title: Tomimaru Okuni
text: # Tomimaru Okuni
  
  Minor planets discovered: 130 :
  
  * see § List of discovered minor planets
  
  Tomimaru Okuni (大国 富丸, Ōkuni Tomimaru, born 1931) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets at the Nanyo Observatory (358), Yamagata prefecture, Japan.
  
  He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, credited by the Minor Planet Center with a total of 130 discoveries between 1995 and 2000.
  
  The main-belt asteroid 7769 Okuni, discovered by Satoru Otomo at the Kiyosato Observatory in 1991, is named in his honour. Naming citation was published on 9 January 2001 (M.P.C. 41935).
  
  ## List of discovered minor planets
  
  | 7039 Yamagata | 14 April 1996 | list |
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  | 8220 Nanyou | 13 May 1996 | list |
  | 8418 Mogamigawa | 10 November 1996 | list |
  | 8723 Azumayama | 23 September 1996 | list |
  | 8730 Iidesan | 10 November 1996 | list |
  | 8747 Asahi | 24 March 1998 | list |
  | 8922 Kumanodake | 10 November 1996 | list |
  | 8937 Gassan | 13 January 1997 | list |
  | 9110 Choukai | 13 January 1997 | list |
  | 9128 Takatumuzi | 30 April 1998 | list |
  | 9990 Niiyaeki | 30 September 1997 | list |
  | 10405 Yoshiaki | 19 November 1997 | list |
  | 10583 Kanetugu | 21 November 1995 | list |
  | 10864 Yamagatashi | 31 August 1995 | list |
  | 10886 Mitsuroohba | 10 November 1996 | list |
  | 11119 Taro | 9 August 1996 | list |
  | 11623 Kagekatu | 8 October 1996 | list |
  | 11752 Masatakesagai | 23 July 1999 | list |
  | 12003 Hideosugai | 20 March 1996 | list |
  | 12400 Katumaru | 28 July 1995 | list |
  | 12439 Okasaki | 15 February 1996 | list |
  | 12445 Sirataka | 24 April 1996 | list |
  | 12478 Suzukiseiji | 7 March 1997 | list |
  | 12788 Shigeno | 22 September 1995 | list |
  | 12793 Hosinokokai | 30 October 1995 | list |
  | 13146 Yuriko | 20 February 1995 | list |
  | (13199) 1997 $EW_{25}$ | 3 March 1997 | list |
  | 13220 Kashiwagura | 1 July 1997 | list |
  | 13222 Ichikawakazuo | 27 July 1997 | list |
  | 13224 Takamatsuda | 10 August 1997 | list |
  | 13235 Isiguroyuki | 30 April 1998 | list |
  | 13365 Tenzinyama | 26 October 1998 | list |
  | 13624 Abeosamu | 17 October 1995 | list |
  | 13678 Shimada | 6 July 1997 | list |
  | 13679 Shinanogawa | 29 July 1997 | list |
  | 13686 Kongozan | 30 August 1997 | list |
  | 13787 Nagaishi | 26 October 1998 | list |
  | 14046 Keikai | 17 November 1995 | list |
  | 14515 Koichisato | 21 April 1996 | list |
  | 14551 Itagaki | 22 October 1997 | list |
  | 14962 Masanoriabe | 9 October 1996 | list |
  | 14963 Toshikazu | 11 October 1996 | list |
  | 15028 Soushiyou | 26 October 1998 | list |
  | 15387 Hanazukayama | 30 September 1997 | list |
  | 15840 Hiroshiendou | 31 May 1995 | list |
  | 15906 Yoshikaneda | 30 September 1997 | list |
  | 16261 Iidemachi | 4 May 2000 | list |
  | 16725 Toudono | 15 February 1996 | list |
  | 16736 Tongariyama | 13 May 1996 | list |
  | (16764) 1996 $TV_{14}$ | 9 October 1996 | list |
  | 17629 Koichisuzuki | 21 April 1996 | list |
  | 17645 Inarimori | 9 October 1996 | list |
  | (17685) 1997 $AJ_{19}$ | 13 January 1997 | list |
  | (17948) 1999 $JQ_{15}$ | 12 May 1999 | list |
  | 18461 Seiichikanno | 17 August 1995 | list |
  | 18818 Yasuhiko | 21 June 1999 | list |
  | 18840 Yoshioba | 8 August 1999 | list |
  | 19392 Oyamada | 22 February 1998 | list |
  | 19707 Tokunai | 8 October 1999 | list |
  | 20107 Nanyotenmondai | 28 August 1995 | list |
  | 20115 Niheihajime | 12 November 1995 | list |
  | 20204 Yuudurunosato | 1 March 1997 | list |
  | 21275 Tosiyasu | 23 September 1996 | list |
  | 21368 Shiodayama | 6 June 1997 | list |
  | 21460 Ryozo | 30 April 1998 | list |
  | 22490 Zigamiyama | 11 April 1997 | list |
  | 23727 Akihasan | 30 April 1998 | list |
  | 24910 Haruoando | 14 February 1997 | list |
  | 24940 Sankichiyama | 1 May 1997 | list |
  | 24965 Akayu | 19 November 1997 | list |
  | 26319 Miyauchi | 26 October 1998 | list |
  | 26919 Shoichimiyata | 3 September 1996 | list |
  | 27879 Shibata | 15 February 1996 | list |
  | 27955 Yasumasa | 24 August 1997 | list |
  | 29355 Siratakayama | 28 August 1995 | list |
  | 29362 Azumakofuzi | 15 February 1996 | list |
  | 29373 Hamanowa | 14 April 1996 | list |
  | 29394 Hirokohamanowa | 12 July 1996 | list |
  | 29404 Hikarusato | 9 October 1996 | list |
  | 29450 Tomohiroohno | 28 August 1997 | list |
  | 29905 Kunitaka | 21 April 1999 | list |
  | 31105 Oguniyamagata | 27 July 1997 | list |
  | 31152 Daishinsai | 29 October 1997 | list |
  | 32969 Motohikosato | 6 August 1996 | list |
  | 33056 Ogunimachi | 29 October 1997 | list |
  | 33553 Nagai | 11 May 1999 | list |
  | 35265 Takeosaitou | 12 July 1996 | list |
  | 35274 Kenziarino | 7 September 1996 | list |
  | 37720 Kawanishi | 23 September 1996 | list |
  | 39655 Muneharuasada | 17 October 1995 | list |
  | 39679 Nukuhiyama | 19 July 1996 | list |
  | 39686 Takeshihara | 9 August 1996 | list |
  | 39726 Hideyukitezuka | 10 November 1996 | list |
  | 40774 Iwaigame | 11 October 1999 | list |
  | 43889 Osawatakaomi | 17 August 1995 | list |
  | 43908 Hiraku | 21 November 1995 | list |
  | 43931 Yoshimi | 9 August 1996 | list |
  | 43998 Nanyoshino | 28 August 1997 | list |
  | 44011 Juubichi | 29 October 1997 | list |
  | 44013 Iidetenmomdai | 1 November 1997 | list |
  | 46689 Hakuryuko | 13 January 1997 | list |
  | 46727 Hidekimatsuyama | 30 September 1997 | list |
  | 46796 Mamigasakigawa | 19 May 1998 | list |
  | 48607 Yamagatatemodai | 20 February 1995 | list |
  | 48624 Sadayuki | 4 August 1995 | list |
  | (48756) 1997 $GO_{28}$ | 11 April 1997 | list |
  | 48807 Takahata | 22 October 1997 | list |
  | 54288 Daikikawasaki | 4 May 2000 | list |
  | 58569 Eboshiyamakouen | 28 August 1997 | list |
  | 58600 Iwamuroonsen | 5 October 1997 | list |
  | (58618) 1997 $UU_{21}$ | 29 October 1997 | list |
  | 65784 Naderayama | 20 October 1995 | list |
  | (65869) 1997 $SP_{17}$ | 30 September 1997 | list |
  | 69496 Zaoryuzan | 13 January 1997 | list |
  | 73819 Isaootuki | 16 November 1995 | list |
  | 73857 Hitaneichi | 16 November 1996 | list |
  | 85388 Sakazukiyama | 11 August 1996 | list |
  | 85400 Shiratakachu | 8 October 1996 | list |
  | 85401 Yamatenclub | 9 October 1996 | list |
  | (90838) 1995 $WD_7$ | 21 November 1995 | list |
  | 90953 Hideosaitou | 7 November 1997 | list |
  | 96348 Toshiyukimariko | 7 October 1997 | list |
  | 100433 Hyakusyuko | 24 May 1996 | list |
  | (100463) 1996 $TU_{14}$ | 9 October 1996 | list |
  | (129541) 1996 $PQ_9$ | 9 August 1996 | list |
  | (129544) 1996 $RE_{24}$ | 7 September 1996 | list |
  | 129550 Fukuten | 9 October 1996 | list |
  | (129596) 1997 $VR_1$ | 2 November 1997 | list |
  | (175710) 1996 $SK_7$ | 23 September 1996 | list |
  | (356982) 1996 $RG_{24}$ | 7 September 1996 | list |
  