Meet Soichi
野口聡一
Soichi NOGUCHI, Ph.D.
Astronaut, Professor, Entrepreneur
Dr. Soichi Noguchi graduated from the Graduate School of University of Tokyo in 1991. His first spaceflight was STS-114 on the space shuttle Discovery in 2005. He conducted three spacewalks as a lead spacewalker and became the first Japanese astronaut to perform EVAs on the International Space Station (ISS). In 2009, he became the first Japanese flight engineer for the Russian Soyuz spacecraft TMA-17. In 2020, he became the first non-American to board on SpaceX spacecraft, participating in the world’s first commercial operation ISS mission (NASA Crew-1).
He was the first astronaut in the world to accomplish three different methods of Earth entry (runway, ground, and ocean), and officially certified by Guinness World Records in two categories. He received YouTube Creator Award with live performance of Chopin from Space. He is one of the Genius 100 Visionaries.
He left NASA in 2022, and currently holds several prestigious positions, including President of Mirai Space Co., Ltd., Executive Chief Fellow of the Institute for International Socio-Economic Studies, Executive Adviser of IHI Corporation, Sustainability Advisory committee of Mitsubishi Corporation, and Project Professor at both the University of Tokyo and Nihon University. Outside of work, he enjoys cooking, camping, songwriting (Sony Music Artists), and flying airplanes and helicopters (CFII, MEI).
Official Astronaut Bio: https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/astronaut/noguchi-soichi/
Genius 100 Foundations: https://www.genius100visions.com/
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/Astro_Soichi
Official Youtube: youtube.com/@astrosoichi
Soichi NOGUCHI, Ph.D. ( Astronaut, Professor, CTO)
Dr. Soichi Noguchi graduated from the Graduate School of University of Tokyo in 1991. His first spaceflight was STS-114 on the space shuttle Discovery in 2005. He conducted three spacewalks as a lead spacewalker and became the first Japanese astronaut to perform EVAs on the International Space Station (ISS). In 2009, he became the first Japanese flight engineer for the Russian Soyuz spacecraft TMA-17. In 2020, he became the first non-American to board on SpaceX spacecraft, participating in the world’s first commercial operation ISS mission (NASA Crew-1).
He was the first astronaut in the world to accomplish three different methods of Earth entry (runway, ground, and ocean), and officially certified by Guinness World Records in two categories. He received YouTube Creator Award with live performance of Chopin from Space.
He received distinguished paper award from the of the Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology for in-depth “Tojisha Kenkyu” (Self-directed Studies) on his cosmic experiences. He is one of the Genius 100 Visionaries.
He left NASA in 2022, and currently holds several prestigious positions, including President of Mirai Space Co., Ltd., Chief Technology Officer of the Institute for International Socio-Economic Studies(IISE), Executive Adviser of IHI Corporation, Sustainability Advisory committee of Mitsubishi Corporation, Project Professor at the University of Tokyo, Distinguished Fellow for Space Technology at the World Economic Forum(WEF), and Co-Chair, Astronaut Admin Committee, the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). Appointed as Pro Vice President of Ritsumeikan University and Research Advisor of the Earth & Space Exploration Center (ESEC) in 2023.
Outside of work, he enjoys cooking, camping, songwriting (Sony Music Artists), and flying airplanes and helicopters (CFII, MEI).
Official Astronaut Bio: https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/astronaut/noguchi-soichi/
Genius 100 Foundations: https://www.genius100visions.com/
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/Astro_Soichi
Official Youtube: https://youtube.com/@astrosoichi
Official LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/snoguchi/
Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/astro.soichi/
Japanese TV appearance: https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/554484/tv/
Published Books (Japanese and Chinese, Amazon site): https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E9%87%8E%E5%8F%A3-%E8%81%A1%E4%B8%80/e/B004LV2AES/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1