Asteroids named after people called Takeshi

(8912) Ohshimatake

Takeshi Oshima (b. 1966) helped develop the MIC (Mars imaging camera) and SICPU (CPU board for science instruments) loaded on the first Japanese Mars exploration spacecraft “Nozomi”. As a systems manager of NTSpace Ltd., he also helped develop the first Japanese sample-return Spacecraft, MUSES-C.Discovered 21 December 1995 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi

(10616) Inouetakeshi

Takeshi Inoue (b. 1969) is astronomy curator of Akashi Municipal Planetarium, where he has been engaged in popularizing astronomy since 1997.Discovered 25 October 1997 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami

(10821) Kimuratakeshi

Takeshi Kimura (b. 1943) is the senior executive officer at a consulting company in Tokyo and is also a well-known amateur astronomer. He is respected as a leader eager to spread astronomical knowledge among eastern Japan's amateur astronomers.Discovered 16 September 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami

(23448) Yasudatakeshi

Takeshi Yasuda (b. 1968) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and an astronomy curator at the Himeji City Science Museum in Hyogo Prefecture. One of the leaders of the planetarium community in Hyogo, he was president of the Japan Public Observatory Society from 2018 to 2021.Discovered 18 January 1988 by Matsuyama, M., Watanabe, K., Kushiro

(39686) Takeshihara

Takeshi Hara (b. 1981) became a member of the Yamagata Astronomical Society in 2009 and actively popularizes astronomy.Discovered 9 August 1996 by T. Okuni, Nanyo

(73936) Takeyamamoto

Takeshi Yamamoto (1932-2005) was a Japanese amateur astronomer who studied astronomy under Issei Yamamoto. He devoted himself to educating the general public about astronomy in the city of Moriyama.Discovered 24 September 1997 by Y. Ikari, Moriyama