Career
The minor planet 4842 Atsushi was named in Takahashi"s honor at Watanabe"s suggestion. Takahashi and Watanabe discovered asteroid 5214 Ōzora on November 13, 1990, while working at Hokkaido Kitami Observatory. 5214 Ōzora is named for Super Ōzora, the first express train in Hokkaido.
