ASTRONAUT

Takao Doi

1954 - Today

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Takao Doi (土井 隆雄, Doi Takao, born September 18, 1954) is a Japanese astronaut, engineer and veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions. Doi holds a doctorate from the University of Tokyo in aerospace engineering, and has studied and published in the fields of propulsion systems and microgravity technology. He researched at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and was selected by NASDA as an astronaut candidate in 1985 for the Japanese crewed space program while also conducting research in the United States at NASA's Lewis Research Center and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Takao Doi has received more than 102,205 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Takao Doi is the 215th most popular astronaut (up from 235th in 2019), the 1,428th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,407th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Astronaut.

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  • 45.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Takao Doi ranks 215 out of 556. Before him are Catherine Coleman, Joseph P. Kerwin, Koichi Wakata, Story Musgrave, Laurel Clark, and Hans Schlegel. After him are James P. Bagian, Roberto Vittori, David M. Brown, Marcos Pontes, Bonnie J. Dunbar, and Jerry L. Ross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Takao Doi ranks 413. Before him are Martin Strel, Rick Warren, Ines Pellegrini, Stanley A. McChrystal, Jürgen Trittin, and Louisa Hanoune. After him are Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, Raymond T. Odierno, John Michael Talbot, David Paymer, Désiré Tsarahazana, and Marc Ribot.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takao Doi ranks 1,428 out of 6,245. Before him are Masi Oka (1974), Yōichi Masuzoe (1948), Masae Kasai (1933), Sachiko Hidari (1930), Michio Mado (1909), and Rikiya Koyama (1963). After him are Hiroshi Ochiai (1946), Ai Iijima (1972), Yoshimasa Hayashi (1961), Takao Kawaguchi (1950), Sanae Mishima (1957), and Junichi Masuda (1968).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Japan

Among astronauts born in Japan, Takao Doi ranks 6. Before him are Toyohiro Akiyama (1942), Chiaki Mukai (1952), Satoshi Furukawa (1964), Mamoru Mohri (1948), and Koichi Wakata (1963). After him are Soichi Noguchi (1965), Akihiko Hoshide (1968), Naoko Yamazaki (1970), Kimiya Yui (1970), Takuya Onishi (1975), and Norishige Kanai (1976).

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