About
Japanese surgeon who served as Flight Engineer to the International Space Station on Expedition 28/29.
Before Fame
He studied medicine at the University of Tokyo and graduated in 1989.
Trivia
He was an aquanaut for the NEEMO 13 project in the Aquarius underwater laboratory.
Family Life
He married and had two children.
Associated With
He completed flight engineer training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, named for the first man in space.
