Named in honor of Yoshihiro Kunimoto (b. 1958), Japanese composer and synthesizer musician. He has written and played theme and background music for more than 60 planetarium shows at the Hiroshima Children's Museum. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Sato and K. Kato.
Discovered on 24-11-1990 in Kitami by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.