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 a Japanese cult leader and terrorist who founded and led the 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. In June 2012, his execution was postponed due to further arrests of Aum members. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shoko Asahara is the 883rd most popular writer (up from 900th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Japan (down from 160th in 2019) and the 18th 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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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shoko Asahara ranks 883 out of 7,302. Before him are Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Jerzy Kosiński, Laura de Noves, Danilo Kiš, Varlam Shalamov, and James May. After him are Appius Claudius Caecus, Aron Nimzowitsch, Robert E. Howard, Ian McEwan, Marie Mancini, and Zenodotus.

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Among people born in 1955, Shoko Asahara ranks 50. Before him are Israel Katz, Kris Jenner, Valery Gerasimov, Dodi Fayed, Marcelo Bielsa, and J. K. Simmons. After him are Najib Mikati, Brendan Gleeson, Mark David Chapman, Héctor Cúper, John Grisham, and Roland Emmerich. Among people deceased in 2018, Shoko Asahara ranks 56. Before him are Paul Allen, Jamal Khashoggi, Jin Yong, Gudrun Burwitz, Robert Venturi, and R. Lee Ermey. After him are Osamu Shimomura, Stéphane Audran, Michael Halliday, Reynaldo Bignone, Francis Lai, and Wim Kok.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shoko Asahara ranks 168 out of 6,245. Before him are Takashi Furukawa (1981), Shunroku Hata (1879), Emperor Sujin (-147), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797), Issey Miyake (1938), and Kuniaki Koiso (1880). After him are Emperor Suinin (-69), Osamu Shimomura (1928), Takashi Takabayashi (1931), Teiichi Matsumaru (1909), Masatoshi Koshiba (1926), and Emperor Kōtoku (596).

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Among WRITERS In Japan

Among writers born in Japan, Shoko Asahara ranks 18. Before him are Sei Shōnagon (966), Kōbō Abe (1924), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Zeami Motokiyo (1363), Masaru Emoto (1943), and Kobayashi Issa (1763). After him are Yosa Buson (1716), Mori Ōgai (1862), D. T. Suzuki (1870), Sugawara no Michizane (845), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), and Ono no Komachi (825).

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