Isamu Kawakami (1948– ) is a member of Shirakawa Observatory in Japan and Chiro Observatory in Australia. He is a pioneer in amateur telescope-making and played an important role in the development of the 0.84-m Chiro Telescope and other large portable telescopes. (M 41936) _ _.
Discovered on 9-10-1996 in Kushiro by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H.