Toyohiro Akiyama

Toyohiro Akiyama is a retired Japanese TV journalist and professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design. In December 1990, he spent seven days aboard the Mir space station. He became the first person of Japanese nationality to fly in space, and his space mission was the second spaceflight to be commercially sponsored and funded. Akiyama was also the first civilian to fly aboard a commercial space flight and the first journalist to report from outer space.

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1942  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Research Cosmonaut, engineer, astronaut, journalist, reporter, Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", Order of Friendship of Peoples, Japan, 

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  Soyuz TM-10 ⓘ
  1990 Soviet crewed spaceflight to Mir

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  Soyuz TM-11 ⓘ
  11th expedition to the Mir space station

Japan, Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-11, 

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1990 Soyuz TM-11

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Toyohiro Akiyama

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The astronaut is Toyohiro Akiyama. (6524026039)

The astronaut is Toyohiro Akiyama. (6524026039)

Soyuz TM-11 Crew Portrait

Soyuz TM-11 Crew Portrait

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	spaceflight	1990	Soyuz TM-10	human spaceflight, Soyuz-TM	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1990	Soyuz TM-11	human spaceflight, Soyuz-TM	Wikidata
commons	image		Toyohiro Akiyama		Commons
commons	image		Toyohiro Akiyama		Commons
commons	image		The astronaut is Toyohiro Akiyama. (6524026039)		Commons
commons	image		The astronaut is Toyohiro Akiyama. (6524026039)		Commons
commons	image		Soyuz TM-11 Crew Portrait		Commons
commons	image		Soyuz TM-11 Crew Portrait		Commons