Toyohiro Akiyama

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Toyohiro Akiyama
秋山豊寛
Toyohiro Akiyama in 1990
Born	(1942-06-22) 22 June 1942 (age 82) Tokyo, Japan
Status	Retired
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Space journalist[1][2] Space antihero[3]
Alma mater	International Christian University (BS, 1966?)
Occupation(s)	Journalist (TBS), professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design
Awards	Order of Friendship of Peoples Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
Space career
TBS Research Cosmonaut
Time in space	7d 21h 54min 40sec
Selection	Soyuz TM-11 mission
Missions	Soyuz TM-11 / Soyuz TM-10
Mission insignia
Spouse	Kyoko Akiyama ​ ​ (m. 1970; div. 1995)​
Children	2
Signature

Toyohiro Akiyama (秋山 豊寛, Akiyama Toyohiro, born 22 July 1942) is a retired Japanese TV journalist and professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design. In December 1990, he spent seven days aboard the Mir space station.^[4] He became the first person of Japanese nationality to fly in space,^[5] and his space mission was the second spaceflight to be commercially sponsored and funded.^[4] Akiyama was also the first civilian to fly aboard a commercial space flight and the first journalist to report from outer space.^[1][2]