Ko Tanashi
Kō Tanashi is the early pen name of Kazuyoshi Kawai (real name Isao Watanabe; August 31, 1947 – October 5, 2012), a children's manga artist from Niigata Prefecture. He debuted in 1969 with Nakuna! Heikichi in Weekly Shonen Jump and, as Tanashi, drew works for the magazine including Kuso Bōzu Gantetsu (written by Jirō Gyū) and Taiyō no Shima (written by Genshū Karatsu). From 1979 he worked under the name Kazuyoshi Kawai and became known for children's manga such as Famicom Runner: Takahashi Meijin Monogatari.