Japanese astronauts selected by the Japanese national space agencies NASDA and its successor JAXA, who have flown on the Space Shuttle, the Russian Soyuz and the International Space Station. A person belongs here when the cited article calls them a Japanese astronaut or a JAXA astronaut. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.
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Koichi Wakata - Wikipedia
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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.
Akihiko Hoshide - Wikipedia
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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.
Chiaki Mukai - Wikipedia
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Chiaki Mukai (向井 千秋, Mukai Chiaki; born May 6, 1952) is a Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut.
Soichi Noguchi - Wikipedia
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Soichi Noguchi (野口 聡一, Noguchi Sōichi; born 15 April 1965) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut.
Naoko Yamazaki - Wikipedia
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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.
Mamoru Mohri - Wikipedia
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Mamoru "Mark" Mohri, (Japanese: 毛利 衛, romanized: Mōri Mamoru; born 29 January 1948) is a Japanese scientist, a former NASDA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions.
Satoshi Furukawa - Wikipedia
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Satoshi Furukawa (古川 聡, Furukawa Satoshi; born April 4, 1964) is a Japanese surgeon and retired JAXA astronaut.
Wikipedia: Kimiya Yui
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Kimiya Yui (油井 亀美也; born 30 January 1970) is a Japanese astronaut with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and a retired fighter pilot with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
Wikipedia: Takuya Onishi
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Takuya Onishi (Japanese: 大西 卓哉, Hepburn: Ōnishi Takuya; born 22 December 1975) is a Japanese astronaut selected for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2009.
Wikipedia: Takao Doi
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Takao Doi (土井 隆雄, Doi Takao; born September 18, 1954) is a Japanese astronaut, engineer and veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions.
Wikipedia: Norishige Kanai
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Norishige Kanai (金井 宣茂, Kanai Norishige; born 5 December 1976) is a Japanese doctor and JAXA astronaut.
Wikipedia: Makoto Suwa
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Makoto Suwa (Japanese: 諏訪 理, Hepburn: Suwa Makoto; born 1977 in Tokyo) is a Japanese climate scientist and astronaut with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Wikipedia: Ayu Yoneda
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Ayu Yoneda (Japanese: 米田 あゆ, born 1995) is a Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut.
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