Founder of the Japanese new religious group Aum Shinrikyo (1955-2018)
Shoko Asahara
Asahara in 1990
Born
Chizuo Matsumoto
(1955-03-02)March 2, 1955
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Died
July 6, 2018(2018-07-06) (aged 63)
Tokyo Detention House, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan
Cause of death
Execution by hanging
Occupation(s)
Cult leader, founder of Aum Shinrikyo
Political party
Shinri Party
Criminal status
Executed
Spouse
Tomoko Matsumoto (took the name "Akari Matsumoto" after her release from prison)[1]
Children
12
Conviction(s)
Mass murder Terrorism
Criminal penalty
Death
Date apprehended
May 16, 1995
Supreme Leader of the Aum Shinrikyo
In office August 25, 1989 – May 16, 1995
Preceded by
Religion founded
Succeeded by
Leadership collapse
President of the Shinri Country
In office June 20, 1994 – May 16, 1995
Prime Minister
Kouichi Ishikawa
Supreme Leader
Himself as Leader of Aum Shinrikyo
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Chairman of the Shinri Party
In office August 16, 1989 – July 6, 2018 Interim: 1990 — July 6, 2018
Preceded by
Party founded
Succeeded by
Party dissolved Party dissolved after the execution of Asa
Japanese name
Kanji
麻原 彰晃
Hiragana
あさはら しょうこう
Transcriptions
Romanization
Asahara Shōkō
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. In June 2012, his execution was postponed due to further arrests of Aum members.[2] He was ultimately executed along with other senior members of Aum Shinrikyo on July 6, 2018.[3][4]
^"Japanese Aum Shinrikyo Cult Leader Shoko Asahara Executed". The Inquisitr. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
^"Execution of Aum founder likely postponed". asiaone News. The Yomiuri Shimbun/Asia News Network. June 5, 2012. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014.
^"Aum Shinrikyo: Japan executes cult leader Shoko Asahara". BBC News. July 6, 2018.
^"Aum Shinrikyo guru Shoko Asahara hanged for mass murder: reports". The Japan Times. July 6, 2018.
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