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)

Christopher Owen Ayres was an American voice actor, ADR director and scriptwriter who worked on a number of Japanese anime series at Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks, Funimation, OkraTron 5000 and New Generation Pictures. He got his start voice acting at ADV Films on Kino's Journey as an extra. In anime, he was known as the voice of Frieza from Dragon Ball Z Kai, Kei Kurono from Gantz, Prince Soma from Black Butler, and Shingen Takeda from the Sengoku Basara series. He is also known for Mock Combat for Cosplay panels at anime conventions.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Chris died on October 18, 2021 due to health complications. He had previously been treated for COPD/emphysema by receiving a double lung transplant.


__Non-Anime Roles:__
~! - Bjarne Betjent in "Sesame Street Stays Up Late!" (Japanese)
 - Cheetas in "Beast Wars" (Japanese)
 - Ciseaux in "Sakura Taisen 3 ~Pari wa Moeteiru ka?~" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Daffy Duck in "Looney Tunes" (Japanese)
 - Dobby in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (live-action movie) (Japanese)
 - Douglas in "Rockman X5 and Rockman X6" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Ezel Berbier in "Final Fantasy Tactics Advance" (radio drama) (Japanese)
 - Genjo Sanzo in "Saiyuki" (DC) (Japanese)
 - Gushoshin in "Yami no Matsuei" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
 - Hugo in "SNK vs Capcom - Chaos" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Isac in "Megaman X6" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Jei in "Cosmic Fantasy 3" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Kamidake in "Tenchi Muyo! Game-Hen" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Keiichi Takamatsu in "Refrain Love 2" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Kenji in "Initial D: Special Stage" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Miguel Casse in "Independence Day" (movie) (Japanese)
 - Milan in "Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero" (Music / Drama CD) (Japanese)
 - Milan in "Rockman Zero" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Mitsurugi Heishirou in "Soul Edge" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Oni-Ichiban in "Tengai Makyou III-Namida" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Pecker in "Jak II Renegade" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Purprill the Mandroid in "Rockman ZX" (Japanese)
 - Ryu & Yun in "Street Fighter III: New Generation" (VG)
 - Senshi Roa & Fernando Alberg in "Super Robot Wars Original Generations" (VG/PS2) (Japanese)
 - Steve Hale in "Full House" (live-action TV series) (Japanese)
 - Vahn in "Legend of Legaia" (VG) (Japanese)
 - Zangief in "Street Fighter Zero 2" (Japanese)!~

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.

__Height:__ 173 cm (5' 8")
__Hobbies:__ Riding his motorcycle, reading, skiing

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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.

Third and final part of the three part theatrical film remake of Initial D First Stage. 
Takumi Fujiawara has garnered the attention of the street racer Ryousuke Takahashi, leader of the RedSuns. As he prepares for the biggest race in his life, Takumi finds himself trying to juggle his passion for racing with his personal life. 
(Source: HIDIVE, edited)

There are many street races in the Initial D Series. This OAV has no plot other than to collect all the street races into one stage. The dialog during the original races is left in.

A special that comes with the Fourth Stage DVD-BOX. It is comprised of a recap from First Stage to Third Stage, along with staff commentary and sneak preview of the making of the Fourth Stage.

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