is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 21 numbered minor planets between 1992 and 1999. Among his discoveries are the named asteroids 7253 Nara, 7895 Kaseda, 8041 Masumoto, and 9648 Gotouhideo. List of discovered minor planets See also References Discoverers of minor planets 20th-century Japanese astronomers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)