Famous People of Japan
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Akihiko Hoshide (Japanese: 星出 彰彦, Hepburn: Hoshide Akihiko; born December 28, 1968) is a Japanese engineer, JAXA astronaut, and former commander of the International Space Station. On August 30, 2012, Hoshide became the third Japanese astronaut to walk in space.

Source: “Akihiko Hoshide”, English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), excerpt