ASTRONAUT

Satoshi Furukawa

1964 - Today

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Satoshi Furukawa (古川 聡, Furukawa Satoshi, born April 4, 1964) is a Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Satoshi Furukawa has received more than 140,882 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Satoshi Furukawa is the 180th most popular astronaut (up from 351st in 2019), the 1,268th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,768th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Astronaut.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Satoshi Furukawa ranks 180 out of 556. Before him are Lodewijk van den Berg, Franco Malerba, John E. Blaha, Elliot See, Patrick Baudry, and Claudie Haigneré. After him are James C. Adamson, Marsha Ivins, Clifton Williams, Oleg Atkov, José M. Hernández, and Salizhan Sharipov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Satoshi Furukawa ranks 240. Before him are David Morrissey, Hope Davis, Mark Lanegan, Yegor Letov, Jacques Songo'o, and Anfisa Reztsova. After him are Carsten Wolf, Kaj Leo Johannesen, Mikhail Popkov, Emmanuelle Devos, Noémie Lvovsky, and Igor Plotnitsky.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Satoshi Furukawa ranks 1,268 out of 6,245. Before him are Yu Suzuki (1958), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1931), Kotono Mitsuishi (1967), Chikage Awashima (1924), and Junichi Suwabe (1972). After him are Osamu Watanabe (1940), Chūhei Nambu (1904), Nobuyo Fujishiro (1960), Keiko Takemiya (1950), Shoichi Sakata (1911), and Ted Fujita (1920).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Japan

Among astronauts born in Japan, Satoshi Furukawa ranks 3. Before him are Toyohiro Akiyama (1942), and Chiaki Mukai (1952). After him are Mamoru Mohri (1948), Koichi Wakata (1963), 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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