Characters
The series protagonist is Takumi Fujiwara, a high school student who happens to have an innate sense for drifting on the local mountain roads. This eventually catches the attention of the region's amateur racing teams. While Takumi is a natural expert, he has no mechanical sense and actually find racing (and driving in general) to be a boring pastime. Constant pressure from his friends and rivals eventually spark his interest in the sport of racing, taking challenges from the most famous racers in the prefecture and beyond. By the time he finishes high school, his own stated goal is to be the fastest driver on the streets.
While there is a vast amount of characters in Initial D, most of them make only cursory appearances and then completely disappear, due to the nature of the series.
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