Parts of this article (those related to missing missions in astronaut table) need to be updated.(September 2024) |
Fourteen citizens of Japan have participated in space flights. Of these, eleven— nine men and two women—were professional astronauts, two were space tourists, and one was a journalist who participated in a commercial Soyuz space flight.
Two Japanese astronauts have been in space at the same time on two occasions :
Six of the eleven professional astronauts have retired, while five (colored) remain in active service.
# | Name | Photo | Mission(s) (dates) | Launch times | Total duration | Spacewalk times | Spacewalk duration | Notes |
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1 | Toyohiro Akiyama (Japanese: 秋山 豊寛) born 22 July 1942 |
Soyuz TM-11, 1990-12-02 - 1990-12-10 | 1 | 7 days 21 hours 54 minutes | 0 | 0 |
The first journalist in space, | |
2 | Mamoru Mohri (Japanese: 毛利 衛) born 29 January 1948 |
Endeavour STS-47, 1992-09-12 - 1992-09-20 |
2 | 19 days 04 hours 08 minutes | 0 | 0 |
The first Japanese astronaut of an official Japanese space program, | |
3 | Chiaki Mukai (Japanese: 向井 千秋) born 6 May 1952 |
Columbia STS-65, 1994-07-08 - 1994-07-23 |
2 | 23 days 15 hours 39 minutes | 0 | 0 |
The first female astronaut of Japan, | |
4 | Koichi Wakata (Japanese: 若田 光一) born 1 August 1963 |
Endeavour STS-72, 1996-01-11 - 1996-01-20 |
5 | 504 days 18 hours 33 minutes | 2 | 14 hours 02 minutes |
Flight specialist, | |
5 | Takao Doi (Japanese: 土井 隆雄) born 18 September 1954 |
Columbia STS-87, 1997-11-19 - 1997-12-05 |
2 | 31 days 10 hours 45 minutes | 2 | 12 hours 42 minutes |
Doctor of Science in | |
6 | Soichi Noguchi (Japanese: 野口 聡一) born 15 April 1965 |
Discovery STS-114, 2005-07-26 - 2005-08-09 |
3 | 344 days 9 hours 33 minutes | 3 | 20 hours 05 minutes |
Aeronautical engineer, | |
7 | Akihiko Hoshide (Japanese: 星出 彰彦) born 28 December 1968 |
Discovery STS-124, 2008-05-31 - 2008-06-14 |
3 | 340 days 11 hours 41 minutes | 3 | 21 hours 03 minutes[1] |
Flight specialist, | |
8 | Naoko Yamazaki (Japanese: 山崎 直子) born 27 December 1970 |
Discovery STS-131, 2010-04-05 - 2010-04-20 | 1 | 15 days 02 hours 47 minutes | 0 | 0 |
Aeronautical engineer, | |
9 | Satoshi Furukawa (Japanese: 古川 聡) born 04 April 1964 |
Soyuz TMA-02M, ISS-28, 29, 2011-07-07 - 2011-11-22 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
Surgeon, | ||
10 | Kimiya Yui (Japanese: 油井 亀美也) born 30 January 1970 |
Soyuz TMA-17M, ISS-44, 45, 2015-07-22 - 2015-12-11 | 1 | 141 days 16 hours 09 minutes | 0 | 0 |
Colonel of the Air Force of Japan, | |
11 | Takuya Onishi (Japanese: 大西 卓哉) born 22 December 1975 |
Soyuz MS-01, ISS-48, ISS49, 2016-07-07 - 2016-10-30 | 1 | 115 days 02 hours 21 minutes | 0 | 0 | Flight engineer. | |
12 | Norishige Kanai[2] (Japanese: 金井 宣茂) born 05 December 1976 |
Soyuz MS-07, ISS-54, 55, 2017-12-17 - 2018-06-03 | 1 | 168 days 05 hours 18 minutes | 1 | 5 hours 57 minutes |
Doctor, | |
13 | Yusaku Maezawa (Japanese: 前澤 友作) born 22 November 1975 |
Soyuz MS-20, 2021-12-08 - 2021-12-20 | 1 | 11 days 10 hours 9 minutes | 0 | 0 | Space tourist | |
14 | Yozo Hirano (Japanese: 平野 陽三) born 1985 |
Soyuz MS-20, 2021-12-08 - 2021-12-20 | 1 | 11 days 10 hours 9 minutes | 0 | 0 | Space tourist |