Akihiko Hoshide

, also known as 'Aki, is a Japanese engineer and an astronaut with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). He was born in 1968 in Tokyo, but grew up in New Jersey in the United States.National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "Preflight Interview: Mark Kelly, Commander,"  April 29, 2008; retrieved 2012-8-10. 

He studied at the United World College of South East Asia in Singapore.  In 1992, he earned a degree  from Keio University in Japan.  In 1997, he was awarded a Master of Science degree at the University of Houston in Texas.NASA, Akihiko Hoshide; retrieved 2012-8-110.

Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) accepted Hoshide into the astronaut training program in 1999.Spacefacts.de, NASDA4; retrieved 2012-8-10. He first trip to the International Space Station was in May 2008.Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), "Interviews,"  July 23, 2012; retrieved 2012-8-10. His second trip to the International Space Station was in July 2012.

References

Other websites
 Akihiko Hoshide at NASA.gov
 Akihiko Hoshide at Spacefacts.de

Category:1968 births
Category:Astronauts
Category:Living people
Category:People from Tokyo
Category:Keio University alumni