Founder of the Japanese new religious group Aum Shinrikyo
Shoko Asahara
835, 8w9, ENTJ, So/Sp
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 deadly 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 May 2012, his execution was postponed due to further arrests of Aum members. He was ultimately executed on July 6, 2018.
