ASTRONAUT

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. He retired from JAXA in 2024. Wakata is a veteran of four NASA Space Shuttle missions, a Russian Soyuz mission, and a long-duration stay on the International Space Station. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Koichi Wakata has received more than 265,049 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Koichi Wakata is the 211th most popular astronaut (up from 234th in 2019), the 1,389th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,406th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Astronaut.

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  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Koichi Wakata ranks 211 out of 556. Before him are Yuri Baturin, Valery Korzun, Yelena Kondakova, Charles Bassett, Catherine Coleman, and Joseph P. Kerwin. After him are Story Musgrave, Laurel Clark, Hans Schlegel, Takao Doi, James P. Bagian, and Roberto Vittori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Koichi Wakata ranks 328. Before him are Roy Dupuis, Voro, Fito Páez, Carmen Machi, Vasile Tarlev, and Konrad Krajewski. After him are Lori Petty, David Koepp, Fisher Stevens, Gavin Harrison, Grant Heslov, and Hu Chunhua.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koichi Wakata ranks 1,389 out of 6,245. Before him are Seiji Honda (1976), Nobuo Kishi (1959), Yoshinori Ishigami (1957), Ken Sugimori (1966), Daijiro Kato (1976), and Toshimitsu Motegi (1955). After him are Ryōko Hirosue (1980), Tamotsu Suzuki (1947), Shidzue Katō (1897), Seiichiro Kashio (1892), Masao Harada (1912), and Nobuyuki Aihara (1934).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Japan

Among astronauts born in Japan, Koichi Wakata ranks 5. Before him are Toyohiro Akiyama (1942), Chiaki Mukai (1952), Satoshi Furukawa (1964), and Mamoru Mohri (1948). After him are Takao Doi (1954), Soichi Noguchi (1965), Akihiko Hoshide (1968), Naoko Yamazaki (1970), Kimiya Yui (1970), Takuya Onishi (1975), and Norishige Kanai (1976).

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