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Uncommon card · Science
Koichi Wakata, an Uncommon card
Koichi Wakata is a Japanese engineer and an astronaut working for Axiom Space.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 118
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 118 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Koichi Wakata quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Koichi Wakata card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Wakata retired from JAXA in 2024 after a ______ in spaceflight spanning nearly two decades.
Answer
career. Wakata retired from JAXA in 2024 after a career in spaceflight spanning nearly two decades. From the Koichi Wakata article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Matthew Meselson. Matthew Meselson 71 · Nexus S 67 · Toyo Ito 64 · Koichi Wakata 61 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- 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 and two short-duration flights, one to the ISS and one aboard the Space Shuttle.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Koichi Wakata article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Koichi Wakata
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Koichi Wakata in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Gigi ProiettiCommon · Arts · ATK 67 DEF 51
- HelenaUncommon · Arts · ATK 66 DEF 52
- Henri BarbusseUncommon · History · ATK 65 DEF 53
- Toyo ItoCommon · Arts · ATK 64 DEF 54
- BoilerCommon · Science · ATK 67 DEF 51
- Caroline MarksCommon · Society · ATK 65 DEF 53
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Koichi Wakata (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Josh Valcarcel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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