Status: Retired
6/22/1942 –
Nationality: Japanese
Type: Non-Astronaut Passenger
First Flight: 12/2/1990
Last Flight: 12/2/1990
Toyohiro Akiyama (born July 22, 1942) is a Japanese TV journalist best known for his flight to the Mir space station aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in 1990. Akiyama is the first person of Japanese nationality to have flown in space.
WildBlue - WBLU
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: WBLU
- Country: USA