Toyohiro Akiyama
Toyohiro Akiyama | |
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| 秋山豊寛 | |
Toyohiro Akiyama in 1990 | |
| Born | 22 June 1942 Tokyo, Japan |
| Status | Retired |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Space journalist Space antihero |
| Alma mater | International Christian University (BS, 1966?) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist (TBS), professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design |
| Awards | Order of Friendship of Peoples Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" |
| Space career | |
| TBS Research Cosmonaut | |
Time in space | 7d 21h 54min 40sec |
| Selection | Soyuz TM-11 mission |
| Missions | Soyuz TM-11 / Soyuz TM-10 |
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| Children | 2 |
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Toyohiro Akiyama (秋山 豊寛, Akiyama Toyohiro; born 22 July 1942) 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.