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Norishige Kanai

1976 - Today

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Norishige Kanai (金井 宣茂, Kanai Norishige; born 5 December 1976) is a Japanese doctor and JAXA astronaut. He is a lieutenant and Diving Medical Officer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (Medical Service Division, 1st Service School). He served as a crew member on board the International Space Station for Expedition 54/55, and returned to Earth on June 3, 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Norishige Kanai is the 533rd most popular astronaut (down from 520th in 2024), the 3,572nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,585th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Norishige Kanai ranks 533 out of 556. Before him are Sergei Revin, Duane G. Carey, Winston E. Scott, Terence T. Henricks, Daniel T. Barry, and Nick Hague. After him are Sultan Al Neyadi, Alper Gezeravcı, Donald A. Thomas, Cai Xuzhe, Pierre J. Thuot, and Nicholas Patrick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Norishige Kanai ranks 991. Before him are Yasmine Belmadi, Paraskevas Antzas, Cecilia Rognoni, Péter Biros, Arsen Melikyan, and Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov. After him are Giuseppe Maddaloni, Alessio Sartori, Tomáš Zíb, Antawn Jamison, Tammy Blanchard, and Maceo Baston.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Norishige Kanai ranks 3,579 out of 6,245. Before him are Riki Takasaki (1970), Shinya Nishikawa (1974), Kazuyoshi Matsunaga (1977), Hiroki Shinjo (1973), Motoki Kawasaki (1979), and Ai Kakuma (1988). After him are Naoya Kikuchi (1984), Nanase Kiryu (1989), Masae Ueno (1979), Daiki Niwa (1986), Ai Nonaka (1981), and Sayumi Michishige (1989).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Japan

Among astronauts born in Japan, Norishige Kanai ranks 12. Before him are Akihiko Hoshide (1968), Soichi Noguchi (1965), Satoshi Furukawa (1964), Takuya Onishi (1975), Naoko Yamazaki (1970), and Kimiya Yui (1970).

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