ASTRONAUT

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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norishige Kanai has received more than 157,414 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Norishige Kanai is the 520th most popular astronaut (down from 504th in 2019), the 2,586th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,348th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Norishige Kanai ranks 520 out of 556. Before him are Daniel T. Barry, Mark T. Vande Hei, Stanley G. Love, Sergey Ryazansky, Loral O'Hara, and Leland D. Melvin. After him are Donald A. Thomas, Scott E. Parazynski, Michael S. Hopkins, Sidney M. Gutierrez, Gregory J. Harbaugh, and Gregory H. Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Norishige Kanai ranks 785. Before him are Marcin Żewłakow, Thomas Schmidt, Rodrigo Fabri, Kyrsten Sinema, Yoshiaki Oiwa, and Tatiana Gutsu. After him are Tomáš Vokoun, Ľuboš Bartečko, Shinobu Asagoe, Sanjay Kumar, Vincent Piazza, and Nilton Pereira Mendes.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Norishige Kanai ranks 2,586 out of 6,245. Before him are Hitomi Yoshizawa (1985), Daigo Nishi (1987), Yoshiaki Oiwa (1976), Rika Izumi (1988), Hirokazu Sasaki (1962), and Atsuhiko Ejiri (1967). After him are Kazuo Shimizu (1975), Koichi Sugiyama (1971), Yuka Miyazaki (1983), Kaori Iida (1981), Ryosuke Okuno (1968), and Yuki Tsuchihashi (1980).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Japan

Among astronauts born in Japan, Norishige Kanai ranks 12. Before him are Takao Doi (1954), Soichi Noguchi (1965), Akihiko Hoshide (1968), Naoko Yamazaki (1970), Kimiya Yui (1970), and Takuya Onishi (1975).

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