__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.

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)

__Height:__165 cm  

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Older brother of [AKIKO](https://anilist.co/staff/105271/), uncle of voice actress [Haruki Iwata](https://anilist.co/staff/126658/Haruki-Iwata), formerly married to voice actress [Rikako Aikawa](https://anilist.co/staff/96840/).

On March 28, 2025, he and Rikako Aikawa announced their divorce via a [joint announcement](https://x.com/mitsuo_iwata_77/status/1905817258972295680) on Twitter.

Non-anime roles:~!• Itsuki Takeuchi in "Initial D Arcade Stage 4" (VG)
• Itsuki Takeuchi in "Initial D: Special Stage" (VG)
• Kusanagi in "The King of Fighters 2002" (VG)
• Kusanagi in "The King of Fighters 2003" (VG)
• Kyle Bean in "Super Robot Wars Original Generations" (VG/PS2)
• Mike Sounders XIII in "Super Robot Wars Alpha 3"
• Negimaru in ".hack//G.U. Vol.1 Saitan" (VG)
• Peter Pan in "Kingdom Hearts" (VG)
• Peter Pan in "Peter Pan" (Disney animated movie)
• Sean in "Street Fighter III 3rd Strike"
• Silverbolt in "Beast Wars" (Japanese Dub)
• Syo Kirishima in "The King of Fighters '99 Evolution" (VG)
• Syo Kirishima in "The King of Fighters 2000" (VG)
• Yeager in "Tales of Vesperia" (VG)
• Takeuchi Itsuki in "Initial D Kuroi Inazuma: Aratanaru Fuhai Densetsu " (Drama CD)
• Zephel in "Angelique Duet" (VG)
• Zephel in "Angelique Etoile" (VG)
• Zephel in "Angelique Special 2" (VG)
• Zephel in "Angelique Special" (VG)
• Zephel in "Angelique Trois" (VG)
• Zephel in "Angelique" (VG)
• Zephel in "Angelique: Tenkuu no Requiem" (VG)
• Zephel in "Fushigi no Kuni no Angelique" (VG)!~

Robert Anthony Rist  is an American actor and musician.    He is well known for his voice over as Michelangelo in the three Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live action movies.    Rist also voices characters Choji Akimichi from Naruto, Itsuki "Iggy" Takeuchi from Initial D and Bud Bison from Megaman Starforce.    Recently, he voiced Griffin in Terminator Salvation, he also recently provided additional voices in Final Fantasy XIII.

[Instagram](https://Instagram.com/yurichessman_nkfs/)

Yuri Chessman da Costa Bomfim, better known as Yuri Chesman, is a Brazilian actor, voice actor and dubbing director, he is also the son of voice actor [Renato Márcio](https://anilist.co/staff/199776/).

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.

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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Minoru Shiraishi is a Japanese actor, voice actor, singer, songwriter and radio personality who was formerly affiliated with I'm Enterprise and Pro-Fit. He is the only "live-action" character (as he played "[himself](https://anilist.co/character/2728/)" in [Lucky☆Star](https://anilist.co/anime/1887/)) in the Newtype Anime magazine to be featured in the Monthly Top-10 Most-Popular Male Character charts. Also known for roles such as [Sakamoto](https://anilist.co/character/41069/) in [Nichijou](https://anilist.co/anime/10165/), [Taniguchi](https://anilist.co/character/257/) in the [Haruhi Suzumiya](https://anilist.co/anime/849/) series, and [Itsuki Takeuchi](https://anilist.co/character/7955/) in the [Initial D](https://anilist.co/anime/20842/) reboot feature films in 2014.

Minoru married on August 9, 2011, but has chosen to keep his wife's identity anonymous.

On December 29, 2015, Minoru revealed that he has facial paralysis, making him unable to move the right side of his face. He is currently taking medication and undergoing treatment.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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)