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Ananaikyō (三五教) :An
Ōmoto-lineage religion founded by
Nakano Yonosuke (1887–1974). ;Byakkō Shinkōkai (白光真宏会) :Founded by Goi Masahisa (1916–1980) emphasizes two characteristic Ōmoto doctrines, the notion that all religions emanate from the same root (
bankyō dōkon), and the principle of world peace. ;Chikakusan Minshukyō Kyōdan :Based on the mountain-worship cult of
Mount Ontake in the
Kiso region founded by Nehashi Umetarō (1868–1922) as the Chikaku Kōsha (Chikaku Religious Association). ;Chūshinkai :A movement focused on
divination and
onomancy, founded by Kumazaki Ken'ō (1881–1961). ;Daihizenkyō (大日然教) :Founded by Orimo Nami (1893–1966). ;
Ennōkyō (円応教) :Founded by
Fukada Chiyoko (1887–1925). ;Hachidai Ryūō Daishizen Aishinkyōdan :Founded by Ishikawa Sen (1886–1961), who declared to be
possessed (
kamigakari) by a spirit. ;Hachidai Ryūōjin Hakkō Seidan :Founded by Demura Ryūsei (1926– ). ;Hachirakukai Kyōdan :Founded by Ogawa Kōichirō (1919–80). ;Hi no Oshie :Teaching of the Sun. Founded by Sakuma Nikkō (1884–1954) (Nikkō means "sun-light"). ;Hikari Kyōkai (ひかり教会) :Derived from Ōmoto. Founded by painter (1897–1963). ;Hizuki no Miya :Founded by Fujimoto Toshinari (1930–1989). The founding of the religion is dated from January 11, 1956, when Fujimoto received a revelation from the
kami Amaterasu ōmikami. ;
Honbushin (ほんぶしん) :A group from Tenrikyō lineage. Founded by
Ōnishi Tama (1916–1969), the group was founded in 1961 within Honmichi as the Tenri Mirokukai (Tenri Miroku Association) and later seceded. ;
Honmichi ((ほんみち) :Founded by
Ōnishi Aijirō (1881–1958), a former Tenrikyō missionary. ;
Ijun (いじゅん) :Founded by Takayasu Ryūsen (1934–) as an
Okinawan religion. ;Ishinkyō :Founded by Hashiguchi Reizui (1879–1963). ;Izumo Shin’yū Kyōkai :Founded in 1968 by Hosoya Seiko (細矢靖子, 1927–) after she had practiced austerities in Izumo, Nara and Eiheiji. ;Izumokyō (出雲教) :This is a religion reminiscent of sectarian Shinto (Kyōha Shintō). It was started by Kitajima Naganori (1834–93). ;Jieidō :Lineage of Sekai Kyūseikyō, founded by Katsunuma Hisako (1927–). ;
Jingūkyō (神宮教) :With characteristics of Sect Shinto (Kyōha Shintō) and founded by Urata Nagatami and others. ;Kakushin Shūkyō Nipponkyō :Founded in 1940, when the "Father-deity Kotoshironushi no ōkami" descended upon Chitose Makami (1879–1986). ;
Kami Ichijōkyō (神一条教) :A Tenrikyō-lineage group founded by (1889–1974). ;Kannagarakyō (神ながら教) :Founded by Mizuno Fusa (1883–1970). ;Kikueikai Kyōdan :Founded in 1928 by the sculptor of Buddhist images Hayashi Shikō (1901–88). Shikō claimed that a golden sphere with the form of a "nine-star divination pattern" came floating towards him, after which he began to engage in spiritual healing. ;Kogi Shintō :Founded by the Shinto priest Kuwabara Yachio (1910–) after World War II. ;Koshintō Senpōkyō :Founded by Masai Yoshimitsu (1907–1970), and known for its claim to be related to the tradition of "ancient Shinto" (
Koshintō). ; (皇祖皇太神宮天津教) :Founded by Takeuchi Kiyomaro (also Ōmaro) (1874–1965) based on the (
Takeuchi monjo), claimed to be rediscovered ancient texts. ;Kuzuryū Taisha :Founded by Ōnishi Masajirō (1913–88) after receiving a dream oracle from the deity Benzaiten (Sanskrit
Sarasvati) during a dream in 1954. ;Kyūseishukyō :Resulting from the merging of four branches of
Sekai Kyūseikyō, it began its activities in 1955 after the death of the founder of Sekai Kyūseikyō,
Okada Mokichi (1882–1955). ;
Makoto no Michi (真の道) :Founded by Hagiwara Makoto (1910–81) who experienced paranormal powers since before World War II. ;Makoto no Michikyō :Founded by Matsumoto Jōtarō (September 1881–1944). ;Maruyamakyō (丸山教) :Founded by Itō Rokurobei (1829–94). ;Misogikyō Shinpa :Founded by Sakata Yasuhiro (1962–). ;Mitamakyō :Founded by Nagata Fuku (1891–1975). ;Miyaji Shinsendō :Founded by Miyaji Suii (known as Kakiwa, 1852–1904) and with strong
Taoist influence. ;Nihon Jingū Honchō :Founded by Nakajima Shūkō (1902–88) who was deeply interested in the study of the traditional calendar (
rekigaku) and the theory of five phases of matter (
gogyō). ;Nihon Seidō Kyōdan :Founded by Iwasaki Shōō (1934–) who had a mystical experience while in a coma. ;Nikkōkyō (日光教) :Founded by Teraguchi Kōjirō (1881–1960). ;Ōkanmichi (おうかんみち) :Founded by Yamada Baijirō (1875–1941), a Tenrikyō teacher. ;Ōmiwakyō (Sako) :Founded by Sako Kan (1878–1937). ;Ōmiwakyō (Kojima) :Founded by Kojima Moriyoshi in 1872. ;
Ōmoto (大本) :Founded by
Deguchi Nao (1836–1918) and
Deguchi Onisaburō (1871–1948) after a "spirit dream" at the lunar New Year in 1892. ;Ōmoto Hikari no Michi (大本光之道) :Founded by Hōkan Meikyō (1923–) based on Ōmoto and Sekai Kyūseikyō. ;
Ōyamanezu no Mikoto Shinji Kyōkai (大山ねずの命神示教会) :Founded by Inai Sadao (1906–88). ;Perfect Liberty Kyōdan (
PL Kyōdan) (パーフェクト リバティー教団) :Known as Church of Perfect Liberty frequently abbreviated as merely "PL", founded by Miki Tokuharu (1871–1938), a Zen monk. ;Reiha no Hikari Kyōkai (霊波之光教会) :Founded by Hase Yoshio (1915–84). ;Renmonkyō (蓮門教) :Founded by Shimamura Mitsu (1831–1904) who was saved from serious illness by Yanagita Ichibei, who had studied the "marvelous law of things" (
myōhō no ji). ;Renshindō Kyōdan :Founded by Tanaka Jigohei (1886–1973). ;Samuhara Jinja :Started in 1935 when Tanaka Tomisaburō (1868–1967) rebuilt a dilapidated shrine in Okayama. ;
Seichō no Ie (生長の家) :Connected to
Ōmoto and founded by
Taniguchi Masaharu (1893–1985). ;Seikōkyō :Founded by Fujita Nobuhiko (1889–1977). ;Seimeikyō :Derived from Sekai Kyūseikyō and created in 1955 by Kihara Yoshihiko. ;Seishin Myōjōkai :Founded by Fujita Motonari (1903–85). ;
Sekai Kyūseikyō (世界救世教) :Church of World Messianity from the Ōmoto lineage. It was founded by
Okada Mokichi. ;
Sekai Mahikari Bunmei Kyōdan (世界真光文明教団) :Also known as World Divine Light outside Japan, it is one of the
Mahikari movement Okada Kōtama (1901–1974, born Yoshikazu) founded the Mahikari religion, which then split into
Sukyo Mahikari and Sekai Mahikari Bunmei Kyōdan (World Divine Light) upon his death. ;
Sekai Shindōkyō (世界心道教) :Founded by Aida Hide (1898–1973). ;Shidaidō (四大道) :Founded by Nagahashi Yasuhiko (1895–1981) in 1931. ;Shikō Gakuen :Founded by Kawakami Seizan (1908–51). ;Shin Nihon Shūkyō Dantai Rengōkai :Federation of New Religious Organizations of Japan, founded by and for new Japanese religious movements. Established in 1951 with a membership of twenty-four groups. ;
Shindō Tenkōkyo (神道天行居) :Founded by Tomokiyo Yoshizane (1888–1952). ;
Shinji Shūmeikai (神慈秀明会) :Founded by Koyama Mihoko (1910–). ;
Shinmei Aishinkai (神命愛心会) :Founded by Komatsu Shin'yō (1928– ). ;Shinreikai Kyōdan (神霊会教団) :Founded by Ishii Reizan (born Iwayoshi, 1884–58) who had a revelation in 1932. ;
Shinreikyō (神霊教) :Founded by Ōtsuka Kan'ichi (1891–72). ;Shinri Jikkō no Oshie (真理実行の教) :Founded by Honjō Chiyoko (1902–1957). ;Shinsei Tengan Manaita no Kai :Founded by Kurata Chikyū (1906–91). ;Shintō Shinkyō :Founded by Unigame Ito (1876–1976). ;Shintō Shinshinkyō :Founded by Adachi Taijūrō (1841–1895) who received a divine revelation after nine years of his own unique form of practice. ;Shizensha :Founded by Hashimoto Satomi (1899–1984). ;
Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama (松緑神道大和山) :Founded by Tazawa Seishirō (1884–1966) after dedicating a shrine to a "mountain kami" (
yama no kami) in 1919, witnessing extraordinary astronomical phenomena, and hearing divine voices. ;Shūyōdan Hōseikai (修養団捧誠会) :Founded by Idei Seitarō (1899–1983). ;Soshindō :Started focused on Matsushita Matsuzō (1873–1947), a spirit medium (
reinōsha) active from the Taisho era (1912–26) to the World War II period. ;Soshindō Kyōdan :Founded by Yoshioka Tajūrō (1905–87). ;Subikari Kōha Sekai Shindan :Founded by the spiritualist
manga artist Kuroda Minoru (1928– ). ;Sukui no Hikari Kyōdan (救いの光教団) :A new religion deriving from
Sekai Kyūseikyō, one of several groups in opposition to that religion's policy of centralization (
ichigenka) implemented in the mid-1960s. ;
Sūkyō Mahikari (崇教真光) :Derived from the lineages of
Ōmoto and
Sekai Kyūseikyō, founded by
Kōtama Okada (Sukuinushisama) (1901–74) on August 28, 1959 and established as a registered religious organisation on 1978 by Mr Okada's daughter Sachiko Keishu Okada (Oshienushisama), (1929– ). ;Sumerakyō :Founded by Onikura Taruhiko after having experienced possession (
kamigakari) by a deity around 1919. ;Taireidō :Founded by Tanaka Morihei (1884–1928) who was said to have acquired a kind of supranormal power (
reishiryoku) after a four-month ascetic seclusion in the mountains. ;Taiwa Kyōdan :Emerged from Yamatokyō, founded by Hozumi Kenkō (1913–76) and his wife Hisako (1908–2003). ;Tamamitsu Jinja (玉光神社) :Founded by the spirit medium Motoyama Kinue (1909–74). ;Ten'onkyo (天恩教) :Founded by Hachiro Fukuji (1899–1962) who experienced the ability to converse with a spirit, and thereafter received visitations from various deities. ;Tenchikyō (天地教) :Founded by Uozumi Masanobu (1852–1928). ;Tengenkyō :Founded by Naniwa Hisakazu (1902–84). ;Tenjōkyō :Founded by Ishiguro Jō (1908– ). ;Tenjōkyō Hon'in :Founded by Kuramoto Ito (1895–1985). ;Tenkōkyō ((天光教) :Derived from
Konkōkyō. Founded by Fujita Shinshō (?–1966) who received at age nineteen a revelation from a deity he called
Tenchikane no kami ("heaven-earth gold deity"). ;
Tenrikyō (天理教) :It was one of the thirteen sects of prewar Shinto. Founded by
Nakayama Miki (1798–1887) after having a sudden experience of spirit possession (
kamigakari) from a deity she called Tenri-O-no-Mikoto. in the tenth lunar month of 1863. Tenrikyo removed itself from its Sect Shinto classification when it was free to do so after World War II. ;Tensei Shinbikai :Founded by Iwanaga Kayoko (1934–). ;Tensenku Monkyō (Tendan) :Known locally as Tinsinkun Munchu (Tinkha), emerged from ancient Shintō (Koshintō) in the southern Ryukyu islands. ;Tensha Tsuchimikado Shintō Honchō :Inspired in Tsuchimikado Shintō (Tensha Shintō). ;Tenshin Seikyō :Founded by Shimada Seiichi (1896–1985). ;Tenshindō Kyōdan :Founded by Tamura Reishō (1890–1968) who received the revelation of
Kami on April 3, 1927. While working in the office of the Governor-General of Korea, Reishō studied the Daoistic magical arts transmitted in Korea since ancient times. ;Tenshinkyō Shin'yūden Kyōkai :Founded by Kamiide Fusae (1922–1980) who had a sudden experience of spirit possession (
kamigakari) in 1958. ;
Tenshō Kōtai Jingūkyō (天照皇大神宮教) :Founded by
Kitamura Sayo (1900–1967). ;Tenshōkyō :Founded by Senba Hideo (1925–) and his wife Senba Kimiko. ;Tenshūkyō :Founded by Unagami Haruho (1896–1965). ;Tokumitsukyō :Founded by Kanada Tokumitsu (1863–1919). ;
World Mate (ワールドメイト; formerly Cosmomate) :Founded by Fukami Seizan (aka Fukami Tōshū, born
Haruhisa Handa) (1951–). ;Yamakage Shintō (山蔭神道) :Emerged from "ancient Shinto" (
Koshintō) tradition, founded by the Yamakage family. ;Yamatokyō (大和教) :Founded by Hozumi Kenkō (1913–76), a practitioner of Shugendō at Dewa Sanzan. ;
Zenrinkyō (善隣教) :Founded by Rikihisa Tatsusai (1906–77). ==Other sects and schools==