History Characters / TokyoXtremeRacerTeams

!!!'''Team Members''': "Wolf Requiem" Kiyoshi Onizuka ☆, "R Magic" Isamu Tamagawa, "Diamond Dust" Toshiki Aikawa, "Yellow Flare" Ippei Sadaoka, "Runaway Locomotive" Akira Nagase, "Swift-Footed Valkyrie" Natsumi Uemura, "Blue Giant Star" Tetsuro Nakata, "Moody Queen" Nao Haruka, "Black Magician" Akihisa Toyama (first game only)

!!!'''Team Members''': "Silvery Nobleman" Toshihiko Kūonji ☆, "Cornering Artist" Toshitsugu Kūonji, "Asphalt's Sorrow" Yasuhiko Fujisaki, "HIROSHI" Hiroshi Kimura, "Dark Memorial" Sakito Ōgami, "Risky Cat" Namie Kūonji, "Dark Ominous Bird" Akira Nagase, "Blasting Manager" Tokihiro Haneba (From "3" onwards)

They were one of the top teams through-out the entire Expressway, all the way until their disbanding. For tropes regarding "Silvery Nobleman" Toshihiko Kūonji, see [[Characters/ImportTunerChallengeBosses here]].

!!!'''Team Members''': "Solitary Jackal" Munetake Miyazawa ☆, "Vivid Slide Tail" Gorō Kishi, "Meteor Yōsuke" Yōsuke Arai, "Tune Shop Hamada" Satoshi Hamada, "Silver Angel" Yōko Murakami, "Sonic White Devil" Takabumi Ījima, "Carnage" Akihiro Gotō (From "2" onwards), "Hill Myna" Sonjin Mita (From "2" onwards), "Rainbow Colored Domino" Ryūkō Murakami ("Import Tuner Challenge" only)

An incredibly long-lived team with an heavy tradition, apparently on its' seventh generation by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', '''RINGS''' are all business and no talk. They require applicants to beat every single member before they are handed the team's stickers and are allowed to join. They also dislike winning through raw performance, to the point that they willingly detune their cars' engines to only run at 80% of their full power.

!!!'''Team Members''': "Ice Man" Shinji Takiguchi ☆ (until "Zero"), "Full Moon Insanity" Daisuke Ōkawara ☆ (regular member until "Zero"), "Sunset Liner" Ryō Shibusawa (until "Zero"), "White Witch" Yūka Yamamura (until "Zero"), "Visual Tail" Tetsuya Kobayashi (until "Zero"), "Pearl White Kiss" Rena Oyama, "Maniac Player" Hidenori Inoue (until "Zero), "Black Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, "First Beat" Tetsurō Akiyama, "Gechena" Atsushi Kameyama (from "Zero" onwards), "Angry Princess" Junko Yamaguchi (from "Zero" onwards), "Midnight Hawks" Shin'ichirō Takayama (from "3" onwards), "Humiliation Contractor" Susumu Yagishita (from "3" onwards), "Lady White" Ryōko Honma (from "3" onwards), "Colorful Alley" Akinori Miyabe (from "3" onwards)

In spite of being perenially at the bottom of the Expressway's hierarchy, Rolling Guy refuse to give up and continue to race undeterred, something that earns them their rivals' respect. They've been present in every game of the ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' series, to the point that they're near synonymous with it.

* AloofLeaderAffableSubordinate: This wasn't the case at first, when Rolling Guy was first created: Satoru was heavily involved in day-to-day management, and could always be found by the other members' side. By the time they moved to the Metropolitan Expressway, however, Satoru gradually drifted away from being actively involved, alongside his other responsabilities. His NumberTwo, younger brother Akira, picked up the slack for him, bouncing all over the place to keep Rolling Guy's banner flying high and helping the other members out. This dynamic became permanent come ''2'', with Satoru only bothering to show up whenever someone tough enough to defeat the rest of the team rolled by. After ''Zero'', however, Satoru left the team and let Akira become the ''de jure'' new leader, bringing this situation to an end.

* BookSmart: Hiroshi Takanayagi, what with being a graduate student in engineering, seems to fit the classical mold of the trope: he's the team's most knowledgeable member, likely its most formally educated one, and is usually given te task on researching set-ups for the entirety of Rolling Guy. However, he proves himself to be not as smart as he boasts to be: one comment of his in ''Racing Battle: [=C1GP=]'' serves as evidence to his superficiality, as he unashamedly claims that "the more power, the better... the larger the tires, the better!" is a flawless approach to modifying cars for racing, when the issue is far more complex than that. If spoken to after defeating him in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', he'll atleast admit his awareness in having notable gaps in his knowledge and racing theory.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Team members tend to bring the best out of their [=AE86s=] on the narrow, twisting mountain passes of Japan, which suit well the cars' nimbleness and light weight, but their performance on the Tokyo Expressway is beyond lacklustre for the exact same reasons. This is particularly problematic because Rolling Guy is, first and foremost, an highway racing team.

* SharedFamilyQuirks: Both Satoru and his younger brother Akira are racing nuts who adore the [=AE86=] to the point of unreasonableness. Moreso, both express doubt at their capability of succesfully leading Rolling Guy, and both considered quitting at one point: the sole difference is that whereas Satoru actually went through with it, Akira ultimately gave that idea up.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Yūsaku Kido, Satoru's previously unmentioned pupil, is part of the team for the duration of a flas in a pan: he joins them in ''3'', with his defining characterization being his desire to surpass his mentor, and is immediately gone after ''Street Supremacy''.

** For some reason, it's Hiroshi Takanayagi who takes leadership of the team with Satoru gone in ''Touge Legends''. He apparently voluntereed to lead the team back to the mountain pass, citing his past experience as to why, and none of the other members raised any objections.

* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: In spite of officially being a member and clearly flying under the team's flag, Akiichirō prfers to almost exclusively run by his lonesome, stopping at various [=PAs=] scattered through-out Tokyo to admire the starry night sky. The situation is so bad that out of all members, he is the only one that Professor Taka does not have on video. His behaviour, whilst most likely tied to his DarkAndTroubledPast, is also particularly jarring given the close relations the rest of the team seems to enjoy.

* KindheartedSimpleton: One of the reasons why everyone seems to like Kōshō is because he's naturally naive, [[RunningGag what with the whole "believes money grows on trees" deal]], and somewhat boorish. Seen how he paid out of his own pockets to finance the entire team, and how he doesn't hesitate to continue financing his teammates, he's also extremly kindhearted. The others, to their credit, do not seem to take advantage of him.

* HardTruckin: Delivery truck driver is Torakichi Yamada's day job. He's often given large deliveries, which causes him to use the Metropolitan Expressway far more than usual. Doing so lead to two sife effects: one, he learned the ins and outs of the entire network more than anyone else, and two, he grew to love it even more than he did before.
* MadScientist: Although still a student -- and later nothing more than a bachelor -- "Chemical" Itō carries the reputation of a somewhat dangerous chemist obsessed with applying them to everything. Tthe reality is a bit different: whilst definitely eccentric, Akira is not a particularly loud or bombastic personality. Nonetheless, he ''does'' adores his field of expertise... maybe a bit too much.

* HostClub: Being a host is Hajime Minatsuki's job, [[MeaningfulName if his street name didn't make that clear enough]]. He's seemingly very succesful, being the [[UnreliableNarrator self-proclaimed]] second most popular host at his club and easily manipulating his clients, but his fellow hostesses do not fall for his tricks, something that he finds shameful. Other than giving him a lot of money to throw away, this does not reflect in any way in his driving.

* BrokenAce: There was a moment in time when Masaki used to be a red hot up-and-coming racer on everybody's mouths, constantly pursuing more speed and more power. He was driven to improve himself night after night, all in an attempt to catch up and surpass his team leader, Bloody Rose, and had begun to approach his level. However, between the events of ''2'' and ''Zero'', he had a very close call, a near-accident that psychologicall shattered him: every time a race would drag on for far too long, the fear of a fatal crash would end up overwhelming in, causing his spirit to sizzle out. From then on, the super rookie he used to be became nothing but a memory, and in spite of still being capable of holding his own in shorter races, his growth came to a screeching halt.
* ChallengingTheChief: Happened sometime between the events of ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'' and ''Import Tuner Challenge'', when "Golden Beast" Masaki Koizumi defeated long-time leader "Bloody Rose" Omohiko Ashura to take his place. Omohiko, instead, became the ''de facto'' number two. ...Except, as it turns out, Omohiko pressured, if not forced Masaki to battle him for the leadership, and promptly threw the race to give up all responsabilities tied to MAX Racing without losing face.

** MAX Racing serve as one to SS Limited, the other all-sedan team of the first twenty. The game lampshades that both, at their base, share the same concept, both used to be extremely ambitious, both aimed for supremacy on the C1 Loop, both have sports car-hating members, and both are in near-identical situation come ''Import Tuner Challenge'': long-standing shadows of their former glory with an aging line-up and a different leader in charge from their founder. The differences quickly come to light under close scrutiny: MAX Racing kept their original line-up across every game, whereas SS Limited, in spite of their issue, has managed to recruit new memebrs in Itō and Tsurumi. MAX Racing members are always at odds, split into two factions and with the leader and second-in-command secretly plotting to replace one another in a never-ending cycle, whereas SS Limited members get along swimmingly. Last, but not least, SS Limited still has their original drive intact, if not somewhat dented, as they finally made the move to the New Belt Line after years on the C1 Loop. MAX Racing, instead, is so paralyzed by their constant, internal squabbling that their ambitions are completely gone, much like their leader's.

* ForceAndFinesse: One of the key issues behind the team's splintering: the majority of members prefer to win through raw power, whilst the Three Musketeers want to take a different approach, preferring to focus on maneuvaribility, agility and light weight.

** Serious, family-oriented Takaki is secretly a big fighting games' fan, with a particular predilection towards ninja-like characters. In hindsight, this also served as {{Foreshadowing]] to Takaki's issues in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', particularly his bad tendency to keep his hobbies hidden from his loved ones.

* ThrowingTheFight: As revealed by speaking with both after defeating them, Masaki suspects Omohiko of having thrown the race for the leadership he was forced into... and Omohiko ''confirms'' this to the player, saying he wanted to pass all responsabilities to Masaki, completely disilllusioned with MAX Racing and considering retirement.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Jun'ichi's silver [=180SX=] is renowed across Tokyo for having hit a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour on the Yokohama Line. To reach that speed, however, the car had to be set up with very long gearing, which puts it at heavy disadvantage against cars that accelerate faster than it. Moreso, because the car's body was exclusively lightened in the pursuit of such speeds, it's incredibly unstable in corners and constantly looks on the verge of losing control.

* TechnicalEuphemism: Kazuki Nakanishi's car is equipped with a "radar". His bio in ''Zero'' would elaborate upon that, explaining that said "radar" has "saved his life on several occasions" but has been "malfunctioning" lately. Combined with his second bio, it appears that he's actually referring to his glasses, which helped him out in several situations but have been giving him trouble due to his developing agstigmatism... except, ''3'' clarifies that no, the latter issue is completely unrelated and he has a ''legitimate, working, military land radar'' installed on his car.

* WeakButSkilled: Barring Jun'ichi, whose car better fits the idea of "Powerful, but Unstable", all other members' cars are towards the lower end of the scale power-wise. Even if power-to-weight is taken into account, other heavier cars easily surclass them. Where Diamond Image excels, however, are the drivers behind the cars' wheels: they're all talented enough to be able to extract nothing short of a hundred percent out of them, which allows them to hold their own against other New Belt Line teams.

* BreakTheHaughty: Teruki, in the first game, used to be an extremely arrogant driver, declaring proudly and loudly that "only rear-wheel-drive cars are true cars", looking down on anyone who drove anything else, and boasting about his year-long winning streak. Between games, however, ''something'' happened that caused him to, at the very least, become a lot more quiet and reserved. It's later implied he lost against somsone driving one of the front-wheel drive cars he disregarded so much.

* TheFellowshipHasEnded: Like ''many'' other teams, Fine Drive disbanded sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''. "Shimokitaza 2000cc" Satoshi Hoshino, the only member to refuse the team's disoolution, took the team's sticker and modified it into his own Wanderer sticker.

* TechnicianVersusPerformer: The trope is often a topic of discussion amongst team members, as Fine Drive is known for their drifting skills, but some members have considered different approaches. Toshinobu is the one who holds this debate the closest to his heart: on one side, he learned to moderate his drifts, eliminating unnecessary counter-steer and speeding up notably... on the other, he fears this will put him at odds with the rest of his team, as his "isn't true drifting". Caught between these two contradictory situations, he will pull out unneccessarily flashy drifts for the others' sake, but they might cost him the win in the process.

* CharacterDevelopment: Chōei starts off as absent-minded, superficial, and somewhat moody in the first games, on top of being relatively untalented. By ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however, he's started to become a better driver, as well as realizing that money does not matter as much as passion: if spoken to after being defeated, he'll reflect on how winning or losing depends on the love and confidence one puts behind their car.

* LoveCannotOvercome: Ultimately, Kazuo's passion and dedication to racing was unreconciliable with his personal life: by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', his wife abandoned him due to his refusal to quit, leaving him up to his neck in debt.

* ShipTease: A long-running tease exists between Rina Kawamoto and Tadashi Mochida, one that first started in ''Zero'' and is still ongoing by ''Import Tuner Challenge''. To make a long story short, an apparent rivalry developed into a repicrocal crush by ''3'', with both sides being unable to come clean about their feelings. Between those events and ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Tadashi finally mustered up enough courage to come clean and confess his feelings... leaving Rina dumbstruck. In reaction, she laid out a challenge: if he could beat her in a race, she would go out on a date with him. This decision set both right back to step one: Tadashi is now trying to find the confidence to pick up the gauntlet and face her, whilst Rina grows frustrated with his perceived lack of commitment.

* StrongAndSkilled: "Scorching Mirage" Kazuo Kasai, Twister's leader, is a noticeable racing talent, famous for his cornering skill and adaptability in various circumstances. He combines it with a near-decade of racing experience, being one of longest-standing active racers by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge''. This is enough to be capable of effortelssly leading the entire team by sheer respect from his performance and capabilities alone.

* TechnicianVersusPerformer: As with other teams, Twister is roughly split amongst two blocks: the "grippers", who prefer simpler, straightforwards, grip-oriented set-ups, and the "drifters", who pivot towards a flashier, showman-like style. Kazuo Kasai [[TakeAThirdOption changes his approach depending on the situation]]. As team leader, he also worries about the divisions between his teammates, fearing they might cause more trouble than they're worth and ultimately cause the team to split. By ''Import Tuner Challenge'', his worries appear to be unfounded.

** Yasuyuki is described as incredibly thorough and dilligent in his work as a manager, to the point of being duly noticed and appreciated by his direct superiors. This mentality extends to his everyday efforts, from learning to fit in amongst Tokyo's crowds after relocating to the metropolis, to constantly working on improving his racecraft.
** Shirou is beyond determined to make his singing career take off and make it his living, no matter how long it might take or how many bumps in the road he might hit. He's constantly workign towards this goal, going well beyond that the normall call of duty would be for freelance artists like him. He puts a very similar amount of effort into racing, to the point he quickly became one of the fastest-improving rookies of Tokyo and a well-respected member of Twister in an incredibly short amount of time.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Takeshi Harada is a very ambitious street racer with one massive, glaring flaw... that being, his downright refusal to let off of the gas pedal. Even if there is a turn coming up or an obstacle in the way. This caused him to crash his car an unbelievable amount of times, developing a matching reputation in the process. His teammates worry about him constantly as a result... but ''somehow'', his unawavering pursuit of speed earned him a close friend in the form of another notorious loose cannon, Akihiro Fukui of Free Way.

%%* ForgottenFallenFriend: A non-lethal example (maybe), worth mentioning due to the R. Gangs retaining the exact same line-up and being established as a close-knit group. Shūichi and Kazuo are both notably absent upon the team's reapparance in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', yet no one in their ranks even remotely mentions them.

* MeaningfulName: Tadashi Kuroi was originally bestowed his street name of "Hell's Bartender" because of his job. Over time, however, the name gained a second meaning, as his driving evolved towards a peculiar style: due to its set up and his approach to attacking, Tadashi's [=AE86=] can be seen consstantly shaking back-and-forth, left and right... ''exactly'' like the cocktail shakers he used as a bartender. When he changed jobs, one of the reasons why the name stuck was because of that very driving style.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: Back when he was a mountain pass racer, Shūichi Takizawa claims to have had a very good a win ratio of eight-to-ten, usually found in the most skilled of drivers. Upon relocating Tokyo and joining the R. Gangs, however, he found himself quickly outmatches, outclassed, ''and'' outgunned by almost everyone, causing his win ratio to plummet to a lowly three-to-ten. To try to recoup his losses and, atleast, end up as a "Normal Fish in a Normal Pond", he's been working for a while on the "ultimate upgrade" for his [=AE86=] with a friend.

* TheRival: Shūichi and Tadashi are frequently at odds with one another and do not get along well, always competing and trying to one up the other in spite of being teammates who are supposed to be working towards the same goal. The reason behind this mutual dislike and rivalry, however, is completley unknown.

** Atsushi Baba's street name at first appears to be a random string of letters and numbers... until one realizes that the "MJ" in it are [[UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan Michael Jordan's]], whose height is ''6 feet 6''. His bio in ''Zero'' confirms this without outreight referring to Jordan by name, merely describing him as "a famous basketball player who shocked the world" that Baba idolizes.

* TerminallyExclusiveClub: By the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Tokio Jungle has a long queue of racers who'd want to join the team. Team leader Mitsuru "Io" Ioyasu, however, has made it abundantly clear that there are no plans to expand the team beyond the original seven members. Atleast for the time being.
* TrueCompanions: Tokio Jungle grew into an example of the trope fairly quickly, starting out as a group of people from the metropolis who became inseparable over a short amount of time. Come ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the seven original members are all still active and part of the team, and have become so close-knit that the mere idea of letting someone new into the team seems unthinkable. Special mention has to go to Toshiki and Kachiaki: then the former's parents demanded he return to Osaka to take over the family business, the latter constantly attempted to dissuade him. Toshiki, not wanting to abandon his friends, ultimately refused, much to Kachiaki's joy. [[spoiler:Not even Snake Eyes was capable of BreakingTheFellowship, as they all immediately returned to the Expressway on Io's orders if the rumors are to be bellieved.]]

* ICouldaBeenAContender: Makitoshi is an interesting play on the trope: he ''did'' manage to become a professional driver in rallying championships, meaning he ''was'' a Contender at one point, but his results were so lacklustre he either stepped away out of his own free will or was forced out of that world. He became a street racer and helped form Top Level to make up for it, but a decade later, he ''still'' thinks he could've done more. As such, he's been trying to claw his way back into professional rallying, but due to his past shortcomings, no sponsors are willing to finance him.

* MirroringFactions: Top Level has one in their sworn rivals, Another Star: both are same make, same model teams with past history in rallying, both have self-deprecating female seconds-in-command, both race for supremacy on the same part of the Metropolitan Expresway, the New Belt Line, both have two members who left the team at varios points, and both have "junior" versions of one another in Tri Edge and The Pleiades. As a cherry on top, the two teams were at one point involved in a pseudo-"Romeo-and-Juliet" situation featuring two of their members. The sole difference is that Another Star has one member less than Top Level.

* OldFriend: Suzuki and Makitoshi are long-time friends, having met long before they first entered the world of rallying. When Kenji left that world, believing he had achieved everything he could, Makitoshi was the one who invited him to become an highway racer, leading to the two reuniting and eventually forming Top Level. Of the two, Suzuki is the more unrestrained of the two, especially when it comes to partying, whereas Tomio is more focused and displined, constantly striving to return to the world of professional arllying. Their racing styles, however, are the exact opposites: Kenji is very straightforwards, owing up to his idea that fighting "nature" is useless, whereas Makitoshi excels in slipping around obstacles and thrives in the chaotic situation brought on by a multi-opponent battle.

* SportsHeroBackstory: Both Kenji and Tomio were professional rally drivers in their youth before going on to create Top Level. Of the two, the former was by leaps and bounds the most sucessful, winning several races and becoming recognized by his fellow, whereas the latter left the discipline due to his lack of results.

** Kunihiro Harada had ''sucessfully'' abandoned highway racing for the circuits sometime before the series' events. Prolonged absence, however, reignited his passion for the Expressway, prompting him to return as a member of Free Way in the first game. He disappeared without mention sometime after the events of ''Zero'', however.

* CharacterDevelopment: Ichirō started out as a reckless, selfish driver who refused to listen to those criticizing his style, putting several drivers at risks for years. In ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, atleast, racing was merely a way for him to release the frustrations born from an unfulfilling job. However, come ''Import Tuner Challenge'', he had a sudden awakeneing to what he was doing, and did a one-eighty degree turn on his behaviour.

** What causes Ichirō Tobiyama to be so aggressive and domineering when racing? Outside of the Expressway, his daily job is to drive locomotives for a private company. He'd love to drive Japan's world-renowed bullet trains, but finds himself stuck driving the slow-moving locals, something that causes him no small amount of frustration. Thus, he takes it all out on the Metropolitan Expressway.

* GracefulLoser: Upon being defeated by a player who joined Free Way in ''Street Supremacy'', Haruhiko will be thoroughly impressed by their progress and proclaim his certainity that they're slanted for big things before making them the team's new leader.

** Yūki prefers to battle in a clean, fair way, which is reflected in how his R32 is tuned: with a stoic, solid drive in mind, averse to overexterting the car.
** Takatsugu Migimoto has been described as "chivalrious" and prefers calm, fair battling against any opponent. He has the bad tendency of overdoing it, however, cutting his rivals far too much slack and inevitably losing, but that doesn't seem to discourage him. [[MeaningfulName It's how he earned the street name of "Crystal Knights" to begin with]]. He also used to be a vocal critic of Ichirō, the team's most intense driver, until the latter turned a new leaf.

* FriendlyRival: Despite the fierce rivalrly between Another Star and Top Level, Naoto ultimately considers Kenji Suzuki a good friend of his. This appears to be one-sided, however, as Suzuki ultimately writes off Obata, deeming himself the best driver.

* MirroringFactions: Another Star has one in their sworn rivals, Top Level: both are same make, same model teams with past history in rallying, both have self-deprecating female seconds-in-command, both race for supremacy on the same part of the Metropolitan Expresway, the New Belt Line, both have two members who left the team at varios points, and both have "junior" versions of one another in The Pleiades and Tri Edge. As a cherry on top, the two teams were at one point involved in a pseudo-"Romeo-and-Juliet" situation featuring two of their members. The sole difference is that Top Level has one more member than Another Star.

To be frank, nothing much is known about '''Speed Box'''. They were one of the original twenty teams of the Tokyo Expressway, and all members drove Honda NSXs. What they're most famous for, though, is for being the first team to violently break apart: from its ashes, one of Speed Box's member would go on to create his own team on the Wangan Line.

* HyperAwareness: Tokio Aoshima, Speed Box's leader, was noted to be capable of notiving even the smallest of detail on his car through feeling alone, something that'd end up lost on most other drivers. It makes a lot of sense when one takes into consideration his daily job of engineer at a car company, meaning he knows exactly what every little bolt on his NSX does.
* PaperTiger: They were an all-NSX team, at the time where the [=NSX=] was thought to be the ''peak'' of Japanese car engineering. In spite of that, they were regularly beaten, to the point that the team's own members were embarassed of such a low level. Deconstructing the trope, this eventually lead to members leaving and Speed Box dissolving, as explained above.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Out of the twenty original teams, Speed Box were the only ones to appear exclusively in the first game before uncerimoniously breaking up. As such, they don't undergo much characterization, nor are players shown any HiddenDepths they might've had outside Kitakata and Nagano.

'''TR Racing''', otherwise known as TRUST Racing, was formed by a group of friends who already raced together, albeit unofficially. The entire team is built on the idea of "trust" between its' memebrs.

** In a more restrained example, Shinji modified his Skyline to better handle its massive power boost, leaning heavily on aerodynamic modifications. Despite that, the suspension and steering cannot handle the new engine, leading to things such as a wobbly, "eerie" steering that unneverses everyone. Somehow, Shinji weaponizes it to gain the edge in battles.

* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Rena, by virtuer of her "refershing" personality, is incredibly popular with both men and women racers on the Metropolitan Expressway.
* FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife: Reversed into Responsible Husband, Foolish Wife with the Mori family. Mayumi is a hotheaded street racer who tends to make rash decisions, is always drawing all kinds of attention to herself -- be they positive or negative -- and refuses to call it quits even when her actions take a toll on her entire family. Her husband, by contrast, is far more level-headed, supporting his wife in her quest but alwas drawing lines to how far she should go, wanting her to stay safe for everybody's sake, and ultimately growing tired with her foolish risk-taking. To further highlight this, the two divorce in ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, and Mayumi, being a part-timer, gets a big alimony check... which she spends almost entirely on yet another car.

* {{Lunacy}}: Bizarrely enough, the full moon seems to have strange effects on Kimiko Fujisaki. For starters, it seems to draw out her childish behaviour, making her appear even more youthful than she normally looks. Reportedly, she is also undefeated ''and'' undefeatable whenever the full moon comes out. Kimiko might consciously be using these rumors to build up her image amongst Expressway racers.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: Shōko acts very warmly with the other members of the Cupid Arrows, especially upon becoming the team's new leader in ''Import Tuner Challenge''. By contrast, she acts like a refined lady, cold and emotionally detached, towards outsiders. Should she lose to the player, however, she will drop the act and take it poorly. This can be seen through her speech: it is a lot more formal and refined at first, before becoming straightforwards and informal upon being defeated.

** "Swift-Footed Valkirye" Natsumi Uemura's rather reserved, careful character led her to gradually being shunned by her friends and acquaintances, until she decided to leave them behind, further isolating herself in the process.

They were one of the top teams through-out the entire Expressway, all the way until their disbanding. For tropes regarding "Platinum Prince" Toshihiko Kūonji, see [[Characters/ImportTunerChallengeBosses here]].

* TheFellowshipHasEnded: The team was already on the brink of collapse due to the tolls Toshiji's death and Toshihiko's divorce was taking on them. Snake Eyes and his PHANTOM NINE then put the last nail in their coffin, with a complete and utter defeat so humiliating, the name "Rotary Revolution" disappeared overnight.

* KilledOffscreen: "Cornering Artist" Toshiji Kūonji, the second-in-command of the team and brother to the team's leader, died in a racing accident sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''.

Alas, all myths fade to legend, and Speed Master was no exception. After the entire team suffered crushing defeat after crushing defeat, Takiguchi-san decided it was the right time for him and the older members to retire, paving the way for the new generation to take over. Second-in-command "Full Moon Insanity" Daisuke Okawara took over, but with the team reduced to a bare bones line-up, he was forced to come to compromise and recruit the most promising members from rival teams. Although a mere shadow of their former, awe-inducing selves, Speed Master still remain one of the strongest teams in Tokyo.

** Tadashi Mochida: to [[BarelyChangedDubName "Blue Rider"]] (first game, ''Import Tuner Challenge''), "Groucho" Adam Simmons (''2''), Willy McLean (''Zero''), "Blue Lighter" (''3''

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!!!'''Team Members''': "Rolling Guy #1" Satoru Kobayakawa ☆ (until ''Zero''), "Rolling Guy #2" Akira Kobayakawa ☆ (regular member until ''3''), "Rolling Guy #3" Tsutomu Imai (until ''Touge Legends''), "Rolling Guy #4" Haruhiko Miyake, "Rolling Guy #5" Hiroshi Takanayagi, "Rolling Guy #6" Takahashi Yoshimura, "Rolling Guy #6" Yusaku Kido, (''3'' to ''Street Supremacy''), "Rolling Guy #7" Mamoru Mitsuike (from ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
The most iconic recurring team of the entire series, '''Rolling Guy''' started out as a passionate team of mountain pass racers that, against all logic, decided to make the jump to highway racing. Every member drives a Toyota AE86, relying on their cars' handling capabilities and their own skills over brute acceleration and top speed.

!!!'''Team Members''': "Highway Prince" Kōshō Fujima ☆, "Scorching" Kōji Hibino, "25-Hour Gale" Akiichirō Watari, "Professor Taka" Takaaki Kainai, "Thunder Flare" Noriko Watanabe, "Straight Line Demon" Hidekazu Saitō (from ''2'' onwards)

!!!'''Team Members''': "Founder First Star" Kyō Takahashi ☆, "Heaven's 4 Door" Jun'ichi Kimura, "Black Rain" Sanpei Sugiyama, "Shutokou Red Flash" Takahiro Eguchi, "Sports Car Killer" Akira Shimamoto, "Originator First Star" Torakichi Yamada, Akira "Chemical" Itō (from ''2'' onwards), "Excite Carmine" Hajime Tsurumi (from ''2'' onwards)

!!!'''Team Members''': "300 Mile Red Ruby" Yumiko Matsuyama ☆, "Deep Green" Toshitaka Nishiki, "White Revolution" Toshihiko Kin, "Hostman Hat" Hajime Minatsuki, "Black Cinderella" Miyuki Sato, "Infini Yellow" Kangorō Matsuda

!!!'''Team Members''': "Bloody Rose" Omohiko Ashura ☆ (regular member starting from ''Import Tuner Challenge''), "Golden Beast" Masaki Koizumi ☆ (regular member until ''Import Tuner Challenge''), "Crazy Hooligan" Daisuke Iyama, "Blue Shadow" Takaki Wada, "Death Black Panther" Tanaka Sadateru, "High Speed Blue Thunder" Masanori Takaoka, "High Speed White Blade" Ryūta Sugano, "High Speed Blood Rain" Akihiro Miyashita
Takaoka, Sugano and Miyashita are considered the "Three Musketeers".

!!!'''Team Members''': "Lightning Shift" Takuya Hagiwara ☆, "Lone Wolf" Manabu Ishī, "Spring Roll" Itsuki Ōuchi, "Silver Bullet" Jun'ichi Kadomatsu, "Airblade" Kazuki Nakanishi, "Yellow Angel" Asuka Nakanishi, "Lightning Wisdom" Yūji Minobe

!!!'''Team Members''': "Crimson Meteor" Yūichi Iketani ☆, "Silvester" Yōichi Watanabe, "Hell's Drifter" Toshimitsu Suzuki, "Shimokitazawa 2000cc" Satoshi Hoshino, "Drift Baby" Katsunori Uchimura, "Funky Monkey" Teruki Yoshida, "Natural Soldier" Takashi Nishino, "Fire Bird" Toshinobu Kurosawa

!!!'''Team Members''': "Scorching Mirage" Kazuo Kasai ☆, "Smile 0 Yen" Yasuyuki Sakainori, "SWEET BLUES" Rina Kawamoto, "Blue Writer" Tadashi Mochida, "Shooting Star" Daisuke Makihara, Chōei "Baron" Kagetsu, "Shutokou Drizzle" Shirou Hosoyama (from ''2'' onwards)

!!!'''Team Members''': "Shiver Drift Dancer" Toshiki Kawakami ☆, "Street Dancer" Shūichi Takizawa (until ''3''), "Hell's Bartender" Tadashi Kuroi, "Speed Professor" Noritaka Motoue, "Wind Impala" Takeshi Harada, "Black Mirage" Kazuo Nikaidō (until ''3''), "Rain Drop" Shou Nakanishi

!!!'''Team Members''': Mitsuru "Io" Iona ☆, "[=MJ6feet6=]" Atsushi Baba, "Jet Black Hot Wind" Kyōji Honda, "White Fox" Toshiki Nagaregawa, "Salty Dog" Kachiaki Mizushima, "Slide Freak" Noriaki Azuma, "Running Blue Wave" Kōji Takae

!!!'''Team Members''': Kenji "Tarmac" Suzuki ☆, "Phantom Beautiful Girl" Maki Wakabayashi, "Tragic Crimson Tears" Seiko Motogi, "Legendary Worker" Tomio Makitoshi, "Midnight Through" Tomoko Nakajima, "Strategist Crimson" Makoto Kawamura, "Russian Blue" Akane Yamazaki (from ''2'' until ''Zero''), "Protocol" Kyōko Īda (''3'' only)

!!!'''Team Members''': "Blue Comet" Haruhiko Oyama ☆, "Accel Junkie" Akihiro Fukui, "Highway Bomber" Yūki Wada, "Crystal Knights" Takatsugu Migimoto, "Ultimate Killer" Ichirō Tobiyama, "Silent Reviver" Tetsurō Kibayashi, "Nightmare" Kunihiro Harada (until ''Zero''), "Silver Fox" Akira Yamada, "Orange Head" Utsu Shī

!!!'''Team Members''': "Blue Speed" Naoto Obata ☆, "Silver Speed" Yōko Uehara, Kōji "Razor" Miura, "Red Shout" Mitsue Takahashi, "Battle Scratch" Gou Fujiike, "Thunder" Hitomi Tsujiki (from ''2'' until ''Zero''), "Electromagnetic Trip" Ryou Ikegami (from ''2'' until ''Zero'')

!!!'''Team Members''': "Time Nebula" Tokio Aoshima ☆, "Flashing Drift Liner" Makoto Ito, "Burning Rider" Masuo Takeda, Daiki "Max" Araki, "Killing Machine" Shuhei Kitakata, "Street Fighter Plane" Takeshi Nagano
To be frank, nothing much is known about Speed Box. They were one of the original twenty teams of the Tokyo Expressway, and all members drove Honda NSXs. What they're most famous for, though, is for being the first team to violently break apart: from its ashes, one of Speed Box's member would go on to create his own team on the Wangan Line.

!!!'''Team Members''': "Unstoppable Black Dragon's Dream" Ryūtarō Furuki ☆, "Lovely" Rina Kawahara, "180 Master" Jun'ichi Kubota, "Breaker" Shinji Ōtake, "Street Queen" Yumi Kuribayashi (first game only), "Dancing Chaser" Taku Ishī, "Dawn Shaker" Hidenori Sekiya (from ''2'' onwards), Takayuki "Night Worker" Horī (from ''2'' onwards)

!!!'''Team Members''': "Sonic Runner" Mayumi Mori ☆ (until ''3''), "Dazzling White Fairy" Shōko Koizumi ☆ (regular member until ''Import Tuner Challenge''), "Moonlight Child" Kimiko Fujisaki, "Cowboy Girl" Rena Kitayama (until ''3''), "Silver Impact" Aki Azuma, "246 Heartbreaker" Takako Mutō