is a Japanese astronomer. He has discovered a number of asteroids, including 5881 Akashi (with T. Nomura), 6559 Nomura (with K. Kawanishi), and 8892 Kakogawa (with T. Nomura). He was also a co-discoverer of Comet Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa (C/1983 J1). The asteroid 5872 Sugano is named after him. Asteroid 6155 Yokosugano was named for his wife, Yoko. A long-time employee of Akashi Municipal Planetarium in Akashi, Hyōgo, Sugano worked to develop amateur astronomy in Japan. References 20th-century Japanese astronomers Discoverers of asteroids Living people Year of birth missing (living people)