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Naoko Yamazaki

1970 - Today

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Naoko Yamazaki (山崎 直子, Yamazaki Naoko; born December 27, 1970) is a Japanese engineer and former astronaut at JAXA. She was the second Japanese woman to fly in space. The first was Chiaki Mukai. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Naoko Yamazaki is the 349th most popular astronaut (down from 325th in 2019), the 2,093rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,803rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Naoko Yamazaki ranks 349 out of 556Before her are Guion Bluford, Karl Gordon Henize, Takuya Onishi, Ulrich Walter, Yury Lonchakov, and Scott Kelly. After her are Reinhold Ewald, Steven Lindsey, Zhai Zhigang, Jerome Apt, Michael Foale, and Mike Melvill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Naoko Yamazaki ranks 411Before her are Carlos Secretário, Mirjalol Qosimov, Joe Lo Truglio, Christophe Honoré, Paco Jémez, and Mike Epps. After her are Grant Imahara, Will Forte, Dallas Roberts, Takanobu Okabe, Eduardo Capetillo, and Kimiko Date.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoko Yamazaki ranks 2,093 out of 6,245Before her are Shinsuke Nakamura (1980), Daichi Kamada (1996), Shota Arai (1985), Shu Kameshima (1993), Shin-ichiro Miki (1968), and Yuta Shimomura (1990). After her are Tadahiro Nomura (1974), Mito Isaka (1976), Yusuke Saikawa (1985), Ryuji Shimoshi (1985), Midori Honda (1964), and Atsushi Yanagisawa (1977).

Among ASTRONAUTS In Japan

Among astronauts born in Japan, Naoko Yamazaki ranks 10Before her are Mamoru Mohri (1948), Takao Doi (1954), Akihiko Hoshide (1968), Soichi Noguchi (1965), Satoshi Furukawa (1964), and Takuya Onishi (1975). After her are Kimiya Yui (1970), and Norishige Kanai (1976).