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Akihiko Hoshide

1968 - Today

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Akihiko Hoshide (Japanese: 星出 彰彦, Hepburn: 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 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Akihiko Hoshide is the 277th most popular astronaut (down from 240th in 2024), the 1,671st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,516th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Astronaut.

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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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Akihiko Hoshide ranks 309. Before him are Pavel Kuka, Yasmine Bleeth, Rafael Alkorta, Alexandre de Moraes, Miodrag Božović, and Jane Krakowski. After him are Adam McKay, Troy Kotsur, Brian Cox, John Connolly, Francesco Calzona, and Nadia Calviño.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akihiko Hoshide ranks 1,671 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).

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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).

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