Ryuho Okawa

Samstag, 07. Juli 1956

Ryuho Okawa (大川 隆法; Ōkawa Ryūhō; born Takashi Nakagawa (中川 隆; Nakagawa Takashi) on July 7, 1956 in Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture) is the CEO and founder of the Happy Science religious organization and the Happiness Realization Party in Japan. He is also chairman of two companies affiliated with the organization, Newster Production and ARI Production. His organization has been widely criticised as a cult. Adherents of the religion worship Okawa, who claims to be the reincarnation of "El Cantare" and of a number of other beings, including Hermes and Gautama Buddha.