Yozo Hirano

Yozo Hirano
平野 陽三
Born (1985-10-12) October 12, 1985 (age 39)
OccupationFilm producer
Organization(s)Start Today, Zozotown, ZOZO
Space career
Space Adventures space tourist
Time in space
11 days, 19 hours, 34 minutes
MissionsSoyuz MS-20

Yozo Hirano (平野 陽三, Hirano Yozo, born October 12, 1985) is a Japanese space tourist. He flew to the International Space Station on Soyuz MS-20 in December 2021.[1]

He flew with Yusaku Maezawa, who paid for both seats; his function was that as a production assistant to Maezawa and to document the flight.[2]

  1. ^ "Japanese billionaire, Russian actress to fly to ISS". SpaceNews. 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  2. ^ Space Adventures’ Client, Yusaku Maezawa, Plans for Mission to the International Space Station