Koichi Wakata Autographs

Koichi Wakata (若田 光一, Wakata Kōichi; born 1 August 1963) is a Japanese engineer and an astronaut working for Axiom Space. Wakata retired from JAXA in 2024 after a career in spaceflight spanning nearly two decades. He logged over 500 days in space across five missions: three aboard the Space Shuttle, one on the Soyuz, and one on the Crew Dragon. His missions included three long-duration stays on the International Space Station (ISS) and two short-duration flights—one to the ISS and one aboard the Space Shuttle. Notably, during Expedition 39, he became the first Japanese commander of the ISS.
Wakata was born in Ōmiya, Saitama, Japan, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering in 1987, a Master of Science degree in Applied Mechanics in 1989, and a Doctorate in Aerospace Engineering in 2004 from Kyushu University. He worked as a structural engineer for Japan Airlines.
Wakata was selected by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) (now JAXA) as an astronaut candidate in 1992, and trained at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Wakata has held a number of assignments, and during STS-85, Wakata acted as NASDA Assistant Payload Operations Director for the Manipulator Flight Demonstration, a robotic arm experiment for the Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station (ISS). In December 2000, he became a NASA robotics instructor astronaut. In July 2006, he served as commander of the 10th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) mission, a seven-day undersea expedition at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Aquarius laboratory located off the coast of Florida. In August 2006, he started flight engineer training for Russian Soyuz spacecraft in preparation for a long-duration stay on the ISS.
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Traded items with a signature of Koichi Wakata

The most expensive item with a signature of Koichi Wakata (KOICHI WAKATA HAND SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO NASA ASTRONAUT SPACE X AUTOGRAPHED COA) was sold in August 2024 for $84.99 while the cheapest item (Koichi Wakata STS-72 Astronaut Signed Cover) found a new owner for $5.00 in July 2010. The month with the most items sold (4) was July 2010 with an average selling price of $14.43 for an autographed item of Koichi Wakata. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2024 with $84.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.00 was November 2013. In average, an autographed item from Koichi Wakata is worth $19.99.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Koichi Wakata were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	ASTRONAUT KOICHI WAKATA SIGNED 8X10 JAXA LITHO	$25.00
	AUTOGRAPH, HAND SIGNED JAPANESE ASTRONAUT Koichi Wakata	$9.50
	AUTOGRAPH, HAND SIGNED JAPANESE ASTRONAUT Koichi Wakata OFFICIAL NASA PHOTO	$26.00
	AUTOGRAPH, HAND SIGNED JAPANESE NEEMO ASTRONAUT Koichi Wakata	$9.50
	Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata rare hand signed 8x10 litho portrait - 8980	$41.00
	JAPANESE AUTOGRAPH, HAND SIGNED ASTRONAUT Koichi Wakata	$14.50
	JAPANESE, SHUTTLE AUTOGRAPH, HAND SIGNED, JAPANESE ASTRONAUT Koichi Wakata	$26.00
	KOICHI WAKATA HAND SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO NASA ASTRONAUT SPACE X AUTOGRAPHED COA	$84.99
	Koichi Wakata signed NASA 8x10 lithograph SPACE SALE Shuttle Astronaut	$33.77
	NASA Astronaut Koichi Wakata Signed Autographed Photo	$19.99
	Rare SIGNED JAXA Shuttle astronaut Koichi Wakata, w/ NASA press kit, event flyer	$42.00
	SHUTTLE NASA Litho orig.signed Koichi WAKATA, SPACE	$18.50
	Uncommon Original JAXA Astronaut Koichi Wakata Signed Crew Photo 8x10	$20.00
	Vintage Koichi Wakata NASA Autographed Space Astronaut Signed 8x10 Photo	$13.49
	Vintage Koichi Wakata NASA Gold Autographed Space Astronaut Signed 8x10 Photo	$11.50