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（Emoto Masaru，1943年7月22日－）是一位出生于日本横滨的日本作家，合同会社江本胜办公室董事长，IHM研究所所长，国际波动之友会会长（International Hado Membership Association）。西元1942年毕业于横浜市立大学文理学部国际关系论学科。西元1986年他创立了IHM株式会社（Institute of Hado Medicine，波动医学研究所）。1992年获得印度开放国际大学（台湾音译open为奥本）的代替医疗学博士认定(亦有人指责其为购买得来的学位，详见下文)。

Born in Yokohama, Japan, Emoto graduated from Yokohama Municipal University with courses in International Relations. "In 1986, he established the I.H.M. Corporation in Tokyo and is currently the head of the I.H.M. General Research Institute, Inc., the President of I.H.M., Inc., and the chief representative of I.H.M.'s HADO Fellowship".[1][unreliable source?] In 1992 he received certification as a Doctor of Alternative Medicine from the Open International University for Alternative Medicine in India, an unaccredited institute with minimal academic requirements.[2][unreliable source?][3] "Subsequently, he was introduced to the concept of micro-cluster water and Magnetic Resonance Analysis technology in the United States, which began his quest to discover the mystery of water".[4][unreliable source?]

Emoto is President Emeritus of the International Water For Life Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Oklahoma City, founded in 2005. He has three children with his wife Kazuko.[citation needed]