masaru Emoto ranks 16. Before him are Natsume Sōseki (1867), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Sei Shōnagon (966), Kōbō Abe (1924), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), and Zeami Motokiyo (1363). After him are Kobayashi Issa (1763), Shoko Asahara (1955), Yosa Buson (1716), Mori Ōgai (1862), D. T. Suzuki (1870), and Sugawara no Michizane (845).

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