What was Shoko Asahara's birth name?
Chizuo Matsumoto
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Answer
Chizuo Matsumoto, better known by his religious name Shoko Asahara, was born on March 2, 1955, in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan. He was the founder and leader of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, responsible for the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995. Asahara proclaimed himself as the reincarnated Christ and supreme guru, manipulating his followers through a blend of religious teachings, yoga, and pseudo-scientific claims.
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