Thatch -Two Legends- [OP-08]

Product Details:

Card No: OP08-045
Rarity: UC
Color: Blue
Card Type: Character
Cost: 4
Power: 5000
Counter: 1000
Attribute: Slash
Type: Whitebeard Pirates
Card Set: -Two Legends- [OP-08]

Effect:
If this Character would be removed from the field by your opponent's effect or K.O.'d, trash this Character and draw 1 card instead.

Card Questions/Ruling:

• If this card would be K.O.'d and I trash it to draw 1 card instead, does that activate the "When a Character is K.O.'d"effect of another card?
  No, it does not.