is a Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets. Between 1986 and 1991, he has discovered or co-discovered 16 of asteroids at the Nihondaira Observatory in Shimizu, Japan. He is credited as sole discoverer of , a 3-kilometer near-Earth object belonging to the group of Amor asteroids. His co-discoverers were the Japanese astronomers Takeshi Urata, Watari Kakei and Hitoshi Shiozawa (see adjunct table). References Discoverers of asteroids 20th-century Japanese astronomers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)