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is a Japanese astronomer credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 105 asteroids he made partially in collaboration with astronomer Tsutomu Hioki at Okutama Observatory (), Japan, between 1988 and 2000.
He is also known for the recovery of 724 Hapag in 1988, a long-lost asteroid discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa in 1911. As of 2016, most of his discoveries, such as the inner main-belt asteroid , remain unnamed.
The Mars-crosser asteroid 4910 Kawasato, discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth, was named in his honor on 1 September 1993 ().
List of discovered minor planets 4100 Sumiko 16 January 1988 4225 Hobart 31 January 1989 4381 Uenohara 22 November 1989 4749 Ledzeppelin 22 November 1989 4772 Frankdrake 2 November 1989 5336 Kley 7 May 1991 11 January 1988 10 November 1988 15 October 1991 10 February 1992 29 October 1989 2 December 1989 18 November 1992 6300 Hosamu 30 December 1988 2 November 1992 9 October 1989 2 November 1992 2 November 1989 28 December 1991 7 November 1988 9 October 1993 10 January 1992 27 February 1992 25 October 1992 2 January 1989 29 October 1989 16 April 1991 8 October 1989 27 September 1997 7 November 1988 25 October 1992 8 March 1989 3 April 1991 25 October 1992 7 December 1988 25 October 1992 31 October 1992 31 October 1992 9 October 1993 31 August 1994 21 November 1992 14 November 1998 20 October 1995 10 February 1992 25 November 1998 30 September 1997 8 February 1999 12 February 1999 27 September 1997 8 October 1997 29 January 1998 27 February 1992 8 November 1988 27 September 1997 14 November 1998 17 November 1998 3 December 1999 28 January 2000 8 October 1997 8 February 1999 9 January 1999 31 October 1992 29 October 1989 5 November 1999 5 November 1999 8 October 1997 16 December 1998 3 December 1999 19 January 1998 19 January 1998 19 December 1998 18 January 1999 28 January 2000 18 January 1999 20 January 1999 2 February 2000 19 December 1998 12 February 1999 16 September 1998 5 November 1999 3 December 1999 14 November 1998 19 December 1998 8 February 1999 3 January 1997 2 February 2000 9 January 1999 10 December 1999 10 January 1997 19 November 1998 19 January 1998 19 September 1998 3 December 1999 14 November 1998 13 November 1999 28 January 2000 28 January 2000 16 December 1998 9 January 1999 2 February 2000 21 December 1998 8 August 1999 8 October 1997 12 February 1999 28 January 2000 Co-discovery made with: T. Hioki
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