ASTRONAUT

Akihiko Hoshide

1968 - Today

Photo of Akihiko Hoshide

Icon of person Akihiko Hoshide

Akihiko Hoshide (星出 彰彦, Hoshide Akihiko; born December 28, 1968) is a Japanese engineer, JAXA astronaut, and former commander of the International Space Station. On August 30, 2012, Hoshide became the third Japanese astronaut to walk in space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akihiko Hoshide is the 277th most popular astronaut (down from 240th in 2019), the 1,666th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,516th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Akihiko Hoshide by language

Loading...

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Akihiko Hoshide ranks 277 out of 556. Before him are Gregory R. Wiseman, Yury Onufriyenko, Robert F. Overmyer, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Daniel Brandenstein, and Yury Usachov. After him are Robert L. Stewart, John Oliver Creighton, Steven R. Nagel, Brewster H. Shaw, Marcos Pontes, and Norman Thagard.

Most Popular Astronauts in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Akihiko Hoshide ranks 300. Before him are Jason Donovan, Pavel Kuka, Yasmine Bleeth, Rafael Alkorta, Miodrag Božović, and Jane Krakowski. After him are Adam McKay, Troy Kotsur, Brian Cox, John Connolly, Nadia Calviño, and Ed O'Brien.

Others Born in 1968

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akihiko Hoshide ranks 1,666 out of 6,245. Before him are Futaba Kioka (1965), Takao Kobayashi (1961), Tsuyoshi Nakao (1983), Midori Ito (1969), Takeshi Watanabe (1972), and Norio Sasaki (1958). After him are Yuji Takada (1954), Takashi Yamazaki (1964), Shogo Sakurai (1984), Daijiro Kato (1976), Yuto Nagatomo (1986), and Kinya Takehara (1974).

Others born in Japan

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ASTRONAUTS In Japan

Among astronauts born in Japan, Akihiko Hoshide ranks 6. Before him are Toyohiro Akiyama (1942), Chiaki Mukai (1952), Koichi Wakata (1963), Mamoru Mohri (1948), and Takao Doi (1954). After him are Soichi Noguchi (1965), Satoshi Furukawa (1964), Takuya Onishi (1975), Naoko Yamazaki (1970), Kimiya Yui (1970), and Norishige Kanai (1976).

Japanese born Astronauts

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous