ASTRONAUT

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Naoko Yamazaki has received more than 121,246 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Naoko Yamazaki is the 325th most popular astronaut (down from 299th in 2019), the 1,800th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,612th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Naoko Yamazakis by language

Over the past year Naoko Yamazaki has had the most page views in the with 102,129 views, followed by English (12,133), and Chinese (2,078). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Javanese (96.99%), Catalan (76.06%), and Hebrew (73.95%)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Naoko Yamazaki ranks 325 out of 556. Before her are Karl Gordon Henize, John M. Lounge, John-David F. Bartoe, Frederick D. Gregory, Joseph M. Acaba, and Robert D. Cabana. After her are Oleg Artemyev, George D. Zamka, Joan Higginbotham, Alvin Drew, Oleg Novitsky, and James van Hoften.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Naoko Yamazaki ranks 423. Before her are Gavin McInnes, Will Forte, Seo Jung-won, Noumandiez Doué, Daniel Handler, and Andrei Cherkasov. After her are Vladimir Chagin, Takanobu Okabe, Jouko Ahola, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Glen Hansard, and Mike Epps.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoko Yamazaki ranks 1,800 out of 6,245. Before her are Kana Hanazawa (1989), Kiyotaka Matsui (1961), Rie Tanaka (1979), Daimaou Kosaka (1973), Hikari Mitsushima (1985), and Naoki Soma (1971). After her are Saki Kumagai (1990), Atsuhiro Miura (1974), Takanobu Okabe (1970), Yoshito Ōkubo (1982), Ken Hirai (1972), and Norio Omura (1969).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Japan

Among astronauts born in Japan, Naoko Yamazaki ranks 9. Before her are Satoshi Furukawa (1964), Mamoru Mohri (1948), Koichi Wakata (1963), Takao Doi (1954), Soichi Noguchi (1965), and Akihiko Hoshide (1968). After her are Kimiya Yui (1970), Takuya Onishi (1975), and Norishige Kanai (1976).

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