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* AdaptationNameChange: His street name changes from "White Revolution" to "White Rebellion" in ''Racing Battle: [=C1GP=]''
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-->''There are some things you can't see when part of the herd.''
Some decisions take years to make, with those making them spending every passing moment wondering if they're truly doing the right thing. Others are made in the span of seconds, on a mere whim. Be it one or the other, Satoru Kobayakawa's choice to leave Rolling Guy, the team he founded and took halfway across Japan, was heavily felt. The demands of professional racing were unconciliable with his responsabilities as team leader: it was time for him to move on.
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...But the Expressway's beckoning, and especially the memories of all those years alongside his brother and friends, couldn't be ignored so easily either. On some nights, people swear they've sighted that familiar red-and-black [=AE86=] once again, long enough for its driver to leave them in the dust...
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'''Satoru Kobayakawa''' was the original Rolling Guy #1. After leaving his team in the care of his brother, he returned to the Expressway under the moniker of '''Rolling Guy''' to keep a closer eye on his former teammates.
Some decisions take years to make, with those making them spending every passing moment wondering if they're truly doing the right thing. Others are made in the span of seconds, on a mere whim. Be it one or the other, Satoru Kobayakawa's choice to leave Rolling Guy, the team he founded and took halfway across Japan, was heavily felt. The demands of professional racing were unconciliable with his responsabilities as team leader: it was time for him to move on.
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...But the Expressway's beckoning, and especially the memories of all those years alongside his brother and friends, couldn't be ignored so easily either. On some nights, people swear they've sighted that familiar red-and-black [=AE86=] once again, long enough for its driver to leave them in the dust...
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'''Satoru Kobayakawa''' was the original Rolling Guy #1. After leaving his team in the care of his brother, he returned to the Expressway under the moniker of '''Rolling Guy''' to keep a closer eye on his former teammates.
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* AdaptationalJobChange: As a result of Crave's translation, Satoru's job went from "professional racer" to "professional ''wrestler''" until ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* AFatherToHisMen: Aloof as Satoru can be, he genuinely cares about every single member of Rolling Guy, even after leaving the team. He regularly challenges them to see their improvements first-hand and help draw out their latent potential, and continues to support the team "from afar".
* BlatantLies: Satoru will swear up and down that he has no regrets nor any lingering interest in the team after leaving Rolling Guy in ''Zero''... yet, he will constantly seek out his former teammates to challenge them and see their progress first-hand. If he can teach them a lesson, all the better. He gets better about this by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', as he now claims to "support them from behind the scenes". Yeah, right.
* ButNowIMustGo: Satoru was one of the original founders of Rolling Guy, bringing the team near the top of the mountain pass racing world in ''Drift'' and ''Chain Reaction'' before moving their base of operations to the Metropolitan Expressway. Upon finding enough success in circuit racing to gather enough interest and go pro, however, he abandoned his creation after the events of ''Zero''. His thoughts and behaviour strongly suggest he did this so the team, especially Akira, could begin growing without him and take a further leap forwards, but it was not an easy decision from him.
* CallForward: Per Satoru's bio in ''Chain Reaction'', he believes Rolling Guy to have achieved everything that was within their possibilities on the mountain passes of Japan. As a result, he already has his eyes set on their next goal: ''conquering the Metropolitan Expressway''. This only fits the trope if one is aware that ''Chain Reaction'' is a prequel to the first game.
* DirtyBusiness: Back in the days of the first ''Drift'' game, when he and Rolling Guy were just getting off the ground, Satoru's Levin lacked the power and agility it would become renowed for in later years. As such, he often had to resort to blocking and other vicious, dirty maneuvers to come out the winner in mountain pass races. The entire ordeal brought forth no small amounts of self-loathing in him at the time.
* GoalInLife: One that was revealed retroactively, but nonetheless: Satoru always dreamed of becoming a professional racer in spite of his very meager resources and lack of connections. In spite of that, he slowly worked towards that goal alongside Akira, his brother, and their friends, one step at a time. By the time of the first game, Satoru begun seeing the first fruits of his labour, as he slowly begun dedicating himself more and more to circuit racing. He finally achieved his dream sometime after ''Zero'': all games that follow it chronologically list his profession as "professional racer".
* NoBadassToHisValet: To circuit racing crowds, Satoru Kobayakawa is the kid who came from nowhere and immediately awed and wowed anyone through his sheer talent, going from an amateur to a professional in a very short span of time. To street racing crowds, Rolling Master is a LivingLegend in his own right, one of the few capable of taking a supposedly-underpowered car like the [=AE86=] and battling evenly with far more powerful monsters. To his former underlings in Rolling Guy? He's the same old Satoru, the founder of their team, the guy who walked out on them and left the leadership to his baby brother. The animosity fades after ''3'', but they still don't rave madly over him unlike everyone else.
* PapaWolf: There's a small age gap between the ages of Satoru and the other members of Rolling Guy, but in spite of that he behaves far more fatherly than what one would be lead to believe, even to his brother Akira. Even with the aloof façade Satoru has put on, he clearly cares about his former underlings: the only way to get him to come back to Tokyo is by defeating every other Rolling Guy member and strutting around like one of them... upon which, he'll usually mop the floor with unprepared players.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Satoru used to be the very first team leader players faced in the first three games of the ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' series, often accompanied by his brother Akira. Despite being more challenging than the rest of Rolling Guy, he was still easy compared to the opponents faced after him. Come ''3'', and he's become an incredibly tough late-game Wanderer, capable of pushing his [=AE86=] well beyond its usual limits and leaving unsuspecting players lagging behind in an instant.
** This applies to him InUniverse too: Satoru started out as an unassuming kid racing down Omote Rokko pass alongside his brother and their friends in one of many small-time street racing teams. In an absurdly short amount of time, he became one of the top mountain pass racers in Japan, before moving to Tokyo to battle on the Expressway, where he and his team found themselves back on step one. Come ''3'', Satoru's become a renowed professional race car driver and a feared street racer, with a reputation almost on par with those of the Thirteen Devils.
* AFatherToHisMen: Aloof as Satoru can be, he genuinely cares about every single member of Rolling Guy, even after leaving the team. He regularly challenges them to see their improvements first-hand and help draw out their latent potential, and continues to support the team "from afar".
* BlatantLies: Satoru will swear up and down that he has no regrets nor any lingering interest in the team after leaving Rolling Guy in ''Zero''... yet, he will constantly seek out his former teammates to challenge them and see their progress first-hand. If he can teach them a lesson, all the better. He gets better about this by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', as he now claims to "support them from behind the scenes". Yeah, right.
* ButNowIMustGo: Satoru was one of the original founders of Rolling Guy, bringing the team near the top of the mountain pass racing world in ''Drift'' and ''Chain Reaction'' before moving their base of operations to the Metropolitan Expressway. Upon finding enough success in circuit racing to gather enough interest and go pro, however, he abandoned his creation after the events of ''Zero''. His thoughts and behaviour strongly suggest he did this so the team, especially Akira, could begin growing without him and take a further leap forwards, but it was not an easy decision from him.
* CallForward: Per Satoru's bio in ''Chain Reaction'', he believes Rolling Guy to have achieved everything that was within their possibilities on the mountain passes of Japan. As a result, he already has his eyes set on their next goal: ''conquering the Metropolitan Expressway''. This only fits the trope if one is aware that ''Chain Reaction'' is a prequel to the first game.
* DirtyBusiness: Back in the days of the first ''Drift'' game, when he and Rolling Guy were just getting off the ground, Satoru's Levin lacked the power and agility it would become renowed for in later years. As such, he often had to resort to blocking and other vicious, dirty maneuvers to come out the winner in mountain pass races. The entire ordeal brought forth no small amounts of self-loathing in him at the time.
* GoalInLife: One that was revealed retroactively, but nonetheless: Satoru always dreamed of becoming a professional racer in spite of his very meager resources and lack of connections. In spite of that, he slowly worked towards that goal alongside Akira, his brother, and their friends, one step at a time. By the time of the first game, Satoru begun seeing the first fruits of his labour, as he slowly begun dedicating himself more and more to circuit racing. He finally achieved his dream sometime after ''Zero'': all games that follow it chronologically list his profession as "professional racer".
* NoBadassToHisValet: To circuit racing crowds, Satoru Kobayakawa is the kid who came from nowhere and immediately awed and wowed anyone through his sheer talent, going from an amateur to a professional in a very short span of time. To street racing crowds, Rolling Master is a LivingLegend in his own right, one of the few capable of taking a supposedly-underpowered car like the [=AE86=] and battling evenly with far more powerful monsters. To his former underlings in Rolling Guy? He's the same old Satoru, the founder of their team, the guy who walked out on them and left the leadership to his baby brother. The animosity fades after ''3'', but they still don't rave madly over him unlike everyone else.
* PapaWolf: There's a small age gap between the ages of Satoru and the other members of Rolling Guy, but in spite of that he behaves far more fatherly than what one would be lead to believe, even to his brother Akira. Even with the aloof façade Satoru has put on, he clearly cares about his former underlings: the only way to get him to come back to Tokyo is by defeating every other Rolling Guy member and strutting around like one of them... upon which, he'll usually mop the floor with unprepared players.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Satoru used to be the very first team leader players faced in the first three games of the ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' series, often accompanied by his brother Akira. Despite being more challenging than the rest of Rolling Guy, he was still easy compared to the opponents faced after him. Come ''3'', and he's become an incredibly tough late-game Wanderer, capable of pushing his [=AE86=] well beyond its usual limits and leaving unsuspecting players lagging behind in an instant.
** This applies to him InUniverse too: Satoru started out as an unassuming kid racing down Omote Rokko pass alongside his brother and their friends in one of many small-time street racing teams. In an absurdly short amount of time, he became one of the top mountain pass racers in Japan, before moving to Tokyo to battle on the Expressway, where he and his team found themselves back on step one. Come ''3'', Satoru's become a renowed professional race car driver and a feared street racer, with a reputation almost on par with those of the Thirteen Devils.
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* YouAreNumberSix: His street name is "West Unit #5". [[FridgeLogic He's also the only representative of WEST Racing in the entire game, which makes it unclear as to why he's number five]].
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-->''Like a ninja.''
'''Tetsuya Inamura''', also known as "WEST No. 5" or "WEST Unit #5" is a Wanderer in ''3''. He drives a black WEST Racing Chevrolet Corvette ([=C4=]).
* BraggingRightsReward: You can only face him in Nagoya's second stage via West Higashimeihan if you reach a battle speed of 124 MPH and a top-speed of 212 MPH on Mondays.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Tetsuya's Corvette is featured in the opening cinematic of ''3'' before it's shown blending in with Manabu Orido's RIDOX Supra ("Orimabu") and Shinichi Kobayashi's MCR [=BNR34=] GT-R ("Shutokou Leader").
* HighlyVisibleNinja: Averted. His Corvette's black paintjob helps him to blend with the darkness in order to catch his rivals off-guard as a "ninja-like move".
* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrYjeuglVR0 FLASH]]" by Juntei Fujita, as heard when you watch a replay against him.
* LightningBruiser: Since it's one of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity +1 Swords]] in ''3'', the WEST Corvette is an absolute 600 HP V8 monster. After beating Tetsuya, [[PurposelyOverpowered the said Corvette can be bought for a hefty price of 795,800 credit points]]. Making it the second most expensive car to purchase only to be beaten by the Matchless Crowd Racing [=BNR34=] GT-R.
* SpecialGuest: He's based on a real-life tuner of the same name.
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-->''Like a ninja.''
'''Tetsuya Inamura''', also known as "WEST No. 5" or "WEST Unit #5" is a Wanderer in ''3''. He drives a black WEST Racing Chevrolet Corvette ([=C4=]).
* BraggingRightsReward: You can only face him in Nagoya's second stage via West Higashimeihan if you reach a battle speed of 124 MPH and a top-speed of 212 MPH on Mondays.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Tetsuya's Corvette is featured in the opening cinematic of ''3'' before it's shown blending in with Manabu Orido's RIDOX Supra ("Orimabu") and Shinichi Kobayashi's MCR [=BNR34=] GT-R ("Shutokou Leader").
* HighlyVisibleNinja: Averted. His Corvette's black paintjob helps him to blend with the darkness in order to catch his rivals off-guard as a "ninja-like move".
* {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrYjeuglVR0 FLASH]]" by Juntei Fujita, as heard when you watch a replay against him.
* LightningBruiser: Since it's one of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity +1 Swords]] in ''3'', the WEST Corvette is an absolute 600 HP V8 monster. After beating Tetsuya, [[PurposelyOverpowered the said Corvette can be bought for a hefty price of 795,800 credit points]]. Making it the second most expensive car to purchase only to be beaten by the Matchless Crowd Racing [=BNR34=] GT-R.
* SpecialGuest: He's based on a real-life tuner of the same name.
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