Actor info
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Name :
Koichi Wakata
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Born :
August 1, 1963 (63 years old)
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
3 films (2002–2021)
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Biography
Koichi Wakata is a Japanese engineer and an astronaut. 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.
Notable films
- The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station (2021) as Self
- Live from Space (2014) as Self
- Space Station 3D (2002) as Self - Mission Specialist, STS-92
