This name is a combination of the names of the first discoverer's parents, Shoji (b. 1929) and Tomoko (1931–2011) Hirasawa. Shoji made his son's first telescope. He is a master at making bamboo fishing rods, a style peculiar to Japan.
Discovered on 11-11-1994 in Nyukasa by M. Hirasawa, S. Suzuki