Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1963-08-01 (Age: 63)
Place of Birth
Unknown
Koichi Wakata
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.
