Yoshiaki Banno

Yoshiaki Banno (番野 善明, Banno Yoshiaki; 1952–1991) was a Japanese astronomer and co-discover of 4200 Shizukagozen, an asteroid of the main-belt.^[2]

Minor planets discovered: 1^[1]

4200 Shizukagozen[A]	28 November 1983	MPC
A co-discovered with Takeshi Urata

Banno is considered to be one of Japan's pioneering amateur astronomer. He died in a traffic accident in 1991. The main-belt asteroid 3394 Banno was named in his memory on 10 November 1992 (M.P.C. 21130).^[3][4]