Takao Kobayashi
Japanese amateur astronomer
Takao Kobayashi is a Japanese amateur astronomer and an outstanding discoverer of minor planets who currently works at the Ōizumi Observatory. The asteroid 3500 Kobayashi is named after him. Wikipedia
Discovered: 10160 Totoro, 9106 Yatagarasu, 8101 Yasue, and more
Affiliation: Tokyo Institute of Technology
Research interests: Speech Processing and Speech Synthesis