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Koichi Tanaka

Koichi Tanaka (born August 3, 1959, Toyama, Japan), aged 67, is a Japanese chemist. Tanaka's honours include Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Order of Culture and Keio Medical Science Prize.

Koichi Tanaka’s zodiac sign is Leo, Chinese zodiac is Earth Pig, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Koichi Tanaka’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Scholar

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.

How common is the name Koichi in the U.S.?

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outside the current top list

~145

Americans share it since 1914

1921

its peak year

Koichi is in US records from 1914, but 1959 is not one of the years it clears the SSA's five-birth reporting threshold. It was busiest in 1921.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Koichi’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

4

Expression · building what holds

9

Soul Urge · meaning

4

Personality · steady, dependable

The name opens on K (2) and closes on I (9). Two values tie for most repeated, 1 and 2: drive against tact.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Koichi’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

8 · 2 · 5

Lucky colours

Yellow & Ochre

Lucky day

Sunday

Direction

• Center

Season

the turning of seasons

Stones

Peridot, Ruby, Citrine

Flower constellation

🌸 Gladiolus · 🌻 Sunflower · 🌼 Chrysanthemum

Coral · Gold

The record

What sets Koichi apart

Tom Brady (1977) and Martha Stewart (1941) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

What the chart says

Koichi, according to the stars

Core essence

Koichi is warm the way the sun is warm: not trying, just doing it. The core of Koichi is a big open heart and a need to be seen loving with it. They are generous with praise, with time, with the spotlight when they trust you, and they will remember every kindness you paid them for years. Loyal to a fault, and glad of the fault.

The vibe

Underneath, Koichi is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What Koichi needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.

How Koichi wants to be loved

Koichi wants to be loved attentively. Venus in Virgo shows love through service, the fixed thing, the remembered appointment, and wants to be loved the same way: notice what they did. Big words matter less than the follow-through. Be reliable with Koichi and they will quietly make your whole life run better.

How Koichi creates

How Koichi makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Koichi creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: Koichi is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Koichi is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.

Triggers

Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Koichi channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.

Computed from Koichi's birth date. Working below.

Where Koichi sits

Six lines

Koichi’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Koichi

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Koichi

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Koichi

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Koichi

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Koichi

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Koichi

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Koichi Tanaka

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Toyama on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Koichi’s birth-night reference starVegablue-white · LyraVega, in Lyra. A blue-white star, 81.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Vega →The warmest lightAntaresdeep red · ScorpiusAntares, in Scorpius. A deep red star, 23.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Antares →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Toyama that night

Computed for 36.70°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

At 9 p.m. the star closest to straight overhead at Toyama was Vega, in Lyra, 81.6° up.

The brightest star above the horizon was Arcturus in Boötes, and 83 catalog stars were up in all.

From 36.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Toyama at all: they sit past the −53.3° declination limit this latitude imposes.

Sun 21° below the horizon, Moon down and 2% lit at new moon.

How unusual Koichi's chart is

Chart pattern score

53 / 100 · Unusual

3-planet stellium in Leo · A bowl chart · No Air planets

An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.

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If you only read one paragraph

Leo Sun

The room rearranges itself.

Koichi Tanaka's Sun was in Leo for the whole of August 3, 1959, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Leo means →

Earth Pig

Trusts easily. Rarely regrets it.

Koichi Tanaka was born on August 3, 1959, which falls in a Earth Pig year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Pig means →

Life Path 8

Wants it all. Gets most.

Koichi Tanaka's birth date, August 3, 1959, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 8 means →

What stands out in Koichi’s chart

Koichi’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 16° to 28° Cancer depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon flows with Jupiter · Trine, 0.1° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.1° orbMercury fuses with Uranus · Conjunction, 1.7° orbSaturn flows with Pluto · Trine, 1.8° orbSaturn opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 3° orbMars opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 4.2° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 4.5° orbMars fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 5.4° orbSun in Leo · 10°03′☉10°Moon in Cancer · 22°32′☽22°Mercury in Leo · 14°33′ · retrograde☿℞14°Venus in Virgo · 15°00′♀14°Mars in Virgo · 8°30′♂8°Jupiter in Scorpio · 22°25′♃22°Saturn in Capricorn · 1°18′ · retrograde♄℞1°Uranus in Leo · 16°15′♅16°Neptune in Scorpio · 4°16′♆4°Pluto in Virgo · 3°07′♇3°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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Lines drawn
Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableMoontrineJupiter0.1° to 6.4° orb

    Koichi’s feelings flow straight into their growth.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.1° to 1.2° orb

    Koichi’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • stableMercuryconjunctionUranus1.3° to 2.1° orb

    Koichi’s mind and need for freedom act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • stableSaturntrinePluto1.8° to 1.9° orb

  • stableSaturnsextileNeptune2.9° to 3.0° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionMercury3.6° to 5.3° orb

  • stableMarssextileNeptune3.9° to 4.6° orb

  • stableMarsconjunctionPluto5.1° to 5.7° orb

  • stableSunsquareNeptune5.3° to 6.3° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionUranus5.8° to 6.7° orb

  • stableJupitersquareUranus6.1° to 6.2° orb

  • stableVenusconjunctionMars6.3° to 6.7° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air0 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart, with no planets in Air signs.

Koichi’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Aquarius 25°55′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

  • ⚳ CeresScorpio 17°42′ (moves 0.18° over the day)

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

  • ♡ ErosLibra 6°52′ (moves 0.76° over the day)

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

  • ⚕ HygieaCancer 26°01′ (moves 0.34° over the day)

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithTaurus 28°53′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Ceres square Uranus 1.4°
  • Ceres sextile Venus 2.7°

Koichi’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ☉ Sun10 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury, Uranus; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury5 pts

    disposes Venus, Mars, Pluto; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♇ Pluto5 pts

    disposes Jupiter, Neptune; 3 major aspects

Configurations in Koichi’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Leo · Sun, Mercury, UranusThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Saturn sesquiquadrate Uranus 0.0°
  • Mercury semi-sextile Venus 0.4°
  • Venus semi-sextile Uranus 1.3°
  • Sun semi-sextile Mars 1.5°
  • Mercury sesquiquadrate Saturn 1.8°

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Koichi’s cards

Computed from August 3, 1959. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Star

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Scholar

Western zodiac

Leo

Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

Life Path

8 · Achiever

☉ Ruled by Sun

Gold Au

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

己

yin Earth

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

未

Goat

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

巳

Snake

Fire

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Koichi’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q110963 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by 内閣官房内閣広報室, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Koichi Tanaka at Wikipedia.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Koichi Tanaka.

Quick answers about Koichi Tanaka’s chart

How old is Koichi Tanaka?
Koichi Tanaka is 67 years old, born August 3, 1959 in Toyama, Japan.
What zodiac sign is Koichi Tanaka?
Koichi Tanaka is a Leo: born August 3, 1959, which puts the Sun in Leo for the whole of that day.
What is Koichi Tanaka's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the August 3, 1959 birth.
What is Koichi Tanaka's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
What is Koichi Tanaka's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Aquarius at 25°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Koichi Tanaka's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Taurus at 28°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Koichi Tanaka's dominant planet?
Sun, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Leo; in its own sign, Leo; disposes Mercury, Uranus; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Pluto third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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