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People with the surname

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Ellison Onizuka was an American astronaut, engineer, and USAF test pilot from Kealakekua, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' on STS-51-C. He died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'', on which he wa ...
(1946–1986), U.S astronaut who died in the 'Challenger' accident * Katsuya Onizuka (born 1970), WBA Super Flyweight champion from Kitakyushu, Japan


Places named after Ellison Onizuka

* Onizuka Air Force Station, a military station in Sunnyvale, California *
Onizuka Center for International Astronomy The Onizuka Center for International Astronomy, also known as Hale Pōhaku, is a complex of support facilities for the telescopes and other instruments that comprise the Mauna Kea Observatory atop Mauna Kea, on Hawaii island. History A few rusti ...
, a visitor information center at Mauna Kea, Hawaii *Onizuka Space Center at
Kona International Airport Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole is the busiest airport on the Island of Hawaii. It is located in Kalaoa CDP, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, near the town of Kailua-Kona. The airport serves leeward (western) Hawai ...
, Hawaii *
Onizuka (crater) Onizuka is a small lunar impact crater that lies within the inner ring of the walled plain Apollo. The central portion of Apollo has been covered by dark basaltic lava, and Onizuka lies at the southern edge of this plain. To the southeast of Oniz ...
, a crater on the Moon


Fictional

*'' Great Teacher Onizuka'', a 1999 live-action, anime and manga series ** Eikichi Onizuka, the titular character in the series


Other uses

* Onizuka Station, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, Japan {{disambiguation, surname Japanese-language surnames