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Toyohiro Akiyama (秋山豊寛
Akiyama Toyohiro) (born July 7, 1942) is a
Japanese TV journalist and cosmonaut.

Born in Setagaya, Tokyo|Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, he
became a reporter for the Japanese TV company
Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting
System), and also worked for the BBC in London
1967-1971. 

He was selected for cosmonaut training on August
17, 1989, as a journalist-cosmonaut sponsored by
TBS. He flew on Soyuz TM-11 in December 1990,
spending 7 days 21 hours and 54 minutes in space.
He was the first Japanese in space, the first
professional Japanese astronaut of the NASDA was
Mamoru Mohri in 1992.

After his spaceflight he became Deputy Director of
TBS News Division. In 1995 he resigned from TBS to
pursue private interests. 

His hobbies include sailing, hiking, swimming,
later he also became an active balloonist. He is
married with two children.