# Koichi Wakata

> Koichi Wakata  is a Japanese engineer and an astronaut working for Axiom Space. Wakata retired from JAXA in 2024 after a career in spaceflight spanning nearly two decades. He logged over 500 days in space across five missions: three aboard the Space Shuttle, one on the Soyuz, and one on the Crew Dragon. His missions included three long-duration stays on the International Space Station (ISS) and two short-duration flights—one to the ISS and one aboard the Space Shuttle. Notably, during Expedition 39, he became the first Japanese commander of the ISS.

*Japanese engineer and JAXA astronaut*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/koichi-wakata

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1963-08-01
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 21.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 13.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/Astro_Wakata (@Astro_Wakata)

## Sources
- [Koichi Wakata](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Wakata)
- [كويتشي واكاتا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7)
- [كويتشى واكاتا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%89_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7)
- [Коичи Ваката](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0)
- [Koichi Wakata](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Wakata)
- [Kóiči Wakata](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B3i%C4%8Di_Wakata)
- [Koichi Wakata](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Wakata)
- [Kōichi Wakata](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dichi_Wakata)
- [Κοΐτσι Γουακάτα](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%90%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B9_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B1)
- [Koichi Wakata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Wakata)
- [Koichi Wakata](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Wakata)
- [Kōichi Wakata](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dichi_Wakata)
- [کوئیچی واکاتا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7)
- [Koichi Wakata](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Wakata)
- [Kōichi Wakata](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dichi_Wakata)
- [Koichi Wakata](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Wakata)
- [קואיצ'י וקאטה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A6'%D7%99_%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%98%D7%94)
- [Vakata Kóicsi](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vakata_K%C3%B3icsi)
- [Koichi Wakata](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Wakata)
- [Koichi Wakata](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Wakata)
- [若田光一](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%A5%E7%94%B0%E5%85%89%E4%B8%80)
- [Koichi Wakata](https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Wakata)
- [Koiči Vakata](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koi%C4%8Di_Vakata)
- [Koichi Wakata](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Wakata)
- [Ваката Кооичи](https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q375566)

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