Taichi Yamazaki


Taichi Yamazaki is a space engineer, and spouse of Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki.

Biography

He has had an interest in spacecraft since junior school and in middle school was moved by the experience of seeing the Space Travel Section of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Despite being shocked by the Challenger tragedy, he wanted to someday travel in space.
Yamazaki is married to the Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki; they have two children.