Initial D is a Japanese street racing manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1995 to 2013, with the c
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Takumi Fujiwara and the Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86)
The first battle of the series, Keisuke Takahashi (FD3S) vs. Takumi Fujiwara (AE86), as seen in the anime
Fujino Store Tofu Shop in Gunma, which was renamed and modeled as the Fujiwara Tofu Shop for the live-action film
A replica of Takumi's AE86
Keiichi Tsuchiya is a Japanese professional race car driver. He is known as the Drift King for his nontraditional use of drifting in non-drifting racing events and his role in popularizing drifting as
Initial D
…and rarely in cities or urban areas, and with the drifting racing style emphasized in particular. Professional race car driver and pioneer of drifting Keiichi Tsuchiya helped with editorial supervision. The story is centered on the prefecture of Gunma, more specifically on several mountains in the Kantō region and in…
Nissan Skyline GT-R (1992)
In 2008, as Executive Advisor of ARTA