Karakter & Staf

Takumi Fujiwara

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Male · Umur 18

Car: Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX (AE86) (color: High Tech two-tone) Takumi Fujiwara is the son of Bunta Fujiwara, the owner of a tofu shop in his hometown Akina. He rarely shows emotion. His best friend is Itsuki Takeuchi, who is a racing fan. Takumi works part-time at a gas station with Itsuki, along with Iketani, who is a member of the local racing team, the Akina Speed Stars. Takumi has been manipulated subtly by Bunta into developing driving skills, without being fully aware of Bunta's intent. Bunta aside, Takumi's driving technique is the best on Akina; the very fact that he has managed to win races against far more powerful cars with his AE86 Trueno is testament to his driving skills. As a result of constant everyday practice and over 5 years of experience on Akina, Takumi is able to adapt to nearly any situation that presents itself during a race with astonishing speed. One factor in his nearly unparalleled driving skills is his ability to visualize the road in his head, thus making up for the lack of visibility no matter how dark the mountain pass may be. He is an instinctive rather than an intellectual driver. Although the mizutoshi technique is a great but difficult technique that his father taught him, it lead him to many victories through out the story.

Ryousuke Takahashi

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Male · Umur 23

Car: 1990 Mazda Savanna RX-7 ∞III (FC3S) He is the leader of the street racers called "Red Suns". One of the most talented and skilled drivers in the Gunma prefecture. The older brother of Takahashi Keisuke, who also drives for Red Suns. To win races he thoroughly analyzes his opponent and the course to come up with an optimal strategy. Has an extraordinary ability to study technical data and set his car up to perform its best. Has been called "Akagi's White Comet" and is also the founder and manager of "Project D", a street racing team started solely for the purpose of capturing every time attack record in Japan.

Keisuke Takahashi

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Male · Umur 21

Car: Mazda RX-7 Type R (FD3S) (color: Competition Yellow Mica) Keisuke Takahashi is the number two driver for the Red Suns. Keisuke drives FD3S and is a skilled driver, second only to his brother. Keisuke is a rather hot-headed young man and does not like losing. Keisuke is also known to drive with his emotions, for example if he realises that he cannot win his driving suffers and if he is in the lead he is carefree and much relaxed. Before Ryousuke got Keisuke involved in street racing he was the leader of a Bosozoku gang. He joins his brother's new team and has a rivalry with Takumi. Keisuke races the Hillclimb (Uphill) on most races, while Takumi races the downhill. Keisuke isn't analytical like his older brother, and Ryousuke's ability to compute and analyze amazes Keisuke. But at the same time, Keisuke's ability to think less while he is driving, and to do only what he feels amazes Ryosuke. While Ryousuke has decided that he won't race much longer, and that he will become a doctor in the future, Keisuke has dedicated his life to racing, his eventual goal is to become a professional racer. But first he must defeat Takumi. Though visibly getting along, they still have some kind of argumentation over who is the ace, he has respect for Takumi. He stated once he was not as strong minded as Takumi, because Takumi fell asleep really fast before a great battle, making him ask himself if he knew what was pressure.

Kai Kogashiwa

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Kai Kogashiwa is a street racer from Tochigi prefecture, and a son to a legendary Downhill ace and Bunta's rival, Ken Kogashiwa. Ken taught Kai in the racing world from a young age, participating in karting competitions which made him specialized in midships (colloquial term for mid engine, rear drive). Before his transition to street racing, Kai was the fastest motorcyclist on Irohazaka. It can be seen that Kai's specialty on Irohazaka is similar to Takumi on Akina as he lives at Lake Chuzenji (which is at the top of Irohazaka) and takes the road during his daily commute to the bottom. Kai had challenged Takumi on the Emperor's home course of Irohazaka. Kai had defeated Seiji Iwaki of Emperor and wanted to defeat Kyoichi as well, but set his sights on Takumi after Sudo's defeat. Kai uses a trick taught to him by his father to overtake Takumi by jumping a turn in a break in the guard rail on 33rd corner. However, he spins out on the final straightaway after his car loses traction from landing on leaves on the side of the road and was defeated. Kai reappears as an opponent for Project D in Kanagawa prefecture. Kai represents the downhill ace for Racing Team Katagiri against the Eight-Six. However, he spins out at the last sector costing him the race. Originally, Kai drives his father's Toyota SW20 MR2 but later switches to a silver Toyota MR-S ZZW30 (3rd Generation MR2 Roadster), leaving the SW20 to his father. (Source: Initial D Wiki)

Ryuuji Ikeda

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Rin Houjo

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Male

Rin Houjo, also known as "Shinigami", is Go Houjo's elder brother and a legendary driver of Kanagawa. Rin has had a long-standing feud with Ryosuke because of a girl named Kaori, who was Rin's arranged fiance at the time. Kaori would commit suicide after Rin verbally abuses her, claiming that she'll regret rejecting him when she and her family will be ruined. After this event, Rin left the racing scene and became a recluse, locking himself in his home for years, before making a surprising return and racing (unofficially) against Team Spiral's leader, Ikeda. Rin is an extremely skilled driver who utilizes a dangerous driving style (Source: Initial D Wiki)

Satoshi Omiya

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Satoshi Omiya is Team 246's leader and downhill representative who drives a 2nd generation Mazda Roadster. (Source: Initial D Wiki)

Gou Hojou

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Go Hojo is the Chief Driver of the Sidewinders. He's quite familiar with Takahashi Ryosuke through his brother, as well as the the feud between them. Hojo helps Chief Mechanic Kubo Eiji to evaluate Project D's weaknesses. (Source: Wikipedia)

Hideo Minagawa

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Hideo Minagawa is a professional racer who represents Racing Team Katagiri as their uphill ace. On Hakone, he races against Keisuke and decides to go all out in an attempt to pressure Keisuke into making a mistake and capitalize. (Source: Wikipedia)

Hiroya Okuyama

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Hiroya Okuyama is the number 1 driver of Team Spiral, also known as "Zero 1". Okuyama too believes in Ikeda's "Zero Theory" and is disappointed when he won't be able to use his car's full potential due to the fog. Okuyama, unlike Ikeda is very arrogant and confident in his abilities. He also refuses to greet Project D upon meeting them. (Source: Wikipedia)

Shinji Inui

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Shinji Inui is the downhill driver for Sidewinder. Shinji appears to be a boy (possibly younger than Takumi) but seems very intelligent. Shinji has many parallels to Takumi, in that he has next to no interest in racing and that he had been driving years before he had his license. Shinji's car is the notchback coupe variant of the AE86 Trueno (not to be confused with Takumi's Eight-Six), which belonged to his deceased father. He is the third character to drive a Toyota AE86 model, after Wataru's Levin AE86. (Source: Wikipedia, Initial D Wiki)

Itsuki Takeuchi

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Male · Umur 18-19 · Gol. darah O

Height: 162 cm (5'3") Car: Toyota Corolla Levin SR (AE85) (color: High Tech White) Itsuki is Takumi's best friend and a member of the Akina SpeedStars. Itsuki provides the comic relief in the series, as he is the most enthusiastic of the whole street racing scene. Wanting to be more like Takumi, he accidentally buys an AE85 (Known as Hachi Go, "Eight-Five") Corolla Levin mistaken it for an Hachi-Roku (Eight-Six). This upsets him until Takumi takes him for a drive (ultimately racing it downhill), demonstrating that the driver's skill can make a difference. With a car, he is a self-proclaimed member of the Akina SpeedStars. He eventually purchases a turbocharger for his Hachi-Go.

Mako Satou

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Female · Umur 20-21

Car: Nissan Sileighty (color: Royal Navy Blue Pearl) Mako Satou is the driver of the Usui combination; Sayuki is her co-driver/navigator, a combination similar to that found in the WRC. Mako is interested in Iketani of the Akina Speedstars. She originally got close to him in order to race Takumi's AE86 in Usui, offering her virginity in exchange. But she and Iketani had true feelings to each other later on. Unfortunately, a misunderstanding kept them apart.

Kouichirou Iketani

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Male · Umur 21

Car: Nissan S13 Silvia Height: 175.3 cm Iketani is the leader of the Speedstars and drives an S13 Silvia. He has great pride in his racing team and cares for everyone, including some oppenents. He doesn't know how to drift, but he is working on the back-brake-skid. His driving skills are fairly weak and is scared when the car begins to skid. However, he is getting over his scare and is willing to try almost anything to improve his skills. Iketani is often called "senpai" by Itsuki and Takumi (because he is older than them and watches out for them most of the time). He also works at the Esso (GS in the anime) gas station with Takumi and Itsuki and loves to talk about cars non-stop! Iketani is one of those guys that are somewhat dense about women (his relationship with Mako) and often jumps to conclusions too early. However, he learns from his mistakes quickly and even under the heaviest pressures, tries to remain calm and collective.

Sayuki

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Female

Sayuki is Mako's co-driver/navigator. Sayuki is a cheerful, outgoing girl and she is always looking for good looking guys like the Takahashi brothers. She also developed a crush on Takumi, finding him cute and invited him to a pool after his race against Mako and Sayuki. As navigator, she gives out instructions to Mako when they're racing (when to brake, what drifting technique to use etc.). Her last name is unknown.

Kenta Nakamura

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Male

Kenta Nakamura, also known as Kent, is one of the youngest members of the Akagi RedSuns. Kenta absolutely adores Keisuke Takahashi and is always eager to prove himself to Keisuke. Kenta was recognized by Keisuke himself for his driving skills, and has been somewhat taken under his wing. Kenta specializes in rain conditions, because he had a habit of practicing in the rain since the wet roads wouldn't wear his tires down as much.

Hiroshi Fumihiro

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Male

Kenji

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Male · Umur 21

Car: Nissan 180SX Type X (RPS13) (color: white) He's a friend to Iketani, and he's one of the top three in the Speedstars. He hangs out at the gas station where Iketani, Takumi and Itsuki work from time to time, usually discussing cars and driving techniques with Iketani and Yuichi. He has respect and admiration for Iketani and Takumi; Iketani since he is the leader of the Speed Stars and Takumi for his driving skills. His occupation is also unknown, although he often goes to the gas station where his friends work bringing car magazines and racing news.

Kaori

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Kaori was Rin Hojo's arranged fiance at the time.