# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koichi-wakata
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:12:23.664Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koichi-wakata"
name: "Koichi Wakata"
slug: "koichi-wakata"
description: "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."
tagline: "Japanese engineer and JAXA astronaut"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Koichi_wakata.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1963-08-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.393617021276595
  historical:           21.13014533333333
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "Astro_Wakata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump