Tetsuya Fujii (, ''Fujii Tetsuya''; born 1960) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets. From 1988 to 1992, he had discovered a total of 22 numbered asteroids together with his colleague,

Kazuro Watanabe is a Japanese amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets. He was born in Hokkaidō, Japan and is a member of the ''Astronomical Society of Japan'' as well as of the ''Oriental Astronomical Association''. Through publications ...

, at the Kitami Observatory in the Kitami-Abashiri Region Cultural Centre in eastern

Hokkaidō is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel. The la ...

, Japan, where several amateur astronomers have been conducting an active program of astrometric observations of minor planets and comets. He is director of the astronomical club in Kitami, where he also works for the NHK broadcasting office. The minor planet 4343 Tetsuya, discovered by

Seiji Ueda is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of minor planets. Between 1987 and 2000, Ueda (in collaboration with Hiroshi Kaneda) discovered 705 asteroids. He holds an MD and Ph.D. from Stanford University and is on the staff at the Gr ...

and Hiroshi Kaneda in 1988, was named in his honour.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fujii, Tetsuya 1960 births Discoverers of asteroids * 20th-century Japanese astronomers Living people 21st-century Japanese astronomers

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