Tetuo Kudo (b. 1958) is a staff member of the Goshi Municipal Office and a renowned amateur astronomer, known particularly as an expert in astrophotography. He started his visual search for comets in 2001, and after sweeping for only 20 hours discovered C/2002 X5 (Kudo-Fujikawa).
Discovered on 18-10-2001 in Kuma Kogen by Nakamura, A.