Masami Tsuchiya
Masami Tsuchiya may refer to: * Masami Tsuchiya (Aum Shinrikyo) (1965–2018), member of the Aum Shinrikyo movement *Masami Tsuchiya (singer) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Ippu-Do. Following their disbandment in 1984, Tsuchiya focused on his solo career and formed ...

Masami Tsuchiya (Aum Shinrikyo)
was a senior member of Aum Shinrikyo, responsible for the deaths of a combined 19 people and for the production of sarin, VX nerve agent, PCP, and LSD. He served in Aum's "Ministry of Health". Prosecutors described him as "the second most important figure involved in the gas attacks by the Aum Shinrikyo cult" after Aum leader Shoko Asahara himself. Biography A native of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Tsuchiya joined Aum Shinrikyo at the age of 26 in 1991 after attending a yoga class, which he took as treatment for whiplash following a car accident. Tsuchiya earned his master's degree in physical and organic chemistry from the University of Tsukuba before fully committing to Aum Shinrikyo. Tsuchiya was notably loyal to Asahara, describing himself as a "direct disciple of the guru", and referring to Asahara as . Trial and execution Tsuchiya was charged with seven counts: the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack that killed 12 people; the June 1994 sarin attack in Matsumoto, Nagano, that killed ...
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