Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Kagimoto Tadahisa
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/18/2018		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ATHERSYS, INC / NEW [ATHX]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
3201 CARNEGIE AVENUE		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

CLEVELAND, OH 44115-2634		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 12,000,000 (1)
I
HEALIOS K.K. ("Healios")

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Warrant (right to purchase) 06/06/2018 09/01/2020 Common Stock 4,000,000 (2) $ (3) I Healios

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Kagimoto Tadahisa
3201 CARNEGIE AVENUE
CLEVELAND, OH 44115-2634		   X   X    

Signatures

/s/ Hardy TS Kagimoto 07/02/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents 12,000,000 shares of Common Stock held by Healios. See "Explanation of Responses".
(2) Represents tranche of the Warrant providing right to purchase up to 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock held by Healios. See "Explanation of Responses".
(3) Greater of $1.76 and 110% of the average closing price per share of Common Stock for the 10 trading days immediately preceding (but not including) the date the Warrant is exercised.
 
Remarks:
The reporting person may be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of securities that are beneficially owned by Healios, solely through his interest in Healios.  For information regarding Healios's beneficial ownership of securities, please refer to Healios's Statement on Schedule 13D, as initially filed on March 23, 2018, which may be amended from time to time, and to Healios's Form 3, as filed on July 2, 2018 (collectively, the "Healios Filings").  Information contained in the Healios Filings is incorporated herein by reference.

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