Yozo Hirano

Yozo Hirano
Bình dã dương tam
Born	(1985-10-12)October 12, 1985 Imabari,Ehime Prefecture,Japan
Occupation	Film producer
Organization(s)	Start Today, Zozotown, ZOZO
Space career
Space Adventuresspace tourist
Time in space	11 days, 19 hours, 34 minutes
Missions	Soyuz MS-20

Yozo Hirano(Bình dã dương tam,Hirano Yozo,born October 12, 1985)is a Japanesespace tourist.He flew to theInternational Space StationonSoyuz MS-20in December 2021.

He flew withYusaku Maezawa,who paid for both seats; his function was that as a production assistant to Maezawa and to document the flight.

Education and professional activities

Yozo Hirano joined ZOZO, Ltd. after graduating fromKyoto Prefectural Universitywith a degree in casting director of a photography group. There he became the casting director and the manager of the photography team. There he is now working at Start today division of ZOZO, run by Maezawa, as a film producer. He works for Maezawa's private projects, including filming for Maezawa's YouTube channel. Thus being with Maezawa all the time he was selected for a mission to the ISS, where Yozo will be responsible for filming Maezawa during their stay.

Spaceflight

On May 13, 2021, Space Adventures announced that Yozo Hirano had passed the medical examination and from June 2021, together with Yusaku Maezawa, he began preparations for aspace tourismtrip on theSoyuz MS-20flight, which launched on December 8, 2021. The duration of the space flight was 12 days.RoscosmoscosmonautAlexander Misurkinserved as the commander. During the flight, Hirano was responsible for documenting the flight of Yusaku Maezawa.

On June 15, 2021, the participants of MS-20 presented to the management and staff of the Center at theYuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.Together with Maezawa and Hirano, Shun Ogiso, the Public Relations Manager of the Start Today corporation, also participated in the training, and served as the backup crew member for Hirano.