History Characters / WanganMidnight

* DiscOneFinalBoss: In the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 port of ''Wangan Midnight R'' before you get the chance to beat Tatsuya Shima with the Devil Z.

** TrueFinalBoss: Meanwhile in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 port of ''R'', he serves as this as Tatsuya replaces Akio in the final stage if you're driving the Devil Z after beating the latter.

* AscendedExtra[=/=]PromotedToPlayable: He ends up being featured as a prominent driver and playable character in Creator/{{Genki}}'s UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 video game.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The structural instability inflicted by its weak chassis have caused Keiichiro's Supra RZ to become prone to snap-oversteer when arriving at the Edobashi Junction and Ginza, nearly killing him in the process.
-->'''Keiichiro''': "[[OhCrap It's out of control]]!"

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In the ''Maximum Tune'' games, he occasionally upgrades your vehicle, and from the second game onwards he performs the final tuning steps for your car to give it a maximum possible horsepower of over 800. He always does so with a straight face and some serious words about cars, even if the vehicle he's tuning is a [[JokeCharacter Toyota HiAce van, a Subaru R2 kei-car or other vehicles that were obviously never designed to reach speeds of over 300 km/h, let alone 340]].

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In the ''Maximum Tune'' games, he occasionally upgrades your vehicle, and from the second game onwards he performs the final tuning steps for your car to give it a maximum possible horsepower of over 800. He always does so with a straight face and some serious words about cars, even if the vehicle he's tuning is a [[JokeCharacter Toyota HiAce van or a Subaru R2 kei-car]], or other vehicles that were never designed to reach speeds of over 300 km/h, let alone 340.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In the ''Maximum Tune'' games, he occasionally upgrades your vehicle, and from the second game onwards he performs the final tuning steps for your car to give it a maximum possible horsepower of over 800. He always does so with a straight face and some serious words about cars, even if the vehicle he's tuning is a [[JokeCharacter Toyota HiAce van or a Subaru R2 kei-car]].

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In the ''Maximum Tune'' games, he occasionally upgrades your vehicle, and from the second game onwards he performs the final tuning steps for your car. He always does so with a straight face and some serious words about cars, even if the vehicle he's tuning is a [[JokeCharacter Toyota HiAce van or a Subaru R2 kei-car]].

* DiskOneFinalBoss: In the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 port of ''Wangan Midnight R'' before you get the chance to beat Tatsuya Shima with the Devil Z.

-->"Don't look away Eriko! Look closely! That is your dead brother's [=S30Z=]!"

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Aside from his Blackbird being very powerful (even after getting upgraded up to 800 HP thanks to Jun Kitami), Tatsuya may have to slow down and give up to prevent pressuring its engine too much or worse, [[ExplosiveOverclocking leading to catastrophic failure]].

* TheStoic: Tatsuya's a serious driver when driving and tends to avoid letting his emotions taking him over during a race.

* BadBoss: In the non-''Maximum Tune'' arcade games, when he shows up as the FinalBoss, he quickly defeats Reina Akikawa since she is nowhere near fast enough to keep up with him, leaving you to have to beat him alone.

* NamesTheSame: InUniverse example. He shares the same name as Eriko's deceased brother.

* [[WeaponOfChoice Vehicle Of Choice]]: The Devil Z, which caught his attention after ditching his red 300ZX.

* [[WeaponOfChoice Vehicle Of Choice]]: The Blackbird.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: In video games until ''Maximum Tune 5DX+'', his Porsche 911 Turbo was replaced with [[RareVehicles rare]], PaletteSwaps such as the Gemballa 3.8 RS (Japanese versions of ''Maximum Tune 1'' to ''3DX+'') due to Electronic Arts owning an exclusive license until it expired in 2016. Also due to licensing issues regarding Gemballa, it got changed into a Nissan Fairlady Z/350Z ([=Z33=]) in the overseas releases prior ''Maximum Tune 4'', where it's replaced by Ruf CTR (RCT in ''5DX'' and ''5DX+'' only), and then the finally the 930-series 911 Turbo S in ''Maximum Tune 6''.

* RareVehicles: Downplayed. His white Ferrari Testarossa is equipped with a slightly modified Koenig Special bodykit while being tuned around 600 horsepower.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Vehicle-wise, the Devil Z takes some cues from its RealLife counterpart, a Nissan [=280ZX=] Turbo tuned by ABR Hosoki, which was driven by one of the members of the notorious street racing gang, the "Mid Night Club".

* AwesomeButImpractical: Taken UpToEleven. While his "Monster Machine" of a Supra RZ had already some impressive 700 horsepower during his first encounter with the Blackbird (albeit driven by Akio at the time), it got ramped up to 800 in addition to suspension upgrades. However, the lack of roll cage and chassis reinforcement in addition to body deformation due to the excessive amount of G-force at high-speed have led [[HeroicRROD the car to become too unstable to keep going]] (even moreso than the dreaded Devil Z). During the race against Akio and Tatsuya, Jun Kitami felt disturbed by Kei's FatalFlaw.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Vehicle-wise, the Devil Z takes some cues from its RealLife counterpart, the ABR Hosoki [=S130Z=], which was driven by one of the members of the notorious street racing gang, the "Mid Night Club".

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Vehicle-wise, Shima's 911 was based on the Yoshida Special 911. In the anime, RAUH-Welt Begriff (RWB), a tuning company that specializes in Porsche [=911s=] and formerly Toyota [=AE86s=], was given credit for Shima's car instead.

* DualBoss: In the non-Maximum Tune arcade game, he battles you with Reina Akikawa, who starts with half of her SP bar after you either are ahead of her when the timer runs out or you have drained half of her SP bar when she starts out battling you alone.

* SNKBoss: His Devil Z has a higher top speed than most if not all of the cars that you can choose to drive in the non-Maximum Tune arcade game.

* PreFinalBoss: She is this in the final stage of the non-Maximum Tune arcade game. You first battle her alone. Once you have drained half her SP bar or you are ahead of her when the timer expires, Akio Asakura joins the race with Reina starting with half of her SP bar and the rest starting with full SP bars.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: After retiring from racing, working at the auto shop and selling his GT-R for 5 million yen[[labelnote:Note]]The equivalent to 4524 US Dollars.[[/labelnote]], he finally reunites with Megumi.

** TrueFinalBoss: Meanwhile in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 port of ''R'', he serves as this as he replaces Akio in the final stage if you're driving the Devil Z.

** TrueFinalBoss: Meanwhile in ''R'', he serves as this as he replaces Akio in the final stage if you're driving the Devil Z.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: He is one of the racers that you face in the final story race in the Maximum Tune games, but he drops out before the race finishes, leaving Akio as the FinalBoss of that race

* FlunkyBoss: In the non-Maximum Tune arcade game, he battles you with Reina Akikawa, who starts with half of her SP bar after you either are ahead of her when the timer runs out or you have drained half of her SP bar when she starts out battling you alone.

* SNKBoss: His Devil Z has a higher top speed than most if not all of the cars that you race against in the non-Maximum Tune arcade game.

* FlunkyBoss: In the non-Maximum Tune arcade game, he battles you with Reina Akikawa, who starts with half of her SP bar after you either are ahead of her when the timer runs out or you have drained half of her SP bar when she starts out battling you alone.