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Initial D

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Name: Initial D
Country of Origin: Japan
Type of Source: Animated TV show
Year Created: 1995

Description[edit]

Initial D is an anime/manga following Takumi Fujiwara, a gas station attendant from Gunma, and son of tofu shop owner/former street racer Bunta Fujiwara, who makes tofu deliveries and street races with his father's Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno.

Media Information[edit]

  • TV Anime
  • Originally a Manga
  • Arcade game series by SEGA

Made By[edit]

  • Shuichi Shigeno (author)
  • Manga published by Kodansha
  • Anime produced by Studio Comet and Studio Gallop
  • Dubbed twice in English, by both TokyoPop and Funimation.

Country of Origin[edit]

Date[edit]

  • 1995 (Manga)
  • 1998 (Anime)

Characters[edit]

Fujiwara Tofu Shop[edit]

  • Takumi Fujiwara- The main character. Drives a 1983 Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86.
  • Bunta Fujiwara- Father of Takumi, a former street racing legend, and owner of the Fujiwara Tofu Shop. Later drives a Subaru Impreza WRX STI GC8.

Akina SpeedStars[edit]

  • Itsuki Takeuchi- Takumi's best friend, and member of the Akina SpeedStars. Drives a Toyota Corolla Levin AE85.
  • Koichiro Iketani- Member of the SpeedStars. Drives a Nissan Silvia S13.
  • Kenji- Drives a Nissan 180SX RPS-13.

Akagi Red Suns[edit]

  • Keisuke Takahashi- Member of the Akagi Red Suns, and Takumi's first opponent in the series. Drives a Mazda RX-7 FD3S.
  • Ryosuke Takahashi- The "White Comet of Akagi", brother of Keisuke, and later founder of Project D. Drives a Mazda RX-7 FC3S.

Myogi Night Kids[edit]

  • Takeshi Nakazato- Takumi's 2nd opponent in the series, who prefers gripping to drifting. Drives a Nissan Skyline GT-R R32.
  • Shingo Shogi- Challenges Takumi to a "gum tape deathmatch", where one hand is tied to the wheel, and infamous for bumping and causing others to crash. Drives a Honda Civic SiR EG6.

Other[edit]

  • Yuichi Tachibana- Manager of the gasoline stand that Takumi and Itsuki work at, and friend of Bunta.

Used in Poop By[edit]

Further Information[edit]

Main Source for Poopers[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • Prominently features Eurobeat music in its soundtrack, most notably Running in the '90s.
  • Caused prices for the AE86 generation Toyota Corolla to skyrocket, especially the "Trueno" version (which has pop-up headlamps).
    • Might have also contributed to Toyota releasing the GT86
  • The Japanese voice actor for Takeshi Nakazato, Nobuyuki Hiyama, also voiced adult Link in Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Nintendo 64, as well as in Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee.