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Koichi Wakata

1963 - Today

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Koichi Wakata (若田 光一, Wakata Kōichi; born 1 August 1963) is a Japanese engineer and an astronaut working for Axiom Space. Wakata retired from JAXA in 2024 after a career in spaceflight spanning nearly two decades. He logged over 500 days in space across five missions: three aboard the Space Shuttle, one on the Soyuz, and one on the Crew Dragon. His missions included three long-duration stays on the International Space Station (ISS) and two short-duration flights—one to the ISS and one aboard the Space Shuttle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Koichi Wakata is the 207th most popular astronaut (up from 211th in 2019), the 1,357th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,389th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Koichi Wakata ranks 207 out of 556. Before him are Yury Malyshev, Elliot See, Laurel Clark, James C. Adamson, Karol J. Bobko, and Ronald J. Garan Jr.. After him are Michael J. Adams, Gennady Sarafanov, Jon McBride, Loren Acton, Clifton Williams, and Valery Korzun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Koichi Wakata ranks 281. Before him are Jens Johansson, Jörg Michael, Ivan Capelli, Nina Ananiashvili, Vladimir Solovyov, and Yoko Kanno. After him are Yasuharu Takanashi, Raimond Aumann, Rosario Flores, Daniel Bravo, Andy Rubin, and Francesco Quinn.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koichi Wakata ranks 1,357 out of 6,245. Before him are Atsushi Matsuura (1981), Sakutarō Hagiwara (1886), Nobuyuki Oishi (1974), Kazuki Ito (1987), Akie Abe (1962), and Yoko Kanno (1963). After him are Kazuhiko Nishijima (1926), Tetsuya Ogura (1970), Yasutoshi Miura (1965), Yuki Amano (2000), Kansai Yamamoto (1944), and Kihachi Okamoto (1924).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Japan

Among astronauts born in Japan, Koichi Wakata ranks 3. Before him are Toyohiro Akiyama (1942), and Chiaki Mukai (1952). After him are Mamoru Mohri (1948), Takao Doi (1954), Akihiko Hoshide (1968), Soichi Noguchi (1965), Satoshi Furukawa (1964), Takuya Onishi (1975), Naoko Yamazaki (1970), Kimiya Yui (1970), and Norishige Kanai (1976).

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