Characters — Browse every character across the manga and anime catalogue

Akio

Atsuro Kawai

Atsuro Kawai is the hillclimb racer and the leader of the Tochigi-based "Seven Star Leaf". He seems to be a decent enough driver, again favouring the grip racing techniques, but hi

Bunta Fujiwara

Bunta Fujiwara is the owner of a tofu shop in Akina, and the father of Takumi. He used to be the No.1 downhill racer in Mt. Akina years ago, but he no longer races, preferring to g

Daiki Ninomiya

The ace and current student of the Todo School, Ninomiya Daiki is one of the better drivers of the series. Driving a yellow Civic Type R (EK9), Daiki races against Takumi of Projec

Eiji Kubo

Eiji Kubo is the Chief Mechanic of Sidewinder. Kubo appears to have a high amount of knowledge about a car's performance and capabilities as well as race theories. He can make very

Gorou

Gou Hojou

Go Hojo is the Chief Driver of the Sidewinders. He's quite familiar with Takahashi Ryosuke through his brother, as well as the the feud between them. Hojo helps Chief Mechanic Kubo

Hideo Minagawa

Hideo Minagawa is a professional racer who represents Racing Team Katagiri as their uphill ace. On Hakone, he races against Keisuke and decides to go all out in an attempt to press

Hiromichi

Hiroshi Fumihiro

Hiroya Okuyama

Hiroya Okuyama is the number 1 driver of Team Spiral, also known as "Zero 1". Okuyama too believes in Ikeda's "Zero Theory" and is disappointed when he won't be able to use his car

Itsuki Takeuchi

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

Kai Kogashiwa

Kai Kogashiwa is a street racer from Tochigi prefecture, and a son to a legendary Downhill ace and Bunta's rival, Ken Kogashiwa. Ken taught Kai in the racing world from a young age

Kaori

Kaori was Rin Hojo's arranged fiance at the time.

Kazumi Akiyama

Keiichi Tsuchiya

Keisuke Takahashi

Keisuke Takahashi is the number two driver for the Red Suns. Keisuke drives FD3S and is a skilled driver, second only to his brother. Keisuke is a rather hot-headed young man and d

Ken Kogashiwa

Kenji

He's a friend to Iketani, and he's one of the top three in the Speedstars. He hangs out at the gas station where Iketani, Takumi and Itsuki work from time to time, usually discussi

Kenta Nakamura

Kenta Nakamura, also known as Kent, is one of the youngest members of the Akagi RedSuns. Kenta absolutely adores Keisuke Takahashi and is always eager to prove himself to Keisuke.

Kouichirou Iketani

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 dri

Kouji

Kouzou Hoshino

A member of a two-man team of middle-aged racers, he is known by the name of "God Foot" due to his extraordinary acceleration control and his ability to drift the BNR34 w

Kyouichi Sudou

From Nikko, Tochigi and rated as one of the best drivers in the series, Kyouchi Sudou is the team leader and driving ace of the Lancer Evolution-only Emperor team. He drives a Mits