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Astronauts from Japan

15 people from Japan flew to space, the first in 1990. Together they spent 2,416.7 days off Earth.

15 people2,417 days in space
Toyohiro AkiyamaToyohiro Akiyama1990 · 2 flights · 7.9 dMamoru MohriMamoru Mohri1992 · 2 flights · 19.2 dChiaki MukaiChiaki Mukai1994 · 2 flights · 23.7 dKoichi WakataKoichi Wakata1996 · 7 flights · 504.8 dTakao DoiTakao Doi1997 · 2 flights · 31.8 dSōichi NoguchiSōichi Noguchi2005 · 3 flights · 344.4 dAkihiko HoshideAkihiko Hoshide2008 · 3 flights · 340.5 dNaoko YamazakiNaoko Yamazaki2010 · 1 flight · 15.1 dSatoshi FurukawaSatoshi Furukawa2011 · 2 flights · 366.4 dKimiya YuiKimiya Yui2015 · 2 flights · 308.4 dTakuya ŌnishiTakuya Ōnishi2016 · 2 flights · 262.8 dNorishige KanaiNorishige Kanai2017 · 1 flight · 168.2 dYozo HiranoYozo Hirano2021 · 1 flight · 11.8 dYusaku MaezawaYusaku Maezawa2021 · 1 flight · 11.8 dMMakoto Suwa

Source: Wikidata (CC0). Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each person’s page and on the image credits page.