• the cowherd celebrated in the Chinese star festival, Qi Xi
  Qi Xi
  Qixi Festival , also known as Magpie Festival, falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar; thus its name. It inspired Tanabata in Japan, Chilseok in Korea, and Thất Tịch in Vietnam...
  
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• the cowherd celebrated in the Japanese star festival, Tanabata
  Tanabata
  is a Japanese star festival, originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival. It celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi . According to legend, the Milky Way separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the...
  
   influenced by Qi Xi. trains operated on the Keihan Main Line in Osaka, Japan.
• the chaser satellite of the Japanese Engineering Test Satellite ETS-VII
  ETS-VII
  The ETS-VII, or Engineering Test Satellite No. 7, was a satellite developed and launched by the National Space Development Agency of Japan . It is also known as KIKU-7. It was launched aboard an H-II rocket from Tanegashima Space Center, on 28 November 1997...
  
  , also known as KIKU-7.

See also

• Orihime is the Japanese name for the star Vega
  Vega
  Vega is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, the fifth brightest star in the night sky and the second brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus...
  
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• Lachette Altair, a character from Sakura Wars (see List of Sakura Wars characters).