# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takao-kobayashi
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:07:27.835Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takao-kobayashi"
name: "Takao Kobayashi"
slug: "takao-kobayashi"
description: "Takao Kobayashi  is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets who currently works at the Ōizumi Observatory. The asteroid 3500 Kobayashi is named after him."
tagline: "Japanese amateur astronomer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1961"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.22
  momentum:             0.7329842931937173
  historical:           20.14809333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%8F%D1%81%D1%96_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BE"
    title: "Кобаясі Такао"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A"
    title: "تاكاو كوباياشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%89"
    title: "تاكاو كوباياشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8F%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B8_%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%AB"
    title: "Տակաո Կոբայաշի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E9%9A%86%E7%94%B7"
    title: "小林隆男"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%8F%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BE"
    title: "Кобаяси, Такао"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kobayashi"
    title: "Takao Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457312"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump