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Yusaku Maezawa

Also Known As Maezawa Yūsaku
Private Spaceflight Participants

Yusaku Maezawa is a Japanese entrepreneur, art collector and private spaceflight participant who founded the online fashion retailer Zozotown. In December 2021 he flew to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft as a paying tourist along with an assistant, spending about twelve days aboard the station. Maezawa had earlier been announced as the first private passenger booked for a planned SpaceX lunar flyby mission called dearMoon, intended to carry a group of artists around the Moon aboard the Starship vehicle.

Facts
Birth Date
1975-11-22 2
Birth Year
1975 2
Nationality
Japanese 2
Defining Contribution
Japanese billionaire entrepreneur, space tourist and art collector 2
Notable Mission
Soyuz MS-20 (International Space Station) 2
Classification
Astronaut Role
Spaceflight Participant 1
Connections

Operated By

Space Adventures, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Yusaku Maezawa - Wikipedia
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Nationality

Japan

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Sources
1. Yusaku Maezawa (Wikipedia)
Japanese billionaire entrepreneur, space tourist, and art collectorView the Source
2. Yusaku Maezawa - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 1 (name)
    Yusaku Maezawa (前澤 友作, Maezawa Yūsaku; born 22 November 1975) is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur, space tourist, and art collector.
  • Infobox, Born field
    Born (1975-11-22) 22 November 1975 (age 50) Kamagaya, Japan
  • Infobox, Born field, year figure
    Born (1975-11-22) 22 November 1975 (age 50) Kamagaya, Japan
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 1 (nationality)
    Yusaku Maezawa (前澤 友作, Maezawa Yūsaku; born 22 November 1975) is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur, space tourist, and art collector.
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 1 (occupation)
    Yusaku Maezawa (前澤 友作, Maezawa Yūsaku; born 22 November 1975) is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur, space tourist, and art collector.
  • Lead section (Soyuz MS-20 flight sentence)
    The flight lifted off on 8 December 2021, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as part of the Russian-operated Soyuz MS-20.
  • In Group: Space Tourists and Private Astronauts, Lead sentence
    Yusaku Maezawa (前澤 友作, Maezawa Yūsaku; born 22 November 1975) is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur, space tourist, and art collector.
  • Operated By: Space Adventures, Article text: agency link
    On 13 May 2021, Maezawa announced he would be joining Space Adventures on a trip to the International Space Station in December 2021, via a Soyuz spacecraft.
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Wikidata: Yusaku Maezawa
Wikidata Q8061829, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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