 (22 in Project D) 
 __Car:__ Nissan S13 Silvia 
__Height:__ 175.3 cm  
__Weight:__ 59.9 kg  
__Likes:__ His beloved Silvia S13, when someone says they like the S13, Mako
__Dislikes:__ Silvia S14, Silvia S15, Shingo, two guys from Tokyo

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. 

High school student Takumi Fujiwara works as a gas station attendant during the day and a delivery boy for his father's tofu shop early in the morning. Little does he know that his precise driving skills and his father's modified Toyota Sprinter AE86 Trueno make him the best amateur road racer on Mt. Akina's highway. Because of this, racing groups from all over the Gunma prefecture issue challenges to Takumi to see if he really has what it takes to be a road legend. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

__Chronology:__ (1994) B.A. from Williams College, Theater; (1997) M.F.A. from OHC School of the Arts, Columbia University 
__Favorites:__ 
- Anime Character Played: Tsume from _Wolf's Rain_ 
- Anime Character: Allen Schezar 
- Anime Series: _Laputa: Castle in the Sky_, _Macross Plus_, _Princess Mononoke_ (and most all Studio Ghibli films), _The Vision of Escaflowne_ 
- Authors: Hayao Miyazaki, J.R.R. Tolkein, Joseph Campbell, Marshall McLuhan, Osamu Tezuka, Shakespeare, William Gibson 
- Foods: Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, Chicago Style Pizza, sushi 
- Hobbies: computers, mythology, radio theater, Sony Playstation, sound design

**Skills and Abilities**: Kendo

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/yaochan_defu)

Kazuki Yao is a veteran voice actor. Yao is currently represented by Sigma Seven.


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Martial Le Minoux is a French ADR director and actor, his works are mainly on dubbing for video games and anime.

His cousin, [Fabrizio Manfredi](https://anilist.co/staff/96097), is a popular Italian voice actor too.  His wife, [Stella Musy](https://anilist.co/staff/95765), is a popular Italian voice actress too.

Following his victory over RedSuns leader Ryosuke Takahashi, AE86 driver Takumi Fujiwara is challenged by the Lancer EVO-based "Emperor," a group known for taking decals of racing teams they defeat, cutting them up and placing them on their cars like a fighter plane kill board. Takumi's undefeated streak is on the line as his AE86 is virtually no match against the more powerful and more agile four-wheel-drive EVOs of the Emperor team. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Takumi Fujiwara and brothers Keisuke and Ryousuke Takahashi have formed "Project D," a racing team aimed at bringing their driving skills to their full potential outside their prefecture. Using the internet, Project D issues challenges to other racing teams and posts results of their races. Managed by Ryousuke, the team has Takumi engaging in downhill battles with his AE86, while Keisuke challenges opponents uphill. Among their rivals are the Seven-Star Leaf (SSR) and Todo-juku.

After defeating every racing team in the prefecture, everything comes down to one last race. Takumi Fujiwara has never lost a race, but when his opponent is also using an AE86, it turns into a battle of the AE86. Will Project D succeed in the final and most difficult race of Initial D?

202X A.D., a future beyond Initial D. 
 
Self-driving cars are in widespread use in Japan, and public roadways are used for auto racing. In such an era, a race called MFG has become popular around the globe. Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini… Participants are invited to race with their fastest cars. One such participant, a British racing school graduate, Kanata Rivington, returns to Japan to achieve his goal. 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

Takumi is approached by RedSuns leader Ryosuke Takahashi and offered to join him in forming a professional racing team. Before coming up with an answer to the proposal, Takumi seeks retribution by issuing a rematch to Emperor leader Kyouichi Sudou, who previously defeated him due to an engine failure. He is also challenged by Kai Kogashiwa, a second-generation street racer whose father was once a fierce rival of Takumi's father Bunta.

Taking place in the sacred land of street running Kanagawa, once more Takumi Fujiwara will show his driving skills on his now legendary Hachi-roku.

Only the fearless survive in the white-hot world of street racing, as teams take on dangerous roads in the shadow of Mt. Akina. Behind the wheel of the mysterious "Ghost of Akina" is Takumi, on his way to becoming the greatest racer ever. (Source: Tokyopop)
 
Note: the chapter count includes 6 extra chapters published in volumes 2, 3, 30, 33, 39 and 48.

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Mário Manuel Cardoso de Araújo is a Portuguese actor who made his career in Brazil. Mario is also a psychologist and a voice actor, as well as a dubbing director. Since the 90s, he has given his voice to many characters.

First of the three part theatrical film remake of Initial D First Stage. 

Koichiro of the Akina Speedstars witnesses a mysterious driver outmaneuver rival Keisuke of the Akagi RedSuns. The race, he later discovers, was won by none other than his own co-worker, Takumi. What happens next is the stuff of street racing legend! 
(Source: HIDIVE)

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Hiroshi Tsuchida is an actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with 81 Produce.

In a near future where cars have mostly switched over to sustainable power, combustion engine racing is a rarity. The MFG is the last major race for this dying breed, and half-Japanese Kanata Rivington has come back to try his luck. But that's not all he's come to Japan to do...he's searching for his father, too. Can even the ambitious Kanata accomplish all he's set out to do? 
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)

The Lancer EVO-driving group "Emperor" have defeated every racing team they've met in the Gunma region. Now they're out to challenge the duo of Mako and Sayuki and their SilEighty - the Impact Blue of Usui Mountain.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Kouichirou Iketani