Koichi Wakata is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut. Wakata is a veteran of four NASA Space Shuttle missions and a long-duration stay on the International Space Station. During a nearly two decade career in spaceflight he has logged five months in space. He became the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station, which occurred during Expedition 39. Wakata is currently assigned to the Soyuz TMA-11M/Expedition 38/Expedition 39 long duration spaceflight scheduled for 2013-2014, which is currently in progress. [More at Wikipedia]

August 1st, 1963 in ?miya (Age 61)