The battle between Tak and Toshiya "God Arm" Joshima continues when Tak's abilities are truly put to the test in the most epic race of his life! Toshiya's one-handed steering technique has thrown Tak completely off his game as he desperately tries to keep up with the elusive racing veteran. Not even Ry has much confidence that Tak can beat Toshiya. Tak's only salvation may be to use the ditch to pass...but can the Eight Six survive such a dangerous maneuver?

Takumi Fujiwara
An 18-year-old with a passion for driving, Tak began his motoring career by delivering tofu every morning to a hotel. He was trained by his father.

Bunta Fujiwara
Owner of a tofu restaurant, Bunta is Tak's dad. He is the mysterious driver who holds the fastest downhill record in Akina.

Natalie Mogi
She is Tak's love interest and goes to the same school as Tak and Iggy.

Iggy Takeuchi
Iggy is Tak's best friend. He works with Tak at the gas station.

Shuichi Shigeno

Something magical happens when Shigeno-sensei touches pencil to paper and begins to render the street poetics of drifting, oversteering, powersliding, and studder cuts. His visual palette in Initial D is grace personified - characters, cars, and movement leap off the page with power ... and with an economy of stroke that is stunning.

A veteran manga-ka (manga artist), Shigeno-sensei is also known as the creator of an earlier series on motorbike racing called Bari Bari Densetsu.