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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 150,473 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Norishige Kanai is the 504th most popular astronaut (down from 467th in 2019), the 2,354th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,992nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Astronaut.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 30.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Norishige Kanai ranks 504 out of 524. Before him are Terry W. Virts, Anne McClain, Michael J. Bloomfield, Lee Morin, Daniel T. Barry, and Kenneth Ham. After him are Charles Camarda, James M. Kelly, Jay C. Buckey, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Richard A. Searfoss, and Gregory H. Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Norishige Kanai ranks 740. Before him are Andre Miller, Alexandre Goulart, Fabrizio Donato, Marcin Żewłakow, Todd Lodwick, and Yevgeniya Medvedeva. After him are Lu Li, Olaf Tufte, Jeļena Prokopčuka, Kristine Andersen, Matt Harding, and Ronnie Vannucci Jr..

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Norishige Kanai ranks 2,354 out of 6,048. Before him are Nana Takagi (1992), Takaharu Furukawa (1984), Rina Sawayama (1990), Ryota Oshima (1993), Masashi Shimamura (1971), and Yoshiyuki Kato (1964). After him are Yui Ogura (1995), Kasumi Ishikawa (1993), Kisho Yano (1984), Masahiro Sukigara (1966), Atsuhiko Mori (1979), and Yoshie Takeshita (1978).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Japan

Among astronauts born in Japan, Norishige Kanai ranks 12. Before him are Koichi Wakata (1963), Takao Doi (1954), Naoko Yamazaki (1970), Satoshi Furukawa (1964), Kimiya Yui (1970), and Takuya Onishi (1975).

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