ASTRONAUT

Kimiya Yui

1970 - Today

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Kimiya Yui (油井 亀美也, Yui Kimiya), born January 30, 1970 in Kawakami, Nagano, Japan, is a Japanese astronaut from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). He was selected for the agency in 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kimiya Yui is the 429th most popular astronaut (down from 420th in 2019), the 2,549th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,097th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Kimiya Yui ranks 429 out of 556. Before him are Alexander Gerst, Ken Bowersox, Steven Swanson, Anton Shkaplerov, Stephanie Wilson, and Dmitri Kondratyev. After him are Maksim Surayev, Stephen Bowen, Joseph R. Tanner, Rex J. Walheim, Gregory C. Johnson, and Kenneth D. Cameron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Kimiya Yui ranks 602. Before him are Laura Badea-Cârlescu, Matt Letscher, Lars Vogt, Robert Lang, Thomas Frischknecht, and Leonard Doroftei. After him are Sergei Zubov, Els Callens, Stefano Secco, Hiroyuki Inagaki, Leonardo Astrada, and Oleg Tsaryov.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kimiya Yui ranks 2,549 out of 6,245. Before him are Koji Inada (1985), Yoshiaki Koizumi (1968), Hideki Nomiyama (1975), Princess Akiko of Mikasa (1981), Ryoichi Maeda (1981), and Shunkun Tani (1993). After him are Shinji Murai (1979), Sho Kamimura (1989), Kentaro Yabuki (1980), Taishi Endo (1980), Nozomi Hiroyama (1977), and Tsuneyuki Ueda (1985).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Japan

Among astronauts born in Japan, Kimiya Yui ranks 11. Before him are Takao Doi (1954), Akihiko Hoshide (1968), Soichi Noguchi (1965), Satoshi Furukawa (1964), Takuya Onishi (1975), and Naoko Yamazaki (1970). After him are Norishige Kanai (1976).

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