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The original, and more well-known, twenty teams of the Tokyo Expressway.
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* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Their team stickers are all easily recognizable, if not the most recognizable in the entire series.
* FamousForBeingFirst: They were the first organized teams on the Tokyo Expressway, and as such, they order a great deal of respect. Somewhat Zigzagged, though, in that being ''recurring'' also plays an important role, as almost everyone has forgotten that Elegant Wild existed or that Speed Box were a team, and not just a single Wanderer's street name.
* LovedByAll: Generally speaking, you'd be really hard-pressed to find someone who could even bad mouth the original twenty teams, besides a couple of bitter ex-members.
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* FamousForBeingFirst: They were the first organized teams on the Tokyo Expressway, and as such, they order a great deal of respect. Somewhat Zigzagged, though, in that being ''recurring'' also plays an important role, as almost everyone has forgotten that Elegant Wild existed or that Speed Box were a team, and not just a single Wanderer's street name.
* LovedByAll: Generally speaking, you'd be really hard-pressed to find someone who could even bad mouth the original twenty teams, besides a couple of bitter ex-members.
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''The'' recurring, iconic theme of the franchise, '''Rolling Guy''' is made up of Toyota [=AE86=] drivers that rely on the car's handling capabilities and skill over the acceleration and top speed favored by other racers on the Expressway. The team has been present in every single game of the franchise, to the point that they're near synonymous with it. They also appear in the ''Drift'' sub-series, where they go under the name of '''Downhill Guy'''.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Whoever the team leader is, be it Satoru or Akira, they tend to work extra hard to help the other members improve and develop as drivers, in spite of their limited means to do so.
** In spite of leaving the team and repeatedly claiming to have no attachment to Rolling Guy, Satoru continues to challenge team members to witness their improvement first-hand. He also continues to support them from behind the scenes.
** In spite of leaving the team and repeatedly claiming to have no attachment to Rolling Guy, Satoru continues to challenge team members to witness their improvement first-hand. He also continues to support them from behind the scenes.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Whoever the team leader is, be it Whilst Satoru or Akira, they tend was already very close to work extra hard to help his subordinates, Akira arguably outdoes him in this regard upon taking over the team. As Rolling Guy #1, he's far more present than Satoru, actively listening to his teammate's demands and worries: one of the first things he did, in that regard, was lift Satoru's drifting ban. Moreso, his biggest worry, other members than living up to Satoru's legacy, is making sure Rolling Guy as a whole can improve and develop as drivers, in spite of their prosper, down to the last member. As such, he puts his all towards this goal, despite his incredibly limited means to do so.
** * AllegedlyDateless: Haruhiko will complain a couple of times to the players about his and his teammates' struggles with romance in ''Import Tuner Challenge''. In spite of leaving that, he manages to score not one, but ''two'' dates shortly afterwards with fellow female racers. He'll go right back to complaining about it once those dates don't go as well as he had hoped.
* 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 andrepeatedly claiming let Akira become the ''de jure'' new leader, bringing this situation to have no attachment to an end.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: RollingGuy, Satoru continues to challenge Guy #5, Hiroshi Takanayagi, is a graduate student in engineering and the most knowledgeable member of the team members when it comes to witness their improvement first-hand. He also continues mechanics and raw theory. This allows him to support them adapt to any course or condition by falling back on his knowledge, re-elaborating it and re-applying it to the situation as he sees fit. Moreso, it's rumored he apparently found "the perfect racing line" on the C1 Loop, through countless attempts at trial-and-error.
* TheBartender: Bartending is Tsutomu Imai's job away frombehind street racing. Not that anyone would normally know, as it's largely irrelevant to his racing endeavours and only comes up when glancing at his bio in ''3''.
* BookSmart: Hiroshi Takanayagi, what with being a graduate student in engineering, seems to fit thescenes.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.
* TheConsigliere: Tsutomu graduates to this role upon picking up the mantle of Rolling Guy #2 starting in ''3''. Due to Akira's inexperience and self-doubt, he usually advices him on how to lead the team and what to do in various circumstances. His role isn't merely advisory, however: should Akira find himself in a pinch during battles, expect Tsutomu to come swooping in out of nowhere to try and save the day.
* 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
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Rolling
* TheBartender: Bartending is Tsutomu Imai's job away from
* BookSmart: Hiroshi Takanayagi, what with being a graduate student in engineering, seems to fit the
* TheConsigliere: Tsutomu graduates to this role upon picking up the mantle of Rolling Guy #2 starting in ''3''. Due to Akira's inexperience and self-doubt, he usually advices him on how to lead the team and what to do in various circumstances. His role isn't merely advisory, however: should Akira find himself in a pinch during battles, expect Tsutomu to come swooping in out of nowhere to try and save the day.
* DavidVersusGoliath:
** Rolling Guy take the role of David by ''default'' whenever they race on the Metropolitan Expressway. Compared to anyone else, their cars are underpowered lightweights with great agility as their only saving grace. This makes it all the more impressive whenever a member of the team manages to eke out a win against anyone else.
** When racing on the mountain passes, however, Rolling Guy play the role of ''Goliath'': their cars are perfectly suited to the tight, twisting roads, especially when going downhill. Daiki Kōnoue, Tōru Zōshigaya, and ''Touge Legends'''s player character all play the role of David when going up against them, as unexperienced greenhorns suddenly making big splashes in the world of mountain pass racing. All three unexpectedly manage to come out on top against the Kobayakawas' team.
* DoNotCallMePaul: One of the team's newest members, Mamoru Mitsuike, is... puzzled by Rolling Guy's naming convention, to say the least. Mitsuike never outwardly expresses it, but he's not particularly a fan of his new street name of Rolling Guy #7. In fact, he wishes for everyone else to refer to him by his original Nagoya street name: Torn Asunder Heartbeat.
* DontThinkFeel: Contrasting Hiroshi, with whom he joined the team and relies heavily on theory, Rolling Guy #6 Takahashi Yoshimura completely ''forgoes'' all theory whenever racing: instead, he drives his [=AE86=] purely from the feedback he got from his senses, alongside his instinct.
* DubNameChange:
** Rolling Guy: to Rolling Dude (first game), Rolling Boy (''2''), Rolling (''Zero''), Rolling Man (''Street Supremacy'')
** Downhill Guy: Downhill Burns (''Drift''), Downhill Dude (''Drift'')
** Satoru Kobayakawa: to Jack Dillon (''2''), James Altenberg (''Zero''), Sato Kobayakawa (''Drift'')
** Akira Kobayakawa: to James Dillon (''2''), George Reynold, Akira Osagawa (''Drift''), Tetsu Kobayakawa (''3'', ''Chain Reaction'', ''Street Supremacy'', ''Touge Legends'')
** Tsutomu Imai: to Terry Hall (''2''), Dixon Jones (''Zero''), Masaru Imai (''Drift'')
** Haruhiko Miyake: to Brian Lowe (''2''), Ed Louis (''Zero''), Haruhiko Santaku (''Drift'')
** Hiroshi Takanayagi: to Jay Morales (''2'', ''Zero''), Hiro Takanayagi (''Drift''),
** Takahashi Yoshimura: to Rod Paglia (''2''), Mark Hill (''Zero''), Takashi Yoshimura (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge), Takeshi Yoshimura (''Street Supremacy'')
** Mamoru Mitsuike: Yuzuru Mitsuike (''Street Supremacy'')
* FailureHero: Rolling Guy as a ''whole'' carry this reputation. In spite of having a wide spectrum of competences and skill levels amongst its members, to the point they can potentially take over the entire Expressway in ''Street Supremacy'', they are known by everyone as "the loser team at the bottom of the Expressway". Everything the team's members try to do is bound to fail: Satoru leaving the team to prompt them to improve? Ultimately half-succeeds, as several of the original members leave shortly afterwards. Akira's attempts at living up to his brother's reputations? Greatly hindered by his own self-doubt, to the point he lets another member lead them when away from Tokyo in ''Touge Legends''. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Haruhiko trying to get himself and the others girlfriends?]] ...Yeah, that one's best not brought up again. It's extremely commendable that in spite of all of that, [[TheDeterminator they continue to keep going after all these years, looking none the worse in the process]].
* {{Foil}}: Serve as an indirect one to MAX Racing, of all teams, come ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Both have been around for countless years, closely follow one specific philosophy, and have gone through a leadership change. However, Rolling Guy regularly manages to recruit new members, even from other cities, whereas MAX Racing struggles heavily in that regard. Rolling Guy are firmly united behind their cars and dedication to "handling above all", whereas MAX Racing have been splintered into two factions due to differing approaches on how to tune their sedans, to the point it's heavily hindered the entire team. Lastly, the leadership change for Rolling Guy had a few hiccups but ultimately went smoothly, with Akira having immediately earned the others' trust and Satoru assisting them from the sidelines. The leadership change for MAX Racing, instead, was a catastrophe, with no one trusting Masaki and Omohiko doing nothing to help him settle in. Which is because he threw the race to determine the new leader, having grown tired of his own team.
** Rolling Guy take the role of David by ''default'' whenever they race on the Metropolitan Expressway. Compared to anyone else, their cars are underpowered lightweights with great agility as their only saving grace. This makes it all the more impressive whenever a member of the team manages to eke out a win against anyone else.
** When racing on the mountain passes, however, Rolling Guy play the role of ''Goliath'': their cars are perfectly suited to the tight, twisting roads, especially when going downhill. Daiki Kōnoue, Tōru Zōshigaya, and ''Touge Legends'''s player character all play the role of David when going up against them, as unexperienced greenhorns suddenly making big splashes in the world of mountain pass racing. All three unexpectedly manage to come out on top against the Kobayakawas' team.
* DoNotCallMePaul: One of the team's newest members, Mamoru Mitsuike, is... puzzled by Rolling Guy's naming convention, to say the least. Mitsuike never outwardly expresses it, but he's not particularly a fan of his new street name of Rolling Guy #7. In fact, he wishes for everyone else to refer to him by his original Nagoya street name: Torn Asunder Heartbeat.
* DontThinkFeel: Contrasting Hiroshi, with whom he joined the team and relies heavily on theory, Rolling Guy #6 Takahashi Yoshimura completely ''forgoes'' all theory whenever racing: instead, he drives his [=AE86=] purely from the feedback he got from his senses, alongside his instinct.
* DubNameChange:
** Rolling Guy: to Rolling Dude (first game), Rolling Boy (''2''), Rolling (''Zero''), Rolling Man (''Street Supremacy'')
** Downhill Guy: Downhill Burns (''Drift''), Downhill Dude (''Drift'')
** Satoru Kobayakawa: to Jack Dillon (''2''), James Altenberg (''Zero''), Sato Kobayakawa (''Drift'')
** Akira Kobayakawa: to James Dillon (''2''), George Reynold, Akira Osagawa (''Drift''), Tetsu Kobayakawa (''3'', ''Chain Reaction'', ''Street Supremacy'', ''Touge Legends'')
** Tsutomu Imai: to Terry Hall (''2''), Dixon Jones (''Zero''), Masaru Imai (''Drift'')
** Haruhiko Miyake: to Brian Lowe (''2''), Ed Louis (''Zero''), Haruhiko Santaku (''Drift'')
** Hiroshi Takanayagi: to Jay Morales (''2'', ''Zero''), Hiro Takanayagi (''Drift''),
** Takahashi Yoshimura: to Rod Paglia (''2''), Mark Hill (''Zero''), Takashi Yoshimura (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge), Takeshi Yoshimura (''Street Supremacy'')
** Mamoru Mitsuike: Yuzuru Mitsuike (''Street Supremacy'')
* FailureHero: Rolling Guy as a ''whole'' carry this reputation. In spite of having a wide spectrum of competences and skill levels amongst its members, to the point they can potentially take over the entire Expressway in ''Street Supremacy'', they are known by everyone as "the loser team at the bottom of the Expressway". Everything the team's members try to do is bound to fail: Satoru leaving the team to prompt them to improve? Ultimately half-succeeds, as several of the original members leave shortly afterwards. Akira's attempts at living up to his brother's reputations? Greatly hindered by his own self-doubt, to the point he lets another member lead them when away from Tokyo in ''Touge Legends''. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Haruhiko trying to get himself and the others girlfriends?]] ...Yeah, that one's best not brought up again. It's extremely commendable that in spite of all of that, [[TheDeterminator they continue to keep going after all these years, looking none the worse in the process]].
* {{Foil}}: Serve as an indirect one to MAX Racing, of all teams, come ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Both have been around for countless years, closely follow one specific philosophy, and have gone through a leadership change. However, Rolling Guy regularly manages to recruit new members, even from other cities, whereas MAX Racing struggles heavily in that regard. Rolling Guy are firmly united behind their cars and dedication to "handling above all", whereas MAX Racing have been splintered into two factions due to differing approaches on how to tune their sedans, to the point it's heavily hindered the entire team. Lastly, the leadership change for Rolling Guy had a few hiccups but ultimately went smoothly, with Akira having immediately earned the others' trust and Satoru assisting them from the sidelines. The leadership change for MAX Racing, instead, was a catastrophe, with no one trusting Masaki and Omohiko doing nothing to help him settle in. Which is because he threw the race to determine the new leader, having grown tired of his own team.
* HardTruckin: Haruhiko Miyake became a truck driver because of his extreme love for driving anything: the idea of a workplace where he spent all his time behind the steering wheel was a dream come true. Furthermore, Haruhiko also fits some of the job's stereotypes, particularly the perceived manliness truck drivers carry: he's popular with his fellows for that exact reason, but accidentally turns the women racers away in the process.
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Ultimately, Akira's worst opponent isn't someone belonging to another team, nor is it Satoru's shadow, but himself. Although understandably anxious due to suddenly being trust in a leadership role he wasn't prepared for, Akira found himself surrounded with friends who immediately backed him up and helped him get settled in. In spite of that, he constantly doubted himself, and he started to consider quitting highway racing in favour of returning to Omote Rokko in ''Touge Legends''. He finally grew out of this starting with his defeat by the player's hands in that very game.
* HonorBeforeReason: As proven by the success of Kyō Takahashi and Utsu Shī upon switching teams and cars, on top of Satoru's impressive rise to professional race car driver, Rolling Guy are generally talented and would be capable of going head-to-head with almost anyone... if it wasn't for their cars and their enormous deficits. Anyone else would've moved to other, more fitting cars, or heavily modified their [=AE86s=] in a similar situation, but to team members, straying away from the key ideas behind the car's factory design is unthinkable. After all, those very cars carried them all the way to this day, why should they abandon them? Thus, for their [=AE86s=]' sake, Rolling Guy remain hopelessly loyal, condemning themselves to a slow, if impossible crawl towards the top of the Expressway.
* HopelessSuitor: Poor, poor Haruhiko... he spends the ''entirety'' of ''Import Tuner Challenge'' setting up dates in a desperate attempt to find a girlfriend: on his first one, he somehow manages to get the green light for a team-wide date between Rolling Guy and the single members of the Cupid Arrows... which, according to the parties, quickly devolved into a back-and-forth over their respective cars and an insult-filled shouting match. On his second one, he gets a one-on-one date with Juicy Heaven's Voluptous Aquamarine, to the envy of a lot of his fellow drivers... which goes ''even worse'', somehow: the two try to take their date to Mount Hakone, only for Aquamarine to gap him on the mountain pass ''by pure accident''. According to Hiroshi, Haruhiko just gave up dejectedly after that one, claiming he only wants to focus on racing for a good while.
* InadequateInheritor: After succeeding him as Rolling Guy #1, it's Akira who considers himself this towards Satoru. In spite of the backing from the other members of the team, and being a far better people's person, he always feels like Satoru's long shadow is all over him. The constant praises Satoru receives most likely do not help: once word reaches him that Satoru is back in Tokyo as Rolling Master, one of Akira's goals becomes to defeat his brother to definitely prove his worth, mostly to himself.
* LegacyCharacter: Rolling Guy's street name system works this way, as whenever a team member leaves, the one hierarchically below him will inherit their number and so on. For example, when Satoru left, Akira inherited the name of Rolling Guy #1 from him, whilst Tsutomu inherited the now-vacant name of Rolling Guy #2 from Akira. For simplicity's sake, this page lists team members by their original street name upon joining the team.
* LongRunnerCastTurnover: Not as egregious as some other teams, but still present: of the original five members, only three remain, whilst Kido was only around for a cup of coffee in ''3'' and ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity.
* NumberTwo: This is the role played by whoever carries the street name of Rolling Guy #2. They're the member who is the closest to the leader in terms of relationship and skills, those who normally advertise the leader on team matters, and most important of all, those who back up the leader in battles whenever the need arises.
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Ultimately, Akira's worst opponent isn't someone belonging to another team, nor is it Satoru's shadow, but himself. Although understandably anxious due to suddenly being trust in a leadership role he wasn't prepared for, Akira found himself surrounded with friends who immediately backed him up and helped him get settled in. In spite of that, he constantly doubted himself, and he started to consider quitting highway racing in favour of returning to Omote Rokko in ''Touge Legends''. He finally grew out of this starting with his defeat by the player's hands in that very game.
* HonorBeforeReason: As proven by the success of Kyō Takahashi and Utsu Shī upon switching teams and cars, on top of Satoru's impressive rise to professional race car driver, Rolling Guy are generally talented and would be capable of going head-to-head with almost anyone... if it wasn't for their cars and their enormous deficits. Anyone else would've moved to other, more fitting cars, or heavily modified their [=AE86s=] in a similar situation, but to team members, straying away from the key ideas behind the car's factory design is unthinkable. After all, those very cars carried them all the way to this day, why should they abandon them? Thus, for their [=AE86s=]' sake, Rolling Guy remain hopelessly loyal, condemning themselves to a slow, if impossible crawl towards the top of the Expressway.
* HopelessSuitor: Poor, poor Haruhiko... he spends the ''entirety'' of ''Import Tuner Challenge'' setting up dates in a desperate attempt to find a girlfriend: on his first one, he somehow manages to get the green light for a team-wide date between Rolling Guy and the single members of the Cupid Arrows... which, according to the parties, quickly devolved into a back-and-forth over their respective cars and an insult-filled shouting match. On his second one, he gets a one-on-one date with Juicy Heaven's Voluptous Aquamarine, to the envy of a lot of his fellow drivers... which goes ''even worse'', somehow: the two try to take their date to Mount Hakone, only for Aquamarine to gap him on the mountain pass ''by pure accident''. According to Hiroshi, Haruhiko just gave up dejectedly after that one, claiming he only wants to focus on racing for a good while.
* InadequateInheritor: After succeeding him as Rolling Guy #1, it's Akira who considers himself this towards Satoru. In spite of the backing from the other members of the team, and being a far better people's person, he always feels like Satoru's long shadow is all over him. The constant praises Satoru receives most likely do not help: once word reaches him that Satoru is back in Tokyo as Rolling Master, one of Akira's goals becomes to defeat his brother to definitely prove his worth, mostly to himself.
* LegacyCharacter: Rolling Guy's street name system works this way, as whenever a team member leaves, the one hierarchically below him will inherit their number and so on. For example, when Satoru left, Akira inherited the name of Rolling Guy #1 from him, whilst Tsutomu inherited the now-vacant name of Rolling Guy #2 from Akira. For simplicity's sake, this page lists team members by their original street name upon joining the team.
* LongRunnerCastTurnover: Not as egregious as some other teams, but still present: of the original five members, only three remain, whilst Kido was only around for a cup of coffee in ''3'' and ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity.
* NumberTwo: This is the role played by whoever carries the street name of Rolling Guy #2. They're the member who is the closest to the leader in terms of relationship and skills, those who normally advertise the leader on team matters, and most important of all, those who back up the leader in battles whenever the need arises.
* 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.
* SupportPartyMember: As mentioned above, this is the role Rolling Guy #2 ends up taking for the leader on rare occasions wherein they need assistance in battles. The most notable case of this is Tsutomu in ''3'', where he will appear halfway through the player's battle against Akira to refill his SP Bar and assist the latter in any way necessary.
* TechnicianVersusPerformer:
** There is a minor, but nonetheless present, split in approach and philosophy within the team. One half of the members are more technically-minded drivers, preferring a drier, subtler driving style that doesn't forgo opportunistic measures to win, whereas another half is more performance-oriented, breaking out drifting techniques on the regular as they believe there is no point in winning if they do not look good and have fun whilst doing so.
** The split is clearly represented by the two Kobayakawa brothers: Satoru is the Technician, far more interested in practical approaches to reach victory, to the point of banning other members of the team from drifting, whereas Akira is the Performer, naturally flashier but compelled to emulate his older brother. After Satoru leaves the duty of leading Rolling Guy to Akira, he gradually goes back to his own style and lifts the drifting ban.
* TookALevelInBadass: Although they might still be at the rock bottom of the Expressway, it cannot be denied that Rolling Guy have come a long way: from poor kids going down Omote Rokko to respect mountain pass carvers, from Expressway greenhorns to one of the longest standing teams in Tokyo's history, they've all become hardened street racing veterans more than capable of holding their own against most opponents. The possible apex of the trope is reached in ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, where with the player's help, they can become ''the'' strongest team in all of Tokyo, defeating the likes of Speed Master to reach that goal.
* TrueCompanions: The five founders of the team were all incredibly close to one another for years, having collectively supported their dreams and taken the daring task of conquering the Metropolitan Expressway together, just as they had done with Omote Rokko. Naturally, when Satoru left the team, Tsutomu and Haruhiko immediately stepped up to assist Akira in filling the void left behind: Haruhiko in particular was furious with Satoru for having abandoned them.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Punching bag of the Expressway they might be, Rolling Guy are still an incredibly skilled, long-tenured team with near unmatched knowledge of their [=AE86s=] and the C1 Loop: underestimating them is, frankly, a very dumb idea. [[InvokedTrope Akira will proudly declare as much to any opposing team upon defeating them in a team battle in ''Street Supremacy'']].
* SupportPartyMember: As mentioned above, this is the role Rolling Guy #2 ends up taking for the leader on rare occasions wherein they need assistance in battles. The most notable case of this is Tsutomu in ''3'', where he will appear halfway through the player's battle against Akira to refill his SP Bar and assist the latter in any way necessary.
* TechnicianVersusPerformer:
** There is a minor, but nonetheless present, split in approach and philosophy within the team. One half of the members are more technically-minded drivers, preferring a drier, subtler driving style that doesn't forgo opportunistic measures to win, whereas another half is more performance-oriented, breaking out drifting techniques on the regular as they believe there is no point in winning if they do not look good and have fun whilst doing so.
** The split is clearly represented by the two Kobayakawa brothers: Satoru is the Technician, far more interested in practical approaches to reach victory, to the point of banning other members of the team from drifting, whereas Akira is the Performer, naturally flashier but compelled to emulate his older brother. After Satoru leaves the duty of leading Rolling Guy to Akira, he gradually goes back to his own style and lifts the drifting ban.
* TookALevelInBadass: Although they might still be at the rock bottom of the Expressway, it cannot be denied that Rolling Guy have come a long way: from poor kids going down Omote Rokko to respect mountain pass carvers, from Expressway greenhorns to one of the longest standing teams in Tokyo's history, they've all become hardened street racing veterans more than capable of holding their own against most opponents. The possible apex of the trope is reached in ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, where with the player's help, they can become ''the'' strongest team in all of Tokyo, defeating the likes of Speed Master to reach that goal.
* TrueCompanions: The five founders of the team were all incredibly close to one another for years, having collectively supported their dreams and taken the daring task of conquering the Metropolitan Expressway together, just as they had done with Omote Rokko. Naturally, when Satoru left the team, Tsutomu and Haruhiko immediately stepped up to assist Akira in filling the void left behind: Haruhiko in particular was furious with Satoru for having abandoned them.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Punching bag of the Expressway they might be, Rolling Guy are still an incredibly skilled, long-tenured team with near unmatched knowledge of their [=AE86s=] and the C1 Loop: underestimating them is, frankly, a very dumb idea. [[InvokedTrope Akira will proudly declare as much to any opposing team upon defeating them in a team battle in ''Street Supremacy'']].
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* YouAreInCommandNow: Depends on the point of view of those involved: due to the original "Rolling Guy #1", Satoru Kobayakawa, abruptly leaving the team sometime after ''Zero'', his younger brother Akira felt accidentally forced to take up the title and team's leadership. The rest of the team took it similarly, not exactly being enthused with Satoru's actions. For the other point of view, see PassingTheTorch above.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Xtreme'', the team switched from their signature [=AE86s=] to the newer [=GT86s=], in an attempt to move away from their perennial position at the bottom of the Expressway's pyramid.[[labelnote:Note]]TruthInTelevision, somewhat: The Toyota [=AE86=]'s 4A-GE engine isn't the easiest of the bunch to tune up, and only outputs 130 HP stock, compared to the [=GT86=]'s 205 HP 4U-GSE engine. However, the [=GT86=] is heavier, nowhere near as nimble as its' predecessor, and its' first generation, the one used by Rolling Guy, infamously suffers from a torque dip in the middle of its' revving curve.[[/labelnote]]
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Xtreme'', the team switched from their signature [=AE86s=] to the newer [=GT86s=], in an attempt to move away from their perennial position at the bottom of the Expressway's pyramid.[[labelnote:Note]]TruthInTelevision, somewhat: The Toyota [=AE86=]'s 4A-GE engine isn't the easiest of the bunch to tune up, and only outputs 130 HP stock, compared to the [=GT86=]'s 205 HP 4U-GSE engine. However, the [=GT86=] is heavier, nowhere near as nimble as its' predecessor, and its' first generation, the one used by Rolling Guy, infamously suffers from a torque dip in the middle of its' revving curve.[[/labelnote]]
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* YouAreInCommandNow: YouAreInCommandNow:
** Depends on the point of view of those involved: due to the original "Rolling Guy #1", Satoru Kobayakawa, abruptly leaving the team sometime after ''Zero'', his younger brother Akira felt accidentally forced to take up the title and team's leadership. The rest of the team took it similarly, not exactly being enthused with Satoru's actions. For the other point of view, see PassingTheTorch above.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Xtreme'', ** For some reason, it's Hiroshi Takanayagi who takes leadership of the team switched from their signature [=AE86s=] with Satoru gone in ''Touge Legends''. He apparently voluntereed to lead the team back to the newer [=GT86s=], in an attempt mountain pass, citing his past experience as to move away from their perennial position at the bottom why, and none of the Expressway's pyramid.[[labelnote:Note]]TruthInTelevision, somewhat: The Toyota [=AE86=]'s 4A-GE engine isn't other members raised any objections.
* YouCannotKillAnIdea: As seen in ''Street Supremacy'', Akira strongly believes in theeasiest idea of a "rolling spirit", which appears to be the bunch to tune up, combination of values, passions, and only outputs 130 HP stock, compared to the [=GT86=]'s 205 HP 4U-GSE engine. However, the [=GT86=] is heavier, nowhere near as nimble as its' predecessor, and its' first generation, the one used by against-all-odds attitudes of Rolling Guy, infamously suffers from a torque dip in Guy members through-out the middle years. Should Rolling Guy be forced to disband upon defeat, he'll defiantly react by claiming that the end of its' revving curve.[[/labelnote]]the team is not the end of the "rolling spirit", before encouraging its now-former members to carry that very spirit onwards.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: This is how Akira reacts in ''Street Supremacy'' upon being defeated by the player for the team's leadership. After a brief moment, however, [[GracefulLoser he'll get over it and accept his defeat, handing the team's reigns to the player]].
** Depends on the point of view of those involved: due to the original "Rolling Guy #1", Satoru Kobayakawa, abruptly leaving the team sometime after ''Zero'', his younger brother Akira felt accidentally forced to take up the title and team's leadership. The rest of the team took it similarly, not exactly being enthused with Satoru's actions. For the other point of view, see PassingTheTorch above.
* YouCannotKillAnIdea: As seen in ''Street Supremacy'', Akira strongly believes in the
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: This is how Akira reacts in ''Street Supremacy'' upon being defeated by the player for the team's leadership. After a brief moment, however, [[GracefulLoser he'll get over it and accept his defeat, handing the team's reigns to the player]].
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The first team to be faced on the C1 Loop Outer, '''Curving Edge''' is made up of Honda drivers financed by their leader, "Highway Prince" Takaaki Fujima.
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One of the two first
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Takaaki Kainai was brought on-board by Kōshō specifically because of his "advanced driving theory", one he developed after much trial-and-error. He later begun videotaping his teammates' races, holding lessons to help them improve by studying their replays. [[MeaningfulName This clinical approach is what earned him the moniker of "Professor Taka" to begin with]].
* CannotSpitItOut: It's not a big secret that Noriko has long developed a crush for Kōshō. Despite that, she seems to be completely unable to confess any of her feelings towards him. The reason behind such hesitation can be found in her past, long before she joined Curving Edge: her former team imploded on itself because of a near-identical relationship, and she fears of losing her friends all over again.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Hinted at by Akiichirō's bio: he apparently comes from an history of particularly troubled family life, a subject he's touchy enough about to refuse to disclose any details about it to anyone. In spite of its vagueness, whatever happened clearly impacted him deeply. hints at a particularly troubled family life he flat-out refuses to talk about. It still has enough of an emotional impact that it's reflected in his driving, particularly his quick judgement calls and "unbelievable" mistakes, as well as his refusal to hang out with his teammates.
* TheDeterminator: Takaaki has been suffering from a life-threatening illness for a while by the events of the first game. By all accounts, racing at well over a hundred miles an hour down the Expressway is the last thing he should be doing... and yet, he does just that. His illness does nothing to limit his passion or his contribution to Curving Edge.
* DubNameChange:
** Kōshō Fujima: to "Prince of the Highways" (first game), "Expressway Prince" Mark Allen II (''2''), Mark Burns (''Zero'')
** Kōji Hibino: to "No Slip" Gill Mathews (''2''), "Mr. Fire" Alexander Scoob (''Zero'')
** Akiichirō Watari: to "Blue Flash" Jamie Perez (''2''), "Wind of Night" Allen Rentch (''Zero'')
** Takaaki Kainai: to Neil "Professor" Getts (''2''), Rich "Professor" Robledo (''Zero'')
** Noriko Watanabe: to "Mad" Mary Black (''2''), Dara Yem (''Zero'')
** Hidekazu Saitō: to "Low" Joe Simon (''2''), "Road Killer" Rion Rainhart (''Zero'')
* TheFool: Kōshō is far from the sharpest tool in the shed, what with thinking money grows on trees. He's also enormously lucky, being born into an incredibly wealthy family, as well as so kind-hearted he'll throw away any money if his teammates ask him to. After all, he's the one who financed the entire team to begin with.
* 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.
* GeniusDitz: Kōshō [[NeverLiveItDown might think money spontaneously grows on trees]], and his idea of "car upgrades" appears to be entirely restricted to visual ones, but it cannot be denied he's a legitimately talented street racer more than capable of holding his own against opponents in more powerful cars.
* InterclassFriendship: Compared to [[EccentricMillionaire Kōshō]], the rest of the team is ''far'' from being remotely well-off: Kōji is employed at an iron works, Takaaki is a lowly scholar... and yet, everyone respects and adores their leader, in part because he doesn't put on any airs about his status, nor he pretends to be someone he's not.
* 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.
* MeaningfulName: The team is named after the "peculiar" slash-like cornering of their cars compared to other vehicles due to their front engine, front-wheel-drive set-ups.
* CannotSpitItOut: It's not a big secret that Noriko has long developed a crush for Kōshō. Despite that, she seems to be completely unable to confess any of her feelings towards him. The reason behind such hesitation can be found in her past, long before she joined Curving Edge: her former team imploded on itself because of a near-identical relationship, and she fears of losing her friends all over again.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Hinted at by Akiichirō's bio: he apparently comes from an history of particularly troubled family life, a subject he's touchy enough about to refuse to disclose any details about it to anyone. In spite of its vagueness, whatever happened clearly impacted him deeply. hints at a particularly troubled family life he flat-out refuses to talk about. It still has enough of an emotional impact that it's reflected in his driving, particularly his quick judgement calls and "unbelievable" mistakes, as well as his refusal to hang out with his teammates.
* TheDeterminator: Takaaki has been suffering from a life-threatening illness for a while by the events of the first game. By all accounts, racing at well over a hundred miles an hour down the Expressway is the last thing he should be doing... and yet, he does just that. His illness does nothing to limit his passion or his contribution to Curving Edge.
* DubNameChange:
** Kōshō Fujima: to "Prince of the Highways" (first game), "Expressway Prince" Mark Allen II (''2''), Mark Burns (''Zero'')
** Kōji Hibino: to "No Slip" Gill Mathews (''2''), "Mr. Fire" Alexander Scoob (''Zero'')
** Akiichirō Watari: to "Blue Flash" Jamie Perez (''2''), "Wind of Night" Allen Rentch (''Zero'')
** Takaaki Kainai: to Neil "Professor" Getts (''2''), Rich "Professor" Robledo (''Zero'')
** Noriko Watanabe: to "Mad" Mary Black (''2''), Dara Yem (''Zero'')
** Hidekazu Saitō: to "Low" Joe Simon (''2''), "Road Killer" Rion Rainhart (''Zero'')
* TheFool: Kōshō is far from the sharpest tool in the shed, what with thinking money grows on trees. He's also enormously lucky, being born into an incredibly wealthy family, as well as so kind-hearted he'll throw away any money if his teammates ask him to. After all, he's the one who financed the entire team to begin with.
* 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.
* GeniusDitz: Kōshō [[NeverLiveItDown might think money spontaneously grows on trees]], and his idea of "car upgrades" appears to be entirely restricted to visual ones, but it cannot be denied he's a legitimately talented street racer more than capable of holding his own against opponents in more powerful cars.
* InterclassFriendship: Compared to [[EccentricMillionaire Kōshō]], the rest of the team is ''far'' from being remotely well-off: Kōji is employed at an iron works, Takaaki is a lowly scholar... and yet, everyone respects and adores their leader, in part because he doesn't put on any airs about his status, nor he pretends to be someone he's not.
* 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.
* MeaningfulName: The team is named after the "peculiar" slash-like cornering of their cars compared to other vehicles due to their front engine, front-wheel-drive set-ups.
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* WorkingThroughTheCold: According to "Professor Taka" Takaaki Kaidai's bio, he's fighting a "life-threatening disease".
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* TheSmartGuy: Professor Taka is the brains behind Curving Edge. He's the one developing theory after theory on racecraft, filming his teammates and coaching them on how to improve whilst showing them replays, and constantly collecting data. Apparently, he's known to check the unevenness of the road to be able to pick better racing lines.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Kōshō, natch. He straight-up lost count of how much money he burned to tune up his Accord [=SiR=], alongside his financing of the other members of Curving Edge. This extends to his family: the Fujimas are outrageously rich, which gives him such a massive berth over spending... but they appear to be a bit detached from the "real" world, to the point they accidentally caused Kōshō to think money grows on trees.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Kōji and Hidekazu, in spite of being on the same team, tend to constantly butt heads due to their differing philosophies -- the former putting all his focus on cornering technique, whilst the latter believes races are decided almost exclusively on the straights. Kōji being the second-in-command whilst Hidekazu is [[NewMeat the newest recruit]] might have an hand in this dynamic.
* WorkingThroughTheCold:According to "Professor Taka" Takaaki Kaidai's Per Takaaki's bio, he's fighting a been suffering from an unspecified "life-threatening disease".
illness" for a while, but that has not stopped him from racing and actively contributing to Curving Edge's improvement through data analysis and collection.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Kōshō, natch. He straight-up lost count of how much money he burned to tune up his Accord [=SiR=], alongside his financing of the other members of Curving Edge. This extends to his family: the Fujimas are outrageously rich, which gives him such a massive berth over spending... but they appear to be a bit detached from the "real" world, to the point they accidentally caused Kōshō to think money grows on trees.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Kōji and Hidekazu, in spite of being on the same team, tend to constantly butt heads due to their differing philosophies -- the former putting all his focus on cornering technique, whilst the latter believes races are decided almost exclusively on the straights. Kōji being the second-in-command whilst Hidekazu is [[NewMeat the newest recruit]] might have an hand in this dynamic.
* WorkingThroughTheCold:
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A long-standing team of 4-door sedan drivers, whose members rely on their cars' "inner potential", '''SS Limited''' were once regarded as one of the best teams of the C1 Loop, although they've fallen down the totem pole by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Underestimate them at your own risk, however.
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!!!'''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)
A long-standing teamof 4-door sedan drivers, whose members rely on all drive four-door sedans, constantly working to draw out their cars' "inner "hidden inner potential", '''SS Limited''' were once regarded as one SS Limited have survived through many eras of the best teams street racing world and have gone through many phases. Stagnation, change of leadership, growth, stabilization... their most recent challenge is the C1 Loop, although they've fallen down team's aging members: the totem pole by clock ticks as they race to find worthy successors and pass the time torch of ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Underestimate them at your own risk, however.sedan racing to them.
A long-standing team
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* BerserkButton:
** Only in ''Street Supremacy'', a sure-fire way to anger Evening Star is to ask him why the team broke up.
** Merely ''driving'' a sports car in the general direction of Sports Car Killer will cause him to go berserk.
** Only in ''Street Supremacy'', a sure-fire way to anger Evening Star is to ask him why the team broke up.
** Merely ''driving'' a sports car in the general direction of Sports Car Killer will cause him to go berserk.
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* BerserkButton:
** Only in ''Street Supremacy'', a sure-fire way to anger Evening Star is to ask him why the team broke up.
** Merely ''driving''BerserkButton: The mere ''act'' of driving a sports car in the general Akira's direction of Sports Car Killer will inevitably cause him to go berserk.berserk and try to jump whoever the unfortunate soul behind the wheel is.
* DubNameChange
** Kyō Takahashi: to "North Star" (first game), "Speed Freak" Jimmy Richter (''2''), "Old Star" Jimmy Richter (''Zero''), "Evening Star" Miyako Takahashi (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Jun'ichi Kimura: to "4-Door" Tony Parcelli (''2''), "Heaven's Door" Oliver Jackson (''Zero'')
** Sanpei Sugiyama: to "Dirty Dude" Russ Harley (''2''), Ludvig Cho (''Zero'')
** Takahiro Eguchi: to "Poor Boy" Harry Cummins (''2''), "Red Thunder" Bernard Bailey (''Zero'')
** Akira Shimamoto: to "Car Killa" Rudy Alcott (''2''), "Sports Killer" Shilton Hasanuma (''Zero'')
** Torakichi Yamada: to "Rising Star" (first game), "Speed Demon" Tom Ruiz (''2''), "New Star" Buddy Hawkins (''Zero''), "Morning Star" (''3''), "The O.G. Star" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Akira Itō: to "Loco Brain" Paul Davids (''2''), "Chemistry" Justin Kromly (''Zero'')
** Hajime Tsurumi: to "Quick Start" Sam Pulman (''2''), Mark Burke (''Zero'')
* FriendlyRival:
** Torakichi enjoys a very healthy rivalry with Omohiko Asura of MAX Racing. The two first met when both were first leaders of their respective teams, and only seem to hold respect to one another in spite of their frequent battles.
** Likewise, Hajime Tsurumi and Takaki Wada, also of MAX Racing, openly seek one another to battle, yet trust each other enough to talk behind their respective teams' backs. The two had even planned to form a new team, until Hajime got married and had kid, which made him back out of that plan.
* {{Foil}}: SS Limited serve as one to MAX Racing, 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. However, whereas SS Limited did manage to recruit new members -- Itō and Tsurumi -- MAX Racing has retained the exact same line-up across all games they appeared in. SS Limited members get along with one another and have a healthy relationship with their current leader, who was handpicked by the founder; MAX Racing members, instead, are split in two warring factions constantly at each other's throats, and come ''Import Tuner Challenge'' tensions are growing within them too, and their new leader, who usurped the position through "combat", isn't nearly as well respected. Lastly, SS Limited's ambition, albeit damaged, is still there, as the team moved to the New Belt Line to be more competitive; MAX Racing have been so crippled by internal conflicts they're still where they begun decades ago, on the C1 Loop.
* 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.
* MeaningfulName:
** "Chemical" Itō earned himself his street name for, what else, being a chemical buff. He loves toying with all sorts of chemical substances, such as oil additives, combustion aids, liquid for wipers, ion coatings, and so on, to the point he's integrated them into his car's tuning.
** Where does Akira Shimamoto's street name of "Originator First Star" come from? Well, he was the one who ''founded'' SS Limited, acting as the team's first leader until meeting Kyō and crowning him the new leader. In other words, he's literally the "originator" of the entire team.
** Only in ''Street Supremacy'', a sure-fire way to anger Evening Star is to ask him why the team broke up.
** Merely ''driving''
* DubNameChange
** Kyō Takahashi: to "North Star" (first game), "Speed Freak" Jimmy Richter (''2''), "Old Star" Jimmy Richter (''Zero''), "Evening Star" Miyako Takahashi (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Jun'ichi Kimura: to "4-Door" Tony Parcelli (''2''), "Heaven's Door" Oliver Jackson (''Zero'')
** Sanpei Sugiyama: to "Dirty Dude" Russ Harley (''2''), Ludvig Cho (''Zero'')
** Takahiro Eguchi: to "Poor Boy" Harry Cummins (''2''), "Red Thunder" Bernard Bailey (''Zero'')
** Akira Shimamoto: to "Car Killa" Rudy Alcott (''2''), "Sports Killer" Shilton Hasanuma (''Zero'')
** Torakichi Yamada: to "Rising Star" (first game), "Speed Demon" Tom Ruiz (''2''), "New Star" Buddy Hawkins (''Zero''), "Morning Star" (''3''), "The O.G. Star" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Akira Itō: to "Loco Brain" Paul Davids (''2''), "Chemistry" Justin Kromly (''Zero'')
** Hajime Tsurumi: to "Quick Start" Sam Pulman (''2''), Mark Burke (''Zero'')
* FriendlyRival:
** Torakichi enjoys a very healthy rivalry with Omohiko Asura of MAX Racing. The two first met when both were first leaders of their respective teams, and only seem to hold respect to one another in spite of their frequent battles.
** Likewise, Hajime Tsurumi and Takaki Wada, also of MAX Racing, openly seek one another to battle, yet trust each other enough to talk behind their respective teams' backs. The two had even planned to form a new team, until Hajime got married and had kid, which made him back out of that plan.
* {{Foil}}: SS Limited serve as one to MAX Racing, 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. However, whereas SS Limited did manage to recruit new members -- Itō and Tsurumi -- MAX Racing has retained the exact same line-up across all games they appeared in. SS Limited members get along with one another and have a healthy relationship with their current leader, who was handpicked by the founder; MAX Racing members, instead, are split in two warring factions constantly at each other's throats, and come ''Import Tuner Challenge'' tensions are growing within them too, and their new leader, who usurped the position through "combat", isn't nearly as well respected. Lastly, SS Limited's ambition, albeit damaged, is still there, as the team moved to the New Belt Line to be more competitive; MAX Racing have been so crippled by internal conflicts they're still where they begun decades ago, on the C1 Loop.
* 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.
* MeaningfulName:
** "Chemical" Itō earned himself his street name for, what else, being a chemical buff. He loves toying with all sorts of chemical substances, such as oil additives, combustion aids, liquid for wipers, ion coatings, and so on, to the point he's integrated them into his car's tuning.
** Where does Akira Shimamoto's street name of "Originator First Star" come from? Well, he was the one who ''founded'' SS Limited, acting as the team's first leader until meeting Kyō and crowning him the new leader. In other words, he's literally the "originator" of the entire team.
* NonIndicativeName: Team leader Kyō Takahashi's street name is "Founder First Star"... despite being one of the most ''recent'' members to have joined the team. The actual founder, and previous leader, is Akira Shimamoto.
* ShoutOut: So, Jun'ichi Kimura's street name is "Heaven's 4 Door"? [[Music/BobDylan You think he knocks on any of them much?]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: SS Limited were one of the original twenty teams of the Metropolitan Expressway, but otherwise struggled to truly stand out amongst the crowd, especially as more and more teams started appearing in the years following Purple Meteor's and Jintei's rise. Come ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however, and they finally managed to get their act together and break through the C1 Loop's ceiling, relocating their turf to the New Belt Line where they manage to hold their own against more competitive teams.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: SS Limited and MAX Racing were extremely close teams, what with being the only ones oriented towards sports sedan cars, and interteam friendships were not uncommon. However, according to some of the people they player can speak to in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the two teams had an ugly falling out after the events of ''3'', to the point that one of the reasons why SS Limited moved to the New Belt Line was to steer clear of MAX Racing.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: SS Limited and MAX Racing were extremely close teams, what with being the only ones oriented towards sports sedan cars, and interteam friendships were not uncommon. However, according to some of the people they player can speak to in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the two teams had an ugly falling out after the events of ''3'', to the point that one of the reasons why SS Limited moved to the New Belt Line was to steer clear of MAX Racing.
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A loose association of people working in either the automotive field or the entertainment industry, '''Elegant Wild''' wasn't exactly a team in the most traditional of senses beyond sharing stickers and recognizing a common leader.
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!!!'''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
A loose association ofpeople working in either the automotive field or the entertainment industry, '''Elegant Wild''' racers valuing each member's individuality, Elegant Wild wasn't exactly a team in the most traditional of senses beyond sharing stickers and recognizing a common leader.leader. In spite of their uncoordinated choice of vehicles, individual members were always thought to have a relatively high amount of ability behind the steering wheel.
A loose association of
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The team dissolved with no reason or mention after the events of ''Zero'', with a sole member still running on the Tokyo Expressway... and the mountain passes of Japan. For more information on him, see "White Revolution"'s entry [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer3Wanderers here]].
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The team dissolved with no reason or mention after the events of ''Zero'', with a sole member still running on the Tokyo Expressway... and the mountain passes of Japan. For more information on tropes regarding him, see "White Revolution"'s White Revolution's entry [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer3Wanderers here]].here.
* ActionFashionista: Miyuki's regular job is fashion model. She's also a very active racer, both on the streets and on the circuits.
* ColourfulThemeNaming: All members [[OddNameOut bar one]] have their cars' colours as part of their street name: 300 Mile ''Red Ruby'', Deep ''Green'', ''White'' Revolution, ''Black'' Cinderella and Infini ''Yellow''.
* ConspicuousConsumption: ''2'' and ''Zero'' make it clear Hajime is loaded, leading credence to his boasts about his professional success, as he can afford to throw away money and switch from a Supra [=A80=], a decently expensive car, to an NSX [=NA1=], a ''very'' expensive car, and still have some to spare for the tune-up.
* ColourfulThemeNaming: All members [[OddNameOut bar one]] have their cars' colours as part of their street name: 300 Mile ''Red Ruby'', Deep ''Green'', ''White'' Revolution, ''Black'' Cinderella and Infini ''Yellow''.
* ConspicuousConsumption: ''2'' and ''Zero'' make it clear Hajime is loaded, leading credence to his boasts about his professional success, as he can afford to throw away money and switch from a Supra [=A80=], a decently expensive car, to an NSX [=NA1=], a ''very'' expensive car, and still have some to spare for the tune-up.
* DubNameChange:
** Yumiko Matsuyama: to "Red Racer" Cindy Martin (''2''), Jen Lyte (''Zero'')
** Toshitaka Nishiki: to "Tune Freak" Vic Edwards (''2''), Ernest Lee (''Zero'')
** Hajime Minatsuki: to "Ladies Man" Mike Ohara (''2''), "Hostman Hut" Sato Oshiro (''Zero'')
** Miyuki Sato: to "Lisa B-Sky" (first game), "Fashion Queen" Sheena Croft (''2''), Melody Nosce (''Zero'')
** Kangorō Matsuda: to "Infinity Yellow" (first game), "Mellow Yellow" Greg Bergman (''2''), "Unfinish Yellow" Frank Pedro (''Zero'')
** Yumiko Matsuyama: to "Red Racer" Cindy Martin (''2''), Jen Lyte (''Zero'')
** Toshitaka Nishiki: to "Tune Freak" Vic Edwards (''2''), Ernest Lee (''Zero'')
** Hajime Minatsuki: to "Ladies Man" Mike Ohara (''2''), "Hostman Hut" Sato Oshiro (''Zero'')
** Miyuki Sato: to "Lisa B-Sky" (first game), "Fashion Queen" Sheena Croft (''2''), Melody Nosce (''Zero'')
** Kangorō Matsuda: to "Infinity Yellow" (first game), "Mellow Yellow" Greg Bergman (''2''), "Unfinish Yellow" Frank Pedro (''Zero'')
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* TheGenericGuy: Compared to the other teams, Elegant Wild are rather non-descriptive. Its members don't have anything in common, the team itself doesn't have any gimmick so to speak of, and all but one disappear after the events of ''Zero''. The exception to the rule is... well, [[CloudCuckooLander "White Revolution" Toshihiko Kin]].
to:
* TheGenericGuy: Compared ForceAndFinesse: Miyuki's and Kangorō's styles are compared to one another in the latter's bio: the former is described as a "Western-style sword", always pushing the car to its very limits, whereas the latter is a "Japanese sword", sharper and with more flavour.
* GiftedlyBad: Hajime has some dedication to highway racing, given how he continues to race and spend copious amounts of money over it. Despite that, ''his own bio'' describes him as a terrible driver. How bad, you may ask? It takes honest negative skill to switch from the relatively stable, if not sluggish Supra [=A80=], to theother teams, Elegant Wild are rather non-descriptive. Its members don't have anything in common, easily upset NSX [=NA1=], and ''somehow'' manage to improve, even if just barely.
* 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 theteam itself doesn't have [[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 gimmick so way in his driving.
* OddNameOut: Of the entire group, only Hajime Minatsuki's street name, "Hostman Hat", does not contain a color.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Hajime boasts frequently about being the number two host at his club. In spite of that, no hostess is wooed or impressed by him nor his flirting. He's somewhat aware of it, but all it does is damage his ego, believing that someone of his caliber ''should'' be able tospeak of, pull that off.
* ShesAManInJapan: Yumiko is referred to as a "he" in international releases of the first game: as those cut all drivers' real names andall but one disappear after only left the events of ''Zero''. The exception to street names, it is the rule is... well, [[CloudCuckooLander "White Revolution" Toshihiko Kin]].
only hint of her gender in those versions.
* GiftedlyBad: Hajime has some dedication to highway racing, given how he continues to race and spend copious amounts of money over it. Despite that, ''his own bio'' describes him as a terrible driver. How bad, you may ask? It takes honest negative skill to switch from the relatively stable, if not sluggish Supra [=A80=], to the
* 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
* OddNameOut: Of the entire group, only Hajime Minatsuki's street name, "Hostman Hat", does not contain a color.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Hajime boasts frequently about being the number two host at his club. In spite of that, no hostess is wooed or impressed by him nor his flirting. He's somewhat aware of it, but all it does is damage his ego, believing that someone of his caliber ''should'' be able to
* ShesAManInJapan: Yumiko is referred to as a "he" in international releases of the first game: as those cut all drivers' real names and
!!!'''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".
Takaoka, Sugano and Miyashita are considered the "Three Musketeers".
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* 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, and decided that to reclaim his position as team leader he had to restart from scratch: thus, he bought a brand new car.
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* TheAllegedBoss: In spite of Masaki having bested Omohiko in a race to become the new leader and carrying himself as such, none of the members remotely respect his authority in ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Daisuke openly complains about him being the new leader and claims he could do a better job, Omohiko does not even to bother to act as his right-hand man, and everyone else is too busy bickering amongst themselves or worrying over their personal lives.
* AwfulWeddedLife: What Takaki's wedding has seemingly degenerated into by ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Between a lack of communication between him and his wife, a potential affair, and a PrivateInvestigator shadowing him on his wife's behalf, combined with his apathy towards the entire situation and her seeming WomanScorned attitude, does not paint a pretty picture.
* 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'' numbertwo, 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.
* CharacterDevelopment: Like most members of MAX Racing, Ryūta used to think that power was ll that was necessary to succeed in highway races. Over time, however, he realized just how short-sighted such an idea was, and how the Metropolitan Expressway required more than power. Slowly, he'd start to lighten his car, focus on more the handling, and eventually, join up with the similar-minded Masanori, forming the "Three Musketeers of High Speed" with him and Akihiro. However, by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Ryūta is now growing tired of the group, disowning his previous change of heart and claiming that only Masanori ever cared about their trio, right as the situation within MAX Racing appears to finally have reached the point of no return.
* ClosetGeek: For one reason or another, Omohiko refused to come clean about his love for anime for years. That was in spite of his catchphrase-slash-motto being a ''very'' famous Gundam reference only a true fan would know. He was, [[NoodleIncident somehow]], forcefully shoved out of the closet sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''... upon which [[ProudToBeAGeek he finally owed up to the fact and decided to reconvert his video rental store into a DVD store specializing in anime]], to great success.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Japanese sports sedans and luxury sedans such as MAX Racing's tendentially have large engines with plenty of torque, as well as horsepower "on-demand" with how easy and reliable to tune up. However, they also suffer from their massive weight, and all the weaknesses that come with it. This makes them very good at accelerating on straights, and severely limits their competitiveness in everything else. The Three Musketeers' attempt at averting this issue caused a noticeable crack in the team.
* ColourfulThemeNaming: A bit less blatant than other examples, but every member [[OddNameOut bar one]] has a colour in their street name: ''Bloody'' Rose, ''Golden'' Beast, ''Blue'' Shadow, Death ''Black'' Panther, High Speed ''Blue'' Thunder, High Speed ''White'' Blade and High Speed ''Blood'' Rain. The colour in their street names also matches the one of their respective cars.
* DubNameChange:
** Omohiko Ashura: toreclaim his position "Speed Demon" Andy Lee (''2''), Ansorin Cripes (''Zero''), Ashura Menhiko (''3'', ''Street Supremacy'')
** Masaki Koizumi: to "Danger Dave" David Rosen (''2''), Justin Dornan (''Zero'')
** Daisuke Iyama: to "Light Boy" Fred Suzuki (''2''), Ben Norman (''Zero''), Daisuke Iiyama (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Takaki Wada: to "Family Man" Thomas Hill (''2''), Thomas Fox (''Zero'')
** Tanaka Sadateru: "Cheetah" Ted Burns (''2''), "Dark Panther" Jeff Love (''Zero'')
** Masanori Takaoka: to "Power Freak" Mike Salezar (''2''), Aki Kozu (''Zero'')
** Ryūta Sugano: to "Big Boy" Vern Williams (''2''), David Corrillo (''Zero''), Ryuta Kanno (''3''), Ryuta Kan-no (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Akihiro Miyashita: to "Race Freak" Oscar Munoz (''2''), Jaime Bencia (''Zero'')
* {{Foil}}:
** 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 leaderhe had to restart in charge from scratch: thus, he bought a brand 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 car.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.
** MAX Racing also ended up as a {{Foil}} to Rolling Guy, of all teams, come ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Both have been around for countless years, closely follow one specific philosophy, and have gone through a leadership change. However, MAX Racing has retained the exact same line-up, and struggles to recruit new members due to the constant in-fighting, whereas Rolling Guy regularly replenishes its numbers. MAX Racing have been splintered in separate factions due to their differing opinions and approaches to car tuning, which crippled the team, whereas Rolling Guy are firmly united behind their [=AE86s=]. Lastly, the change in leadership has been catastrophic for MAX Racing, as no one trusts or respects Masaki, and Omohiko has done nothing to assist his successor. Rolling Guy, instead, had a few hiccups due to how the leadership changed, but it was ultimately accepted by all members, with Akira earning the others' trust and Satoru giving him and his former team help from behind the scenes.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Takaki is the Responsible Sibling to his brother Yūki's Foolish one: Takaki is a family man, relatively quiet, and always taking into consideration the needs of the others and acting accordingly, whereas Yūki is childish, self-centered, loud, and doesn't think of the consequences his actions carry beyond the immediate future. The situation is later inverted by ''Import Tuner Challenge'': Takaki, keeping secrets from his family and letting his wedding slowly sink over his street racing career, has become the Foolish sibling, whereas Yūki buckled down and started working overtime to repay his debts and make up for his mistakes, making him the more Responsible of the Wada brothers.
* 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.
* HiddenDepths:
** Omohiko is a big anime fan, particularly Gundam, as he decide to buy a red car because [[ShoutOut "red ones go three times as fast"]]. It became an openly known fact by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', though.
** 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.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Almost every member of the team is either a manager or an executive. In spite of their own respective flaws and issues, however, they all seem to run steady ships, proving themselves as competent at their given tasks and with no mention of worker mistreatment.
* {{Irony}}: Out of all team members, Masaki is the only to not work in a corporate environment, being a mere employee at a video rental store. By ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however, ''he'' is the one leading an entire team of managers and executives.
* AwfulWeddedLife: What Takaki's wedding has seemingly degenerated into by ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Between a lack of communication between him and his wife, a potential affair, and a PrivateInvestigator shadowing him on his wife's behalf, combined with his apathy towards the entire situation and her seeming WomanScorned attitude, does not paint a pretty picture.
* 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
* CharacterDevelopment: Like most members of MAX Racing, Ryūta used to think that power was ll that was necessary to succeed in highway races. Over time, however, he realized just how short-sighted such an idea was, and how the Metropolitan Expressway required more than power. Slowly, he'd start to lighten his car, focus on more the handling, and eventually, join up with the similar-minded Masanori, forming the "Three Musketeers of High Speed" with him and Akihiro. However, by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Ryūta is now growing tired of the group, disowning his previous change of heart and claiming that only Masanori ever cared about their trio, right as the situation within MAX Racing appears to finally have reached the point of no return.
* ClosetGeek: For one reason or another, Omohiko refused to come clean about his love for anime for years. That was in spite of his catchphrase-slash-motto being a ''very'' famous Gundam reference only a true fan would know. He was, [[NoodleIncident somehow]], forcefully shoved out of the closet sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''... upon which [[ProudToBeAGeek he finally owed up to the fact and decided to reconvert his video rental store into a DVD store specializing in anime]], to great success.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Japanese sports sedans and luxury sedans such as MAX Racing's tendentially have large engines with plenty of torque, as well as horsepower "on-demand" with how easy and reliable to tune up. However, they also suffer from their massive weight, and all the weaknesses that come with it. This makes them very good at accelerating on straights, and severely limits their competitiveness in everything else. The Three Musketeers' attempt at averting this issue caused a noticeable crack in the team.
* ColourfulThemeNaming: A bit less blatant than other examples, but every member [[OddNameOut bar one]] has a colour in their street name: ''Bloody'' Rose, ''Golden'' Beast, ''Blue'' Shadow, Death ''Black'' Panther, High Speed ''Blue'' Thunder, High Speed ''White'' Blade and High Speed ''Blood'' Rain. The colour in their street names also matches the one of their respective cars.
* DubNameChange:
** Omohiko Ashura: to
** Masaki Koizumi: to "Danger Dave" David Rosen (''2''), Justin Dornan (''Zero'')
** Daisuke Iyama: to "Light Boy" Fred Suzuki (''2''), Ben Norman (''Zero''), Daisuke Iiyama (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Takaki Wada: to "Family Man" Thomas Hill (''2''), Thomas Fox (''Zero'')
** Tanaka Sadateru: "Cheetah" Ted Burns (''2''), "Dark Panther" Jeff Love (''Zero'')
** Masanori Takaoka: to "Power Freak" Mike Salezar (''2''), Aki Kozu (''Zero'')
** Ryūta Sugano: to "Big Boy" Vern Williams (''2''), David Corrillo (''Zero''), Ryuta Kanno (''3''), Ryuta Kan-no (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Akihiro Miyashita: to "Race Freak" Oscar Munoz (''2''), Jaime Bencia (''Zero'')
* {{Foil}}:
** 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
** MAX Racing also ended up as a {{Foil}} to Rolling Guy, of all teams, come ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Both have been around for countless years, closely follow one specific philosophy, and have gone through a leadership change. However, MAX Racing has retained the exact same line-up, and struggles to recruit new members due to the constant in-fighting, whereas Rolling Guy regularly replenishes its numbers. MAX Racing have been splintered in separate factions due to their differing opinions and approaches to car tuning, which crippled the team, whereas Rolling Guy are firmly united behind their [=AE86s=]. Lastly, the change in leadership has been catastrophic for MAX Racing, as no one trusts or respects Masaki, and Omohiko has done nothing to assist his successor. Rolling Guy, instead, had a few hiccups due to how the leadership changed, but it was ultimately accepted by all members, with Akira earning the others' trust and Satoru giving him and his former team help from behind the scenes.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Takaki is the Responsible Sibling to his brother Yūki's Foolish one: Takaki is a family man, relatively quiet, and always taking into consideration the needs of the others and acting accordingly, whereas Yūki is childish, self-centered, loud, and doesn't think of the consequences his actions carry beyond the immediate future. The situation is later inverted by ''Import Tuner Challenge'': Takaki, keeping secrets from his family and letting his wedding slowly sink over his street racing career, has become the Foolish sibling, whereas Yūki buckled down and started working overtime to repay his debts and make up for his mistakes, making him the more Responsible of the Wada brothers.
* 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.
* HiddenDepths:
** Omohiko is a big anime fan, particularly Gundam, as he decide to buy a red car because [[ShoutOut "red ones go three times as fast"]]. It became an openly known fact by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', though.
** 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.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Almost every member of the team is either a manager or an executive. In spite of their own respective flaws and issues, however, they all seem to run steady ships, proving themselves as competent at their given tasks and with no mention of worker mistreatment.
* {{Irony}}: Out of all team members, Masaki is the only to not work in a corporate environment, being a mere employee at a video rental store. By ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however, ''he'' is the one leading an entire team of managers and executives.
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* TrueCompanions:
** "Blue Thunder" Masanori Takaoka, "White Blade" Ryuta Kanno, and "Blood Rain" Akihiro Myashita have stuck by each other's side for years, to the point that they started to be called the "Three Musketeers".
** MAX Racing as a whole, however, is a subversion: the team is split in two camps, with the Musketeers on one side and everyone else on the other. The two constantly butt heads over the direction the team should take, to the point that by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the Musketeers will insult both Golden Beast and Bloody Rose behind their backs for being lousy leaders, whilst the other members will do likewise towards them.
** "Blue Thunder" Masanori Takaoka, "White Blade" Ryuta Kanno, and "Blood Rain" Akihiro Myashita have stuck by each other's side for years, to the point that they started to be called the "Three Musketeers".
** MAX Racing as a whole, however, is a subversion: the team is split in two camps, with the Musketeers on one side and everyone else on the other. The two constantly butt heads over the direction the team should take, to the point that by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the Musketeers will insult both Golden Beast and Bloody Rose behind their backs for being lousy leaders, whilst the other members will do likewise towards them.
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* TrueCompanions:
** "Blue Thunder"MistakenForCheating: One possible interpretation of Takaki's situation in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', [[UnreliableNarrator as the game is far from clear about it]], is that his wife ''thinks'' he's cheating on him and the rumor mill picked up on it, but in reality he's just continuing his career as a street racer, which he hasn't told his family about.
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: This is the dynamic of the Three Musketeers of High Speed as shown in ''Import Tuner Challenge'': MasanoriTakaoka, "White Blade" Ryuta Kanno, is the Nice, being the more excitable and "Blood Rain" cordial to the player of the trio; Akihiro Myashita have stuck by each other's side for years, to is the point Mean, more irritable about the entire deal and wanting it to come to an end; and Ryūta is the In-Between, being worn down and cynical about the entire experience but analyzing it rationally, holding no grudges towards anyone. The English translation switches Akihiro and Ryūta, with the former becoming the In-Between and noting that they started to be called he never had any strong feelings about the "Three Musketeers".
**Musketeers" label, whilst the latter becomes the Mean, being more vulgar and disrespectful.
* NowWhat: Masaki spent years striving to reach Omohiko's level, constantly working to improve himself and his car in a never-ending pursuit for what started to look like an idealized version of his leader at times. When the occasion arrived, the two battled, and Masaki ''finally'' defeated Omohiko, becoming MAX Racing's new leader in the process... and now, he's at a complete and utter on ''what'' to do next, with his fellow teammates being apathic to him at best and openly despising him at worst. As ''Import Tuner Challenge'' was the final release in the ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' series to feature MAX Racing, the players are never given an answer.
* NumberTwo: Acting as second-in-command was the role Masaki had for years, always at Omohiko's side. By ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however, the roles have reversed, with Omohiko now Masaki's second-in-command... one who really doesn't act like one, since he lost any reason to care about MAX Racing and is planning to retire.
* OddNameOut: Daisuke Iyama's street name, "Crazy Hooligan" is the only one out of the entire team to not contain a colour.
* ThePeterPrinciple: Masaki Koizumi is a competent racer, and worked very well as Omohiko's second-in-command, constantly shadowing him and learning from him in spite of the trauma he picked up between ''2'' and ''Zero''. He eventually defeated Omohiko to become MAX Racing's new leader before ''Import Tuner Challenge''. However, he's clearly out of his depth in his new role, with no idea on what he's supposed to do as he continues to carry himself as awhole, however, is a subversion: second-in-command, focusing more on the player than his rebellious teammates. As a result, the team's self-destruction is closer than ever, and Masaki has already burned himself out trying to stop out. Which is ''exactly'' what Omohiko intended when he made him the leader by throwing the race against him.
* PointyHairedBoss:
** Masaki means well, but he clearly has no idea on what he's supposed to do as teamis split in two camps, leader, having no previous experience nor anyone to give him any form of advice. As such, he lets one of his teammates get away with blatant disrespect, whilst the Three Musketeers on one side continue to act independently of MAX Racing. He'll complain about how tiring his entire situation is to the player is spoken to after being defeated.
** Omohiko, the previous leader, already suffered from an on-off personality and a driving style that made him unpopular, along with having overseen the formation of the Three Musketeers and done nothing to reign the trio in or come to a deal with them. What truly cemented him as this trope, however, were his last actions as leader of MAX Racing: he goaded Masaki into facing him for the leadership, before purposefully throwing the race, all out of general dissatisfaction with the team and everyoneelse on related to it. In other words, Omohiko set the other. The two constantly butt heads over very team he founded up for implosion, possibly ruining the standing of his fellow drivers and friends, merely because he was tired of the direction they had taken.
* ProudToBeAGeek: After being a ClosetGeek for years, Omohiko has finally owed up to it by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', having reconverted his video rental store into a very successful DVD store specializing in anime.
* ShoutOut: Reportedly, Omohiko is fond of saying "a red car is three times faster", which is why he only buys red ones. His own bio lampshades that he might be watching too much anime.
* SkewedPriorities: Takaki has, reportedly, been having an affair with another female racer by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', which has lead his wife to hire The Rook to look into the situation. How did Takaki react to it upon learning the news? With disappointment towards his wife... because The Rook has been shadowing him on her request, and ''not because of his achievements as a street racer''.
* SoreLoser: Omohiko has a tough time accepting defeats, and will often mumble and complain under his breath about them. This isn't because of any superiority complex, but rather due to his refusal to throw in the towel: to him, being forced to accept defeat is akin to being forced to give up.
* SplitPersonality: Omohiko is said to normally be very mild-mannered in every day life. The ''moment'' he sits behind the wheel, however, he does a complete one-eighty and turns into an extremely vicious and reckless driver. Whilst part of his racing strategy, this has caused his reputation amongst his fellows to sink.
* TheStarscream:
** Despite respecting Omohiko, Masaki never hid his ambitions of eventually overtaking his leader, patiently waiting in his shadow and learning from him in the meantime. He finally got his wish between the events of ''3'' and ''Import Tuner Challenge''... [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor at a point when he had given up said ambition, trusting him into the leadership of a team on the brink of collapse]].
** By ''Import Tuner Challenge'', it's Masanori who has been hyping up his future plans to take over the teamshould take, alongside Ryūta and Akihiro to bring their vision to fruition, even inviting the player to join them whenever they'll have overthrown Masaki.
* 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.
* TookALevelInCynic:
** Omohiko before ''Import Tuner Challenge'' was a secretly passionate man, one who invested a lot of money in his car, used to overwhelm his opponents to defeat them, and appeared to be very ambitious, to the point some looked up to him. Omohiko by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', instead, is a bitter, jaded man who has given up all ambition and plans on retiring, even if it ends up killing the team. [[CynicismCatalyst The realization thatby MAX Racing's level was never that good, including his own, seems to have killed any fighting spirit he had left]].
** Ryūta and Akihiro must have believed in the idea behind the Three Musketeers of Speed and been far friendlier to Masanori years ago, as they all ended up with matching street names. Ryūta, in particular, had naturally gravitated towards Masanori thanks to their shared tuning philosophy. In ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however, the two seem to have completely given up on the concept, bitterly noting that they will never gain enough traction to actually do anything.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: MAX Racing and SS Limited were extremely close teams, what with being the only ones oriented towards sports sedan cars, and interteam friendships were not uncommon. However, according to some of the people they player can speak to in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the two teams had an ugly falling out after the events of ''3'', to the point that they drive on separate sections of the Expressway to purposefully avoid running into one another.
* WithFriendsLikeThese:
** The team used to be a lot more tight-knit in the early days, and even when the Three Musketeerswill insult both of High Speed first formed in ''Zero'', things weren't overly problematic. By ''3'', however, the Three Musketeers ended up at odds with the entire team due to irreconcilable differences in personal philosophy, leading to frequent arguments and factionalism. By ''Import Tuner Challenge'', it's become hard to believe MAX Racing is an actual team.
** Come ''Import Tuner Challenge'', even the Musketeers themselves have been getting into one another's faces even the Musketeers are growing at odds with one another: in spite of supposedly representing a new, different approach to sedan racing and Masanori's plans to take over the team, Akihiro and Ryūta are growing tired of the entire shtick, with either openly insulting him depending on the version.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: This is how Golden Beastand Bloody Rose behind their backs for being lousy leaders, whilst reacts upon defeating the other members will do likewise towards them.
player in ''Import Tuner Challenge'': after seeing the rest of MAX Racing defeated by them, he was not expecting this result.
-->'''Golden Beast''': Hey, you've gotta take me seriously. Is this really the best you can do?
** "Blue Thunder"
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: This is the dynamic of the Three Musketeers of High Speed as shown in ''Import Tuner Challenge'': Masanori
**
* NowWhat: Masaki spent years striving to reach Omohiko's level, constantly working to improve himself and his car in a never-ending pursuit for what started to look like an idealized version of his leader at times. When the occasion arrived, the two battled, and Masaki ''finally'' defeated Omohiko, becoming MAX Racing's new leader in the process... and now, he's at a complete and utter on ''what'' to do next, with his fellow teammates being apathic to him at best and openly despising him at worst. As ''Import Tuner Challenge'' was the final release in the ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' series to feature MAX Racing, the players are never given an answer.
* NumberTwo: Acting as second-in-command was the role Masaki had for years, always at Omohiko's side. By ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however, the roles have reversed, with Omohiko now Masaki's second-in-command... one who really doesn't act like one, since he lost any reason to care about MAX Racing and is planning to retire.
* OddNameOut: Daisuke Iyama's street name, "Crazy Hooligan" is the only one out of the entire team to not contain a colour.
* ThePeterPrinciple: Masaki Koizumi is a competent racer, and worked very well as Omohiko's second-in-command, constantly shadowing him and learning from him in spite of the trauma he picked up between ''2'' and ''Zero''. He eventually defeated Omohiko to become MAX Racing's new leader before ''Import Tuner Challenge''. However, he's clearly out of his depth in his new role, with no idea on what he's supposed to do as he continues to carry himself as a
* PointyHairedBoss:
** Masaki means well, but he clearly has no idea on what he's supposed to do as team
** Omohiko, the previous leader, already suffered from an on-off personality and a driving style that made him unpopular, along with having overseen the formation of the Three Musketeers and done nothing to reign the trio in or come to a deal with them. What truly cemented him as this trope, however, were his last actions as leader of MAX Racing: he goaded Masaki into facing him for the leadership, before purposefully throwing the race, all out of general dissatisfaction with the team and everyone
* ProudToBeAGeek: After being a ClosetGeek for years, Omohiko has finally owed up to it by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', having reconverted his video rental store into a very successful DVD store specializing in anime.
* ShoutOut: Reportedly, Omohiko is fond of saying "a red car is three times faster", which is why he only buys red ones. His own bio lampshades that he might be watching too much anime.
* SkewedPriorities: Takaki has, reportedly, been having an affair with another female racer by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', which has lead his wife to hire The Rook to look into the situation. How did Takaki react to it upon learning the news? With disappointment towards his wife... because The Rook has been shadowing him on her request, and ''not because of his achievements as a street racer''.
* SoreLoser: Omohiko has a tough time accepting defeats, and will often mumble and complain under his breath about them. This isn't because of any superiority complex, but rather due to his refusal to throw in the towel: to him, being forced to accept defeat is akin to being forced to give up.
* SplitPersonality: Omohiko is said to normally be very mild-mannered in every day life. The ''moment'' he sits behind the wheel, however, he does a complete one-eighty and turns into an extremely vicious and reckless driver. Whilst part of his racing strategy, this has caused his reputation amongst his fellows to sink.
* TheStarscream:
** Despite respecting Omohiko, Masaki never hid his ambitions of eventually overtaking his leader, patiently waiting in his shadow and learning from him in the meantime. He finally got his wish between the events of ''3'' and ''Import Tuner Challenge''... [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor at a point when he had given up said ambition, trusting him into the leadership of a team on the brink of collapse]].
** By ''Import Tuner Challenge'', it's Masanori who has been hyping up his future plans to take over the team
* 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.
* TookALevelInCynic:
** Omohiko before ''Import Tuner Challenge'' was a secretly passionate man, one who invested a lot of money in his car, used to overwhelm his opponents to defeat them, and appeared to be very ambitious, to the point some looked up to him. Omohiko by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', instead, is a bitter, jaded man who has given up all ambition and plans on retiring, even if it ends up killing the team. [[CynicismCatalyst The realization that
** Ryūta and Akihiro must have believed in the idea behind the Three Musketeers of Speed and been far friendlier to Masanori years ago, as they all ended up with matching street names. Ryūta, in particular, had naturally gravitated towards Masanori thanks to their shared tuning philosophy. In ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however, the two seem to have completely given up on the concept, bitterly noting that they will never gain enough traction to actually do anything.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: MAX Racing and SS Limited were extremely close teams, what with being the only ones oriented towards sports sedan cars, and interteam friendships were not uncommon. However, according to some of the people they player can speak to in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the two teams had an ugly falling out after the events of ''3'', to the point that they drive on separate sections of the Expressway to purposefully avoid running into one another.
* WithFriendsLikeThese:
** The team used to be a lot more tight-knit in the early days, and even when the Three Musketeers
** Come ''Import Tuner Challenge'', even the Musketeers themselves have been getting into one another's faces even the Musketeers are growing at odds with one another: in spite of supposedly representing a new, different approach to sedan racing and Masanori's plans to take over the team, Akihiro and Ryūta are growing tired of the entire shtick, with either openly insulting him depending on the version.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: This is how Golden Beast
-->'''Golden Beast''': Hey, you've gotta take me seriously. Is this really the best you can do?
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Regulars of the New Belt Line, '''Diamond Image''' used to focus on small-sized, lightweight cars, and were known for the few elite drivers amongst their ranks, team leader "Lightning Shift Takuya" above everybody else.
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'''Diamond Image'''
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For tropes about their leader, "Lightning Shift" Takuya Hagiwara, see his entry [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacerDriftBosses here]].
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* TheAllegedBoss: Takuya is ''de jure'' Diamond Image's boss, the one around which every other member gathers. ''De facto'', however, he's almost completely absent from anything involving them, to the point that by ''3'', he has openly declared he needs to focus on himself after wrecking his [=AE86=]. The other members, however, do not seem to mind.
* AloofLeaderAffableSubordinate: Takuya has been described as distant from the rest of Diamond Image, not really taking care of the team or its members. By contrast, his second-in-command Ishī is unflappably jovial, in spite of swimming in debt, which lead him to take over the day-to-day management of the team. In spite of that, Hagiwara remains vital in his position as leader, as his aura of charisma is what holds Diamond Image together to begin with.
* 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.
* CameraFiend: Asuka started off as a member of her college's camera club before graduating to full-time professional photographer by the time of ''3'': her being assigned to take photos at a drifting event during her student years is what led her to get interest in the world of racing. Her experience as a photographer gives her excellent peripherical and long-distance vision, which she uses to great effect in races.
* {{Courier}}: Again, as a Takumi Expy, Lightning Shift's job is to deliver goods for food-related establishments such as milk farms or noodle restaurants.
* DubNameChange:
** Takuya Hagiwara: to "Savage" Steve Carter (''2''), "Thunder Shift" Gunter Drunter (''Zero''), "Lightning Shifter" (''Drift''), "Super-Shifter" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Manabu Ishii: to "Charge Man" Sam Shorr (''2''), Adolf Berger (''Zero'')
** Itsuki Ouchi: to "Tornedo" Tim West (''2''), "Spring Rain" Noah Astbury (''Zero''), "Egg Roll" (''3'')
** Jun'ichi Kadomatsu: to "Rhythm Freak" Brad Eliot (''2''), Willy Cantos (''Zero'')
** Kazuki Nakanishi: to "Radar Racer" Evan Fink (''2''), "Troubleshooter" Rich Yau (''Zero'')
** Asuka Nakanishi: to "Aero Angel" Julie Carmine (''2''), "Yellow Angel" Julius Vick (''Zero'')
* AloofLeaderAffableSubordinate: Takuya has been described as distant from the rest of Diamond Image, not really taking care of the team or its members. By contrast, his second-in-command Ishī is unflappably jovial, in spite of swimming in debt, which lead him to take over the day-to-day management of the team. In spite of that, Hagiwara remains vital in his position as leader, as his aura of charisma is what holds Diamond Image together to begin with.
* 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.
* CameraFiend: Asuka started off as a member of her college's camera club before graduating to full-time professional photographer by the time of ''3'': her being assigned to take photos at a drifting event during her student years is what led her to get interest in the world of racing. Her experience as a photographer gives her excellent peripherical and long-distance vision, which she uses to great effect in races.
* {{Courier}}: Again, as a Takumi Expy, Lightning Shift's job is to deliver goods for food-related establishments such as milk farms or noodle restaurants.
* DubNameChange:
** Takuya Hagiwara: to "Savage" Steve Carter (''2''), "Thunder Shift" Gunter Drunter (''Zero''), "Lightning Shifter" (''Drift''), "Super-Shifter" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Manabu Ishii: to "Charge Man" Sam Shorr (''2''), Adolf Berger (''Zero'')
** Itsuki Ouchi: to "Tornedo" Tim West (''2''), "Spring Rain" Noah Astbury (''Zero''), "Egg Roll" (''3'')
** Jun'ichi Kadomatsu: to "Rhythm Freak" Brad Eliot (''2''), Willy Cantos (''Zero'')
** Kazuki Nakanishi: to "Radar Racer" Evan Fink (''2''), "Troubleshooter" Rich Yau (''Zero'')
** Asuka Nakanishi: to "Aero Angel" Julie Carmine (''2''), "Yellow Angel" Julius Vick (''Zero'')
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* NewMeat: "Lightning Wisdom" Yuji Minobe, the most recent member of the team by the time of ''3'', fit the bill to a T, barely having an year of racing experience behind him and being physically frail.
* ShoutOut:
** Diamond Image's leader's real name is Takuya Hagiwara, and he drives a panda-colored [=AE86=] Trueno. One of the team's members' real name, meanwhile, is Itsuki Ōuchi. [[Manga/InitialD Sounds familiar]]?
** But wait, that's just the tip of the ice berg! Takuya's bio in ''3'' mentions that he totaled his [=AE86=] and was forced to loan a friend's car to continue racing. [[Manga/InitialD You've definitely heard this before. Twice, even.]]
* WeakButSkilled: They manage to stay head-to-head with the other teams, in spite of their cars being below par in the power department... when compared to the average of the Shinkanjo, that is. If they raced on the C1 Loop, they'd actually be quite ahead of the curve.
* ShoutOut:
** Diamond Image's leader's real name is Takuya Hagiwara, and he drives a panda-colored [=AE86=] Trueno. One of the team's members' real name, meanwhile, is Itsuki Ōuchi. [[Manga/InitialD Sounds familiar]]?
** But wait, that's just the tip of the ice berg! Takuya's bio in ''3'' mentions that he totaled his [=AE86=] and was forced to loan a friend's car to continue racing. [[Manga/InitialD You've definitely heard this before. Twice, even.]]
* WeakButSkilled: They manage to stay head-to-head with the other teams, in spite of their cars being below par in the power department... when compared to the average of the Shinkanjo, that is. If they raced on the C1 Loop, they'd actually be quite ahead of the curve.
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* NewMeat: "Lightning Wisdom" Yuji Minobe, the most recent member of the FragileSpeedster: The team by the time of ''3'', fit the bill to a T, barely having an year of racing experience behind him and being physically frail.
* ShoutOut:
** Diamond Image's leader's real name is Takuya Hagiwara, and he drives a panda-colored [=AE86=] Trueno. One of the team'smembers' real name, meanwhile, is cars are all small and light in weight. Very agile, with some having the necessary tuning and set-up to reach incredible speeds, but also unstable and lacking in immediate power.
* MeaningfulName: ItsukiŌuchi. [[Manga/InitialD Sounds familiar]]?
** But wait, that's justearned his street name, "Spring Roll Itsuki", through his frequent trips to Yokohama's Chinatown: upon coming back, he'd always carry spring rolls to share with the tip rest of the ice berg! team and any other willing racer.
* NonIndicativeName: You'd think that someone with the street name of "Lone Wolf" would be an extremely reserved loner. Manabu is ''anything but'', being a very social, upbeat person who acts as the ''de facto'' leader of the team due to Takuya's own issues.
* PerpetualPoverty: Somehow, Manabu manages to carry through life and continue his university studies alongside his racing endeavours. That is after he, in this order: maxed out a credit card, bought and tuned a car, wrecked it, maxed out another credit card, bought and tuned another car, got a whole bunch of loans, and had a bankruptcy process opened against him. One that's been underdoing for years.
* PotteryBarnPoor: Manabu doesn't have a stable job, if any job to begin with, due to his ongoing university studies. He's also in perennial debt, with two maxed out credit cards to pay off, and an ongoing bankruptcy process. In other words, he's supposed to be as poor as legally possible. That, somehow, did not stop him fro buying a second [=AE86=] after wrecking his first one, and he can still afford an expensive hobby such as racing regularly.
* SameSurnameMeansRelated: Both Kazuki and Asuka share the surname "Nakanishi", something the latter quickly learned upon joining Diamond Image. Although they aren't related, and their shared surname is mere coincidence, this created a one-sided rivalry between the two, with Asuka wishing to battle against Kazuki to establish "the better Nakanishi".
* ShesAManInJapan: In international releases of ''Zero'', Asuka Nakanishi became a man called Julius Vick.
* 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''mentions clarifies that no, the latter issue is completely unrelated and he totaled has a ''legitimate, working, military land radar'' installed on his [=AE86=] car.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: For Itsuki Ōuchi, it's spring rolls. He buys them in bulk whenever he's in Yokohama, andwas forced to loan a friend's car to continue racing. [[Manga/InitialD You've definitely heard this before. Twice, even.]]
not just for his teammates, as he claims he'll eat all of them by himself if no one wants any in ''Racing Battle: [=C1GP=]''.
* WeakButSkilled:They manage to stay head-to-head with Barring Jun'ichi, whose car better fits the idea of "Powerful, but Unstable", all other teams, in spite of their members' cars being below par in are towards the power department... when compared to the average lower end of the Shinkanjo, that is. If they raced on 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 C1 Loop, they'd actually be quite ahead of drivers behind the curve.
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.
* ShoutOut:
** Diamond Image's leader's real name is Takuya Hagiwara, and he drives a panda-colored [=AE86=] Trueno. One of the team's
* MeaningfulName: Itsuki
** But wait, that's just
* NonIndicativeName: You'd think that someone with the street name of "Lone Wolf" would be an extremely reserved loner. Manabu is ''anything but'', being a very social, upbeat person who acts as the ''de facto'' leader of the team due to Takuya's own issues.
* PerpetualPoverty: Somehow, Manabu manages to carry through life and continue his university studies alongside his racing endeavours. That is after he, in this order: maxed out a credit card, bought and tuned a car, wrecked it, maxed out another credit card, bought and tuned another car, got a whole bunch of loans, and had a bankruptcy process opened against him. One that's been underdoing for years.
* PotteryBarnPoor: Manabu doesn't have a stable job, if any job to begin with, due to his ongoing university studies. He's also in perennial debt, with two maxed out credit cards to pay off, and an ongoing bankruptcy process. In other words, he's supposed to be as poor as legally possible. That, somehow, did not stop him fro buying a second [=AE86=] after wrecking his first one, and he can still afford an expensive hobby such as racing regularly.
* SameSurnameMeansRelated: Both Kazuki and Asuka share the surname "Nakanishi", something the latter quickly learned upon joining Diamond Image. Although they aren't related, and their shared surname is mere coincidence, this created a one-sided rivalry between the two, with Asuka wishing to battle against Kazuki to establish "the better Nakanishi".
* ShesAManInJapan: In international releases of ''Zero'', Asuka Nakanishi became a man called Julius Vick.
* 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''
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: For Itsuki Ōuchi, it's spring rolls. He buys them in bulk whenever he's in Yokohama, and
* WeakButSkilled:
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'''Fine Drive''' are a group of aficionados who joined forces over their shared love for Nissan's renowed S-chassis.[[note]]the one used in the Nissan Silvia, 180SX and 240SX, for the uninformed[[/note]] They pride themselves on their clean, safe driving.
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!!!'''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
With a shared love of Nissan's S-Chassis, '''Fine Drive'''are a group were one of aficionados who joined forces over the oldest teams on the C1 Loop. Prohibiting selfishness and dangerous driving, the team's members stood out for being the first to refuse to block other cars or meander aimlessly, although many decried them as "hypocritical hindrances" due to their shared love for Nissan's renowed S-chassis.[[note]]the drifting.
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* ArtifactName: Toshimitsu's street name, "Hell's Drifter", was originally meant as a short-hand way to describe him as a "drifter from hell". Upon getting the chance to witness his proficiency in the art of drifting, however, Tokyo's crowds accidentally concluded it actually meant "one ''hell'' of a ''drifter''". [[SureLetsGoWithThat Instead of correcting them, Toshimitsu went along with the newfound interpretation]], causing the original meaning of the name to go lost to history.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Combined with ThereAreNoCoincidences, this seems to be one of the driving philosophies of many team members. Silvester comes close to almost name-dropping the trope in its entirety in ''Street Supremacy'': when defeated by a player who joined Fine Drive, he'll declare it's destiny for him to follow them.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Combined with ThereAreNoCoincidences, this seems to be one of the driving philosophies of many team members. Silvester comes close to almost name-dropping the trope in its entirety in ''Street Supremacy'': when defeated by a player who joined Fine Drive, he'll declare it's destiny for him to follow them.
* 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.
* CantCatchUp: Toshimitsu is, objectively speaking, one of the slowest members of the team due to his tendency to break into extremely flashy, yet extremely pointless drifts that eat up his momentum and tires. He is painfully aware of this, and has been working to improve in every other area to make up for it with little results, but his dedication to his "craft" causes him to refuse the simple solution of driving in a more conservative manner.
* ChallengeSeeker: Silvester actively seeks out opponents to face and declare rivals. He only feels happy when he has someone else to challenge and defeat, to the point he started feeling discouraged, if not downright dejected, by having no viable opposition at a point.
* DubNameChange:
** Yūichi Iketani: to "Red Comet" (first game), "Mr. Control" Sam Bergman (''2''), "Red Meteor" Mario Meuller (''Zero''), "Shooting Star" (''3'', ''Street Supremacy'')
** Yōichi Watanabe: to [[BarelyChangedDubName "Sylvester"]] (first game, ''Street Supremacy''), "Racer V" Vinny Marcos (''2''), [[BarelyChangedDubName "Sylvester"]] Jose Arrera (''Zero''), [[BarelyChangedDubName "Sylvestre"]] (''3'')
** Toshimitsu Suzuki: to "Drift Devil" Ken Nishi (''2''), Bill Jenkins (''Zero''), "Drifter in Hell" (''3''), "Drifter from Hades" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Satoshi Hoshino: to "S13" Gary Nelson (''2''), "King of 2000cc" Philip Tuttle (''Zero'')
** Katsunori Uchimura: to "2000cc" Joey Brooks (''2''), "Drift King" Nathan Belini (''Zero''),
** Teruki Yoshida: to "FR Freak" Glen Powell (''2''), Micky Schneider (''Zero''), Akinori Yoshida (''3''), Shoki Yoshida (''Street Supremacy'')
** Takashi Nishino: to "Newbie" Ricky Shulman (''2''), Cary Specht (''Zero''), "Natural-Born Soldier" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Toshinobu Kurosawa: to "My Way" Will Stiller (''2''), "Fire Bird" Dan Kazi (''Zero'')
* {{Fanboy}}: The entire team is made out of S-chassis fanboys, and it shows, but no one can top Satoshi Hoshino in that regard: he talks almost exclusively about Silvia [=S13s=], leading others to barely interact with him as a result.
* CantCatchUp: Toshimitsu is, objectively speaking, one of the slowest members of the team due to his tendency to break into extremely flashy, yet extremely pointless drifts that eat up his momentum and tires. He is painfully aware of this, and has been working to improve in every other area to make up for it with little results, but his dedication to his "craft" causes him to refuse the simple solution of driving in a more conservative manner.
* ChallengeSeeker: Silvester actively seeks out opponents to face and declare rivals. He only feels happy when he has someone else to challenge and defeat, to the point he started feeling discouraged, if not downright dejected, by having no viable opposition at a point.
* DubNameChange:
** Yūichi Iketani: to "Red Comet" (first game), "Mr. Control" Sam Bergman (''2''), "Red Meteor" Mario Meuller (''Zero''), "Shooting Star" (''3'', ''Street Supremacy'')
** Yōichi Watanabe: to [[BarelyChangedDubName "Sylvester"]] (first game, ''Street Supremacy''), "Racer V" Vinny Marcos (''2''), [[BarelyChangedDubName "Sylvester"]] Jose Arrera (''Zero''), [[BarelyChangedDubName "Sylvestre"]] (''3'')
** Toshimitsu Suzuki: to "Drift Devil" Ken Nishi (''2''), Bill Jenkins (''Zero''), "Drifter in Hell" (''3''), "Drifter from Hades" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Satoshi Hoshino: to "S13" Gary Nelson (''2''), "King of 2000cc" Philip Tuttle (''Zero'')
** Katsunori Uchimura: to "2000cc" Joey Brooks (''2''), "Drift King" Nathan Belini (''Zero''),
** Teruki Yoshida: to "FR Freak" Glen Powell (''2''), Micky Schneider (''Zero''), Akinori Yoshida (''3''), Shoki Yoshida (''Street Supremacy'')
** Takashi Nishino: to "Newbie" Ricky Shulman (''2''), Cary Specht (''Zero''), "Natural-Born Soldier" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Toshinobu Kurosawa: to "My Way" Will Stiller (''2''), "Fire Bird" Dan Kazi (''Zero'')
* {{Fanboy}}: The entire team is made out of S-chassis fanboys, and it shows, but no one can top Satoshi Hoshino in that regard: he talks almost exclusively about Silvia [=S13s=], leading others to barely interact with him as a result.
* FriendlyRival: Yuichi has found in one in Toshio Kabaya, a fellow team leader who leads Gesellschaft over on the New Belt Line. When both found out they share the same dream of becoming professional racers, they became friends, but also open rivals.
* GracefulLoser: As shown in ''Street Supremacy'', Yuichi takes his losses surprisingly well, no matter how bad they end up being. Even when defeated by players to take his place as Fine Drive's leader or absorb his team into theirs, he takes the consequences surprisingly instride. The reason why he reacts this way is likely tied to his belief of ThereAreNoCoincidences, meaning there is no reason for him to be upset over defeat.
* GoalInLife: Through-out the entire series, Yuichi's dream is to be able to become a professional racer. To reach this ambitious goal, he decided to use the Metropolitan Expressway as a training ground and eventual springboard to launch himself into greater things. He was eventually noticed and approached by scouts from various professional racing teams, atleast in ''Street Supremacy''s continuity.
* ItsAllMyFault: If a player who joined Fine Drive in ''Street Supremacy'' doesn't replace Yuichi as leader and another team defeats them and forces them to disband, Yuichi will tell the player it's not their fault, putting the blame squarely on himself.
* GracefulLoser: As shown in ''Street Supremacy'', Yuichi takes his losses surprisingly well, no matter how bad they end up being. Even when defeated by players to take his place as Fine Drive's leader or absorb his team into theirs, he takes the consequences surprisingly instride. The reason why he reacts this way is likely tied to his belief of ThereAreNoCoincidences, meaning there is no reason for him to be upset over defeat.
* GoalInLife: Through-out the entire series, Yuichi's dream is to be able to become a professional racer. To reach this ambitious goal, he decided to use the Metropolitan Expressway as a training ground and eventual springboard to launch himself into greater things. He was eventually noticed and approached by scouts from various professional racing teams, atleast in ''Street Supremacy''s continuity.
* ItsAllMyFault: If a player who joined Fine Drive in ''Street Supremacy'' doesn't replace Yuichi as leader and another team defeats them and forces them to disband, Yuichi will tell the player it's not their fault, putting the blame squarely on himself.
* TheResenter: Katsunori resents Satoshi for a slew of reasons, but chief amongst them is how the latter proclaimed himself "the strongest two-litre engine driver". That "title", so to speak, is something Katsunori had already claimed for himself, atleast from his point view: for a driver whom he deems inferior, those words should have never left his mouth. It only got worse when Satoshi actually beat him in battle when challenged.
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* 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.
* ThereAreNoCoincidences: The idea appears to be a commonly held belief amongst many on the team, judging by their comments in ''Street Supremacy''. The one who represents the trope most, however, is Yuichi: he constantly repeats how coincidences don't exist, to just about anyone he runs into. He'll tell this to a player upon joining Fine Drive, a player who just defeated him to become the team's new leader, or even a player leading another team who defeated him and is about to absorb Fine Drive. After all, even mere meetings are no coincidences to him.
* ThereAreNoCoincidences: The idea appears to be a commonly held belief amongst many on the team, judging by their comments in ''Street Supremacy''. The one who represents the trope most, however, is Yuichi: he constantly repeats how coincidences don't exist, to just about anyone he runs into. He'll tell this to a player upon joining Fine Drive, a player who just defeated him to become the team's new leader, or even a player leading another team who defeated him and is about to absorb Fine Drive. After all, even mere meetings are no coincidences to him.
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* BlueBlood: Chōei Kagetsu is the son of a nobleman, and a member of the wealthy and famous Kagetsu clan.
* 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.
* ConspicuousConsumption: "Baron" Kagetsu, as the scion of a famous, wealthy noble family, does not hesitate to throw money around. [[{{Backstory}} He first became interested in racing]], as revealed in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', upon being gifted a foreign sports car for his eighteenth birthday... only to ''immediately'' buy an RX-7 FD and switch to it after riding shotgun in a friend's. Upon acquiring his beloved car, he has invested enormous amounts of in visual and engine tuning, far more than most other runners could ever afford. Moreso, as part of his patronage, he bankrolls Shirou Hosoyama's life until in exchange of his presence on the team.
* DubNameChange:
** Kazuo Kasai: to "Shimmering Illusion" (first game), "The Hellion" Timmy Evans (''2''), "Burning Mirage" Doug Molinari (''Zero''), "The Incandescent Flame" (''3''), "Red-Hot Mirage" (''Street Supremacy''), "Blazing Mirage" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Yasuyuki Sakainori: to "Easterner" Dale Sanders (''2''), "Smile" Elmer Futch (''Zero''), [[BarelyChangedDubName Yasuyuki Sakairi]] (''3''), "Smiles Free" [[BarelyChangedDubName Yasuyuki Sakairi]] (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Rina Kawamoto: to "The Weaver" Rena Sanchez (''2''), Rena Alexi (''Zero''), [[BarelyChangedDubName Suzuna Kawamoto]] (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tadashi Mochida: to [[BarelyChangedDubName "Blue Rider"]] (first game, ''Import Tuner Challenge''), "Groucho" Adam Simmons (''2''), Willy McLean (''Zero''), "Blue Lighter" (''3''
** Daisuke Makihara: to Rob Savoy (''2''), Brutus Varnes (''Zero''),
** Chōei Kagetsu: to "The Duke" (first game), "Rich" Rick Smith III (''2''), Bluto Romori (''Zero''), Nagahide Kagetsu (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Shirou Hosoyama: to "Down & Out" Ken Rice (''2''), "Rainy Day" Edwin Guanako (''Zero'')
* 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.
* ConspicuousConsumption: "Baron" Kagetsu, as the scion of a famous, wealthy noble family, does not hesitate to throw money around. [[{{Backstory}} He first became interested in racing]], as revealed in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', upon being gifted a foreign sports car for his eighteenth birthday... only to ''immediately'' buy an RX-7 FD and switch to it after riding shotgun in a friend's. Upon acquiring his beloved car, he has invested enormous amounts of in visual and engine tuning, far more than most other runners could ever afford. Moreso, as part of his patronage, he bankrolls Shirou Hosoyama's life until in exchange of his presence on the team.
* DubNameChange:
** Kazuo Kasai: to "Shimmering Illusion" (first game), "The Hellion" Timmy Evans (''2''), "Burning Mirage" Doug Molinari (''Zero''), "The Incandescent Flame" (''3''), "Red-Hot Mirage" (''Street Supremacy''), "Blazing Mirage" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Yasuyuki Sakainori: to "Easterner" Dale Sanders (''2''), "Smile" Elmer Futch (''Zero''), [[BarelyChangedDubName Yasuyuki Sakairi]] (''3''), "Smiles Free" [[BarelyChangedDubName Yasuyuki Sakairi]] (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Rina Kawamoto: to "The Weaver" Rena Sanchez (''2''), Rena Alexi (''Zero''), [[BarelyChangedDubName Suzuna Kawamoto]] (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tadashi Mochida: to [[BarelyChangedDubName "Blue Rider"]] (first game, ''Import Tuner Challenge''), "Groucho" Adam Simmons (''2''), Willy McLean (''Zero''), "Blue Lighter" (''3''
** Daisuke Makihara: to Rob Savoy (''2''), Brutus Varnes (''Zero''),
** Chōei Kagetsu: to "The Duke" (first game), "Rich" Rick Smith III (''2''), Bluto Romori (''Zero''), Nagahide Kagetsu (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Shirou Hosoyama: to "Down & Out" Ken Rice (''2''), "Rainy Day" Edwin Guanako (''Zero'')
* TheGift: Rina Kawamoto is considered by many to be a natural racing talent. Her driving looks seamless to outside observers, something that many long-time veterans fails at. However, in spite of her gift, she is still learning the ropes: her lack of experience rears its head in battles, where her racecraft becomes rough and her interactions with her opponents border on dangerous. Esentially, she's also UnskilledButStrong.
* HeroWorshipper: Daisuke Makihara holds deep admiration towards Yōichi Sumi of Super Speed Wagon, to the point of near-idolization. He became an highway racer because his senpai was an highway racer, and that appeared to be the best possible way to get closer to him. However, that admiration ran dry by the time of ''3'': Sumi graduated from university and left the world of street racing altogether, leaving behind a burned out Daisuke with no goal or direction.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Yasuyuki works as a manager for a burger store located in Tokyo, answering directly to a company based out of Kansai Prefecture. Despite being somewhat lower on the corporate ladder than usual examples, he nonetheless retains complete control over his store, and runs a tight ship. His direct superiors, the company's owners, are amazed and extremely appreciative of his work ethic.
* LastOfHisKind: With Rotary Revolution's dissolution and the rotary engine having fallen by the wayside, Twister remain the last team to be entirely rotary-powered by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the last bastion of a by-gone era of street racing.
* 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.
* HeroWorshipper: Daisuke Makihara holds deep admiration towards Yōichi Sumi of Super Speed Wagon, to the point of near-idolization. He became an highway racer because his senpai was an highway racer, and that appeared to be the best possible way to get closer to him. However, that admiration ran dry by the time of ''3'': Sumi graduated from university and left the world of street racing altogether, leaving behind a burned out Daisuke with no goal or direction.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Yasuyuki works as a manager for a burger store located in Tokyo, answering directly to a company based out of Kansai Prefecture. Despite being somewhat lower on the corporate ladder than usual examples, he nonetheless retains complete control over his store, and runs a tight ship. His direct superiors, the company's owners, are amazed and extremely appreciative of his work ethic.
* LastOfHisKind: With Rotary Revolution's dissolution and the rotary engine having fallen by the wayside, Twister remain the last team to be entirely rotary-powered by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the last bastion of a by-gone era of street racing.
* 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.
* ShippingTorpedo: In a case of self-inflicted ShippingTorpedo, Tadashi at first tried to dispel the rumors about himself and Rina by insisting he only saw her as a FriendlyRival. Be it true at the time, or mere self-denial, his attempt to sink that ship obviously failed, as the two have fallen head-over-heels for one another by ''3''... they just have trouble admitting it.
* StarvingArtist: Shirou Hosoyama is a classical case of the trope: a young, aspiring artist who is dead set on breaking through as a singer but continues to struggle in an incredibly cut-throat industry and has no other way to financially support himself. Luckily for him, "Baron" Kagetsu decided to become his patron, financing his life... in exchange of Shirou joining Twister and being around him. He finally got his big break, however, by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', not requiring Kagetsu's patronage anymore but nonetheless remaining a loyal member of Twister.
* 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.
* ShippingTorpedo: In a case of self-inflicted ShippingTorpedo, Tadashi at first tried to dispel the rumors about himself and Rina by insisting he only saw her as a FriendlyRival. Be it true at the time, or mere self-denial, his attempt to sink that ship obviously failed, as the two have fallen head-over-heels for one another by ''3''... they just have trouble admitting it.
* StarvingArtist: Shirou Hosoyama is a classical case of the trope: a young, aspiring artist who is dead set on breaking through as a singer but continues to struggle in an incredibly cut-throat industry and has no other way to financially support himself. Luckily for him, "Baron" Kagetsu decided to become his patron, financing his life... in exchange of Shirou joining Twister and being around him. He finally got his big break, however, by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', not requiring Kagetsu's patronage anymore but nonetheless remaining a loyal member of Twister.
* 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.
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* 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.
* UpperClassTwit: "Baron" Kagetsu is the rich scion of a world-famous, wealthy noble family. He throws enormous amounts of money at various tuners to work on his car, yet remains one of the least-talented racers amongst the ranks of Twister. In spite of driving a "monster", he lacks the technique to utilize it to its full potential, and if he's not in the "right mood", he will throw the race in favour of his opponents. He's gradually grown out of this trope by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however: in spite of his performance still being lacking, he takes racing far more seriously, and developed some notable self-awareness about how money, in his circumstances, cannot do everything.
* {{Workaholic}}:
** 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.
* UpperClassTwit: "Baron" Kagetsu is the rich scion of a world-famous, wealthy noble family. He throws enormous amounts of money at various tuners to work on his car, yet remains one of the least-talented racers amongst the ranks of Twister. In spite of driving a "monster", he lacks the technique to utilize it to its full potential, and if he's not in the "right mood", he will throw the race in favour of his opponents. He's gradually grown out of this trope by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however: in spite of his performance still being lacking, he takes racing far more seriously, and developed some notable self-awareness about how money, in his circumstances, cannot do everything.
* {{Workaholic}}:
** 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.
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The other all-[=AE86=] team, the '''R. Gangs''' are based out of the New Belt Line and aspire to become the strongest team in the entire Tokyo Metropolis.
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!!!'''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
Theother ''other'' all-[=AE86=] team, atleast sometimes, the '''R. Gangs''' are based out have been around for a very long time, enough to have a noticeable edge over all other competitors in know-how and experience. In spite of how long they've been around, and how many times they changed their turf, the New Belt Line and aspire to team still maintains the very same aspirations they've had since day one: become the strongest team in the entire Tokyo Metropolis.Tokyo.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Noritaka Motoue is well known for his purely theoretical study and approach to racing. Through data collection and logical analysis, he set up various computer simulations to train himself, which is no small feat... [[InvertedTrope but the transition from theory to practice has been rough for him: Noritaka is not as good of a driver as his studies lead one to believe, with his best skill being his launches at the start of races]]. In spite of that, [[MeaningfulName this has earned him the street name of "Speed Professor"]].
* ArtifactName: Tadashi's street name, "Hell's Bartender", was born due to his job of, what else, bartending. By ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the name still stuck with him in spite of having changed jobs in the meantime. This is mitigated by how long he's carried the name, as well as how it also refers to his unique driving style of making his car move back-and-forth like a cocktail shaker.
* TheBartender: Tadashi Kuroi's job was bartending on night shifts. As highway racing takes place near exclusively at night, this obviously caused friction between the two endeavours. Ultimately, Kuroi decided to change jobs, becoming a daytime liquor store employee by ''Import Tuner Challenge'' in the name of his main passion.
* BerserkButton: As an Osaka native, Shou Nakanishi is very proud of Kansai Prefecture, where he comes from. As such, hearing a non-native speak with a fake Kansai accent drives him up a wall like nothing else. Generally, he strongly dislikes non-Kansai people's cultural posturing towards his home prefecture.
* BigBrotherWorship: Shou adores his [[TheGhost unseen]] older brother to incredible degrees: most importantly, he became a street racer almost exclusively to followin his footsteps and imitate him. There is a limit to how far this pseudo-worship can go, however: upon realizing how he could never break out of his shadow as long as he stayed in Osaka, Shou packed up and left for Tokyo to make a name for himself.
* CaptainCrash: Takeshi Harada is, ''somehow'' for an ambitious street racer, more known for the massive amounts of times he's crashed his car than anything else. This is because he refuses to let off of the gas pedal at any time, even when a corner or an obstacle is approaching.
* ChallengeSeeker: Toshiki is on a constant prowl for new challengers to take on, taking on all comers to prove the superiority of his turbocharged [=AE86=]. In particular, he prefers to take on cars far more powerful than his, [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction both for how challenging defeating them is]] and in order to prove some kind of point about [[UnskilledButStrong power]] and [[WeakButSkilled skill]].
* ArtifactName: Tadashi's street name, "Hell's Bartender", was born due to his job of, what else, bartending. By ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the name still stuck with him in spite of having changed jobs in the meantime. This is mitigated by how long he's carried the name, as well as how it also refers to his unique driving style of making his car move back-and-forth like a cocktail shaker.
* TheBartender: Tadashi Kuroi's job was bartending on night shifts. As highway racing takes place near exclusively at night, this obviously caused friction between the two endeavours. Ultimately, Kuroi decided to change jobs, becoming a daytime liquor store employee by ''Import Tuner Challenge'' in the name of his main passion.
* BerserkButton: As an Osaka native, Shou Nakanishi is very proud of Kansai Prefecture, where he comes from. As such, hearing a non-native speak with a fake Kansai accent drives him up a wall like nothing else. Generally, he strongly dislikes non-Kansai people's cultural posturing towards his home prefecture.
* BigBrotherWorship: Shou adores his [[TheGhost unseen]] older brother to incredible degrees: most importantly, he became a street racer almost exclusively to followin his footsteps and imitate him. There is a limit to how far this pseudo-worship can go, however: upon realizing how he could never break out of his shadow as long as he stayed in Osaka, Shou packed up and left for Tokyo to make a name for himself.
* CaptainCrash: Takeshi Harada is, ''somehow'' for an ambitious street racer, more known for the massive amounts of times he's crashed his car than anything else. This is because he refuses to let off of the gas pedal at any time, even when a corner or an obstacle is approaching.
* ChallengeSeeker: Toshiki is on a constant prowl for new challengers to take on, taking on all comers to prove the superiority of his turbocharged [=AE86=]. In particular, he prefers to take on cars far more powerful than his, [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction both for how challenging defeating them is]] and in order to prove some kind of point about [[UnskilledButStrong power]] and [[WeakButSkilled skill]].
* 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.
* DubNameChange:
** Toshiki Kawakami: to "King" James Beck (''2''), Sheila Khosla (''Zero''), "Chilling Drift Dancer" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Shūichi Takizawa: to "Canyon Racer" Tony Giodano (''2''), Karen Martin (''Zero''),
** Tadashi Kuroi: to "Shake 'n Bake" Hal Whitman (''2''), Joyce Evans (''Zero''), "Hellish Bartender" (''3'')
** Noritaka Motoue: to "Hot Head" Mark Gruber (''2''), "Prof. Speedy" Jenni Kim (''Zero''), Toritaka Honjo (''3''), Noritaka Motogami (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Takeshi Harada: to "Gazelle" (first game), "Lead Foot" Terry Mills (''2''), Kazzy Hokulani (''Zero''), Tsuyoshi Harada (''3''), Go Harada (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kazuo Nikaidō: to "Black Illusion" (first game), "Rev Freak" Alberto Luna (''2''), Kelly Gin (''Zero''), "Mirage" (''3'')
** Shou Nakanishi: to "Osaka Kid" Peter Gills (''2''), Darleene Barien (''Zero''), H. Utagawa (''3''), Sho Utagawa (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The reason behind Tadashi Kuroi's street name being "Hell's Bartender" is... him working as a bartender. [[ArtifactName That was, until he changed jobs]] by ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* FamedInStory: Shou's ''brother'', per his bio in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', was at one point considered to be Osaka's fastest racer. However, he's never directly mentioned by name.
* DubNameChange:
** Toshiki Kawakami: to "King" James Beck (''2''), Sheila Khosla (''Zero''), "Chilling Drift Dancer" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Shūichi Takizawa: to "Canyon Racer" Tony Giodano (''2''), Karen Martin (''Zero''),
** Tadashi Kuroi: to "Shake 'n Bake" Hal Whitman (''2''), Joyce Evans (''Zero''), "Hellish Bartender" (''3'')
** Noritaka Motoue: to "Hot Head" Mark Gruber (''2''), "Prof. Speedy" Jenni Kim (''Zero''), Toritaka Honjo (''3''), Noritaka Motogami (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Takeshi Harada: to "Gazelle" (first game), "Lead Foot" Terry Mills (''2''), Kazzy Hokulani (''Zero''), Tsuyoshi Harada (''3''), Go Harada (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kazuo Nikaidō: to "Black Illusion" (first game), "Rev Freak" Alberto Luna (''2''), Kelly Gin (''Zero''), "Mirage" (''3'')
** Shou Nakanishi: to "Osaka Kid" Peter Gills (''2''), Darleene Barien (''Zero''), H. Utagawa (''3''), Sho Utagawa (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The reason behind Tadashi Kuroi's street name being "Hell's Bartender" is... him working as a bartender. [[ArtifactName That was, until he changed jobs]] by ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* FamedInStory: Shou's ''brother'', per his bio in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', was at one point considered to be Osaka's fastest racer. However, he's never directly mentioned by name.
%%* 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.
* FriendlyRival:
** Toshiki, Akira Kobayakawa of Rolling Guy and Manabu Ishī of Diamond Image all work towards the exact same goal -- their respective team's supremacy over the Metropolitan Expressway. In spite of that, they're all close friends who share a very strong passion over the [=AE86=].
** Takeshi Harada and Akihiro Fukui of Free Way consider themselves to be "flying buddies": they're very amicable with one another, but they're also always competing to see who can reach the highest speeds on the Expressway.
* FriendlyRival:
** Toshiki, Akira Kobayakawa of Rolling Guy and Manabu Ishī of Diamond Image all work towards the exact same goal -- their respective team's supremacy over the Metropolitan Expressway. In spite of that, they're all close friends who share a very strong passion over the [=AE86=].
** Takeshi Harada and Akihiro Fukui of Free Way consider themselves to be "flying buddies": they're very amicable with one another, but they're also always competing to see who can reach the highest speeds on the Expressway.
* 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.
* OldFriend: As revealed in ''3'', the usually off-the-cuff Toshiki is a long-time acquaintance of both Kobayakawa brothers, dating back to when they all started driving their [=AE86s=]. Whereas he is more of a FriendlyRival with the younger Akira, he has this kind of relationship with the older, straight-laced Satoru, who unexpectedly poppedback into his life as Rolling Master after having left the Expressway a couple of years before, to the point Toshiki is one of the few people with whom Satoru confides himself after having left Rolling Guy
* 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.
* SpeedDemon: Takeshi is obsessed with not just reaching high speeds, but ''the highest'' possible speeds on the Metropolitan Expressway, to the point he keeps the throttle pedal firmly planted on the ground no matter what. Unsurprisingly, he's friends with Free Way's own resident SpeedDemon, Akihiro Fukui.
* 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.
* OldFriend: As revealed in ''3'', the usually off-the-cuff Toshiki is a long-time acquaintance of both Kobayakawa brothers, dating back to when they all started driving their [=AE86s=]. Whereas he is more of a FriendlyRival with the younger Akira, he has this kind of relationship with the older, straight-laced Satoru, who unexpectedly poppedback into his life as Rolling Master after having left the Expressway a couple of years before, to the point Toshiki is one of the few people with whom Satoru confides himself after having left Rolling Guy
* 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.
* SpeedDemon: Takeshi is obsessed with not just reaching high speeds, but ''the highest'' possible speeds on the Metropolitan Expressway, to the point he keeps the throttle pedal firmly planted on the ground no matter what. Unsurprisingly, he's friends with Free Way's own resident SpeedDemon, Akihiro Fukui.
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!!!'''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
A long-standing team formed byTokyo residents, who share a common passion in racing on close group of friends from the Expressway.capital, '''Tokio Jungle''' members drive a mish-mash cars, from high-powered four-wheel drive vehicles to rear-wheel drive mountain pass carvers. With a long queue of new drivers wanting to join, however, the original seven members currently keep invitations closed.
A long-standing team formed by
* TenMinuteRetirement: [[UnreliableNarrator According to some of the people the player can speak to in ''Import Tuner Challenge'']], Io and Tokio Jungle were on the brink of quitting, largely pushed to do so by Snake Eyes and the PHANTOM NINE. They ultimately came back, inspired by [[spoiler:Jintei's own return]], although Io is still eyeing the possibility of finding a successor and retiring from street racing for good.
* ChildrenRaiseYou: There was a time when Io used to constantly change cars, taking enormous risks when racing, blocking opponents in truly dangerous ways from passing him, and so on... all in the name of letting Tokio Jungle grow and prosper into a powerhouse. As soon as he got married and had a child, however, he suddenly grew far more self-conscious about his behaviour, settling down on the Subaru Impreza as his car and vowing to retire as soon as he picked a successor as team leader. Although that hasn't yet come to pass, his driving has gotten far safer in the meantime, whilst Tokio Jungle's ambitions have been reigned in: from the previously domineering team they used to be, they've largely become a group of talented friends who race for fun more than anything.
* DisownedParent: Toshiki's decision to ignore his parents' demands to return to Osaka and run the family business in their stead, years after he had relocated to Tokyo, eventually devolved into this: [[IHaveNoSon they disowed him over his choice]], and in relief, Toshiki indirectly disowned them back, cutting communications with them entirely.
* DubNameChange:
** Mitsuru Iona: to "Danger Freak" Adam Byrne (''2''), "Ion" Fred Kiko (''Zero''), Mitsuru Iyotomo (''Street Supremacy'')
** Atsushi Baba: to "Tall Boy" Scott Jones (''2''), Manny Jacobs (''Zero''), Hiroshi Baba (''3''), "B-Baller" Hiroshi Baba (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kyōji Honda: to "Marathon Man" Luis Aquilar (''2''), Marcus Leary (''Zero''), "Jet Black Hot Wind" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Toshiki Nagaregawa: to "Chocker" Will Berman (''2''), Tony Keng (''Zero''), Toshiki Rukawa (''3''), Toshiki Nagarekawa (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kachiaki Mizushima: to "On & Off" Leo Berk (''2''), Daryl Duke (''Zero''), Katsuaki Mizushima (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Noriaki Azuma: to "Dizzy" Dave Easton (''2''), "Slide Freek" Cory Baracus (''Zero''), Noriaki Higashi (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kōji Takae: to Gordon "Smooth" Smith (''2''), "Driving Blue Wave" Max Murdock (''Zero'')
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Several of the team members' bios, most importantly Io's, refer to their drifting skills and to the internal debates within Tokio Jungle on whether they should ban the practice or leave members free to decide on what to do. Some members, however, drive front-wheel drive cars in those games, which cannot drift in the classical sense of the term. Making it all the more weirder is how the team's bio in ''3'' refers to how they exclusively drive four-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive cars... [[{{Retcon}} in spite of previous entries proving the opposite]].
* FriendlyRival: Amongst team members, Toshiki and Kachiaki both started racing at roughly the same time. The two, like the rest of the team, are close friends. Nonetheless, they also enjoy competing against one another in order to push themselves to improve and overcome their weak points.
* HopelessSuitor:
** Kōji has been desperately trying to find a lover for years, ever since his last love story ended before the events of the series, with ''zero'' success due to what many perceive as an uncouth fashion style and obsession over cars and racing. He finally got a lucky break by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however, as he found a girlfriend who accepts him as he is.
** Noriaki joined Kōji starting in ''Zero'', with both men going out together to find their other halves and acting as each other's wingmen... to just about the same amount of success Kōji by his lonesome was having. With Kōji finding a girlfriend, however, Noriaki is left chasing fora love story all by his lonesome.
* IHaveNoSon: Sometimes around the events of ''3'', Toshiki was summoned back home to Osaka, his native hometown, by his parents, who wanted him to take over the family business. Toshiki hesitated, spending a long time pondering on what to do. Ultimately, he ignored his parents, which lead them to disowning him. Not that he seems to mind: in fact, he appears to be far happier without the heavy thoughts of leaving his friends and the city he's grown to love over his head.
* MoralityChain: Io gained one in the form his family around the time of ''3'', when he got married and had a child. Despite an inner voice of his constantly urging him to go faster than before, to take more risks, all it takes is for him to think of them to tune it out and abstain from doing so.
* ChildrenRaiseYou: There was a time when Io used to constantly change cars, taking enormous risks when racing, blocking opponents in truly dangerous ways from passing him, and so on... all in the name of letting Tokio Jungle grow and prosper into a powerhouse. As soon as he got married and had a child, however, he suddenly grew far more self-conscious about his behaviour, settling down on the Subaru Impreza as his car and vowing to retire as soon as he picked a successor as team leader. Although that hasn't yet come to pass, his driving has gotten far safer in the meantime, whilst Tokio Jungle's ambitions have been reigned in: from the previously domineering team they used to be, they've largely become a group of talented friends who race for fun more than anything.
* DisownedParent: Toshiki's decision to ignore his parents' demands to return to Osaka and run the family business in their stead, years after he had relocated to Tokyo, eventually devolved into this: [[IHaveNoSon they disowed him over his choice]], and in relief, Toshiki indirectly disowned them back, cutting communications with them entirely.
* DubNameChange:
** Mitsuru Iona: to "Danger Freak" Adam Byrne (''2''), "Ion" Fred Kiko (''Zero''), Mitsuru Iyotomo (''Street Supremacy'')
** Atsushi Baba: to "Tall Boy" Scott Jones (''2''), Manny Jacobs (''Zero''), Hiroshi Baba (''3''), "B-Baller" Hiroshi Baba (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kyōji Honda: to "Marathon Man" Luis Aquilar (''2''), Marcus Leary (''Zero''), "Jet Black Hot Wind" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Toshiki Nagaregawa: to "Chocker" Will Berman (''2''), Tony Keng (''Zero''), Toshiki Rukawa (''3''), Toshiki Nagarekawa (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kachiaki Mizushima: to "On & Off" Leo Berk (''2''), Daryl Duke (''Zero''), Katsuaki Mizushima (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Noriaki Azuma: to "Dizzy" Dave Easton (''2''), "Slide Freek" Cory Baracus (''Zero''), Noriaki Higashi (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kōji Takae: to Gordon "Smooth" Smith (''2''), "Driving Blue Wave" Max Murdock (''Zero'')
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Several of the team members' bios, most importantly Io's, refer to their drifting skills and to the internal debates within Tokio Jungle on whether they should ban the practice or leave members free to decide on what to do. Some members, however, drive front-wheel drive cars in those games, which cannot drift in the classical sense of the term. Making it all the more weirder is how the team's bio in ''3'' refers to how they exclusively drive four-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive cars... [[{{Retcon}} in spite of previous entries proving the opposite]].
* FriendlyRival: Amongst team members, Toshiki and Kachiaki both started racing at roughly the same time. The two, like the rest of the team, are close friends. Nonetheless, they also enjoy competing against one another in order to push themselves to improve and overcome their weak points.
* HopelessSuitor:
** Kōji has been desperately trying to find a lover for years, ever since his last love story ended before the events of the series, with ''zero'' success due to what many perceive as an uncouth fashion style and obsession over cars and racing. He finally got a lucky break by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however, as he found a girlfriend who accepts him as he is.
** Noriaki joined Kōji starting in ''Zero'', with both men going out together to find their other halves and acting as each other's wingmen... to just about the same amount of success Kōji by his lonesome was having. With Kōji finding a girlfriend, however, Noriaki is left chasing fora love story all by his lonesome.
* IHaveNoSon: Sometimes around the events of ''3'', Toshiki was summoned back home to Osaka, his native hometown, by his parents, who wanted him to take over the family business. Toshiki hesitated, spending a long time pondering on what to do. Ultimately, he ignored his parents, which lead them to disowning him. Not that he seems to mind: in fact, he appears to be far happier without the heavy thoughts of leaving his friends and the city he's grown to love over his head.
* MoralityChain: Io gained one in the form his family around the time of ''3'', when he got married and had a child. Despite an inner voice of his constantly urging him to go faster than before, to take more risks, all it takes is for him to think of them to tune it out and abstain from doing so.
* NoSenseOfDirection: By virtue of having recently moved to Tokyo by the first game, Noriaki Azuma had an uncanny tendency to get lost and end up on the side of town or off the Expressway entirely by pure accident... sometimes, in the middle of a battle. Even a few years later, after having familiarized himself with the area, he ''still'' leaves the C1 Loop and the New Belt Line by accident in ''3'', going straight and and ending up on the Bayshore Line when he should turn right. He finally grew out of the trope completely by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', [[{{Irony}} now being the one who teaches new drivers their way around the Expressway]].
* ShoutOut:
** 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.
** Atsushi Baba is a former professional athlete whose fame is in some way tied to height. His surname, again, is ''Baba''. [[Wrestling/GiantBaba You could say he might be a Giant.]]
* SportsHeroBackstory: Atsushi wasn't just any professional basketball player in his youth, he was one of Japan's top players when he was still active. Whilst he largely retired to focus on running a sports apparel store and racing, he joined an amateur basketball team made up by fellow businessman in ''Import Tuner Challenge''. His street name is an indirect reference to this, being a ShoutOut to a very famous basketball player who was active at the same time Baba was.
* ShoutOut:
** 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.
** Atsushi Baba is a former professional athlete whose fame is in some way tied to height. His surname, again, is ''Baba''. [[Wrestling/GiantBaba You could say he might be a Giant.]]
* SportsHeroBackstory: Atsushi wasn't just any professional basketball player in his youth, he was one of Japan's top players when he was still active. Whilst he largely retired to focus on running a sports apparel store and racing, he joined an amateur basketball team made up by fellow businessman in ''Import Tuner Challenge''. His street name is an indirect reference to this, being a ShoutOut to a very famous basketball player who was active at the same time Baba was.
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* TrueCompanions: Tokio Jungle has maintained the exact same, seven-member line up in every single game they appeared in, an incredibly rare feat in the ever-changing world of Expressway racing. [[note]]Every other team had members join and/or leave at one point or another.[[/note]] The team members are so close-knit that the mere idea of expanding its' membership seems to disturb the seven.
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* TrueCompanions: Tokio Jungle has maintained grew into an example of the exact same, seven-member line up in every single game they appeared in, an incredibly rare feat in trope fairly quickly, starting out as a group of people from the ever-changing world metropolis who became inseparable over a short amount of Expressway racing. [[note]]Every other team had members join and/or leave at one point or another.[[/note]] The team 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 expanding its' membership letting someone new into the team seems unthinkable. Special mention has to disturb go to Toshiki and Kachiaki: then the seven.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.]]
!!!'''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)
* TheAlcoholic: Whilst obviously abstaining whenever he has to get behind the wheel, Tarmac Suzuki enjoys getting absolutely plastered whenever Top Level holds team parties.
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Kenji is a very open-minded, well-traveled person with his priorities straight. The moment he starts downing drinks, however, that side of him seemingly goes out of the window. As players only get to interact with him on the Expressway, however, they never get to witness it first-hand.
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Kenji is a very open-minded, well-traveled person with his priorities straight. The moment he starts downing drinks, however, that side of him seemingly goes out of the window. As players only get to interact with him on the Expressway, however, they never get to witness it first-hand.
* BlueBlood: Kyōko, according to rumors, belongs to a "good" family, as in "socially well-placed and admired". Her bio in ''3'' openly confirms this, as she's a member of a respected noble family via her father.
* TheDeterminator:
** This is Kenji's personal philosophy, as revealed in ''Import Tuner Challenge''. He clearly believes in the idea, as he will encourage the player to not give up and tell them that every loss is useful experience if he manages to defeat them. Moreso, if challenged again right afterwards, he will openly note how never giving up is, to him, the most important thing a racer can do. Lastly, he also practices what he preaches, as he'll try to hype himself up and declare to the player how they're just getting started if challenged after defeating him.
** After long growing nostalgic for the world of rallying, Makitoshi grew into this sometime around ''3'': no matter what happens, he will try time and time again to once again perform in the sport he loves so much. It gets to the point that, come ''Import Tuner Challenge'', he will always reiterate how he ''will'' make it back to rallying, no matter if the player loses against him, defeats him, or curbstomps him multiple times.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Like all other members of Top Level, Seiko is a genuine racing talent. Despite that, her go-to style of lightning quick, reactive steering makes a public danger on the Expressway. Furthermore, her attempts at blocking opponents is no different from carelessly obstructing the road for everyone, making her closer to a moving chicane and putting anyone in her vicinity whenever she battles at risk. Suzuki has actively chided her for both issues on multiple occasions, but it didn't seem to bring forth any major change.
* DubNameChange:
** Kenji Suzuki: to "Rally King" Greg Burns (''2''), "Car Maniac" Stan Tuchiyama (''Zero'')
** Maki Wakabayashi: to "Mystery Girl" (first game), "Joy Rider" Candy Shaw (''2''), "Mystery Girl" Kyoko Makino (''Zero''), "Illusive Girl" (''3''), "Phantom Babe" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Seiko Motogi: to "Tragic Red Tear" (first game), "Lost Angel" Erika Kwan (''2''), "Red Tears" Lucy Nakajima (''Zero''), "Traffic Tear" (''3''), "Tragic Crimson Tear" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tomio Makitoshi: to "Legendary Blue Collar" (first game), "Method Man" Craig Curtis (''2''), "Legendary Digger" Paul Williams (''Zero''), "The Legendary Worker" Tomio Minoru (''3''), Tomio "Constant" Makine (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tomoko Nakajima: to "Midnight Thru" (first game), "Ice Master" Yoko Moore (''2''), Peggy Lee (''Zero''), "Midnight Calm" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Makoto Kawamura: to "Red General" (first game, ''Import Tuner Challenge''), "Racer" Rick Miller (''2''), "Sir General" Phil Tavera (''Zero''), "The Red Tactician" (''3'')
** Akane Yamazaki: to "Out of the Blue" Keiko Hayashi (''2''), Mindy Louise (''Zero'')
* FatalFlaw: For Tomoko, it's her fragile personality. This originally caused her trouble because she couldn't see battles through to the end, thus being her greatest hindrance at becoming a better racer. Upon learning to be more gradual in her driving, she improved greatly, but her talent still fails to come through and shine in critical moments.
* {{Fratbro}}: Despite being a grown, mature adult with a steady job and his head metaphorically planted on his shoulders, Suzuki has the major elements of one, what with openly enjoying partying, drinking, and his mistrust of women.
* GracefulLoser: Upon being defeated by the player in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Suzuki will take it with grace, merely demanding that they see their quest of becoming Tokyo's fastest to its very end, no matter what might happen.
* HeartbrokenBadass: The reason why Seiko first became a street racer, proving herself to be surprisingly talented and capable of holding her own against former rally winners? Her boyfriend, a street racer himself, lost his life because of an accident on the New Belt Line. She followed in his stead to try and figure out what he found in highway running, but hasn't been able to move past his death by ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* HeManWomanHater: ''3'' reveals Kenji, [[HiddenDepths surprisingly enough]], to be worried over the rising amount of women in his team, disliking the idea of racing ''alongside'' them or '''with'' them to begin with. To further put it into context, Top Level has never had more than ''three'' women amongst its ranks. One of which is ''his second-in-command''. Despite that, he'd like to keep the team a "boys club", if only to feel less awkward during parties when he gets the booze flowing.
* 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.
* TheLostLenore: Seiko Motogi's boyfriend died in a racing crash on the New Belt Line. Losing him lead her to become a {{NEET}} for a while, until she decided to figure out what, exactly, pushed him to become a street racer and die on the Expressway. Towards that end, she became a member of Top Level.
* 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.
* MysteriousPast: No one really seems to know much, if anything, about Yamazaki: she appeared out nowhere one day and quickly found herself amongst top Level's ranks. There are rumors that she belonged, or atleast ''used'' to belong, to another team, but they were always too vague to ever lead anywhere.
* OfficeLady: Maki Wakabayashi, per her various bios starting in ''3'', works as an "O.L.", the Japanese abbreviation for "office lady". Fittingly for the job, she's Suzuki's second-in-command, with her boss generally distrustful of women.
* 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.
* RetiredBadass: Kenji "Tarmac" Suzuki was formerly a professional rally driver, a recognized one with several wins under his belt. Having won everything he thought he could win, he eventually retired to settle down, becoming an highway racer and home improvement retailer.
* TheRival: The entire team has a strong rivalry with Another Star. There are several reasons behind it: emotional involvement, adverse relationships, competititveness, clashing philosophies... and, of course, [[SeriousBusiness the natural rivalry between Lancer Evolution drivers and Impreza drivers]].
** The two team leaders, Suzuki and Obata, tend to be the driving force behind the rivalry, constantly aiming at defeating the other for good. In spite of that, neither man takes things with the seriousness they display to others: Suzuki takes it with amusing ease, believing himself to be faster, whilst Naoto doesn't even believe there to be a rivalrly, thinking of Suzuki as a close friend.
** The two second-in-commands, Maki Wakabayashi and Yōko Uehara, are also direct rivals, albeit on fairer terms than their respective leaders. Both believe the other to be the more skilled driver, but, on the other hand, believe themselves to be the prettiest woman of both groups.
** Seiko Motogi and Kōji Miura's rivalry exploded when the latter insulted the former's motivation for street racing, her boyfriend's tragic passing, and told her she was getting "drunk on tragedy". Seiko, in return, called Kōji's self-described "cool and nihilistic" personality "nothing but posturing worth of a scumbag".
** Tomio Makitoshi and Gou Fujike are ''seen'' as rivals by crowds, what with their similar positions within their respective teams and constant battles. Tomio, however, doesn't think much of it, believing he's on a different technical level than Gou and having defeated him time and time again. In spite of that, Gou continues to return and challenge Tomio, always ready and willing to win one back for himself.
** The main exception to this rivalry, for Top Level, is Makoto Kawamura. He's completely ambivalent towards the Another Star, and merely considers the rivalry between the two teams to be worthwhile as long as it can lead Top Level to improve.
* ShipperOnDeck: Tomoko, being one of the only people to have noticed the blossoming relationship between her teammate Akane Yamazaki and Another Star's Ryou Ikegami, openly and actively supports them despite their relationship being caught between the two team's vicious rivalry.
* 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.
* StarCrossedLovers: Akane and Ryou Ikegami of Another Star are in love and trying to get a relationship off of the ground. However, due to their respective teams' feud, the two cannot be together in public, putting a massive obstacle in front of their love story.
* TookALevelInBadass: Maki started off her racing career as a mere junior student in college. Not having a vehicle of her own, she'd borrow her boyfriend's Lancer Evo to go racing behind his back, with her talent doing the rest. Already Suzuki's second-in-command by the first game, she constantly improves appearance after appearance, with her peak reached in ''3'': as soon as she can afford to buy her own car and freely tune it to better suit herself, she becomes a far more formidable driver than ever before.
* WeCanRuleTogether: After the player has defeated every other member of Top Level in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', they'll find themselves face-to-face with Kenji Suzuki. He'll briefly muse on how, if the circumstances were any different, he'd immediately invite the player to join his team, ultimately being aware that they're looking for something completely different.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: As part of Seiko's CharacterDevelopment arc, she begins to awaken to the allure and emotion brought on by racing down the Metropolitan Expresway game after game, something she begins to consciously notice around ''3''. Despite feeling quite conflicted about it, as those feelings likely played a role in her boyfriend's death, she's wholly accepted them by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* TheDeterminator:
** This is Kenji's personal philosophy, as revealed in ''Import Tuner Challenge''. He clearly believes in the idea, as he will encourage the player to not give up and tell them that every loss is useful experience if he manages to defeat them. Moreso, if challenged again right afterwards, he will openly note how never giving up is, to him, the most important thing a racer can do. Lastly, he also practices what he preaches, as he'll try to hype himself up and declare to the player how they're just getting started if challenged after defeating him.
** After long growing nostalgic for the world of rallying, Makitoshi grew into this sometime around ''3'': no matter what happens, he will try time and time again to once again perform in the sport he loves so much. It gets to the point that, come ''Import Tuner Challenge'', he will always reiterate how he ''will'' make it back to rallying, no matter if the player loses against him, defeats him, or curbstomps him multiple times.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Like all other members of Top Level, Seiko is a genuine racing talent. Despite that, her go-to style of lightning quick, reactive steering makes a public danger on the Expressway. Furthermore, her attempts at blocking opponents is no different from carelessly obstructing the road for everyone, making her closer to a moving chicane and putting anyone in her vicinity whenever she battles at risk. Suzuki has actively chided her for both issues on multiple occasions, but it didn't seem to bring forth any major change.
* DubNameChange:
** Kenji Suzuki: to "Rally King" Greg Burns (''2''), "Car Maniac" Stan Tuchiyama (''Zero'')
** Maki Wakabayashi: to "Mystery Girl" (first game), "Joy Rider" Candy Shaw (''2''), "Mystery Girl" Kyoko Makino (''Zero''), "Illusive Girl" (''3''), "Phantom Babe" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Seiko Motogi: to "Tragic Red Tear" (first game), "Lost Angel" Erika Kwan (''2''), "Red Tears" Lucy Nakajima (''Zero''), "Traffic Tear" (''3''), "Tragic Crimson Tear" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tomio Makitoshi: to "Legendary Blue Collar" (first game), "Method Man" Craig Curtis (''2''), "Legendary Digger" Paul Williams (''Zero''), "The Legendary Worker" Tomio Minoru (''3''), Tomio "Constant" Makine (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tomoko Nakajima: to "Midnight Thru" (first game), "Ice Master" Yoko Moore (''2''), Peggy Lee (''Zero''), "Midnight Calm" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Makoto Kawamura: to "Red General" (first game, ''Import Tuner Challenge''), "Racer" Rick Miller (''2''), "Sir General" Phil Tavera (''Zero''), "The Red Tactician" (''3'')
** Akane Yamazaki: to "Out of the Blue" Keiko Hayashi (''2''), Mindy Louise (''Zero'')
* FatalFlaw: For Tomoko, it's her fragile personality. This originally caused her trouble because she couldn't see battles through to the end, thus being her greatest hindrance at becoming a better racer. Upon learning to be more gradual in her driving, she improved greatly, but her talent still fails to come through and shine in critical moments.
* {{Fratbro}}: Despite being a grown, mature adult with a steady job and his head metaphorically planted on his shoulders, Suzuki has the major elements of one, what with openly enjoying partying, drinking, and his mistrust of women.
* GracefulLoser: Upon being defeated by the player in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Suzuki will take it with grace, merely demanding that they see their quest of becoming Tokyo's fastest to its very end, no matter what might happen.
* HeartbrokenBadass: The reason why Seiko first became a street racer, proving herself to be surprisingly talented and capable of holding her own against former rally winners? Her boyfriend, a street racer himself, lost his life because of an accident on the New Belt Line. She followed in his stead to try and figure out what he found in highway running, but hasn't been able to move past his death by ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* HeManWomanHater: ''3'' reveals Kenji, [[HiddenDepths surprisingly enough]], to be worried over the rising amount of women in his team, disliking the idea of racing ''alongside'' them or '''with'' them to begin with. To further put it into context, Top Level has never had more than ''three'' women amongst its ranks. One of which is ''his second-in-command''. Despite that, he'd like to keep the team a "boys club", if only to feel less awkward during parties when he gets the booze flowing.
* 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.
* TheLostLenore: Seiko Motogi's boyfriend died in a racing crash on the New Belt Line. Losing him lead her to become a {{NEET}} for a while, until she decided to figure out what, exactly, pushed him to become a street racer and die on the Expressway. Towards that end, she became a member of Top Level.
* 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.
* MysteriousPast: No one really seems to know much, if anything, about Yamazaki: she appeared out nowhere one day and quickly found herself amongst top Level's ranks. There are rumors that she belonged, or atleast ''used'' to belong, to another team, but they were always too vague to ever lead anywhere.
* OfficeLady: Maki Wakabayashi, per her various bios starting in ''3'', works as an "O.L.", the Japanese abbreviation for "office lady". Fittingly for the job, she's Suzuki's second-in-command, with her boss generally distrustful of women.
* 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.
* RetiredBadass: Kenji "Tarmac" Suzuki was formerly a professional rally driver, a recognized one with several wins under his belt. Having won everything he thought he could win, he eventually retired to settle down, becoming an highway racer and home improvement retailer.
* TheRival: The entire team has a strong rivalry with Another Star. There are several reasons behind it: emotional involvement, adverse relationships, competititveness, clashing philosophies... and, of course, [[SeriousBusiness the natural rivalry between Lancer Evolution drivers and Impreza drivers]].
** The two team leaders, Suzuki and Obata, tend to be the driving force behind the rivalry, constantly aiming at defeating the other for good. In spite of that, neither man takes things with the seriousness they display to others: Suzuki takes it with amusing ease, believing himself to be faster, whilst Naoto doesn't even believe there to be a rivalrly, thinking of Suzuki as a close friend.
** The two second-in-commands, Maki Wakabayashi and Yōko Uehara, are also direct rivals, albeit on fairer terms than their respective leaders. Both believe the other to be the more skilled driver, but, on the other hand, believe themselves to be the prettiest woman of both groups.
** Seiko Motogi and Kōji Miura's rivalry exploded when the latter insulted the former's motivation for street racing, her boyfriend's tragic passing, and told her she was getting "drunk on tragedy". Seiko, in return, called Kōji's self-described "cool and nihilistic" personality "nothing but posturing worth of a scumbag".
** Tomio Makitoshi and Gou Fujike are ''seen'' as rivals by crowds, what with their similar positions within their respective teams and constant battles. Tomio, however, doesn't think much of it, believing he's on a different technical level than Gou and having defeated him time and time again. In spite of that, Gou continues to return and challenge Tomio, always ready and willing to win one back for himself.
** The main exception to this rivalry, for Top Level, is Makoto Kawamura. He's completely ambivalent towards the Another Star, and merely considers the rivalry between the two teams to be worthwhile as long as it can lead Top Level to improve.
* ShipperOnDeck: Tomoko, being one of the only people to have noticed the blossoming relationship between her teammate Akane Yamazaki and Another Star's Ryou Ikegami, openly and actively supports them despite their relationship being caught between the two team's vicious rivalry.
* 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.
* StarCrossedLovers: Akane and Ryou Ikegami of Another Star are in love and trying to get a relationship off of the ground. However, due to their respective teams' feud, the two cannot be together in public, putting a massive obstacle in front of their love story.
* TookALevelInBadass: Maki started off her racing career as a mere junior student in college. Not having a vehicle of her own, she'd borrow her boyfriend's Lancer Evo to go racing behind his back, with her talent doing the rest. Already Suzuki's second-in-command by the first game, she constantly improves appearance after appearance, with her peak reached in ''3'': as soon as she can afford to buy her own car and freely tune it to better suit herself, she becomes a far more formidable driver than ever before.
* WeCanRuleTogether: After the player has defeated every other member of Top Level in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', they'll find themselves face-to-face with Kenji Suzuki. He'll briefly muse on how, if the circumstances were any different, he'd immediately invite the player to join his team, ultimately being aware that they're looking for something completely different.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: As part of Seiko's CharacterDevelopment arc, she begins to awaken to the allure and emotion brought on by racing down the Metropolitan Expresway game after game, something she begins to consciously notice around ''3''. Despite feeling quite conflicted about it, as those feelings likely played a role in her boyfriend's death, she's wholly accepted them by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
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* TenMinuteRetirement:
** Tetsurō tried to quit the world of highway racing ''repeatedly'', only to end up drawn back in by his experiences and emotions. He tends to go a semi-regular TenMinuteRetirement, reappearing so quickly no one even noticed he left to begin with. [[MeaningfulName It's very likely this is how he earned himself the street name of "Silent Reviver"]]. tried time and time to quit highway racing, only to be unable to forget what he went through and what he felt as a racer. As such, his retirement never sticks, and that's how he earned the moniker of "Silent Reviver".
** 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.
* ArtifactName: As mentioned below, Akira Yamada's street name, "Silver Fox", once made sense, as it referred to his car's colour and his signature driving style. However, after he accidentally startled an opponent and caushed them to crash whilst both were in a turn, Akira stopped driving that way. By that point, however, he had already become known as "Silver Fox" and the name firmly stuck with him since.
* BigBrotherMentor: Yūki was the one who slowly awakened his brother's Wakaki passion towards the world of cars. He even mentored him for a while and introduced him to the races taking place on the Metropolitan Expressway each night, until Wakaki found somewhere he felt like he belonged and joined MAX Racing. In a partial inversion, Yūki is the ''younger'' one of the two Wada siblings.
* 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.
* TheDeterminator: It doesn't matter how far back Akira might be in a race compared to his opponent: he ''never'' gives up, always trying to close the gap, to catch up and make an audacious move to take the lead for the win.
* DrivesLikeCrazy:
** The most infamous member of Free Way is definitely Akihiro Fukui, the team's second-in-command. Where to begin? He breaks hard without rhyme or reason only to accelerate away just as fast, he constantly tries to reach new top speeds regardless of how dangerous it is, and he does all this because he's "addicted" to the sensation of lateral Gs. Despite all that, he is still an incredibly talented racer.
** Ichirō Tobiyama is considered by many to be far too "intense" whenever he races, what with how he makes his car do large swings back and forth to pressure opponents, how he almost presses them into the Highway's walls, or how forceful he is when blocking or defending his position, which takes an ugly turn into cutting them off at times. Takatsugu criticized him for ''years'' about this, but Ichirō hardly listened to him. He finally realized how important safe driving is and grew out of the trope by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', to everyone's amazement.
* DubNameChange:
** Haruhiko Oyama: to "Master Racer" Nick Richards (''2''), "Blue Meteor" Vitalino Mendez (''Zero''), The Blue Star (''3''), Haruhiko Koyama (''Street Supremacy''), "Pale Comet" Haruhiko Koyama (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Akihiro Fukui: to "Accel Junky" (first game), "Accelerator" Al Gomez (''2''), "Speed Junky" Caleb Marshal (''Zero''), "Accelerator Junkie" (''3''), "G-Force Junkie" (''Street Supremacy''), "Acceleration Junkie" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Yūki Wada: to "Max Credit" Eric Hill (''2''), Eric Fox (''Zero''), "Bombardier" Yuki Uda (''Street Supremacy'')
** Takatsugu Migimoto: to "Crystal Nights" (first game), "Rocky" Doug Pike (''2''), "Crystal Knight" Tom Frankies (''Zero''), "Crystal Nights" Koji Mikimoto (''3''), "Night Knight" Koji Mikimoto (''Street Supremacy''), "Crystal Knight" Koji Mikimoto (''Street Supremacy'')
** Ichirō Tobiyama: to "Dirty" Dennis Perkins (''2''), Hannibal Smith (''Zero''), Ichiro Hiyama (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tetsurō Kibayashi: to "Roadrunner" Dean Wong (''2''), Joseph Adams (''Zero''), "Old School" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Kunihiro Harada: to "Circuit Devil" Keith Page (''2''), Saul Gaona (''Zero'')
** Akira Yamada: to "Stealth Rider" Dave Frakin (''2''), Allan Shinmoto (''Zero'')
** Utsu Shī: to "Speedster" Jim Myers (''2''), Gabino Encarnaci (''Zero''), Tadashi Utsui (''3'', ''Street Supremacy'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Should Free Way succesfully conquer territory off of the player's team in ''Street Supremacy'', Haruhiko will invoke the trope, demanding his team be treated with the respect they deserve and that they not be confused with other, "lousier" teams.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Yūki Wada is the Foolish Sibling to his brother's Takaki's Responsible one: Yūki felt "free" to pick any car of his liking because Takaki, putting his family's needs first, bought a four door: this lead him to get into massive amounts of loans and pushed his parents to kick him out of the household. The situation is suddenly reversed in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however: Yūki buckled down and started working overtime at the furniture factory to pay back all the loans he accumulated over the years, becoming the more Responsible one, whereas Takaki started acting more selfishly and is openly letting his family fall apart over his whims, ending up as the Foolish one.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Despite almost every member driving a Skyline GT-R in the first game, and all games from the second onwards establishing the team as being made up exclusively of GT-R drivers, there is ''one'' Free Way member who doesn't drive the car in the first game -- that being Utsu Shī and his Nissan Fairlady Z32.
* FastestThingAlive: There was a moment, around the time of the first game, where Haruhiko's R34 was considered the ''fastest'' car through-out Tokyo, as in "the car with the highest possible top speed". When his competition were monsters like the Four Devas and Z.E.R.O., that is an impressive feat. From ''2'' onwards, the car became "merely" one of the five fastest car of the entire area.
* FeelingTheirAge: Tetsurō's begun feeling the effects of aging on his body by ''Import Tuner Challenge'': he can't quite hold up as well as he used to against younger competitors, he's lost some of his endurance and strength, and his reflexes aren't as sharp as they used to be. To compensate for all this, he relies on his decade-plus of racing experience.
* FreudianExcuse:
** Why is Akihiro a SpeedDemon with such a dangerous driving style? He used to be in a relationship with a girl who loved speed coasters, particularly how they started and stopped, when both were teens. Through highway racing, he found a way to try to come as close as possible to emulating those feelings from his youth, although he and his girlfriend have long split up.
** 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.
* FriendlyRival: Akihiro Fukui and Takeshi Harada of the R. Gangs are always competing to see who can reach a new highest speed on the Metropolitan Expressway, but their desire to always go faster made them become close friends. They even have an endearing nickname for their relationship, calling themselves "flying buddies".
* FriendshipFavoritism: Haruhiko has this towards Akihiro on ''pure accident''. The two are extremely close, which is why Akihiro became the team's second-in-command, but as a side effect no Free Way member dares levy any complaints towards him, feeling like they'd only anger their leader.
* 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.
* HeroicBSoD: Should the player join Free Way in ''Street Supremacy'', only for an opponent team to force them to disband whilst Haruhiko is still leading the team, he will promptly fall into despair at the turn of events, barely managing to get some words out.
* JerkassRealization: Ichirō was unrepentant in how dangerous his driving style was, in spite of the likes of Takatsugu constantly criticizing him. Sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', he suddenly realized how important driving safely was, and how reckless and hated he had been. From that moment onwards, he immediately turned a new leaf, reneging his former actions.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen:
** 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.
* LovedByAll: It doesn't matter in what context, be it as Free Way's leader or his daily job as weatherman, everyone seems to adore Haruhiko. His employers, his fellow workers, his rivals in the broadcasting business, his team member's... no one has a bad thing to say about him, to the point the latter are willing to let Akihiro's shenanigans slide to not upset him.
* MagneticHero: Haruhiko tends to have people flock to him, be it through his likeable personality, his raw speed, his ability, or his perception as a winner. This was how Free Way was born to begin with: other GT-R drivers quickly found themselves drawn to and looking up to him, which laid the foundations for the team's birth. Judging by the extremely low turn-over rate, those who join him seem to be extremely willing to stick by his side.
* MeaningfulName: Akira Yamada's street name, "Silver Fox", originated from two characteristics of his -- the silver paint of his GT-R and the peculiar driving style he used -- by hiding behind other cars, or in his opponent's blind spot, to then reappear and go on the offense, he'd resemble "a dancing fox". It became an ArtifactName when he renounced to the latter over concerns of his opponents' safety.
** Tetsurō tried to quit the world of highway racing ''repeatedly'', only to end up drawn back in by his experiences and emotions. He tends to go a semi-regular TenMinuteRetirement, reappearing so quickly no one even noticed he left to begin with. [[MeaningfulName It's very likely this is how he earned himself the street name of "Silent Reviver"]]. tried time and time to quit highway racing, only to be unable to forget what he went through and what he felt as a racer. As such, his retirement never sticks, and that's how he earned the moniker of "Silent Reviver".
** 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.
* ArtifactName: As mentioned below, Akira Yamada's street name, "Silver Fox", once made sense, as it referred to his car's colour and his signature driving style. However, after he accidentally startled an opponent and caushed them to crash whilst both were in a turn, Akira stopped driving that way. By that point, however, he had already become known as "Silver Fox" and the name firmly stuck with him since.
* BigBrotherMentor: Yūki was the one who slowly awakened his brother's Wakaki passion towards the world of cars. He even mentored him for a while and introduced him to the races taking place on the Metropolitan Expressway each night, until Wakaki found somewhere he felt like he belonged and joined MAX Racing. In a partial inversion, Yūki is the ''younger'' one of the two Wada siblings.
* 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.
* TheDeterminator: It doesn't matter how far back Akira might be in a race compared to his opponent: he ''never'' gives up, always trying to close the gap, to catch up and make an audacious move to take the lead for the win.
* DrivesLikeCrazy:
** The most infamous member of Free Way is definitely Akihiro Fukui, the team's second-in-command. Where to begin? He breaks hard without rhyme or reason only to accelerate away just as fast, he constantly tries to reach new top speeds regardless of how dangerous it is, and he does all this because he's "addicted" to the sensation of lateral Gs. Despite all that, he is still an incredibly talented racer.
** Ichirō Tobiyama is considered by many to be far too "intense" whenever he races, what with how he makes his car do large swings back and forth to pressure opponents, how he almost presses them into the Highway's walls, or how forceful he is when blocking or defending his position, which takes an ugly turn into cutting them off at times. Takatsugu criticized him for ''years'' about this, but Ichirō hardly listened to him. He finally realized how important safe driving is and grew out of the trope by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', to everyone's amazement.
* DubNameChange:
** Haruhiko Oyama: to "Master Racer" Nick Richards (''2''), "Blue Meteor" Vitalino Mendez (''Zero''), The Blue Star (''3''), Haruhiko Koyama (''Street Supremacy''), "Pale Comet" Haruhiko Koyama (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Akihiro Fukui: to "Accel Junky" (first game), "Accelerator" Al Gomez (''2''), "Speed Junky" Caleb Marshal (''Zero''), "Accelerator Junkie" (''3''), "G-Force Junkie" (''Street Supremacy''), "Acceleration Junkie" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Yūki Wada: to "Max Credit" Eric Hill (''2''), Eric Fox (''Zero''), "Bombardier" Yuki Uda (''Street Supremacy'')
** Takatsugu Migimoto: to "Crystal Nights" (first game), "Rocky" Doug Pike (''2''), "Crystal Knight" Tom Frankies (''Zero''), "Crystal Nights" Koji Mikimoto (''3''), "Night Knight" Koji Mikimoto (''Street Supremacy''), "Crystal Knight" Koji Mikimoto (''Street Supremacy'')
** Ichirō Tobiyama: to "Dirty" Dennis Perkins (''2''), Hannibal Smith (''Zero''), Ichiro Hiyama (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tetsurō Kibayashi: to "Roadrunner" Dean Wong (''2''), Joseph Adams (''Zero''), "Old School" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Kunihiro Harada: to "Circuit Devil" Keith Page (''2''), Saul Gaona (''Zero'')
** Akira Yamada: to "Stealth Rider" Dave Frakin (''2''), Allan Shinmoto (''Zero'')
** Utsu Shī: to "Speedster" Jim Myers (''2''), Gabino Encarnaci (''Zero''), Tadashi Utsui (''3'', ''Street Supremacy'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Should Free Way succesfully conquer territory off of the player's team in ''Street Supremacy'', Haruhiko will invoke the trope, demanding his team be treated with the respect they deserve and that they not be confused with other, "lousier" teams.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Yūki Wada is the Foolish Sibling to his brother's Takaki's Responsible one: Yūki felt "free" to pick any car of his liking because Takaki, putting his family's needs first, bought a four door: this lead him to get into massive amounts of loans and pushed his parents to kick him out of the household. The situation is suddenly reversed in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however: Yūki buckled down and started working overtime at the furniture factory to pay back all the loans he accumulated over the years, becoming the more Responsible one, whereas Takaki started acting more selfishly and is openly letting his family fall apart over his whims, ending up as the Foolish one.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Despite almost every member driving a Skyline GT-R in the first game, and all games from the second onwards establishing the team as being made up exclusively of GT-R drivers, there is ''one'' Free Way member who doesn't drive the car in the first game -- that being Utsu Shī and his Nissan Fairlady Z32.
* FastestThingAlive: There was a moment, around the time of the first game, where Haruhiko's R34 was considered the ''fastest'' car through-out Tokyo, as in "the car with the highest possible top speed". When his competition were monsters like the Four Devas and Z.E.R.O., that is an impressive feat. From ''2'' onwards, the car became "merely" one of the five fastest car of the entire area.
* FeelingTheirAge: Tetsurō's begun feeling the effects of aging on his body by ''Import Tuner Challenge'': he can't quite hold up as well as he used to against younger competitors, he's lost some of his endurance and strength, and his reflexes aren't as sharp as they used to be. To compensate for all this, he relies on his decade-plus of racing experience.
* FreudianExcuse:
** Why is Akihiro a SpeedDemon with such a dangerous driving style? He used to be in a relationship with a girl who loved speed coasters, particularly how they started and stopped, when both were teens. Through highway racing, he found a way to try to come as close as possible to emulating those feelings from his youth, although he and his girlfriend have long split up.
** 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.
* FriendlyRival: Akihiro Fukui and Takeshi Harada of the R. Gangs are always competing to see who can reach a new highest speed on the Metropolitan Expressway, but their desire to always go faster made them become close friends. They even have an endearing nickname for their relationship, calling themselves "flying buddies".
* FriendshipFavoritism: Haruhiko has this towards Akihiro on ''pure accident''. The two are extremely close, which is why Akihiro became the team's second-in-command, but as a side effect no Free Way member dares levy any complaints towards him, feeling like they'd only anger their leader.
* 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.
* HeroicBSoD: Should the player join Free Way in ''Street Supremacy'', only for an opponent team to force them to disband whilst Haruhiko is still leading the team, he will promptly fall into despair at the turn of events, barely managing to get some words out.
* JerkassRealization: Ichirō was unrepentant in how dangerous his driving style was, in spite of the likes of Takatsugu constantly criticizing him. Sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', he suddenly realized how important driving safely was, and how reckless and hated he had been. From that moment onwards, he immediately turned a new leaf, reneging his former actions.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen:
** 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.
* LovedByAll: It doesn't matter in what context, be it as Free Way's leader or his daily job as weatherman, everyone seems to adore Haruhiko. His employers, his fellow workers, his rivals in the broadcasting business, his team member's... no one has a bad thing to say about him, to the point the latter are willing to let Akihiro's shenanigans slide to not upset him.
* MagneticHero: Haruhiko tends to have people flock to him, be it through his likeable personality, his raw speed, his ability, or his perception as a winner. This was how Free Way was born to begin with: other GT-R drivers quickly found themselves drawn to and looking up to him, which laid the foundations for the team's birth. Judging by the extremely low turn-over rate, those who join him seem to be extremely willing to stick by his side.
* MeaningfulName: Akira Yamada's street name, "Silver Fox", originated from two characteristics of his -- the silver paint of his GT-R and the peculiar driving style he used -- by hiding behind other cars, or in his opponent's blind spot, to then reappear and go on the offense, he'd resemble "a dancing fox". It became an ArtifactName when he renounced to the latter over concerns of his opponents' safety.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Evoked by Akihiro ''without even intending to'': due to being very close friends with Haruhiko, to the point he was made Free Way's second-in-command, none of the other members dare complain about his driving hijinks, in spite of no one truly tolerating them.
* SoreLoser:
** Should Free Way lose a team battle to the player's team in ''Street Supremacy'', Haruhiko will claim that it didn't count, as they were "merely gathering data". He'll also promise that the next time the two teams cross roads again, things will go differently.
** Despite [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen generally wanting clean, fair battling against his opponents]], Yūki cannot stand losing against anyone.
* SpeedDemon: Akihiro is constantly chasing the thrill of higher speeds and aiming to set the new high speed record of the Metropolitan Expressway. What makes him particularly dangerous, however, is that he seeks the feeling of Gs alongside it, leading him to adapt an erratic, dangerous driving style not dissimilar from a speed coaster.
* WeatherReport: When not leading Free Way, Haruhiko is a weather reporter. He started out by following in his father's footsteps as an actor and TV personality, before settling on his current occupation. Apparently, his predictions have a lower percentage of accuracy than his win rate, which sits at eighty percent. It's portrayed as a bad percentage, [[WritersCannotDoMath even though real seven-day forecasts were even less accurate]] [[TurnOfTheMillennium at the time]].
* WeUsedToBeFriends: A ''very'' long time ago, Utsu used to be a member of Rolling Guy, sharing the team's passion for the [=AE86=]. Over time, however, he started to resent his car's low ceiling, which lead him to study other cars... and fall in love with the Skyline R34. Realizing he was at risk of becoming an outlier, he quit his team and joined Free Way, with the other members accusing him of being a traitor. The relation between the two parties has since hit rock bottom, with Rolling Guy members refusing to bring him up... although Utsu seems to regret how things ended up: the mere sight of his old [=AE86=], the one he used as part of his previous team, sitting abandoned in his garage and falling apart before his very eyes is apparently painful to him.
* WorkOffTheDebt: Ever since he first decided to begin racing on the Expressway, Yūki has been accumulating countless loans, to the point that, atleast in ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, he got kicked out of his parents' home and turned to loan sharks to keep going. The amount of money he owes has gotten so big that, by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', he's begun working overtime to pay off everything, leaving him with little time to dedicate to the team.
* SoreLoser:
** Should Free Way lose a team battle to the player's team in ''Street Supremacy'', Haruhiko will claim that it didn't count, as they were "merely gathering data". He'll also promise that the next time the two teams cross roads again, things will go differently.
** Despite [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen generally wanting clean, fair battling against his opponents]], Yūki cannot stand losing against anyone.
* SpeedDemon: Akihiro is constantly chasing the thrill of higher speeds and aiming to set the new high speed record of the Metropolitan Expressway. What makes him particularly dangerous, however, is that he seeks the feeling of Gs alongside it, leading him to adapt an erratic, dangerous driving style not dissimilar from a speed coaster.
* WeatherReport: When not leading Free Way, Haruhiko is a weather reporter. He started out by following in his father's footsteps as an actor and TV personality, before settling on his current occupation. Apparently, his predictions have a lower percentage of accuracy than his win rate, which sits at eighty percent. It's portrayed as a bad percentage, [[WritersCannotDoMath even though real seven-day forecasts were even less accurate]] [[TurnOfTheMillennium at the time]].
* WeUsedToBeFriends: A ''very'' long time ago, Utsu used to be a member of Rolling Guy, sharing the team's passion for the [=AE86=]. Over time, however, he started to resent his car's low ceiling, which lead him to study other cars... and fall in love with the Skyline R34. Realizing he was at risk of becoming an outlier, he quit his team and joined Free Way, with the other members accusing him of being a traitor. The relation between the two parties has since hit rock bottom, with Rolling Guy members refusing to bring him up... although Utsu seems to regret how things ended up: the mere sight of his old [=AE86=], the one he used as part of his previous team, sitting abandoned in his garage and falling apart before his very eyes is apparently painful to him.
* WorkOffTheDebt: Ever since he first decided to begin racing on the Expressway, Yūki has been accumulating countless loans, to the point that, atleast in ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, he got kicked out of his parents' home and turned to loan sharks to keep going. The amount of money he owes has gotten so big that, by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', he's begun working overtime to pay off everything, leaving him with little time to dedicate to the team.
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[[TheRival Rivals]] to Top Level, Another Star is made up of former rally drivers. All of its' members drive Subaru Imprezas.
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The Yang to the Yin, the tiger to the dragon, the opposite to Top
* ChessMotifs: When explaining how the Metropolitan Expressway works from his point of view to the player in ''Street Supremacy'', Naoto utilizes them as comparison and metaphor. In his own words, Tokyo is best seen as a giant chessboard, where the player is nothing but a mere pawn. On "normal" chessboards, they'd end almost immediately discarded, but Tokyo gives its "pawns" as many opportunities as they want to prove their worth, until they eventually graduate to knights, or even knights. His metaphor also doubles as {{Foreshadowing}}, as this is how a player's average playthrough of the game goes: join a team, defeat their fellow "pieces", the other team members, and graduate to "knight", the second-in-command, before overcoming the "king", the team's leader, taking their spot, and leading the pieces they defeated towards the other side of the checkboard until they reach "checkmate" -- no other team remains to oppose them.
* DareToBeBadass: Upon being defeated by the player in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Naoto will congratulate them on the win, but dare them to never settle down for what they've achieved so far and always strive to improve. He also warns them that doing so will be their downfall. [[spoiler:Once again, his is {{Foreshadowing}}, as that is how Snake Eyes ultimately ends up defeated, too busy with his delusions of grooming the player into an image of Jintei to prepare himself for their inevitable battle.]]
* TheDeterminator: Gou has an incredibly strong fighting spirit: no matter how many times he ends up losing, he never, ever fails to get back up and race again. Most representative of this is his rivalry with Top Level's Makitoshi: he got trashed badly against him, ''multiple'' times, yet Gou's always come back to challenge him.
* DubNameChange:
** Naoto Obata: to "The Natural" Billy Sims (''2''), Billy Boulder (''Zero''), Naoto Kohata (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Yōko Uehara: to "Drift Bunny" Lisa Gordon (''2''), Vickey Yeoh (''Zero''), "Quicksilver" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Kōji Miura: to "Master Burke" (first game), "Razorblade" Gil Downs (''2''), "Lightning Bird" Ryo Ikegami (''Zero''), "The Razor" Hiroharu Miura (''3'')
** Mitsue Takahashi: to "Banshee" Lena Roth (''2''), "Red Shut" Dianna Bella (''Zero''), "Red Roar" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Gou Fujiike: to "Herr Schneider" (first game), "Dr. Speed" Arron Ortiz (''2''), Mark Utaranart (''Zero''), "Drivin' DJ" (''Street Supremacy''), Takeshi Fujiike (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Hitomi Tsujiki: to "Gemini" Kimi Yamamoto (''2''), "Lightning Eyes" Lisa Mani (''Zero'')
** Ryou Ikegami: to "Hot 'n Cold" Kenny Black (''2''), "U Violet" Rancisco Juno (''Zero'')
* FamedInStory: At one point, likely around the events of ''3'', Naoto went on some solo expeditions to Osaka. Although no specific details are given, his feats and escapades over there became the stuff of legend, to the point his entire "saga" became widely known amongst Expressway drivers and has been passed down from generation to generation.
* 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.
* GracefulLoser: Naoto takes all of his losses with grace, never begrudging nor mocking those who defeat him. Instead, he uses defeats as opportunities to learn something new and prepare himself for future rematches. A particularly striking case is found in ''Street Supremacy'': even if another team forcefully disbands Another Star on playthrough where the player joined the team but didn't replace Obata as leader yet, Naoto will not hold it against anyone: his greatest regret, in that event, is seeing a team he built and nurtured for so many years end up lost to history.
* {{Kiai}}: Mitsue Takahashi, for some odd reasons, practices the technique and takes it to the world of highway racing: in the middle of battles, she shouts loudly whenever going on the offensive or being forced on the defensive to hype herself up for the upcoming attack or counter-attack.
* LudicrousMeleeAccuracy: In a particularly rare CarFu case of the trope, one of Naoto's signature tricks is setting up a row of empty cans on the road before striking them all down, in rapid-fire succession, by drifting his Impreza. Fitting the "Ludicrous" adjective, he apparently ''never practiced the trick once'' in his entire life, and first did it as a spur-of-the-moment thing to show off.
* MightMakesRight: Part of Naoto's personal philosophy, as he expounds in ''Street Supremacy'', is that only the fastest are worthy of leading: those who have the necessary tools, the required skills, to be in such positions ought to prove it to others and claim their rightful spot, whereas those who lack them are better off at the bottom of the racing world's hierarchy.
* 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.
* DareToBeBadass: Upon being defeated by the player in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Naoto will congratulate them on the win, but dare them to never settle down for what they've achieved so far and always strive to improve. He also warns them that doing so will be their downfall. [[spoiler:Once again, his is {{Foreshadowing}}, as that is how Snake Eyes ultimately ends up defeated, too busy with his delusions of grooming the player into an image of Jintei to prepare himself for their inevitable battle.]]
* TheDeterminator: Gou has an incredibly strong fighting spirit: no matter how many times he ends up losing, he never, ever fails to get back up and race again. Most representative of this is his rivalry with Top Level's Makitoshi: he got trashed badly against him, ''multiple'' times, yet Gou's always come back to challenge him.
* DubNameChange:
** Naoto Obata: to "The Natural" Billy Sims (''2''), Billy Boulder (''Zero''), Naoto Kohata (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Yōko Uehara: to "Drift Bunny" Lisa Gordon (''2''), Vickey Yeoh (''Zero''), "Quicksilver" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Kōji Miura: to "Master Burke" (first game), "Razorblade" Gil Downs (''2''), "Lightning Bird" Ryo Ikegami (''Zero''), "The Razor" Hiroharu Miura (''3'')
** Mitsue Takahashi: to "Banshee" Lena Roth (''2''), "Red Shut" Dianna Bella (''Zero''), "Red Roar" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Gou Fujiike: to "Herr Schneider" (first game), "Dr. Speed" Arron Ortiz (''2''), Mark Utaranart (''Zero''), "Drivin' DJ" (''Street Supremacy''), Takeshi Fujiike (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Hitomi Tsujiki: to "Gemini" Kimi Yamamoto (''2''), "Lightning Eyes" Lisa Mani (''Zero'')
** Ryou Ikegami: to "Hot 'n Cold" Kenny Black (''2''), "U Violet" Rancisco Juno (''Zero'')
* FamedInStory: At one point, likely around the events of ''3'', Naoto went on some solo expeditions to Osaka. Although no specific details are given, his feats and escapades over there became the stuff of legend, to the point his entire "saga" became widely known amongst Expressway drivers and has been passed down from generation to generation.
* 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.
* GracefulLoser: Naoto takes all of his losses with grace, never begrudging nor mocking those who defeat him. Instead, he uses defeats as opportunities to learn something new and prepare himself for future rematches. A particularly striking case is found in ''Street Supremacy'': even if another team forcefully disbands Another Star on playthrough where the player joined the team but didn't replace Obata as leader yet, Naoto will not hold it against anyone: his greatest regret, in that event, is seeing a team he built and nurtured for so many years end up lost to history.
* {{Kiai}}: Mitsue Takahashi, for some odd reasons, practices the technique and takes it to the world of highway racing: in the middle of battles, she shouts loudly whenever going on the offensive or being forced on the defensive to hype herself up for the upcoming attack or counter-attack.
* LudicrousMeleeAccuracy: In a particularly rare CarFu case of the trope, one of Naoto's signature tricks is setting up a row of empty cans on the road before striking them all down, in rapid-fire succession, by drifting his Impreza. Fitting the "Ludicrous" adjective, he apparently ''never practiced the trick once'' in his entire life, and first did it as a spur-of-the-moment thing to show off.
* MightMakesRight: Part of Naoto's personal philosophy, as he expounds in ''Street Supremacy'', is that only the fastest are worthy of leading: those who have the necessary tools, the required skills, to be in such positions ought to prove it to others and claim their rightful spot, whereas those who lack them are better off at the bottom of the racing world's hierarchy.
* 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.
* TheRival: The entire team has a strong rivalry with Top Level. There are several reasons behind it: emotional involvement, adverse relationships, competitiveness, clashing philosophies... and, of course, [[SeriousBusiness the natural rivalry between Impreza drivers and Lancer Evolution drivers]].
** The two team leaders, Obata and Suzuki, tend to be the driving force behind the rivalry, constantly aiming at defeating the other for good. In spite of that, neither man takes things with the seriousness they display to others: Naoto doesn't even believe there exists a rivalry between their teams, and thinks of Kenji as a close friend, whilst Suzuki takes it with ease due to his belief of being the better driver of the two.
** The two second-in-commands, Yōko Uehara and Maki Wakabayashi, are also direct rivals, albeit on better terms than their respective leaders. Both believe the other to be the more skilled driver, but, on the other hand, believe themselves to be the prettiest woman of both groups.
** Kōji Miura and Seiko Motogi did not have reasons to be rivals originally, until Kōji insulted the reason behind Seiko's decision to race, finding it "irrelevant" and accusing her of "getting drunk on tragedy". She insulted Kōji back, and the two have been at each other's throats since.
** Gou Fujike and Tomio Makitoshi are ''seen'' as rivals by crowds, what with their similar positions within their respective teams and frequent battling. Gou relinquishes in the idea, constantly challenging Tomio to finally manage to defeat him, atleast once. Tomio, on the other hand, blows it off, believing himself to be technically superior to Gou thanks to having curb-stomped him multiple times.
** Of all Another Star members, however, Mitsue is perhaps the only one to have no hostility towards Top Level for no particular reason. She's flat-out uninterested in these kind of rivalries, and reacts coldly to the mere idea of hostility between teams.
* ShesAManInJapan: As a result of Crave's CulturalTranslation, Hitomi Tsujiki became a man, called Kimi Yamamoto, in international releases of ''2''.
* ShipTease: Some relatively minor, one-sided tease exists between Yōko Uehara and Naoto Obata. Yōko originally joined Another Star after witnessing Naoto's drifting skill and quickly growing to admire him. That admiration morphed into attempts at imitating Obata, before outright trying to reach his overall racing level. If the player speaks to her in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Yōko will reiterate how much she looks up to Naoto, and how she's determined to always help him out, even if he refuses... yeah, she can easily come across as more than just a fierce follower.
* ShippingTorpedo: From teammate to teammate, Hitomi Tsujiki cannot even ''stand'' the mere idea that Ryou Ikegami fell in love with Akane Yamazaki of Top Level. It's not clear if she's opposed to him falling in love with an enemy, or opposed to him falling in love with someone other than her, but she's dead set on making sure their relationship sinks. To do so, she puts on a nice woman façade in front of Ryou to dissuade him, whilst showing her true face and acting far more aggressive whenever she's trying to drive Akane away.
* StarCrossedLovers: Ryou is madly in love with Akane Yamazaki... who belongs to Top Level. Despite their mutual love for one another, their relationship is constantly hindered by their teams' rivalry, to the point they struggle to be open about it. On Ryou's side, he also has Hitomi constantly trying to make sure their love story goes absolutely nowhere whilst keeping him in the dark about her true intentions.
* StrawNihilist: Kōji Miura describes himself as "cool and nihilistic". He definitely acts like the stereotype, being an arrogant, apathic jerk who believes the grief of Top Level's Seiko Motogi over her lost lover to be meaningless, and that dwelling on it is a mere excuse for her to "get drunk on tragedy". Despite trying to pass himself off as a ladies' man, women find him to be an unbearable creep exactly due to his personality.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Kōji Miura, despite not having an outwardly expressed code, is definitely uncaring of societal expectations and beliefs, what with his cold attitude towards others' emotions. He also beliefs that being unpredictable and misleading people through their own superficial judgement calls by presenting an "exterior" different from the "interior" -- be it of a car or of a person -- to be amusing.
* {{Undertaker}}: Kōji Miura was established to work as an undertaker starting in ''3''. His job is not something that can be easily deducted through his driving style... but his behaviour, particularly his uncaring behaviour towards others' griefs and attitude towards death, is easily explained once one is made aware of this.
** The two team leaders, Obata and Suzuki, tend to be the driving force behind the rivalry, constantly aiming at defeating the other for good. In spite of that, neither man takes things with the seriousness they display to others: Naoto doesn't even believe there exists a rivalry between their teams, and thinks of Kenji as a close friend, whilst Suzuki takes it with ease due to his belief of being the better driver of the two.
** The two second-in-commands, Yōko Uehara and Maki Wakabayashi, are also direct rivals, albeit on better terms than their respective leaders. Both believe the other to be the more skilled driver, but, on the other hand, believe themselves to be the prettiest woman of both groups.
** Kōji Miura and Seiko Motogi did not have reasons to be rivals originally, until Kōji insulted the reason behind Seiko's decision to race, finding it "irrelevant" and accusing her of "getting drunk on tragedy". She insulted Kōji back, and the two have been at each other's throats since.
** Gou Fujike and Tomio Makitoshi are ''seen'' as rivals by crowds, what with their similar positions within their respective teams and frequent battling. Gou relinquishes in the idea, constantly challenging Tomio to finally manage to defeat him, atleast once. Tomio, on the other hand, blows it off, believing himself to be technically superior to Gou thanks to having curb-stomped him multiple times.
** Of all Another Star members, however, Mitsue is perhaps the only one to have no hostility towards Top Level for no particular reason. She's flat-out uninterested in these kind of rivalries, and reacts coldly to the mere idea of hostility between teams.
* ShesAManInJapan: As a result of Crave's CulturalTranslation, Hitomi Tsujiki became a man, called Kimi Yamamoto, in international releases of ''2''.
* ShipTease: Some relatively minor, one-sided tease exists between Yōko Uehara and Naoto Obata. Yōko originally joined Another Star after witnessing Naoto's drifting skill and quickly growing to admire him. That admiration morphed into attempts at imitating Obata, before outright trying to reach his overall racing level. If the player speaks to her in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Yōko will reiterate how much she looks up to Naoto, and how she's determined to always help him out, even if he refuses... yeah, she can easily come across as more than just a fierce follower.
* ShippingTorpedo: From teammate to teammate, Hitomi Tsujiki cannot even ''stand'' the mere idea that Ryou Ikegami fell in love with Akane Yamazaki of Top Level. It's not clear if she's opposed to him falling in love with an enemy, or opposed to him falling in love with someone other than her, but she's dead set on making sure their relationship sinks. To do so, she puts on a nice woman façade in front of Ryou to dissuade him, whilst showing her true face and acting far more aggressive whenever she's trying to drive Akane away.
* StarCrossedLovers: Ryou is madly in love with Akane Yamazaki... who belongs to Top Level. Despite their mutual love for one another, their relationship is constantly hindered by their teams' rivalry, to the point they struggle to be open about it. On Ryou's side, he also has Hitomi constantly trying to make sure their love story goes absolutely nowhere whilst keeping him in the dark about her true intentions.
* StrawNihilist: Kōji Miura describes himself as "cool and nihilistic". He definitely acts like the stereotype, being an arrogant, apathic jerk who believes the grief of Top Level's Seiko Motogi over her lost lover to be meaningless, and that dwelling on it is a mere excuse for her to "get drunk on tragedy". Despite trying to pass himself off as a ladies' man, women find him to be an unbearable creep exactly due to his personality.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Kōji Miura, despite not having an outwardly expressed code, is definitely uncaring of societal expectations and beliefs, what with his cold attitude towards others' emotions. He also beliefs that being unpredictable and misleading people through their own superficial judgement calls by presenting an "exterior" different from the "interior" -- be it of a car or of a person -- to be amusing.
* {{Undertaker}}: Kōji Miura was established to work as an undertaker starting in ''3''. His job is not something that can be easily deducted through his driving style... but his behaviour, particularly his uncaring behaviour towards others' griefs and attitude towards death, is easily explained once one is made aware of this.
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One of the original teams of the Expressway, and the first to end up breaking apart. Unlimited was born from their ashes, whilst the former "Street Fighter Plane", Takeshi Nagano, took up the team's name as his own street name.
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: [[SarcasmMode Who woulda thought that the all-Honda [=NSX=] team would've had Honda's logo as part of their own?]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: "Killing Machine" Shuhei Kitagata grew so embarassed of Speed Box's low level that he left the team and started [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2Teams Unlimited]] shortly afterwards. It's unknown if this was the cause or merely an effect of Speed Box breaking up for good, though.
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: [[SarcasmMode Who woulda thought that the all-Honda [=NSX=] team would've had Honda's logo as part of their own?]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: "Killing Machine" Shuhei Kitagata grew so embarassed of Speed Box's low level that he left the team and started [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2Teams Unlimited]] shortly afterwards. It's unknown if this was the cause or merely an effect of Speed Box breaking up for good, though.
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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.
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* AddledAddict: In a rare case of ''behavioural'' addiction, Makoto became compelled to continue racing, no matter what. In spite of his vehement desire to quit, the lure of speed continues to be impossible for him to resist to. As a result, he's fallen into a depressed slump.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance:
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* DubNameChange:
** Tokio Aoshima: to "Time's Cloud"
** Makoto Ito: to "Blazing Drift Liner"
** Takeshi Nagano: to "Street Tank"
* FlatCharacter
* HyperAwareness: Tokio Aoshima, Speed Box's
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* 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.
!!!'''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)
* ConfusionFu: As a result of his car's incredibly wobbly steering, Shinji moves in an somewhat "eerie" way during battles, which unsettles most opponents due to how random and unstable it looks for a race car.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Shinji has an unrequited crush on his teammate Rina, dating back to before TR Racing first broke up. As such, when Rina returned and brought Taku back with her from the mountain pass, he immediately found himself completely at odds with him, thinking he could've stolen her away from him. On one side, Taku ''does'' have a crush on Rina. On the ''other'', Rina is completely unaware ''either man'' is crushing on her, and has eyes only for Ryūtarō.
* CripplingOverspecialization: When TR Racing first dissolved, Rina moved to mountain pass racing, and changed her car's set-up accordingly. Upon returning to Tokyo when the team reunited, she retained the same set-up: as a result, her Nissan clears the corners near Daiba and Fukugawa very well, but struggles everywhere else on the New Belt Line.
* DrivesLikeCrazy:
** Takayuki Horī used to drive a lighter, far less powerful car than his current S14. To be able to battle evenly with more powerful opponents back then, he developed the habit of barely letting off of the throttle when cornering... something that turned him into a driving hazard at extreme risk of crashing the Silvia due to the differences between the two cars.
** 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.
* DubNameChange:
** Ryūtarō Furuki: to "Unstoppable Black Dragon" (first game), "Dark Racer" Brett Stevens (''2''), "Unstoppable Dream" Mike Knight (''Zero'')
** Rina Kawahara: to "Sweetie Pie" Rina Schwartz (''2''), "Lovely Girl" Astrid Makowitz (''Zero'')
** Jun'ichi Kubota: to "The Geezer" Frank Purdue (''2''), Steven Early (''Zero'')
** Shinji Ōtake: to "Redline Cindy" (first game), "Drag Racer" Kevin Richman (''2''), "Rule Breaker" David Quartey (''Zero'')
** Taku Ishī: to "Tokyo Kid" Brian Larson (''2''), Carl Matz (''Zero'')
** Hidenori Sekiya: to "Pit Master" Ricky Chen (''2''), Tariel Makinotz (''Zero'')
** Takayuki Horī: to Mark "Wipeout" Williams (''2''), Sam Koskela (''Zero'')
* HopelessSuitor: Shinji and Taku both have crushes on Rina that the other isn't aware of, leading to them accidentally competing for her attention. Despite that, Rina completely fails to notice either, as she only has eyes for TR Racing's leader, Ryūtarō.
* LoveTriangle: There exists one between Rina, Shinji, and Taku, with the former two having crushes on her that none of the other parties are aware of. Shinji's had his eyes on Rina dating back to before TR Racing temporarily dissolved, and, as such, he reacted very poorly when Rina introduced Taku to the team upon their reunion. Taku, meanwhile, fell for Rina when they first met on the mountain passes, and juggles that with trying to fit in his new team and environment. This, naturally, causes a lot of friction amongst teammates, which causes the likes of Jun'ichi to worry about TR Racing imploding.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Ryūtarō, originally, was not the bitter racer introduced to players in the first game. [[NoodleIncident Something happened]], before the series' events, that caused him to believe those like him had no place within society. He immediately resumed street racing, which became his sole source of happiness.
* NewMeat: Taku Ishī, brought over by Rina Kawahara from mountain pass racing, fits the trope to a T, being the newest member of the team and the one the most distrusted by other members.
* NoPlaceForAWarrior: Years before the series begun, Ryūtarō Furuki ordered TR Racing to be dissolved and his teammates to return to their normal lives. Whereas they handled the change in different ways, Ryūtarō immediately struggled, finding himself out of place in a society he deemed short-sighted and self-centered. With no place he felt at home in, he started racing solo almost as soon as he had retired, with the rest of the team flocking back to their leader and friend in short order.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: This is TR Racing's {{Backstory}}: Furuki ordered the group to dissolve years before the events of the series, only for all members to gradually return to the Metropolitan Expressway. Ryūtarō was the first, after having gone into despair from what he saw of society, and he was quickly joined by Rina, who never really stopped racing and merely moved to mountain passes, where she left a noticeable mark. The others fell into line quickly afterwards.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Ever since he switched to his Silvia, Takayuki changed his strategy to this, constantly pursuing and pressuring other cars until he finds an opening to attack. Granted, due to [[DrivesLikeCrazy his bad habit of never letting off of the throttle]], it's not impossible for some close calls where he almost ran into his opponents to have occured.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Ryūtarō Furuki was left despairing at what he saw of society after first retiring from street racing, to the point he immediately resumed racing and found a place he belonged on the New Belt Line. To him, the world of racing and its rules are all someone needs to live.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Shinji has an unrequited crush on his teammate Rina, dating back to before TR Racing first broke up. As such, when Rina returned and brought Taku back with her from the mountain pass, he immediately found himself completely at odds with him, thinking he could've stolen her away from him. On one side, Taku ''does'' have a crush on Rina. On the ''other'', Rina is completely unaware ''either man'' is crushing on her, and has eyes only for Ryūtarō.
* CripplingOverspecialization: When TR Racing first dissolved, Rina moved to mountain pass racing, and changed her car's set-up accordingly. Upon returning to Tokyo when the team reunited, she retained the same set-up: as a result, her Nissan clears the corners near Daiba and Fukugawa very well, but struggles everywhere else on the New Belt Line.
* DrivesLikeCrazy:
** Takayuki Horī used to drive a lighter, far less powerful car than his current S14. To be able to battle evenly with more powerful opponents back then, he developed the habit of barely letting off of the throttle when cornering... something that turned him into a driving hazard at extreme risk of crashing the Silvia due to the differences between the two cars.
** 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.
* DubNameChange:
** Ryūtarō Furuki: to "Unstoppable Black Dragon" (first game), "Dark Racer" Brett Stevens (''2''), "Unstoppable Dream" Mike Knight (''Zero'')
** Rina Kawahara: to "Sweetie Pie" Rina Schwartz (''2''), "Lovely Girl" Astrid Makowitz (''Zero'')
** Jun'ichi Kubota: to "The Geezer" Frank Purdue (''2''), Steven Early (''Zero'')
** Shinji Ōtake: to "Redline Cindy" (first game), "Drag Racer" Kevin Richman (''2''), "Rule Breaker" David Quartey (''Zero'')
** Taku Ishī: to "Tokyo Kid" Brian Larson (''2''), Carl Matz (''Zero'')
** Hidenori Sekiya: to "Pit Master" Ricky Chen (''2''), Tariel Makinotz (''Zero'')
** Takayuki Horī: to Mark "Wipeout" Williams (''2''), Sam Koskela (''Zero'')
* HopelessSuitor: Shinji and Taku both have crushes on Rina that the other isn't aware of, leading to them accidentally competing for her attention. Despite that, Rina completely fails to notice either, as she only has eyes for TR Racing's leader, Ryūtarō.
* LoveTriangle: There exists one between Rina, Shinji, and Taku, with the former two having crushes on her that none of the other parties are aware of. Shinji's had his eyes on Rina dating back to before TR Racing temporarily dissolved, and, as such, he reacted very poorly when Rina introduced Taku to the team upon their reunion. Taku, meanwhile, fell for Rina when they first met on the mountain passes, and juggles that with trying to fit in his new team and environment. This, naturally, causes a lot of friction amongst teammates, which causes the likes of Jun'ichi to worry about TR Racing imploding.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Ryūtarō, originally, was not the bitter racer introduced to players in the first game. [[NoodleIncident Something happened]], before the series' events, that caused him to believe those like him had no place within society. He immediately resumed street racing, which became his sole source of happiness.
* NewMeat: Taku Ishī, brought over by Rina Kawahara from mountain pass racing, fits the trope to a T, being the newest member of the team and the one the most distrusted by other members.
* NoPlaceForAWarrior: Years before the series begun, Ryūtarō Furuki ordered TR Racing to be dissolved and his teammates to return to their normal lives. Whereas they handled the change in different ways, Ryūtarō immediately struggled, finding himself out of place in a society he deemed short-sighted and self-centered. With no place he felt at home in, he started racing solo almost as soon as he had retired, with the rest of the team flocking back to their leader and friend in short order.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: This is TR Racing's {{Backstory}}: Furuki ordered the group to dissolve years before the events of the series, only for all members to gradually return to the Metropolitan Expressway. Ryūtarō was the first, after having gone into despair from what he saw of society, and he was quickly joined by Rina, who never really stopped racing and merely moved to mountain passes, where she left a noticeable mark. The others fell into line quickly afterwards.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Ever since he switched to his Silvia, Takayuki changed his strategy to this, constantly pursuing and pressuring other cars until he finds an opening to attack. Granted, due to [[DrivesLikeCrazy his bad habit of never letting off of the throttle]], it's not impossible for some close calls where he almost ran into his opponents to have occured.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Ryūtarō Furuki was left despairing at what he saw of society after first retiring from street racing, to the point he immediately resumed racing and found a place he belonged on the New Belt Line. To him, the world of racing and its rules are all someone needs to live.
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One of the originals teams of the Tokyo Expressway, and [[AmazonBrigade the original all-female street racing team]].
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* ActionFashionista: Shōko Koizumi is a very talented racer, good enough to become the Cupid Arrows' leader by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge''. She's also very bold in how she presents herself and image-conscious, constantly swapping out maid outfits, frilly dresses, and other fancy, attention-grabbing attires every night she goes out to race.
* ActionMom
** Mayumi Mori, sometime between the events of ''2'' and ''Zero'', got married and had a child. This did not cause her to become any slower as a racer: matter of fact, it caused the exact opposite effect, as her husband reigned in her rowdier side and helped her focus better. She even drives her race-tuned car to drop off and pick up her kid at the kindergarten.
** Kimiko Fujisaki has been married with two kids long before Mayumi. Despite that, she's still a surprisingly competent racer with a bit of a naughty streak, enough to become Shōko's second-in-command by ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* ActionMom
** Mayumi Mori, sometime between the events of ''2'' and ''Zero'', got married and had a child. This did not cause her to become any slower as a racer: matter of fact, it caused the exact opposite effect, as her husband reigned in her rowdier side and helped her focus better. She even drives her race-tuned car to drop off and pick up her kid at the kindergarten.
** Kimiko Fujisaki has been married with two kids long before Mayumi. Despite that, she's still a surprisingly competent racer with a bit of a naughty streak, enough to become Shōko's second-in-command by ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
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* PassingTheTorch: "Sonic Runner" Mori Mayumi, team leader in all of the team's appearances, retired and passed the leader position to her long-time second-in-command, "Dazzling White Fairy" Koizumi Shōko between the events of ''3'' and ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
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* PassingTheTorch: "Sonic Runner" AuthoritativeInPublicDocileInPrivate: After getting married, Mayumi didn't stop racing. In fact, she still had her strong personality and ambition, capable of leading her team with little issue. Others begun to look up to her and call her "Miss" out of respect. In private, however, she's often begging her husband to authorize her to do anything, such as buying stuff. She's heavily reliant on him, and often goes with his decisions... barring his request for her to stop racing.
* BackhandedApology: Should Kimiko defeated the player in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', she will apologize to him... apologize for winning, that is. With how childish and mocking her tone is, even through text, it quickly doubles as a BaitAndSwitchComment.
* ConfirmedBachelor: Aki Azuma, considered one of the most stunning and beautiful women amongst all Expressway racers, is not remotely interested in any romantic pursuit.
* TheDeterminator: Despite being relatively low skilled compared to her teammates, Rena is incredibly tenacious and persistent whenever battling. This determination has allowed her to develop a shockingly high win ratio. What makes it all the more impressive is that she manages to juggle ''two'' part-time jobs with her racing hobbies.
* DifferingPrioritiesBreakup: Even a few years after her marriage and the birth of her child, Mayuri just could not call it quits on highway racing, despite her husband's pleas to do so, focus on their family, and stop throwing away money on cars. Mayuri's constant refusal leads, in ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, to the two divorcing.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: In spite of being skilled, Takako usually rolls up to the Metropolitan Expressway whenever she gets her heart broken by someone else. As such, her emotions tend to drive her judgement, leading her driving to become... "desperate", as some have put it. She sometimes tends to lose her concentration and accidentally bump into the back of braking opponents when approaching turns, which doesn't require being expert racers to know is an incredibly dangerous behaviour.
* DubNameChange:
** Mayumi Mori: to "Cool Cat" Cyndy Bates (''2''), Beth James (''Zero''), Mayumi Yoshida (''3''), Mayumi Yoshizawa (''Street Supremacy'')
** Shōko Koizumi: to "Alluring Fairy" (first game), "White Rider" Regina Lopez (''2''), "Mysterious Nymph" Star Sawyer (''Zero''), Sachiko "Shoko" Koizumi (''3''), Yoko Koizumi (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kimiko Fujisaki: to "Moonlight Kid" Ellen Mahoney (''2''), Pamela Dumand (''Zero'')
** Rena Kitayama: to "Marathon" Mary Owens (''2''), Jonel Wilkins (''Zero''), Reina Kitayama (''3'')
** Aki Azuma: to "Tokyo" Tami Fujita (''2''), Shella Corigan (''Zero''), Aki Higashi (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Takako Mutō: to "Heartbreak Kid" Yoko Rich (''2''), Gloria Valdez (''Zero'')
* EccentricArtist: Shōko's main line of work is painting, and she's extremely eccentric in her behaviour, what with her being a notorious street racing, dressing in {{Meido}} outfits and frilly dresses, and turning her artistic output towards her car's interior to make it match her own aesthetics.
* 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,team leader being a part-timer, gets a big alimony check... which she spends almost entirely on yet another car.
* GracefulLoser: Shōko invokes the trope inall ''Street Supremacy'', believing the player should act his way and accept defeat, taking it stride, if defeated by her. Should the player defeated her, on the other hand, [[{{Hypocrite}} she'll act complete opposite of the trope]], immediately demanding a rematch.
* TheGhost:
** Mayumi Mori's husband, a centurion, is always mentioned in her bios starting in ''Zero'' and plays a major role in her subsequent characterization arc. Despite that, and having the necessary skillset to hang around the Metropolitan Expressway, he never appears in the flesh.
** Shōko biography in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' mentions how she carries the Cupid Arrows' long legacy on her shoulders by being the team'sappearances, retired and passed third leader. However, players were only introduced to her predecessor, Mayumi Mori. The identity of the Arrows' other leader position to her long-time second-in-command, "Dazzling White Fairy" Koizumi Shōko between is completely unknown, and they receive no mention beyond that one phrase.
* HappilyMarried
** Mayumi married sometime after the events of the first game, having a kid in the process. Despite her clashes with her husband over their differing priorities, the two clearly love each other, to the point Mayumi changed her car's color to pink at her husband's suggestion.
** Although it barely comes up, Kimiko has been happily married for years, longer than Mayumi, and has two kids. By sheer contrast with the Moris, there doesn't seem to be any tensions between the Fujisakis over Kimiko's street racing pursuit.
* {{Housewife}}: Kimiko has consistently been described as a wife and mother in charge of the household in all of her bios. ''3''and confirmed it properly by listing it as her job.
* HopelessSuitor: Takako has gone through countless of boyfriends, with every relationship ending in heartbreak for her. Just as she thought she had ''finally'' found the one, however, the two broke up by ''Import TunerChallenge''.
Challenge'', putting her back on square one.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Shōko believes the player should act like a GracefulLoser should she manage to defeat him in ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Upon being defeated herself, however, she will react with bitterness.
* {{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.
* MarriedToTheJob: Mayumi's job -- not her "proper" job, as part-time worker, but street racer and leader of the Cupid Arrows -- often takes precedence over her husband and child, to the point she drives the latter to kindergarten in her race-tuned car. Her husband, already begging her to change by ''3'', quickly grows tired of this behaviour, leading the two to divorce in ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity.
* {{Meido}}: Shōko Koizumi has been spotted dressing this way on countless occasions, even behind the wheel. Hers is a purely aesthetic choice, however, since she is a painter.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Kimiko has been described, year after year, game after game, as looking incredibly young. Whenever the full moon's out, she looks downright child-like according to many observers. As such, it can come across as surprising to learn that she's long been married and a mother of two.
* ProneToTears: Takako tends to be emotionally tender, especially in matters of love. Given that she tends to head to the Expressway whenever one of her love stories inevitably goes badly, she is often driving through her tears.
* ShedTheFamilyName: Mayumi's maiden family name, used in the first game, is Yoshizawa. She took her husband's surname, Mori, upon marrying him between games, and retained it in all of her appearances. Even in ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, where she divorced her husband, she still retained Mori as her surname.
* SplitPersonality: Like a few other drivers, Kimiko is normally a very quiet, reserved housewife who isn't very open to being challenged to battles... that is, unless the full moon is out. Whenever that happens, she becomes very gleeful and childlike, seemingly appearing out of the dark night to challenge anyone in her way.
* 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.
* JapaneseDelinquents: Mayumi's behaviour fits the stereotypical delinquent, behaving wildly, leading her own crew with utmost dedication, and drawing admiration from other women who call her "Miss". She even has ambiguously brown hair, which the games never clarify upon it being natural or dyed. Despite all this, she will constantly insist on not being a "Yanki".
* WetBlanketWife: In a gender-inverted example, Mayumi's husband serves as this trope to his wife, constantly begging her to quit street racing altogether and focus on him and their child.
* {{Workaholic}}: Aki is seriously dedicated to whatever work she takes on. Although most easily seen when she's working as an accountant, she's also heavily involved in organizing and holding together the Cupid Arrows at all times, helping every team member out with their individual issues as best as she can.
* BackhandedApology: Should Kimiko defeated the player in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', she will apologize to him... apologize for winning, that is. With how childish and mocking her tone is, even through text, it quickly doubles as a BaitAndSwitchComment.
* ConfirmedBachelor: Aki Azuma, considered one of the most stunning and beautiful women amongst all Expressway racers, is not remotely interested in any romantic pursuit.
* TheDeterminator: Despite being relatively low skilled compared to her teammates, Rena is incredibly tenacious and persistent whenever battling. This determination has allowed her to develop a shockingly high win ratio. What makes it all the more impressive is that she manages to juggle ''two'' part-time jobs with her racing hobbies.
* DifferingPrioritiesBreakup: Even a few years after her marriage and the birth of her child, Mayuri just could not call it quits on highway racing, despite her husband's pleas to do so, focus on their family, and stop throwing away money on cars. Mayuri's constant refusal leads, in ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, to the two divorcing.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: In spite of being skilled, Takako usually rolls up to the Metropolitan Expressway whenever she gets her heart broken by someone else. As such, her emotions tend to drive her judgement, leading her driving to become... "desperate", as some have put it. She sometimes tends to lose her concentration and accidentally bump into the back of braking opponents when approaching turns, which doesn't require being expert racers to know is an incredibly dangerous behaviour.
* DubNameChange:
** Mayumi Mori: to "Cool Cat" Cyndy Bates (''2''), Beth James (''Zero''), Mayumi Yoshida (''3''), Mayumi Yoshizawa (''Street Supremacy'')
** Shōko Koizumi: to "Alluring Fairy" (first game), "White Rider" Regina Lopez (''2''), "Mysterious Nymph" Star Sawyer (''Zero''), Sachiko "Shoko" Koizumi (''3''), Yoko Koizumi (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kimiko Fujisaki: to "Moonlight Kid" Ellen Mahoney (''2''), Pamela Dumand (''Zero'')
** Rena Kitayama: to "Marathon" Mary Owens (''2''), Jonel Wilkins (''Zero''), Reina Kitayama (''3'')
** Aki Azuma: to "Tokyo" Tami Fujita (''2''), Shella Corigan (''Zero''), Aki Higashi (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Takako Mutō: to "Heartbreak Kid" Yoko Rich (''2''), Gloria Valdez (''Zero'')
* EccentricArtist: Shōko's main line of work is painting, and she's extremely eccentric in her behaviour, what with her being a notorious street racing, dressing in {{Meido}} outfits and frilly dresses, and turning her artistic output towards her car's interior to make it match her own aesthetics.
* 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,
* GracefulLoser: Shōko invokes the trope in
* TheGhost:
** Mayumi Mori's husband, a centurion, is always mentioned in her bios starting in ''Zero'' and plays a major role in her subsequent characterization arc. Despite that, and having the necessary skillset to hang around the Metropolitan Expressway, he never appears in the flesh.
** Shōko biography in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' mentions how she carries the Cupid Arrows' long legacy on her shoulders by being the team's
* HappilyMarried
** Mayumi married sometime after the events of the first game, having a kid in the process. Despite her clashes with her husband over their differing priorities, the two clearly love each other, to the point Mayumi changed her car's color to pink at her husband's suggestion.
** Although it barely comes up, Kimiko has been happily married for years, longer than Mayumi, and has two kids. By sheer contrast with the Moris, there doesn't seem to be any tensions between the Fujisakis over Kimiko's street racing pursuit.
* {{Housewife}}: Kimiko has consistently been described as a wife and mother in charge of the household in all of her bios. ''3''
* HopelessSuitor: Takako has gone through countless of boyfriends, with every relationship ending in heartbreak for her. Just as she thought she had ''finally'' found the one, however, the two broke up by ''Import Tuner
* {{Hypocrite}}: Shōko believes the player should act like a GracefulLoser should she manage to defeat him in ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Upon being defeated herself, however, she will react with bitterness.
* {{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.
* MarriedToTheJob: Mayumi's job -- not her "proper" job, as part-time worker, but street racer and leader of the Cupid Arrows -- often takes precedence over her husband and child, to the point she drives the latter to kindergarten in her race-tuned car. Her husband, already begging her to change by ''3'', quickly grows tired of this behaviour, leading the two to divorce in ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity.
* {{Meido}}: Shōko Koizumi has been spotted dressing this way on countless occasions, even behind the wheel. Hers is a purely aesthetic choice, however, since she is a painter.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Kimiko has been described, year after year, game after game, as looking incredibly young. Whenever the full moon's out, she looks downright child-like according to many observers. As such, it can come across as surprising to learn that she's long been married and a mother of two.
* ProneToTears: Takako tends to be emotionally tender, especially in matters of love. Given that she tends to head to the Expressway whenever one of her love stories inevitably goes badly, she is often driving through her tears.
* ShedTheFamilyName: Mayumi's maiden family name, used in the first game, is Yoshizawa. She took her husband's surname, Mori, upon marrying him between games, and retained it in all of her appearances. Even in ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, where she divorced her husband, she still retained Mori as her surname.
* SplitPersonality: Like a few other drivers, Kimiko is normally a very quiet, reserved housewife who isn't very open to being challenged to battles... that is, unless the full moon is out. Whenever that happens, she becomes very gleeful and childlike, seemingly appearing out of the dark night to challenge anyone in her way.
* 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.
* JapaneseDelinquents: Mayumi's behaviour fits the stereotypical delinquent, behaving wildly, leading her own crew with utmost dedication, and drawing admiration from other women who call her "Miss". She even has ambiguously brown hair, which the games never clarify upon it being natural or dyed. Despite all this, she will constantly insist on not being a "Yanki".
* WetBlanketWife: In a gender-inverted example, Mayumi's husband serves as this trope to his wife, constantly begging her to quit street racing altogether and focus on him and their child.
* {{Workaholic}}: Aki is seriously dedicated to whatever work she takes on. Although most easily seen when she's working as an accountant, she's also heavily involved in organizing and holding together the Cupid Arrows at all times, helping every team member out with their individual issues as best as she can.
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* BadassDriver: In a [[WorldOfBadass World Of Badass Drivers]], the Top Level team, just like their rivals who are the Another Star team, stand out from all the other teams around the expressways of Tokyo, and as of 3 that features Nagoya and Osaka, the rest of japan, alongside the Another Star team, thanks to their respective members having collective background in the rallying motorsports discipline, meaning that the Top Level and Another Star teams are entirely made composed of rally drivers. Rallying is an incredibly dangerous motorsport discipline (Although the fatality rates in rallying are thankfully low, as it's it's the Isle of Man TT event that actually has the highest fatality rates in motorsports history with 200+ casualties to this day despite taking place entirely ln tarmac.) that is arguably the hardest motorsport discipline due to the factor of the drivers having to drive in different types of surfaces such as gravel, dirt and snow, while trying to set the fastest time possible on the stage during the championship, that can range from dry to wet conditions that can also either be taking place in the daylight or at night, meaning that rallying is a motorsport discipline with an incredibly high and demanding skill floor and incredibly high skill ceiling where the drivers must have learnt a variety of techniques for the sake of making it to the finish of the stage, as the rally discipline heavily favors adaptability and natural instinct. Not to mention, having to also listen to the pacenote calls from the co-driver. The margin of error in rallying is almost non-existent, as a single mistake can mean flying off the road as it leads straight into crashing on trees, rocks, sometimes falling off the cliff, and so on, that can mean having to retire from the entire championship due to the car being totaled in the accident, and possible injuries from the accident to either the driver or the co-driver.
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* BadassDriver: In a [[WorldOfBadass World Of Badass WorldOfBadass [[BadassDriver Drivers]], the Top Level team, just Level, much like their rivals who are the Another Star team, Star, stand out from all the other teams around the expressways of Tokyo, and as of 3 that features Nagoya and Osaka, the rest of japan, alongside the Another Star team, crowd thanks in no small part to their respective members having collective background in the rallying motorsports discipline, meaning that the Top Level and Another Star teams are entirely made composed of rally drivers. Rallying is rallying, an incredibly dangerous motorsport discipline (Although the fatality rates in rallying are thankfully low, as it's it's the Isle of Man TT event that actually has the highest fatality rates in motorsports history with 200+ casualties to this day despite taking place entirely ln tarmac.) that is arguably the hardest motorsport discipline due to the factor of the drivers having to drive in different types of surfaces such as gravel, dirt and snow, while trying to set the fastest time possible on the stage during the championship, that can range from dry to wet conditions that can also either be taking place in the daylight or at night, meaning that rallying is a motorsport discipline with an incredibly high and demanding skill floor and incredibly high skill ceiling where the drivers must have learnt a variety of techniques for the sake of making it to the finish floor and ceiling. They're overall documented as being one of the stage, as the rally discipline heavily favors adaptability and natural instinct. Not to mention, having to also listen to the pacenote calls from the co-driver. The margin of error in rallying is almost non-existent, as a single mistake can mean flying off the road as it leads straight into crashing on trees, rocks, sometimes falling off the cliff, and so on, that can mean having to retire from the entire championship due to the car being totaled in the accident, and possible injuries from the accident to either the driver or the co-driver.most consistent, highly skilled team across all games.
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* BadassDriver: In a [[WorldOfBadass World Of Badass Drivers]], the Another Star team, much like their rivals who are the Top Level team, stand out alongside Top Level among the other teams in the expressways of Tokyo, thanks to their members and their leader being rally drivers, just like the members of Top Level, meaning that the Another Star team, just like the Top Level team who are their rivals, have a collective background in the rallying motorsports discipline, unlike the other teams around the expressways of Tokyo that are either talented street racers or involved in comparatively less demanding motorsports disciplines when it comes to the diversity of the surfaces and thus the diversity of driving techniques required for it (such as circuit racing for example, although most other motorsports disciplines, such as drifting and drag racing to give some other examples, take place primarily on tarmac too on purpose built race tracks, when it comes to the driving skills, as they focus on more specific skillsets that serve to specialize on those discplines. For example, Drifting is about car control; Circuit racing is about technical driving and learning to strategize around other competitors on the track; Drag racing heavily favors fast reflexes and straight line performance. Rallying, meanwhile, takes place on public roads that are closed down during championships, on a variety of surfaces, including variety of weather, and either taking place during daytime or at night, meaning that many elements of other motorsports disciplines also are present in rallying in one way or another, such as car control learnt through drifting, technical driving skills learnt from circuit racing to properly take lines through the corners and using the pedals to also help the car rotate for the turns, fast reaction times to make split second decisions learnt from drag racing, and so on, meaning that rallying favors natural instinct and adaptability.).
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* BadassDriver: In a [[WorldOfBadass World Of Badass WorldOfBadass [[BadassDriver Drivers]], the Another Star team, Top Level, much like their rivals who are the Top Level team, Another Star, stand out alongside Top Level among from the other teams in the expressways of Tokyo, crowd thanks in no small part to their members and their leader being rally drivers, just like the members of Top Level, meaning that the Another Star team, just like the Top Level team who are their rivals, have a collective background in the rallying motorsports discipline, unlike the other teams around the expressways of Tokyo that are either talented street racers or involved in comparatively less demanding motorsports disciplines when it comes to the diversity rallying, an incredibly dangerous motorsport discipline with incredibly high skill floor and ceiling. They're overall documented as being one of the surfaces and thus the diversity of driving techniques required for it (such as circuit racing for example, although most other motorsports disciplines, such as drifting and drag racing to give some other examples, take place primarily on tarmac too on purpose built race tracks, when it comes to the driving skills, as they focus on more specific skillsets that serve to specialize on those discplines. For example, Drifting is about car control; Circuit racing is about technical driving and learning to strategize around other competitors on the track; Drag racing heavily favors fast reflexes and straight line performance. Rallying, meanwhile, takes place on public roads that are closed down during championships, on a variety of surfaces, including variety of weather, and either taking place during daytime or at night, meaning that many elements of other motorsports disciplines also are present in rallying in one way or another, such as car control learnt through drifting, technical driving skills learnt from circuit racing to properly take lines through the corners and using the pedals to also help the car rotate for the turns, fast reaction times to make split second decisions learnt from drag racing, and so on, meaning that rallying favors natural instinct and adaptability.).consistent, highly skilled team across all games.
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* BadassDriver: In a [[WorldOfBadass World Of Badass Drivers]], Top Level, much like their rivals, stand out thanks to their collective background in rallying, an incredibly dangerous motorsport discipline with incredibly high skill floor and ceiling.
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* BadassDriver: In a [[WorldOfBadass World Of Badass Drivers]], the Top Level, much Level team, just like their rivals, rivals who are the Another Star team, stand out from all the other teams around the expressways of Tokyo, and as of 3 that features Nagoya and Osaka, the rest of japan, alongside the Another Star team, thanks to their respective members having collective background in rallying, the rallying motorsports discipline, meaning that the Top Level and Another Star teams are entirely made composed of rally drivers. Rallying is an incredibly dangerous motorsport discipline (Although the fatality rates in rallying are thankfully low, as it's it's the Isle of Man TT event that actually has the highest fatality rates in motorsports history with 200+ casualties to this day despite taking place entirely ln tarmac.) that is arguably the hardest motorsport discipline due to the factor of the drivers having to drive in different types of surfaces such as gravel, dirt and snow, while trying to set the fastest time possible on the stage during the championship, that can range from dry to wet conditions that can also either be taking place in the daylight or at night, meaning that rallying is a motorsport discipline with an incredibly high and demanding skill floor and incredibly high skill floor ceiling where the drivers must have learnt a variety of techniques for the sake of making it to the finish of the stage, as the rally discipline heavily favors adaptability and ceiling.natural instinct. Not to mention, having to also listen to the pacenote calls from the co-driver. The margin of error in rallying is almost non-existent, as a single mistake can mean flying off the road as it leads straight into crashing on trees, rocks, sometimes falling off the cliff, and so on, that can mean having to retire from the entire championship due to the car being totaled in the accident, and possible injuries from the accident to either the driver or the co-driver.
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* BadassDriver: In a [[WorldOfBadass World Of Badass Drivers]], Top Level, much like their rivals, stand out thanks to their collective background in rallying.
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* BadassDriver: In a [[WorldOfBadass World Of Badass Drivers]], Top Level, the Another Star team, much like their rivals, rivals who are the Top Level team, stand out alongside Top Level among the other teams in the expressways of Tokyo, thanks to their members and their leader being rally drivers, just like the members of Top Level, meaning that the Another Star team, just like the Top Level team who are their rivals, have a collective background in rallying.the rallying motorsports discipline, unlike the other teams around the expressways of Tokyo that are either talented street racers or involved in comparatively less demanding motorsports disciplines when it comes to the diversity of the surfaces and thus the diversity of driving techniques required for it (such as circuit racing for example, although most other motorsports disciplines, such as drifting and drag racing to give some other examples, take place primarily on tarmac too on purpose built race tracks, when it comes to the driving skills, as they focus on more specific skillsets that serve to specialize on those discplines. For example, Drifting is about car control; Circuit racing is about technical driving and learning to strategize around other competitors on the track; Drag racing heavily favors fast reflexes and straight line performance. Rallying, meanwhile, takes place on public roads that are closed down during championships, on a variety of surfaces, including variety of weather, and either taking place during daytime or at night, meaning that many elements of other motorsports disciplines also are present in rallying in one way or another, such as car control learnt through drifting, technical driving skills learnt from circuit racing to properly take lines through the corners and using the pedals to also help the car rotate for the turns, fast reaction times to make split second decisions learnt from drag racing, and so on, meaning that rallying favors natural instinct and adaptability.).
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* PutOnABus: Curving Edge is one of a few noticeable absences in post-''Zero'' games, as a result of ExecutiveMeddling by Honda.
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* BerserkButton: Only in ''Street Supremacy'', a sure-fire way to anger Evening Star is to ask him why the team broke up.
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* BerserkButton: BerserkButton:
** Only in ''Street Supremacy'', a sure-fire way to anger Evening Star is to ask him why the team broke up.
** Only in ''Street Supremacy'', a sure-fire way to anger Evening Star is to ask him why the team broke up.
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* PutOnABus: Five of its' six members, and the team in general, haven't reappeared in any form since ''Zero''. The sole exception is "White Revolution" Toshihiko Kin, who became a Wanderer.
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* MightyGlacier: Just like SS Limited, MAX Racing employ Japanese sedans. Heavy, far from nimble, but with enough torque and horsepower to make up for it.
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* MightyGlacier: MightyGlacier:
** Just like SS Limited, MAX Racing employ Japanese sedans. Heavy, far from nimble, but with enough torque and horsepower to make up for it.
** Just like SS Limited, MAX Racing employ Japanese sedans. Heavy, far from nimble, but with enough torque and horsepower to make up for it.
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* TrueCompanions: "Blue Thunder" Masanori Takaoka, "White Blade" Ryuta Kanno, and "Blood Rain" Akihiro Myashita have stuck by each other's side for years, to the point that they started to be called the "Three Musketeers".
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* TrueCompanions: TrueCompanions:
** "Blue Thunder" Masanori Takaoka, "White Blade" Ryuta Kanno, and "Blood Rain" Akihiro Myashita have stuck by each other's side for years, to the point that they started to be called the "Three Musketeers".
** "Blue Thunder" Masanori Takaoka, "White Blade" Ryuta Kanno, and "Blood Rain" Akihiro Myashita have stuck by each other's side for years, to the point that they started to be called the "Three Musketeers".
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* ShoutOut: Diamond Image's leader's real name is Takuya Hagiwara, and he drives a panda-colored [=AE86=] Trueno. One of the team's members' real name, meanwhile, is Itsuki Ōuchi. [[Manga/InitialD Sounds familiar]]?
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Diamond Image's leader's real name is Takuya Hagiwara, and he drives a panda-colored [=AE86=] Trueno. One of the team's members' real name, meanwhile, is Itsuki Ōuchi. [[Manga/InitialD Sounds familiar]]?
** Diamond Image's leader's real name is Takuya Hagiwara, and he drives a panda-colored [=AE86=] Trueno. One of the team's members' real name, meanwhile, is Itsuki Ōuchi. [[Manga/InitialD Sounds familiar]]?
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* NotAfraidToDie: With how reckless some members of the team are when battling, it's strongly implied they are not afraid after all they've gone through. Wolf Requiem's bio outright confirms he has nothing left to lose, and as such, he recklessly pushes his car to the point of breakdown in every race.
* TheWoobie: ''Hoo, boy'', where to even begin?
** "Blue Giant Star" Tetsuro Nakata was ridiculed until high school for not being able to ride a bicycle, until he eventually got his driver's license and bought a moped. He suffers from arthritis in his left hand, which severely hinders his ability in shifting gears [[note]]Japanese cars are rear-hand drive, which means the steering wheel is on the right front seat; as a result, you'd use the ''left'' hand to shift gears in a manual[[/note]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And he]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking still]]'' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking can't ride a bicycle]].
** "Moody Queen" Nao Haruka used to be one of the top idols of her company, but was pushed to the brink of retirement by sexual harassment from her boss. She suffers from burn-out, and picked up highway racing to release stress from work, which translates to a dangerously aggressive driving style.
* TheWoobie: ''Hoo, boy'', where to even begin?
** "Blue Giant Star" Tetsuro Nakata was ridiculed until high school for not being able to ride a bicycle, until he eventually got his driver's license and bought a moped. He suffers from arthritis in his left hand, which severely hinders his ability in shifting gears [[note]]Japanese cars are rear-hand drive, which means the steering wheel is on the right front seat; as a result, you'd use the ''left'' hand to shift gears in a manual[[/note]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And he]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking still]]'' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking can't ride a bicycle]].
** "Moody Queen" Nao Haruka used to be one of the top idols of her company, but was pushed to the brink of retirement by sexual harassment from her boss. She suffers from burn-out, and picked up highway racing to release stress from work, which translates to a dangerously aggressive driving style.
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* TheWoobie: ''Hoo, boy'', where to even begin?
** "Moody Queen" Nao Haruka used to be one of the top idols of her company, but was pushed to the brink of retirement by sexual harassment from her boss.
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** "Yellow Flare" Ippei Sadaoka used to be a renowed psychic across multiple media, until he was called out as a phony and had his reputation destroyed. He has to resort to humiliate himself on comedy shows to make ends meet, despite having a genuine talent as a mentalist.
** "Runaway Locomotive" Akira Nagase lost his brother to an incurable disease, and has been driving the car he inherited from him ever since, obsessed in looking for something he might never be able to find.
** "Diamond Dust" Toshiki Aikawa tried multiple times to become a rock musician, and failed each and every single time. The experience left him so broken that he seems to be looking to "blow away" his past through his reckless driving.
** "R Magic" Isamu Tamagawa's last relationship ended twenty-five years ago, and he has failed to find love ever since. In an attempt to impress girls, he started racing on the Tokyo Expressway... only to end up pulled in by battles to the point he half-considers ''his car'' to be his girlfriend, and has no time for romantic pursuits anymore, sticking him in a vicious cycle.
** Finally, team leader "Wolf Requiem" Kiyoshi Onizuka lost a dear friend in an highway accident. The team both men belonged to disbanded as a result, and Onizuka was the only one to continue racing, in part to carry on for his friend. He created the Wind Stars when he met similarly traumatized racers, realizing that racing together could've been the first step to heal... [[ShaggyDogStory only for the team to break up years down the line, suddenly and inexplicably, ''just'' as they were starting to properly gel together.]]
** "Runaway Locomotive" Akira Nagase lost his brother to an incurable disease, and has been driving the car he inherited from him ever since, obsessed in looking for something he might never be able to find.
** "Diamond Dust" Toshiki Aikawa tried multiple times to become a rock musician, and failed each and every single time. The experience left him so broken that he seems to be looking to "blow away" his past through his reckless driving.
** "R Magic" Isamu Tamagawa's last relationship ended twenty-five years ago, and he has failed to find love ever since. In an attempt to impress girls, he started racing on the Tokyo Expressway... only to end up pulled in by battles to the point he half-considers ''his car'' to be his girlfriend, and has no time for romantic pursuits anymore, sticking him in a vicious cycle.
** Finally, team leader "Wolf Requiem" Kiyoshi Onizuka lost a dear friend in an highway accident. The team both men belonged to disbanded as a result, and Onizuka was the only one to continue racing, in part to carry on for his friend. He created the Wind Stars when he met similarly traumatized racers, realizing that racing together could've been the first step to heal... [[ShaggyDogStory only for the team to break up years down the line, suddenly and inexplicably, ''just'' as they were starting to properly gel together.]]
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** "Yellow Flare" Ippei Sadaoka used to be a renowed psychic across multiple media, until he was called out as a phony and had his reputation destroyed. He now has to resort to humiliate himself on comedy shows to make ends meet, despite having a genuine talent as a mentalist.
** "Runaway Locomotive" Akira Nagaselost his had a brother he was very close to, only to suddenly lose him to an incurable disease, and has been driving the car he inherited from him ever since, obsessed in looking for something he might never be able to find.
disease.
** "Diamond Dust" Toshiki Aikawa tried multiple times to become a rock musician, and failed each and every single time. The experience left him so broken that he seems to be looking to"blow away" "[[DeadlyEuphemism blow away]]" his past through his reckless driving.
** "R Magic" Isamu Tamagawa's last relationship ended twenty-five years ago, and he has failed to find love ever since. In an attempt to impress girls, he started racing on the Tokyo Expressway... only to end up pulled in bybattles battling to the point he half-considers ''his car'' to be his girlfriend, and has no time for romantic pursuits anymore, sticking him in a vicious cycle.
girlfriend.
** Finally, team leader "Wolf Requiem" Kiyoshi Onizuka lost a dear friend in an highway accident. The team both men belonged to disbanded as a result, and Onizuka was the only one to continue racing, in part to carry on for his friend. He created the Wind Stars when he met similarly traumatized racers, realizing that racing together could've been the first step toheal... [[ShaggyDogStory only for heal.
* NotAfraidToDie: With how reckless some members of the teamto break up years down the line, suddenly and inexplicably, ''just'' as are when battling, it's strongly implied they were starting are not afraid after all they've gone through. Wolf Requiem's bio outright confirms he has nothing left to properly gel together.]]
lose, and as such, he recklessly pushes his car to the point of breakdown in every race.
** "Runaway Locomotive" Akira Nagase
** "Diamond Dust" Toshiki Aikawa tried multiple times to become a rock musician, and failed each and every single time. The experience left him so broken that he seems to be looking to
** "R Magic" Isamu Tamagawa's last relationship ended twenty-five years ago, and he has failed to find love ever since. In an attempt to impress girls, he started racing on the Tokyo Expressway... only to end up pulled in by
** Finally, team leader "Wolf Requiem" Kiyoshi Onizuka lost a dear friend in an highway accident. The team both men belonged to disbanded as a result, and Onizuka was the only one to continue racing, in part to carry on for his friend. He created the Wind Stars when he met similarly traumatized racers, realizing that racing together could've been the first step to
* NotAfraidToDie: With how reckless some members of the team
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In spite of having been Tokyo's strongest team, no mention is made of what happened to Speed Master in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', nor do any of its' former members appear in any capacity. Making it more jarring is that the team was, at one point, as plot important as [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2AndZeroBosses the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac]], whose dissolutions were major plot points.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** In spite of having been Tokyo's strongest team, no mention is made of what happened to Speed Master in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', nor do any of its' former members appear in any capacity. Making it more jarring is that the team was, at one point, as plot important as [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2AndZeroBosses the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac]], whose dissolutions were major plot points.
** In spite of having been Tokyo's strongest team, no mention is made of what happened to Speed Master in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', nor do any of its' former members appear in any capacity. Making it more jarring is that the team was, at one point, as plot important as [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2AndZeroBosses the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac]], whose dissolutions were major plot points.
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* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Their team stickers are all easily recognizable, if not the most recognizable in the entire franchise even when including bosses. Rolling Guy represent the trope the most, though: if there is going to be a ShoutOut to the TXR series, such as in GTA V, it will be in reference to them.
** Rolling Guy also play with this trope a bit: they rename themselves to Racing Guy in Racing Battle: C1GP and switch to a monochrome version of their usual logo [[note]]Which, back when each time had a non-leader and leader version of their team stickers, was their non-leader sticker[[/note]], whilst in the ''Drift'' series, they go under Downhill Guy and utilize a modified version of Shadow Rebel's sticker. In the latter case, they're near-unrecognizable unless one cross-references their real names.
** Rolling Guy also play with this trope a bit: they rename themselves to Racing Guy in Racing Battle: C1GP and switch to a monochrome version of their usual logo [[note]]Which, back when each time had a non-leader and leader version of their team stickers, was their non-leader sticker[[/note]], whilst in the ''Drift'' series, they go under Downhill Guy and utilize a modified version of Shadow Rebel's sticker. In the latter case, they're near-unrecognizable unless one cross-references their real names.
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* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Their team stickers are all easily recognizable, if not the most recognizable in the entire franchise even when including bosses. Rolling Guy represent the trope the most, though: if there is going to be a ShoutOut to the TXR series, such as in GTA V, it will be in reference to them.
** Rolling Guy also play with this trope a bit: they rename themselves to Racing Guy in Racing Battle: C1GP and switch to a monochrome version of their usual logo [[note]]Which, back when each time had a non-leader and leader version of their team stickers, was their non-leader sticker[[/note]], whilst in the ''Drift'' series, they go under Downhill Guy and utilize a modified version of Shadow Rebel's sticker. In the latter case, they're near-unrecognizable unless one cross-references their real names.series.
** Rolling Guy also play with this trope a bit: they rename themselves to Racing Guy in Racing Battle: C1GP and switch to a monochrome version of their usual logo [[note]]Which, back when each time had a non-leader and leader version of their team stickers, was their non-leader sticker[[/note]], whilst in the ''Drift'' series, they go under Downhill Guy and utilize a modified version of Shadow Rebel's sticker. In the latter case, they're near-unrecognizable unless one cross-references their real names.
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''The'' recurring, iconic theme of the franchise, '''Rolling Guy''' is made up of Toyota [=AE86=] drivers that rely on the car's handling capabilities and skill over the acceleration and top speed favored by other racers on the Expressway. The team has been present in every single game of the franchise, to the point that they're near synonymous with it. In the ''Drift'' sub-series, they go under the name of '''Downhill Guy''', with only half of the team present.
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''The'' recurring, iconic theme of the franchise, '''Rolling Guy''' is made up of Toyota [=AE86=] drivers that rely on the car's handling capabilities and skill over the acceleration and top speed favored by other racers on the Expressway. The team has been present in every single game of the franchise, to the point that they're near synonymous with it. In They also appear in the ''Drift'' sub-series, where they go under the name of '''Downhill Guy''', with only half of the team present.Guy'''.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Whoever the team leader is, be it Satoru or Tetsu, they tend to work extra hard to help the other members improve and develop as drivers, in spite of their limited means to do so.
** Double Subverted for Satoru after leaving the team. In spite of repeatedly claiming to have no attachment to Rolling Guy, he will constantly challenge team members to witness their improvement first-hand, as well as support them from behind the scenes.
** Double Subverted for Satoru after leaving the team. In spite of repeatedly claiming to have no attachment to Rolling Guy, he will constantly challenge team members to witness their improvement first-hand, as well as support them from behind the scenes.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Whoever the team leader is, be it Satoru or Tetsu, Akira, they tend to work extra hard to help the other members improve and develop as drivers, in spite of their limited means to do so.
**Double Subverted for Satoru after In spite of leaving the team. In spite of team and repeatedly claiming to have no attachment to Rolling Guy, he will constantly Satoru continues to challenge team members to witness their improvement first-hand, as well as first-hand. He also continues to support them from behind the scenes.
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* TheGoomba: If starting from the Inner C1 Loop, they are the very first opponents player will face in mainline games. As such, they're all easily defeated. Even their leader, Rolling Guy #1, isn't that difficult to defeat, pretty much being their [[{{Pun}} King Goomba]].
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* TheGoomba: If starting from the Inner C1 Loop, they are the very first opponents player will face in mainline games. As such, they're all easily defeated. not particularly difficult to defeat. Even their leader, Rolling Guy #1, isn't that difficult to defeat, pretty does not put up too much being their of a fight compared to other team leaders, making him the others members' [[{{Pun}} King Goomba]].Goomba]].
* PassingTheTorch: Depends on the point of view of those involved: when Satoru Kobayakawa left the team abruptly, he did not put too much thought into it. In fact, he thought of it as the best way to pass the title of "Rolling Guy #1", which indicates the team's leader, to his younger brother Akira, deeming him ready. For the other point of view, see YouAreInCommandNow below.
* PassingTheTorch: Depends on the point of view of those involved: when Satoru Kobayakawa left the team abruptly, he did not put too much thought into it. In fact, he thought of it as the best way to pass the title of "Rolling Guy #1", which indicates the team's leader, to his younger brother Akira, deeming him ready. For the other point of view, see YouAreInCommandNow below.
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* YouAreInCommandNow: The original "Rolling Guy #1", Satoru Kobayakawa, abruptly left the team and accidentally forced his younger brother, Tetsu, to take up the leadership and title sometime after the events of ''Zero''.
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* YouAreInCommandNow: The Depends on the point of view of those involved: due to the original "Rolling Guy #1", Satoru Kobayakawa, abruptly left leaving the team and sometime after ''Zero'', his younger brother Akira felt accidentally forced his younger brother, Tetsu, to take up the leadership and title sometime after and team's leadership. The rest of the events team took it similarly, not exactly being enthused with Satoru's actions. For the other point of ''Zero''. view, see PassingTheTorch above.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: "Killing Machine" Shuhei Kitagata was so embarassed of Speed Box's low level that he left the team and started [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2Teams Unlimited]] shortly afterwards. It's unknown if this was the cause or merely an effect of Speed Box breaking up for good, though.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: "Killing Machine" Shuhei Kitagata was grew so embarassed of Speed Box's low level that he left the team and started [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2Teams Unlimited]] shortly afterwards. It's unknown if this was the cause or merely an effect of Speed Box breaking up for good, though.
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* PassingTheTorch: "Sonic Runner" Mori Mayumi, team leader in all of the team's appearances, retired and passed the leader position to her long-time second-in-command, "Dazzling White Fairy" Koizumi Shōko between the events of ''3'' and ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
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* KilledOffscreen: "Cornering Artist" Toshiji Kūonji, the second-in-command of the team and brother to team leader "Platinum Prince" Toshihiko Kūonji, died in a racing accident sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
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* KilledOffscreen: "Cornering Artist" Toshiji Kūonji, the second-in-command of the team and brother to team leader "Platinum Prince" Toshihiko Kūonji, the team's leader, died in a racing accident sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
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The "DreamTeam" of the Tokyo Expressway, admired, envied, loved, hated, Speed Master are the strongest and most famous team of the entire Tokyo Metropolis. Their history dates back years, if not decades. It was widely believed, at one point, that only the best in the world could hang in there with Ice Man's team.
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The "DreamTeam" of the Tokyo Expressway, admired, envied, loved, hated, Speed Master are the strongest and most famous team of the entire Tokyo Metropolis. Their history dates back years, if not decades. It was widely believed, at one point, that only the best in the world could hang in there with Ice Man's "Ice Man" Shinji Takiguchi's team.
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Alas, time destroys all myths, and Speed Master was no exception. After the entire team suffered crushing defeat after crushing defeat, the final time by the hands of the driver who'd go on to defeat the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, 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 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.
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Alas, time destroys all myths, myths fade to legend, and Speed Master was no exception. After the entire team suffered crushing defeat after crushing defeat, the final time by the hands of the driver who'd go on to defeat the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, 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.
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* DreamTeam: Speed Master were considered, at one point, the strongest team of the entire Tokyo Expressway, with each member held in incredibly high esteem by their fellows. However, with the old guard lead by "Ice Man" Shinji Takiguchi retiring after the first game, the ensuing void and generational gap weakened the team to the point they "merely" became the Wangan Line's fastest.
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* DreamTeam: Speed Master were considered, at one point, the strongest team of the entire Tokyo Expressway, with each member held in incredibly high esteem by their fellows. However, with the old guard lead by "Ice Man" Shinji Takiguchi Ice Man retiring after the first game, ''Zero'', the ensuing void and generational gap weakened the team to the point they "merely" became the Wangan Line's fastest.fastest.
* PassingTheTorch: Team leader Shinji Takiguchi decided it was time for him and the other veteran members to finally step back. In the process, he nominated Daisuke Okawara, then his second-in-command, the new leader of Speed Master.
* PassingTheTorch: Team leader Shinji Takiguchi decided it was time for him and the other veteran members to finally step back. In the process, he nominated Daisuke Okawara, then his second-in-command, the new leader of Speed Master.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Downplayed, but in spite of having been Tokyo's strongest team, and later near on par with the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, whose dissolutions are major plot points, no mention is made of what happened to Speed Master in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', nor do any of its' former members appear in any capacity.
** What makes this case of the trope particularly egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for her brother after he left home, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... only to never be mentioned again following the events of ''3''.
** What makes this case of the trope particularly egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for her brother after he left home, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... only to never be mentioned again following the events of ''3''.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Downplayed, but in In spite of having been Tokyo's strongest team, and later near on par with the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, whose dissolutions are major plot points, no mention is made of what happened to Speed Master in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', nor do any of its' former members appear in any capacity.
** What makes this case ofcapacity. Making it more jarring is that the trope particularly team was, at one point, as plot important as [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2AndZeroBosses the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac]], whose dissolutions were major plot points.
** Further egregious isthat the presence of "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command Iwasaki in the team's line-up, as she's the sister of ''[[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2AndZeroBosses Jintei]]'', ''the'' most important non-playable character of the team by entire series. Ayako's entire plot line revolved around the search for her brother after he left home years prior, not knowing of his identity. In spite of all of that, she is never even mentioned again following ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for her brother after he left home, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... only to never be mentioned again following the events of ''3''.
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* PromotedToPlayable: They're one of fifteen teams the player can join in ''Street Supremacy''.
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* PromotedToPlayable: They're one of fifteen teams the player can join in ''Street Supremacy''. However, they can only be joined once the player begins NewGamePlus.
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* CapsLock: The team's name is ''supposed'' to be spelled this way. On the rare occasion, Crave's translation accidentally spells it "Rings".
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: A Tokyo-based team, formed by Tokyo residents, with the ''kanji'' for Tokyo in its' logo... and yet, its' name is, officially, ''Tokio'' Jungle.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: MyNaymeIs: A Tokyo-based team, formed by Tokyo residents, with the ''kanji'' for Tokyo in its' logo... and yet, its' name is, officially, ''Tokio'' Jungle.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Downplayed, but in spite of having been Tokyo's strongest team, and later near on par with the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, whose dissolutions are major plot points, no mention is made of what happened to Speed Master in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', nor do any of its' former members appear in any capacity.
** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... only to never be mentioned again following the events of ''3''.
** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... only to never be mentioned again following the events of ''3''.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Downplayed, but in spite of having been Tokyo's strongest team, and later near on par with the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, whose dissolutions are major plot points, no mention is made of what happened to Speed Master in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', nor do any of its' former members appear in any capacity.
** What makes thiseven more case of the trope particularly egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, her brother after he left home, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... only to never be mentioned again following the events of ''3''.
** What makes this
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* YouAreNumberSix: Members of Rolling Guy use the team's name alongside a number between #1 and #7, depending on team size at the time, as their respective street name. The team leader is "Rolling Guy #1", the second-in-command is "Rolling Guy #2", and so on.
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A team made up of racers with [[DarkAndTroubledPast dark pasts]], the '''Wind Stars named''' themselves after a common wish: to be "as fresh as the wind" when running down the New Belt Line, their home turf on the Tokyo Expressway.
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A team made up of racers with [[DarkAndTroubledPast dark pasts]], the '''Wind Stars named''' Stars''' named themselves after a common wish: to be "as fresh as the wind" when running down the New Belt Line, their home turf on the Tokyo Expressway.
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* ShoutOut: A rotary-powered team, lead by two rich brothers, one driving a yellow RX-7 FD3S and the other a white RX-7 FC? [[Manga/InitialD Where have we seen that before?]]
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* ShoutOut: A rotary-powered team, lead by two rich brothers, one driving a yellow RX-7 FD3S [=FD3S=] and the other a white RX-7 FC? [[Manga/InitialD Where have we seen that before?]]
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* AFatherToHisMen: Whoever the team leader is, be it Satoru or Tetsu, they tend to work extra hard to help them improve and develop as drivers, in spite of their limited means to do so.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Whoever the team leader is, be it Satoru or Tetsu, they tend to work extra hard to help them the other members improve and develop as drivers, in spite of their limited means to do so.
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* CripplingOverspecialization: Team members tend to bring the best out of their AE86s on the narrow, twisting mountain passes of Japan, but as a result, their performance on the Tokyo Expressway is beyond lackluster.
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* CripplingOverspecialization: Team members tend to bring the best out of their AE86s [=AE86s=] on the narrow, twisting mountain passes of Japan, which suit well the cars' nimbleness and light weight, but as a result, their performance on the Tokyo Expressway is beyond lackluster. lacklustre for the exact same reasons. This is particularly problematic because Rolling Guy is, first and foremost, an highway racing team.
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* WarmUpBoss: Rolling Guy #1 serves as a soft introduction to the tougher opponents one will be facing once Rolling Guy are dealt with.
* WeakButSkilled: Rolling Guy are fiercely loyal to their [=AE86s=] in spite of their abysmal-by-comparison engine output. To make up for it, they've sharpened their skills as drivers to their very limits, to the point they tend to outperform their cars. Averted in the ''Drift'' series, since their [=AE86s=] are far more at home on the mountain pass.
* WeakButSkilled: Rolling Guy are fiercely loyal to their [=AE86s=] in spite of their abysmal-by-comparison engine output. To make up for it, they've sharpened their skills as drivers to their very limits, to the point they tend to outperform their cars. Averted in the ''Drift'' series, since their [=AE86s=] are far more at home on the mountain pass.
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* WarmUpBoss: Rolling Guy #1 serves as a soft introduction to the tougher opponents one the player will be facing once Rolling Guy are dealt with.
soon afterwards.
* WeakButSkilled: Rolling Guy are fiercely loyal to their [=AE86s=] in spite of their abysmal-by-comparison engine output. To make up for it, they've sharpened their skills as drivers to their very limits, to the point they tend to outperform their cars. Averted in the ''Drift'' series, since their [=AE86s=] arefar not only more at home on the mountain pass.passes, but those courses require completely different approaches compared to highway racing: up there, Rolling Guy can fully show off their ability, and often leave opponents bewildered with how quick they are.
* WeakButSkilled: Rolling Guy are fiercely loyal to their [=AE86s=] in spite of their abysmal-by-comparison engine output. To make up for it, they've sharpened their skills as drivers to their very limits, to the point they tend to outperform their cars. Averted in the ''Drift'' series, since their [=AE86s=] are
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* PutOnABus: Curving Edge is one of a few noticeable absences in post-''Zero'' games, when Genki decided to get licensed cars for their games. Honda refused, as part of their then-mandate to not associate with games featuring street racing.
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* PutOnABus: Curving Edge is one of a few noticeable absences in post-''Zero'' games, when Genki decided to get licensed cars for their games. Honda refused, as part a result of their then-mandate to not associate with games featuring street racing. ExecutiveMeddling by Honda.
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A long-standing team of 4-door sedan drivers, whose members rely on their cars' "inner potential", '''SS Limited''' were once regarded as one of the best teams of the C1 Loop, although they've fallen down the totem pole in recent times.
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A long-standing team of 4-door sedan drivers, whose members rely on their cars' "inner potential", '''SS Limited''' were once regarded as one of the best teams of the C1 Loop, although they've fallen down the totem pole in recent times. by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Underestimate them at your own risk, however.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: Their current leader, "Evening Star" Kyo Takahashi, used to be a member of [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], until former leader, "Morning Star" Torakichi Yamada, was impressed enough by his skill to recruit him and make him his successor.
* RecruitedFromTheGutter: Their current leader, "Evening Star" Kyo Takahashi, used to be a member of [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], of all teams, until former leader, "Morning Star" Torakichi Yamada, was so impressed by his skill that he decided to recruit him and take him under his wing, before later making him the team's leader.
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* StrongAndSkilled: "Evening Star" used to drive an [=AE86=] before switching to high-powered sedans. He retained [[WeakButSkilled the knowledge and approach he developed to bring out the best in the small hatchback]] and successfully re-applied it to his new car, something that is noted to be a near miracle due to the sheer difference between them.
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* StrongAndSkilled: "Evening Star" used to drive an [=AE86=] before switching to high-powered sedans. He retained [[WeakButSkilled the knowledge and approach he developed to bring out the best in the small hatchback]] and successfully re-applied it to his new car, something that is noted to be a near miracle due to the sheer difference between them.
the two vehicles.
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* ChallengingTheChief: Happened sometime before the events of ''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, and decided to start from scratch, buying a new car in the process.
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* ChallengingTheChief: Happened sometime before 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, and decided that to start reclaim his position as team leader he had to restart from scratch, buying scratch: thus, he bought a brand new car in the process.car.
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** But wait, that's just the tip of the ice berg! Takuya's bio in ''3'' mentions that he totaled his [=AE86=] and was forced to loan a friend's car to continue racing. [[Manga/InitialD You've definitely heard this before. Twice.]]
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** But wait, that's just the tip of the ice berg! Takuya's bio in ''3'' mentions that he totaled his [=AE86=] and was forced to loan a friend's car to continue racing. [[Manga/InitialD You've definitely heard this before. Twice.Twice, even.]]
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* TheFellowshipHasEnded: Like ''many'' other teams, Fine Drive disbanded sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''. "Shimokitaza 2000cc" Satoshi Hoshino, the only member to not accept this, took the team's sticker and modified it into his own Wanderer sticker.
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* TheFellowshipHasEnded: Like ''many'' other teams, Fine Drive disbanded sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''. "Shimokitaza 2000cc" Satoshi Hoshino, the only member to not accept this, refuse the team's disoolution, took the team's sticker and modified it into his own Wanderer sticker.
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* {{Fanboy}}: Twister members are clearly passionate about the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine Wankel engine]], colloquially called the "rotary engine". They all drive various generations of the car most associated with it, the Mazda RX-7.
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* {{Fanboy}}: Twister members are clearly passionate about the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine Wankel engine]], colloquially called the "rotary engine". They all drive various generations second and third generation models of the car most associated with it, the Mazda RX-7.
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* TakingUpTheMantle: By the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', with Rotary Revolution permanently dissolved, and the rotary engine nearing extinction, Twister aren't just the sole remaining rotary team in the entire Tokyo Expressway, but the last bastion of the engine's long tradition in street racing.
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* TakingUpTheMantle: By the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', with Rotary Revolution permanently dissolved, and the rotary engine nearing extinction, having been out of production for years, Twister aren't just the sole remaining rotary team in the entire Tokyo Expressway, but the last bastion of the engine's long tradition in street racing.
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* AmazonBrigade: In international releases until after ''Zero'', all members of the team were women. See ShesAManInJapan below for why.
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* AmazonBrigade: In international releases until after ''Zero'', all members of the team were women. See ShesAManInJapan below for why.details.
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* JackOfAllStats: Credit where credit is due, the team has gotten noticeably better by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', having increased their cars' power output whilst retaining their signature agility. Those, combined with their years of experience, make the R. Gangs surprisingly tough opponents.
* ShesAManInJapan: A word-per-word match of the trope: The R. Gangs' members are all men, but in Crave's translations until, and including, ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Zero'', all members are ''women''. Averted starting with ''3''.
* WeakButSkilled: Like their fellow [=AE86=] enthusiasts in [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], the team are all Expressway veterans whose weakness is their cars' lack of power. Averted in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', where their skills are backed up by better tuning.
* ShesAManInJapan: A word-per-word match of the trope: The R. Gangs' members are all men, but in Crave's translations until, and including, ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Zero'', all members are ''women''. Averted starting with ''3''.
* WeakButSkilled: Like their fellow [=AE86=] enthusiasts in [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], the team are all Expressway veterans whose weakness is their cars' lack of power. Averted in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', where their skills are backed up by better tuning.
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* JackOfAllStats: Credit where credit is due, the team has gotten noticeably better by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', having increased their cars' power output whilst retaining their signature agility. Those, combined with their years of experience, make the R. Gangs surprisingly tough opponents.
opponents to face, which will leave returnees to the Tokyo Expressway very surprised when first taking on them.
* ShesAManInJapan: A word-per-word match of the trope: The R. Gangs' members are all men, but in Crave's translations until, and including, ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Zero'', all membersare were ''women''. Averted starting with ''3''.
* WeakButSkilled: Like their fellow [=AE86=] enthusiasts in [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], the team are all Expressway veterans whose weakness is their cars' lack of power. Avertedin come ''Import Tuner Challenge'', where their skills are backed up by combined with far better tuning.tuned cars, which puts them far closer to StrongAndSkilled.
* ShesAManInJapan: A word-per-word match of the trope: The R. Gangs' members are all men, but in Crave's translations until, and including, ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Zero'', all members
* WeakButSkilled: Like their fellow [=AE86=] enthusiasts in [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], the team are all Expressway veterans whose weakness is their cars' lack of power. Averted
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* BadassDriver: In a [[WorldOfBadass World Of Badass Drivers]], Top Level, much like their rivals, stand out thanks to their collective background in rallying.
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* BadassDriver: In a [[WorldOfBadass World Of Badass Drivers]], Top Level, much like their rivals, stand out thanks to their collective background in rallying.rallying, an incredibly dangerous motorsport discipline with incredibly high skill floor and ceiling.
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A team entirely composed of GT-R drivers, '''Free Way''' are a tight-knit unit who is frowned upon by most other Expressway teams because of their rough driving and elitist behaviour.
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A team entirely composed of Skyline GT-R drivers, '''Free Way''' are a tight-knit unit who is frowned upon by most other Expressway teams because of their rough driving and elitist behaviour.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: ''Every'' member of the team has one, bar "Black Magician" Akihisa Toyama, who left after the events of the first game.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: ''Every'' member of the team has one, bar "Black Magician" Akihisa Toyama, who left who, incidentally, ended up leaving immediately after the events of the first game.
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** "Blue Giant Star" Tetsuro Nakata was ridiculed until high school for not being able to ride a bicycle, until he eventually got his driver's license and bought a moped. He suffers from arthritis in his left hand, which severely hinders his ability in shifting gears [[note]]Japanese cars are rear-hand drive, which means the steering wheel is on the right front seat; as a result, you'd use the ''left'' hand to shift gears in a manual[[/note]]. And he ''still'' can't ride a bicycle.
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** "Blue Giant Star" Tetsuro Nakata was ridiculed until high school for not being able to ride a bicycle, until he eventually got his driver's license and bought a moped. He suffers from arthritis in his left hand, which severely hinders his ability in shifting gears [[note]]Japanese cars are rear-hand drive, which means the steering wheel is on the right front seat; as a result, you'd use the ''left'' hand to shift gears in a manual[[/note]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And he ''still'' he]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking still]]'' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking can't ride a bicycle.bicycle]].
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They were one of the top teams through-out the entire Expressway, all the way until their disbanding. For tropes regarding "Platinum Prince" Toshihiko Kugyioji, see [[Characters/ImportTunerChallengeBosses here]].
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They were one of the top teams through-out the entire Expressway, all the way until their disbanding. For tropes regarding "Platinum Prince" Toshihiko Kugyioji, Kūonji, see [[Characters/ImportTunerChallengeBosses here]].
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* KilledOffscreen: "Cornering Artist" Toshiji Kugyoji, the second-in-command of the team and brother to team leader "Platinum Prince" Toshihiko Kugyioji, died in a racing accident sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* ShoutOut: A rotary-powered team, lead by two brothers, one driving a yellow RX-7 FD3S and the other a white RX-7 FC? [[Manga/InitialD Where have we seen that before?]]
* ShoutOut: A rotary-powered team, lead by two brothers, one driving a yellow RX-7 FD3S and the other a white RX-7 FC? [[Manga/InitialD Where have we seen that before?]]
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* KilledOffscreen: "Cornering Artist" Toshiji Kugyoji, Kūonji, the second-in-command of the team and brother to team leader "Platinum Prince" Toshihiko Kugyioji, Kūonji, died in a racing accident sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* ShoutOut: A rotary-powered team, lead by two rich brothers, one driving a yellow RX-7 FD3S and the other a white RX-7 FC? [[Manga/InitialD Where have we seen that before?]]
* ShoutOut: A rotary-powered team, lead by two rich brothers, one driving a yellow RX-7 FD3S and the other a white RX-7 FC? [[Manga/InitialD Where have we seen that before?]]
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The "Dream Team" of the Tokyo Expressway, admired and even envied, Speed Master are the strongest and most famous team outside of the 13 Devils. They, too, have a history dating back years.
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The "Dream Team" "DreamTeam" of the Tokyo Expressway, admired and even admired, envied, loved, hated, Speed Master are the strongest and most famous team outside of the 13 Devils. They, too, have a entire Tokyo Metropolis. Their history dating dates back years.years, if not decades. It was widely believed, at one point, that only the best in the world could hang in there with Ice Man's team.
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Alas, time destroys all myths, and Speed Master was no exception. After the entire team suffered crushing defeat after crushing defeat, the final time by the hands of the driver who'd go on to defeat the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, 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 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.
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Alas, time destroys all myths, and Speed Master was no exception. After the entire team suffered crushing defeat after crushing defeat, the final time by the hands of the driver who'd go on to defeat the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, 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 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.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Downplayed, but in spite of being a team ''almost'' on par with the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, whose dissolution are major plot points, no mention is made of Speed Master in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', nor do any of its' former members appear in any capacity.
** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... only to never be mentioned again.
** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... only to never be mentioned again.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Downplayed, but in spite of being a team ''almost'' having been Tokyo's strongest team, and later near on par with the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, whose dissolution dissolutions are major plot points, no mention is made of what happened to Speed Master in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', nor do any of its' former members appear in any capacity.
** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... only to never be mentionedagain.
again following the events of ''3''.
** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... only to never be mentioned
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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 to only run at 80% of their full power.
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 to only run at 80% of their full power.
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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
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* WillfullyWeak: RINGS' entire philosophy revolves around winning through the driver's own skill, not the car's performance. In order to do that, they detune their cars to only run at 80% of their full power.
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* WillfullyWeak: RINGS' entire philosophy revolves around winning through the driver's own skill, not the car's performance. In order to do that, they willingly detune their cars engines to only run at 80% of their full power.
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* LightningBruiser: "Evening Star" used to drive an [=AE86=] before switching to high-powered sedans. He retained [[WeakButSkilled the knowledge and approach he developed to bring out the best in the small hatchback]] and successfully re-applied them, something that is noted to be a near miracle due to the sheer difference in cars.
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* StrongAndSkilled: "Evening Star" used to drive an [=AE86=] before switching to high-powered sedans. He retained [[WeakButSkilled the knowledge and approach he developed to bring out the best in the small hatchback]] and successfully re-applied it to his new car, something that is noted to be a near miracle due to the sheer difference between them.
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* MightyGlacier: Just like SS Limited, MAX Racing employ Japanese sedans. Heavy, far from nimble, but with large engines.
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* MightyGlacier: Just like SS Limited, MAX Racing employ Japanese sedans. Heavy, far from nimble, but with large engines.enough torque and horsepower to make up for it.
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** Subverted with MAX Racing as a whole, however: the team is split in two camps, with the Musketeers on one side and everyone else on the other. The two constantly butt heads over the direction the team should take, to the point that by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the Musketeers will insult both Golden Beast and Bloody Rose behind their backs for being lousy leaders, whilst the other members will do likewise towards them.
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** Subverted with MAX Racing as a whole, however: however, is a subversion: the team is split in two camps, with the Musketeers on one side and everyone else on the other. The two constantly butt heads over the direction the team should take, to the point that by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the Musketeers will insult both Golden Beast and Bloody Rose behind their backs for being lousy leaders, whilst the other members will do likewise towards them.
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* ShoutOut: The leader's full name is "Lightning Shift" Takuya Hagiwara. [[Manga/InitialD Sounds familiar]]?
** Furthermore, "Lighning Shift"'s signature [=AE86=] had been totaled and replaced by a friend's car, per his bio, in ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3''. This could refer to [[spoiler: either occasion on which Takumi wrecked his [=AE86=], be it halfway through ''Second Stage'' where he blew an hole through the block or ''Final Stage'' where he destroyed the entire engine by overreving it]].
* TheFellowshipHasEnded: The team strongly revolved around "Lightning Shift"'s leadership. It's assumed that when he abandoned the Tokyo Expressway to permanently resume racing on the mountain passes, there was no reason for the team to continue existing.
** Furthermore, "Lighning Shift"'s signature [=AE86=] had been totaled and replaced by a friend's car, per his bio, in ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3''. This could refer to [[spoiler: either occasion on which Takumi wrecked his [=AE86=], be it halfway through ''Second Stage'' where he blew an hole through the block or ''Final Stage'' where he destroyed the entire engine by overreving it]].
* TheFellowshipHasEnded: The team strongly revolved around "Lightning Shift"'s leadership. It's assumed that when he abandoned the Tokyo Expressway to permanently resume racing on the mountain passes, there was no reason for the team to continue existing.
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** Furthermore, "Lighning Shift"'s signature [=AE86=] had been totaled and replaced by a friend's car, per his bio, in ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3''. This could refer to [[spoiler: either occasion on which Takumi wrecked his [=AE86=], be it halfway through ''Second Stage'' where he blew an hole through the block or ''Final Stage'' where he destroyed the entire engine by overreving it]].
* TheFellowshipHasEnded: The team strongly revolved around "Lightning Shift"'s leadership. It's assumed that when he abandoned the Tokyo Expressway to
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* WeakButSkilled: Downplayed; their cars are below par in the power department... when compared to the average of the New Belt Line. In spite of that, they perform just as well as the other teams thanks to thorough tuning and sharp skills. They would actually be ''above par'' when compared to the early-game teams of the C1 Loop.
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* ShoutOut: Diamond Image's leader's real name is Takuya Hagiwara, and he drives a panda-colored [=AE86=] Trueno. One of the team's members' real name, meanwhile, is Itsuki Ōuchi. [[Manga/InitialD Sounds familiar]]?
** But wait, that's just the tip of the ice berg! Takuya's bio in ''3'' mentions that he totaled his [=AE86=] and was forced to loan a friend's car to continue racing. [[Manga/InitialD You've definitely heard this before. Twice.]]
* WeakButSkilled:Downplayed; They manage to stay head-to-head with the other teams, in spite of their cars are being below par in the power department... when compared to the average of the New Belt Line. In spite of that, Shinkanjo, that is. If they perform just as well as raced on the other teams thanks to thorough tuning and sharp skills. They would C1 Loop, they'd actually be ''above par'' when compared to the early-game teams quite ahead of the C1 Loop.
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** But wait, that's just the tip of the ice berg! Takuya's bio in ''3'' mentions that he totaled his [=AE86=] and was forced to loan a friend's car to continue racing. [[Manga/InitialD You've definitely heard this before. Twice.]]
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* BusCrash: Like ''many'' other teams, Fine Drive disbanded sometime before the events ''Import Tuner Challenge''. "Shimokitaza 2000cc" Satoshi Hoshino became a Wanderer, taking the team's sticker and modifying it to make it his own.
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* BusCrash: TheFellowshipHasEnded: Like ''many'' other teams, Fine Drive disbanded sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''. "Shimokitaza 2000cc" Satoshi Hoshino became a Wanderer, taking Hoshino, the only member to not accept this, took the team's sticker and modifying modified it to make it into his own.own Wanderer sticker.
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* ShoutOut: Their leader's real name is Yuichi Iketani, a likely nod to both [[Manga/InitialD Yuichi Tachibana and Koichiro Iketani]]. Furthermore, both drive Silvias. [[note]]Yuichi's is a bright-red S15, whilst Koichiro's is a two-tone S13.[[/note]]
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* ShoutOut: Their leader's real name is Yuichi Iketani, a likely nod to both taking the first name and the last name of, respectively, [[Manga/InitialD Yuichi Tachibana and Koichiro Iketani]]. Furthermore, both drive Silvias. [[note]]Yuichi's is a bright-red S15, whilst Koichiro's is a two-tone S13.[[/note]]
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* MeaningfulName: As mentioned above, the team's name is a two-fold reference: their cars' engine literally twist on themselves, whilst their cars' "twist rhythmically" as they attack the C1 Loop's corners. Rivals and detractors will sarcastically use it to mock team members, instead, [[EpicFail when they spin out.]].
* TakingUpTheMantle: With Rotary Revolution having broken up for good, and the rotary engine nearing extinction, Twister aren't just the sole remaining rotary team in the entire Tokyo Expressway, but the last heirs of the engine's long tradition in street racing.
* UnskilledButStrong: Subverted. While they're not the best team around the Tokyo Expressway, their RX-7s tend to have great performance and can be competitive towards other rivals including the far more skilled R.R. (Rotary Revolution).
* TakingUpTheMantle: With Rotary Revolution having broken up for good, and the rotary engine nearing extinction, Twister aren't just the sole remaining rotary team in the entire Tokyo Expressway, but the last heirs of the engine's long tradition in street racing.
* UnskilledButStrong: Subverted. While they're not the best team around the Tokyo Expressway, their RX-7s tend to have great performance and can be competitive towards other rivals including the far more skilled R.R. (Rotary Revolution).
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* MeaningfulName: As mentioned above, the team's name is a two-fold reference: their cars' engine literally twist on themselves, whilst their cars' "twist rhythmically" as they attack through the C1 Loop's corners. Rivals and detractors detractors, meanwhile, will sarcastically use it to mock team members, instead, [[EpicFail turn the definition against them, mocking them when they spin out.]].
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* TakingUpTheMantle:With By the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', with Rotary Revolution having broken up for good, permanently dissolved, and the rotary engine nearing extinction, Twister aren't just the sole remaining rotary team in the entire Tokyo Expressway, but the last heirs bastion of the engine's long tradition in street racing.
* UnskilledButStrong: Subverted. While they're not the best team around the Tokyo Expressway, their RX-7s tend to have great performance and can be competitive towards other rivals including the far more skilled R.R. (Rotary Revolution).
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* 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 has made it abundantly clear, though, that there are no plans to expand the team beyond the original seven members. Atleast for the time being.
* TrueCompanions: Tokio Jungle has maintained the exact same, seven-member line up in every single game they appeared in, an incredibly rare feat [[note]]Every other team had members join and/or leave at one point or another[[/note]] in the ever-changing world of Expressway racing. The team is so close that merely considering the idea of expanding its' membership seems to disturb the seven.
* TrueCompanions: Tokio Jungle has maintained the exact same, seven-member line up in every single game they appeared in, an incredibly rare feat [[note]]Every other team had members join and/or leave at one point or another[[/note]] in the ever-changing world of Expressway racing. The team is so close that merely considering the idea of expanding its' membership seems to disturb the seven.
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* TerminallYExclusiveClub: 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 Ioyasu, however, has made it abundantly clear, though, clear that there are no plans to expand the team beyond the original seven members. Atleast for the time being.
* TrueCompanions: Tokio Jungle has maintained the exact same, seven-member line up in every single game they appeared in, an incredibly rare feat in the ever-changing world of Expressway racing. [[note]]Every other team had members join and/or leave at one point oranother[[/note]] in the ever-changing world of Expressway racing. another.[[/note]] The team is members are so close close-knit that merely considering the mere idea of expanding its' membership seems to disturb the seven.
* TrueCompanions: Tokio Jungle has maintained the exact same, seven-member line up in every single game they appeared in, an incredibly rare feat in the ever-changing world of Expressway racing. [[note]]Every other team had members join and/or leave at one point or
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* NotAfraidToDie: With how reckless some members of the team are when battling, it's strongly implied they are not afraid after all they have went through. Wolf Requiem's bio outright confirms he has nothing left to lose, and as such he pushes his car until it physically cannot continue anymore.
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* NotAfraidToDie: With how reckless some members of the team are when battling, it's strongly implied they are not afraid after all they have went they've gone through. Wolf Requiem's bio outright confirms he has nothing left to lose, and as such such, he recklessly pushes his car until it physically cannot continue anymore.to the point of breakdown in every race.
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They were one of the top teams through-out the entire Expressway, all the way until their disbanding.
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They were one of the top teams through-out the entire Expressway, all the way until their disbanding. For tropes regarding "Platinum Prince" Toshihiko Kugyioji, see [[Characters/ImportTunerChallengeBosses here]].
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* BusCrash: "Cornering Artist" Toshiji Kugyoji, the second-in-command of the team and brother to team leader "Platinum Prince" Toshihiko Kugyioji, died in a racing accident sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
** The team as a whole was disbanded because of Toshiji's death and Toshihiko's divorce. Snake Eyes and his PHANTOM NINE personally put the last nail in the coffin by thoroughly defeating them, leading Toshihiko to seek revenge.
** The team as a whole was disbanded because of Toshiji's death and Toshihiko's divorce. Snake Eyes and his PHANTOM NINE personally put the last nail in the coffin by thoroughly defeating them, leading Toshihiko to seek revenge.
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* KilledOffscreen: "Cornering Artist" Toshiji Kugyoji, the second-in-command of the team and brother to team leader "Platinum Prince" Toshihiko Kugyioji, died in a racing accident sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
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* DreamTeam: Used to be this, as the top team across the Tokyo Expressway. With the old guard lead by "Ice Man" Shinji Takiguchi retiring, the ensuing generational change weakened the team to the point of "merely" being the strongest on the Wangan Line.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Downplayed, but in spite of being a team ''almost'' on par with the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, whose dissolution are major plot points, no one even ''mentions'' Speed Master in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', even though the team seems to have disappeared in thin air.
** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... and alongside the rest of her team, she seemingly disappears in thin air.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Downplayed, but in spite of being a team ''almost'' on par with the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, whose dissolution are major plot points, no one even ''mentions'' Speed Master in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', even though the team seems to have disappeared in thin air.
** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... and alongside the rest of her team, she seemingly disappears in thin air.
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* DreamTeam: Used to be this, as Speed Master were considered, at one point, the top strongest team across of the entire Tokyo Expressway. With Expressway, with each member held in incredibly high esteem by their fellows. However, with the old guard lead by "Ice Man" Shinji Takiguchi retiring, retiring after the first game, the ensuing void and generational change gap weakened the team to the point of they "merely" being the strongest on became the Wangan Line.
Line's fastest.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Downplayed, but in spite of being a team ''almost'' on par with the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, whose dissolution are major plot points, noone even ''mentions'' mention is made of Speed Master in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', even though the team seems to have disappeared nor do any of its' former members appear in thin air.
any capacity.
** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils...and alongside the rest of her team, she seemingly disappears in thin air.
only to never be mentioned again.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Downplayed, but in spite of being a team ''almost'' on par with the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, whose dissolution are major plot points, no
** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils...
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Regulars of the New Belt Line, '''Diamond Image''' used to focus on small-sized, lightweight cars, and were known for the few elite drivers amongst their ranks, team leader "Lightning Shift Takuya" above everybody else. They disbanded sometime after the events of ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3''.
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Regulars of the New Belt Line, '''Diamond Image''' used to focus on small-sized, lightweight cars, and were known for the few elite drivers amongst their ranks, team leader "Lightning Shift Takuya" above everybody else. They disbanded sometime after the events of ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3''.
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Known colloquially as '''R.R.''', '''Rotary Revolution''' are a team financed by the financial might of a corporate conglomerate, whose entire line-up consists of rotary-powered cars. They were one of the top teams through-out the entire Expressway, all the way until their disbanding.
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Known colloquially as '''R.R.''', '''Rotary Revolution''' are a team financed by the financial might of a corporate conglomerate, whose entire line-up consists of rotary-powered cars.
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They were one of the top teams through-out the entire Expressway, all the way until their disbanding.
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* FunWithAcronyms: The team's full name is '''Racing Gangs''', but it's always shortened to R. Gangs.
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* FunWithAcronyms: The team's full name is '''Racing Gangs''', '''''Racing''''' '''Gangs''', but it's always shortened to R. Gangs.
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The original team of GT-R drivers, a tight-knit unit who is frowned upon by most other Expressway teams because of their rough driving and elitist behaviour.
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A team entirely composed of GT-R drivers, '''Free Way''' are a tight-knit unit who is frowned upon by most other Expressway teams because of their rough driving and elitist behaviour.
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For tropes regarding SPEED BOX, all caps, check [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2AndZeroWanderers here]].
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For tropes regarding SPEED BOX, all caps, BOX the Wanderer, check [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2AndZeroWanderers here]].
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: [[SarcasmMode Who woulda thought that the all-Honda [=NSX=] team would've had Honda's logo as part of their own?]]
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* PaperTiger: They were an all-NSX team, at the time where the [=NSX=] [=NA1=] was thought to be the ''peak'' of Japanese race 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.
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* PaperTiger: They were an all-NSX team, at the time where the [=NSX=] [=NA1=] was thought to be the ''peak'' of Japanese race 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.
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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.
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'''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.
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A team made up of racers with [[DarkAndTroubledPast dark pasts]], the Wind Stars named themselves after a common wish: to be "as fresh as the wind" when running down the New Belt Line, their home turf on the Tokyo Expressway.
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A team made up of racers with [[DarkAndTroubledPast dark pasts]], theWind '''Wind Stars named named''' themselves after a common wish: to be "as fresh as the wind" when running down the New Belt Line, their home turf on the Tokyo Expressway.
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** "Diamond Dust" Toshiki Aikawa tried multiple times to become a rock musician, and failed each and every single time. The experience left him so broken that he seems to be looking to blow away his past through his reckless driving.
** "R Magic" Isamu Tamagawa's last relationship ended twenty-five years ago, and he has failed to find love ever since. In an attempt to impress girls, he started racing on the Tokyo Expressway... only to end up pulled in by battles to the point he half-considers ''his car'' to be his girlfriend, and has no time for romantic pursuits anymore, sticking him in a vicious circle.
** "R Magic" Isamu Tamagawa's last relationship ended twenty-five years ago, and he has failed to find love ever since. In an attempt to impress girls, he started racing on the Tokyo Expressway... only to end up pulled in by battles to the point he half-considers ''his car'' to be his girlfriend, and has no time for romantic pursuits anymore, sticking him in a vicious circle.
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** "Diamond Dust" Toshiki Aikawa tried multiple times to become a rock musician, and failed each and every single time. The experience left him so broken that he seems to be looking to blow away "blow away" his past through his reckless driving.
** "R Magic" Isamu Tamagawa's last relationship ended twenty-five years ago, and he has failed to find love ever since. In an attempt to impress girls, he started racing on the Tokyo Expressway... only to end up pulled in by battles to the point he half-considers ''his car'' to be his girlfriend, and has no time for romantic pursuits anymore, sticking him in a viciouscircle.cycle.
** "R Magic" Isamu Tamagawa's last relationship ended twenty-five years ago, and he has failed to find love ever since. In an attempt to impress girls, he started racing on the Tokyo Expressway... only to end up pulled in by battles to the point he half-considers ''his car'' to be his girlfriend, and has no time for romantic pursuits anymore, sticking him in a vicious
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Known colloquially as '''R.R.''', they're a team financed by the financial might of a corporate conglomerate, made up of rotary drivers. They were one of the top teams through-out the entire Expressway, all the way until their disbanding.
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Known colloquially as '''R.R.''', they're a team financed by the financial might of a corporate conglomerate, made up of rotary drivers. They were one of the top teams through-out the entire Expressway, all the way until their disbanding.
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** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils (and as of events of ''Drift'' and ''3'', last seen hiding in Nikko's mountain roads)... and then, she's never mentioned again after ''Street Supremacy''.
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** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils (and as of events of ''Drift'' Devils... and ''3'', last seen hiding alongside the rest of her team, she seemingly disappears in Nikko's mountain roads)... and then, she's never mentioned again after ''Street Supremacy''.
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** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... and then, she's never mentioned again.
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** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... Devils (and as of events of ''Drift'' and ''3'', last seen hiding in Nikko's mountain roads)... and then, she's never mentioned again.
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* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Their team stickers are all easily recognizable, if not ''the'' most recognizable in the entire franchise, including bosses. Rolling Guy represent the trope the most, though: if there is going to be a ShoutOut to the TXR series, such as in GTA V, it will be in reference to them.
** Rolling Guy also play with this trope a bit: they rename themselves to Racing Guy in Racing Battle: C1GP and switch to a monochrome version of their usual logo [[note]] Which, back when each time had a non-leader and leader version of their team stickers, was their non-leader sticker[[/note]], whilst in the ''Drift'' series, they go under Downhill Guy and utilize a modified version of Shadow Rebel's sticker. In the latter case, they're near-unrecognizable unless one cross-references their real names.
* FamousForBeingFirst: They were the first organized teams on the Tokyo Expressway, and as such, they order a great deal of respect. Somewhat Zigzagged, though, in that being ''recurring'' also plays an important role, as almost everyone has forgotten that Elegant Wild existed or that Speed Box were a team, and not just a Wanderer's street name.
** Rolling Guy also play with this trope a bit: they rename themselves to Racing Guy in Racing Battle: C1GP and switch to a monochrome version of their usual logo [[note]] Which, back when each time had a non-leader and leader version of their team stickers, was their non-leader sticker[[/note]], whilst in the ''Drift'' series, they go under Downhill Guy and utilize a modified version of Shadow Rebel's sticker. In the latter case, they're near-unrecognizable unless one cross-references their real names.
* FamousForBeingFirst: They were the first organized teams on the Tokyo Expressway, and as such, they order a great deal of respect. Somewhat Zigzagged, though, in that being ''recurring'' also plays an important role, as almost everyone has forgotten that Elegant Wild existed or that Speed Box were a team, and not just a Wanderer's street name.
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* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Their team stickers are all easily recognizable, if not ''the'' the most recognizable in the entire franchise, franchise even when including bosses. Rolling Guy represent the trope the most, though: if there is going to be a ShoutOut to the TXR series, such as in GTA V, it will be in reference to them.
** Rolling Guy also play with this trope a bit: they rename themselves to Racing Guy in Racing Battle: C1GP and switch to a monochrome version of their usual logo[[note]] Which, [[note]]Which, back when each time had a non-leader and leader version of their team stickers, was their non-leader sticker[[/note]], whilst in the ''Drift'' series, they go under Downhill Guy and utilize a modified version of Shadow Rebel's sticker. In the latter case, they're near-unrecognizable unless one cross-references their real names.
* FamousForBeingFirst: They were the first organized teams on the Tokyo Expressway, and as such, they order a great deal of respect. Somewhat Zigzagged, though, in that being ''recurring'' also plays an important role, as almost everyone has forgotten that Elegant Wild existed or that Speed Box were a team, and not just a single Wanderer's street name.
** Rolling Guy also play with this trope a bit: they rename themselves to Racing Guy in Racing Battle: C1GP and switch to a monochrome version of their usual logo
* FamousForBeingFirst: They were the first organized teams on the Tokyo Expressway, and as such, they order a great deal of respect. Somewhat Zigzagged, though, in that being ''recurring'' also plays an important role, as almost everyone has forgotten that Elegant Wild existed or that Speed Box were a team, and not just a single Wanderer's street name.
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''The'' recurring, iconic theme of the franchise, Rolling Guy is made up of Toyota [=AE86=] drivers that rely on the car's handling capabilities and skill over the acceleration and top speed favored by other racers on the Expressway. The team has been present in every single game of the franchise, to the point that they're near synonymous with it. In the ''Drift'' sub-series, they go under the name of "Downhill Guy", with only half of the team showing up.
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''The'' recurring, iconic theme of the franchise, Rolling Guy '''Rolling Guy''' is made up of Toyota [=AE86=] drivers that rely on the car's handling capabilities and skill over the acceleration and top speed favored by other racers on the Expressway. The team has been present in every single game of the franchise, to the point that they're near synonymous with it. In the ''Drift'' sub-series, they go under the name of "Downhill Guy", '''Downhill Guy''', with only half of the team showing up.present.
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** Double Subverted for Satoru after leaving the team. In spite of claiming he has no attachment to Rolling Guy, he will constantly challenge team members to see their improvements and supports them from afar.
* CripplingOverspecialization: They're very skilled on narrow and twisty winding roads, but on Shutokou highways, their cars' low engine power makes them slow compared to most teams.
* TheGoomba: They're the ''first'' team you end up facing if starting from the inner C1 Loop. As such, they're all easily defeated, and even Rolling Guy #1, their leader, isn't that much of an hassle to overcome, pretty much being a [[Pun King Goomba]].
* CripplingOverspecialization: They're very skilled on narrow and twisty winding roads, but on Shutokou highways, their cars' low engine power makes them slow compared to most teams.
* TheGoomba: They're the ''first'' team you end up facing if starting from the inner C1 Loop. As such, they're all easily defeated, and even Rolling Guy #1, their leader, isn't that much of an hassle to overcome, pretty much being a [[Pun King Goomba]].
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** Double Subverted for Satoru after leaving the team. In spite of repeatedly claiming he has to have no attachment to Rolling Guy, he will constantly challenge team members to see witness their improvements and supports improvement first-hand, as well as support them from afar.
behind the scenes.
* CripplingOverspecialization:They're very skilled on narrow and twisty winding roads, but on Shutokou highways, Team members tend to bring the best out of their cars' low engine power makes them slow compared to most teams.
AE86s on the narrow, twisting mountain passes of Japan, but as a result, their performance on the Tokyo Expressway is beyond lackluster.
* TheGoomba:They're the ''first'' team you end up facing if If starting from the inner Inner C1 Loop. Loop, they are the very first opponents player will face in mainline games. As such, they're all easily defeated, and even defeated. Even their leader, Rolling Guy #1, their leader, isn't that much of an hassle difficult to overcome, defeat, pretty much being a [[Pun their [[{{Pun}} King Goomba]].
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The first team to be faced on the C1 Loop Outer, Curving Edge is made up of Honda drivers financed by their leader, "Highway Prince" Takaaki Fujima.
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The first team to be faced on the C1 Loop Outer, Curving Edge '''Curving Edge''' is made up of Honda drivers financed by their leader, "Highway Prince" Takaaki Fujima.
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A long-standing team of 4-door sedan drivers, whose members rely on their cars' "inner potential". They were once regarded as one of the best teams of the C1 Loop, although they've fallen down the totem pole in recent times.
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A long-standing team of 4-door sedan drivers, whose members rely on their cars' "inner potential". They potential", '''SS Limited''' were once regarded as one of the best teams of the C1 Loop, although they've fallen down the totem pole in recent times.
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* BerserkButton: An easy way to anger "Evening Star" is ask why SS Limited broke up in ''Street Supremacy''.
** Merely ''driving'' a sports car in the general direction of "Sports Car Killer" is this to him.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Their current leader, "Evening Star" Kyo Takahashi, used to be a member of [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], until former leader "Morning Star" Torakichi Yamada was so impressed by his skills to recruit him and hand him the leadership of the team.
** Merely ''driving'' a sports car in the general direction of "Sports Car Killer" is this to him.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Their current leader, "Evening Star" Kyo Takahashi, used to be a member of [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], until former leader "Morning Star" Torakichi Yamada was so impressed by his skills to recruit him and hand him the leadership of the team.
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* BerserkButton: An easy way to anger "Evening Star" is ask why SS Limited broke up Only in ''Street Supremacy''.
Supremacy'', a sure-fire way to anger Evening Star is to ask him why the team broke up.
** Merely ''driving'' a sports car in the general direction of"Sports Sports Car Killer" is this Killer will cause him to him.
go berserk.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Their current leader, "Evening Star" Kyo Takahashi, used to be a member of [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], until formerleader leader, "Morning Star" Torakichi Yamada Yamada, was so impressed enough by his skills skill to recruit him and hand make him the leadership of the team.his successor.
** Merely ''driving'' a sports car in the general direction of
* DefectorFromDecadence: Their current leader, "Evening Star" Kyo Takahashi, used to be a member of [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], until former
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* {{Revenge}}: Typically, the driving motivation of "Sports Car Killer" Akira Shimamoto. [[FreudianExcuse He was caught up in a traffic accident after being cut off by a reckless sports car driver]], and has held a grudge ever since. One of their members, "Sports Car Killer" Akira Shimamoto bases the choice of his opponents on it [[FreudianExcuse after he got involved in an accident caused by a reckless sports car driver]], leading him to have a deep hatred towards them in general.
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* {{Revenge}}: Typically, the The driving motivation of "Sports Car Killer" Akira Shimamoto. Shimamoto can be best described as this. [[FreudianExcuse He was caught up in a traffic accident after being cut off by a reckless sports car driver]], and has held a grudge ever since. One of their members, "Sports Car Killer" Akira Shimamoto bases the choice of his opponents on it [[FreudianExcuse after he got involved in an accident caused by a reckless sports car driver]], leading him to have a deep hatred towards them in general.
sports cars ever since.
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A loose association of people working in either the automotive field or the entertainment industry, Elegant Wild wasn't exactly a team in the most traditional of senses beyond sharing stickers and recognizing a common leader.
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A loose association of people working in either the automotive field or the entertainment industry, Elegant Wild '''Elegant Wild''' wasn't exactly a team in the most traditional of senses beyond sharing stickers and recognizing a common leader.
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* DumbStruck: Team leader "300-Mile Ruby" Yumiko Matsuyama becomes unable to speak for the rest of the day if she loses even once. Played With, because she's not rendered mute by trauma, but rather because she's too busy thinking of ways to avenge her loss by changing her car's settings.
* PutOnABus: The team in general, and five of its' six members, haven't reappeared under any form since ''Zero''. The sole exception is "White Revolution" Toshihiko Kin, who became a Wanderer and showed up in the first two ''Drift'' games.
* TheGenericGuy: Compared to the other teams, Elegant Wild are rather non-descriptive. Its' members don't have anything in common, the team itself doesn't have any gimmick so to speak of, and all but one disappear after the events of ''Zero''. The exception to the rule is... well, [[CloudCuckooLander "White Revolution" Toshihiko Kin]].
* PutOnABus: The team in general, and five of its' six members, haven't reappeared under any form since ''Zero''. The sole exception is "White Revolution" Toshihiko Kin, who became a Wanderer and showed up in the first two ''Drift'' games.
* TheGenericGuy: Compared to the other teams, Elegant Wild are rather non-descriptive. Its' members don't have anything in common, the team itself doesn't have any gimmick so to speak of, and all but one disappear after the events of ''Zero''. The exception to the rule is... well, [[CloudCuckooLander "White Revolution" Toshihiko Kin]].
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* DumbStruck: Team leader "300-Mile Ruby" Yumiko Matsuyama becomes unable to speak for the rest of the day night if she loses even once. Played With, because she's in that it's not rendered mute by trauma, but rather because she's too busy thinking of ways to avenge her the trauma stemming from the loss by changing to cause this mutism. Rather, she becomes so absorbed in her car's settings.
own thoughts that she shuts herself off from the outside world.
* PutOnABus:The team in general, and five Five of its' six members, and the team in general, haven't reappeared under in any form since ''Zero''. The sole exception is "White Revolution" Toshihiko Kin, who became a Wanderer and showed up in the first two ''Drift'' games.
Wanderer.
* TheGenericGuy: Compared to the other teams, Elegant Wild are rather non-descriptive.Its' Its members don't have anything in common, the team itself doesn't have any gimmick so to speak of, and all but one disappear after the events of ''Zero''. The exception to the rule is... well, [[CloudCuckooLander "White Revolution" Toshihiko Kin]].
* PutOnABus:
* TheGenericGuy: Compared to the other teams, Elegant Wild are rather non-descriptive.
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The other all-sedan, C1 Loop-based team, MAX Racing members nonetheless enjoy a strong friendship with those belonging to SS Limited. In fact, they are more friends with them than with themselves. The team's been split in the middle for years over tuning philosophy, with three of its' members forming a separate unit called the "Three Musketeers of High Speed".
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The other all-sedan, C1 Loop-based team, MAX Racing '''MAX Racing''' members nonetheless enjoy a strong friendship with those belonging to SS Limited. In fact, they are more friends with them than with themselves. The team's been split in the middle for years over tuning philosophy, with three of its' members forming a separate unit called the "Three Musketeers of High Speed".
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* ChallengingTheChief: Happened sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', when "Golden Beast" Masaki Koizum defeated long-time leader "Bloody Rose" Ashura Menhiko to take his place. Ashura, instead, became the ''de facto'' number two and decided to restart from a clean slate, with a new car.
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* ChallengingTheChief: Happened sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', when "Golden Beast" Masaki Koizum Koizumi defeated long-time leader "Bloody Rose" Omohiko Ashura Menhiko to take his place. Ashura, Omohiko, instead, became the ''de facto'' number two two, and decided to restart start from a clean slate, with scratch, buying a new car. car in the process.
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** The Three Musketeers ''try'' to avoid this with a different philosophy, but not only it doesn't work, it's caused a giant rift within the team that perdures after years.
* TrueCompanions: "Blue Thunder" Masanori Takaoka, "White Blade" Ryuta Kanno and "Blood Rain" Akihiro Myashita are this, having stuck together through the years. Subverted with the team as a whole, though: the Musketeers' approach is very divisive within it, and as such, outside observers feel like the team could collapse at any moment.
** In particular, in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the Musketeers will insult both Golden Beast and Bloody Rose behind their backs for being lousy leaders. The other members of MAX Racing will do the same.
* TrueCompanions: "Blue Thunder" Masanori Takaoka, "White Blade" Ryuta Kanno and "Blood Rain" Akihiro Myashita are this, having stuck together through the years. Subverted with the team as a whole, though: the Musketeers' approach is very divisive within it, and as such, outside observers feel like the team could collapse at any moment.
** In particular, in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the Musketeers will insult both Golden Beast and Bloody Rose behind their backs for being lousy leaders. The other members of MAX Racing will do the same.
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** The Three Musketeers ''try'' try to avoid this with a different tuning philosophy, but not focusing on agility. Not only it doesn't work, it's caused has their success been limited, but clashing ideals have lead to a giant rift deep fracture within the team team, one that perdures after years.
a decade.
* TrueCompanions: "Blue Thunder" Masanori Takaoka, "White Blade" RyutaKanno Kanno, and "Blood Rain" Akihiro Myashita are this, having have stuck together through by each other's side for years, to the years. point that they started to be called the "Three Musketeers".
** Subverted withthe team MAX Racing as a whole, though: the Musketeers' approach is very divisive within it, and as such, outside observers feel like however: the team could collapse at any moment.
** In particular,is split in two camps, with the Musketeers on one side and everyone else on the other. The two constantly butt heads over the direction the team should take, to the point that by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the Musketeers will insult both Golden Beast and Bloody Rose behind their backs for being lousy leaders. The leaders, whilst the other members of MAX Racing will do the same.
likewise towards them.
* TrueCompanions: "Blue Thunder" Masanori Takaoka, "White Blade" Ryuta
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** In particular,
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Regulars of the New Belt Line, Diamond Image used to focus on small-sized, lightweight cars, and were known for the few elite drivers amongst their ranks, team leader "Lightning Shift Takuya" above everybody else. They disbanded sometime after the events of ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3''.
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Regulars of the New Belt Line, Diamond Image '''Diamond Image''' used to focus on small-sized, lightweight cars, and were known for the few elite drivers amongst their ranks, team leader "Lightning Shift Takuya" above everybody else. They disbanded sometime after the events of ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3''.
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* BusCrash: The team was disbanded after the events of ''3'', and the leader Takuya became an independent driver instead. (See his individual entry below.)
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A group of aficionados who united over their common affinity for Nissan's renowed S-chassis.[[note]]the one used in the Nissan Silvia, 180SX and 240SX, for the uninformed[[/note]] They pride themselves on their clean, safe driving.
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* BoringButPractical: Their S-cars are flashy only in appearance. Under their "skin", they are well-rounded cars with proficient drivers behind the wheel. Not the rocketships typically associated with the Expressway, but definitely nothing to scoff at.
* BusCrash: Like ''many'' other teams, Fine Drive disband sometime before the events ''Import Tuner Challenge''. "Shimokitaza 2000cc" Satoshi Hoshino can be found as a Wanderer in the game, using a variant of the team's logo as his unique Wanderer sticker.
* BusCrash: Like ''many'' other teams, Fine Drive disband sometime before the events ''Import Tuner Challenge''. "Shimokitaza 2000cc" Satoshi Hoshino can be found as a Wanderer in the game, using a variant of the team's logo as his unique Wanderer sticker.
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* BoringButPractical: Their S-cars are only flashy only in appearance. Under their "skin", bodies, they are well-rounded cars with proficient drivers behind the wheel. Not the rocketships typically associated with the Expressway, but definitely nothing to scoff at.
* BusCrash: Like ''many'' other teams, Fine Drivedisband disbanded sometime before the events ''Import Tuner Challenge''. "Shimokitaza 2000cc" Satoshi Hoshino can be found as became a Wanderer in the game, using a variant of Wanderer, taking the team's logo as sticker and modifying it to make it his unique Wanderer sticker.own.
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So named afteir their cars' [[PurpleProse "rythmic twisting"]], Twister are a rotary-powered team based out of the C1 Loop with a very long history behind them.
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So named afteir their cars' [[PurpleProse "rythmic twisting"]], Twister '''Twister''' are a rotary-powered team based out of the C1 Loop with a very long history behind them.
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* {{Fanboy}}: Twister members are obviously passionate over the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine Wankel engine]], colloquially called the "rotary engine". They all drive various generations of the car most associated with it, the Mazda RX-7.
* MeaningfulName: As mentioned above, the team's name is a two-fold reference to their cars' engine literally twisting on themselves and their cars' "rythmic twist" in attacking the C1 Loop's corners. Rivals and detractors will sarcastically remind them of this [[EpicFail when team members spin out when they push their cars beyond their limits and end up spinning out.]].
* MeaningfulName: As mentioned above, the team's name is a two-fold reference to their cars' engine literally twisting on themselves and their cars' "rythmic twist" in attacking the C1 Loop's corners. Rivals and detractors will sarcastically remind them of this [[EpicFail when team members spin out when they push their cars beyond their limits and end up spinning out.]].
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* {{Fanboy}}: Twister members are obviously clearly passionate over about the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine Wankel engine]], colloquially called the "rotary engine". They all drive various generations of the car most associated with it, the Mazda RX-7.
* MeaningfulName: As mentioned above, the team's name is a two-foldreference to reference: their cars' engine literally twisting twist on themselves and themselves, whilst their cars' "rythmic twist" in attacking "twist rhythmically" as they attack the C1 Loop's corners. Rivals and detractors will sarcastically remind them of this use it to mock team members, instead, [[EpicFail when team members they spin out when they push their cars beyond their limits and end up spinning out.]].
* MeaningfulName: As mentioned above, the team's name is a two-fold
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* UnskilledButStrong: Subverted. While they're not the best team around the Shutokou, their RX-7s tend to have great performance and can be competitive towards other rivals including the far more skilled R.R. (Rotary Revolution).
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* UnskilledButStrong: Subverted. While they're not the best team around the Shutokou, Tokyo Expressway, their RX-7s tend to have great performance and can be competitive towards other rivals including the far more skilled R.R. (Rotary Revolution).
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The other all-[=AE86=] team, the R. Gangs are based out of the New Belt Line and aspire to become the strongest team in the entire Tokyo Metropolis.
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The other all-[=AE86=] team, the R. Gangs '''R. Gangs''' are based out of the New Belt Line and aspire to become the strongest team in the entire Tokyo Metropolis.
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* AmazonBrigade: Atleast from the first game until ''Zero'' in international releases. See ShesAManInJapan below for why.
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* AmazonBrigade: Atleast from the first game until ''Zero'' in In international releases.releases until after ''Zero'', all members of the team were women. See ShesAManInJapan below for why.
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* JackOfAllStats: Credit where credit is due, the team has gotten noticeably better come ''Import Tuner Challenge'', with far better power output than before whilst retaining their signature agility.
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* FunWithAcronyms: The team's full name is '''Racing Gangs''', but it's always shortened to R. Gangs.
* JackOfAllStats: Credit where credit is due, the team has gotten noticeably bettercome by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', with far better having increased their cars' power output than before whilst retaining their signature agility.agility. Those, combined with their years of experience, make the R. Gangs surprisingly tough opponents.
* JackOfAllStats: Credit where credit is due, the team has gotten noticeably better
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* WeakButSkilled: Like their fellow [=AE86=] enthusiasts in [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], their team are consisted in veterans who know the Shutokou pretty well and they refuse to give up even though their fully-tuned [=AE86s=] [[CantCatchUp won't be able to catch up with other rivals with far more powerful cars]].
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* WeakButSkilled: Like their fellow [=AE86=] enthusiasts in [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], their the team are consisted in all Expressway veterans who know the Shutokou pretty well and they refuse to give up even though whose weakness is their fully-tuned [=AE86s=] [[CantCatchUp won't be able to catch cars' lack of power. Averted in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', where their skills are backed up with other rivals with far more powerful cars]].
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One of the Expressway's most famous teams, and the Shinkanjo's top team alongside Free Way and Another Star. Top Level is made up of racers with varying backgrounds in rally. All members strictly drive Mitsubishi Lancer Evos.
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One of the Expressway's most famous teams, and the Shinkanjo's top team alongside Free Way and Another Star. Top Level '''Top Level''' is made up of racers with varying backgrounds in rally. All members strictly drive Mitsubishi Lancer Evos.
* BadassDriver: In a [[WorldOfBadass World Of Badass Drivers]], Top Level, much like their rivals, stand out thanks to their collective background in rallying.
* BadassDriver: In a [[WorldOfBadass World Of Badass Drivers]], Top Level, much like their rivals, stand out thanks to their collective background in rallying.
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One of the original teams of the Expressway, and the first to end up breaking apart. Unlimited was born from their ashes, whilst the former "Street Fighter Plane", Takeshi Nagano, took up "SPEED BOX" as his own street name.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: "Killing Machine" Shuhei Kitagata was so embarassed of Speed Box's low level that he left the team and started [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2Teams Unlimited]] shortly afterwards. It's unknown if this was the cause or an effect of Speed Box breaking up for good, though.
* PaperTiger: They were an all-NSX team, at the time where the NSX NA1 was thought to be the ''peak'' of Japanese race 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.
* PaperTiger: They were an all-NSX team, at the time where the NSX NA1 was thought to be the ''peak'' of Japanese race 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.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: "Killing Machine" Shuhei Kitagata was so embarassed of Speed Box's low level that he left the team and started [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2Teams Unlimited]] shortly afterwards. It's unknown if this was the cause or merely an effect of Speed Box breaking up for good, though.
* PaperTiger: They were an all-NSX team, at the time where theNSX NA1 [=NSX=] [=NA1=] was thought to be the ''peak'' of Japanese race 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.
* PaperTiger: They were an all-NSX team, at the time where the
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* {{Expy}}: Of [[Manga/InitialD Akagi RedSuns]] (both lore and gameplay-wise). Also, Toshihiko and Toshiji serve as this to both Ryosuke and Keisuke respectively.
* ShoutOut: A rotary-powered team, lead by two brothers, one driving a yellow RX-7 FD3S and the other a white RX-7 FC? [[Manga/InitialD Where have we seen that before?]]
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An incredibly long-lived team with an heavy tradition, apparently on its' seventh generation by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', RINGS are no talk and all business. They require applicants to beat every single member before they are allowed to join and given the stickers, and dislike winning through raw performance so much they willingly detune their cars to only run at 80% of their full power.
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An incredibly long-lived team with an heavy tradition, apparently on its' seventh generation by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', RINGS '''RINGS''' are no talk all business and all business. no talk. They require applicants to beat every single member before they are handed the team's stickers and are allowed to join and given the stickers, and join. They also dislike winning through raw performance so much performance, to the point that they willingly detune their cars to only run at 80% of their full power.
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* TrialByCombat: Potential new members need to defeat every single member of RINGS at that moment before they're handed the team's sticker and allowed to join. By the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', that'd mean beating nine of the most talented drivers of the Tokyo Expressway.
* WillfullyWeak: RINGS' entire philosophy revolves around winning through the driver's own skill, not the car's performance. In order to do that, they ''detune'' their cars to only run at 80% of their full power.
* WillfullyWeak: RINGS' entire philosophy revolves around winning through the driver's own skill, not the car's performance. In order to do that, they ''detune'' their cars to only run at 80% of their full power.
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* TrialByCombat: Potential new members need to defeat every single member of RINGS at that moment before they're handed the team's sticker and allowed to they can join. By the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', that'd mean beating nine of the most talented drivers of the Tokyo Expressway.
* WillfullyWeak: RINGS' entire philosophy revolves around winning through the driver's own skill, not the car's performance. In order to do that, they''detune'' detune their cars to only run at 80% of their full power.
* WillfullyWeak: RINGS' entire philosophy revolves around winning through the driver's own skill, not the car's performance. In order to do that, they
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* CoolOldGuy: Downplayed with "Infini Yellow" Kangoro Matsuda, who's at the very least in his early forties and is merely considered old by comparison with the youthful Expressway racers. He's been racing his yellow RX-7 FC for ''twenty years'', and can still leave most other drivers in the dust. [[note]]Although his age is never stated, the RX-7 was first released in 1975, a little more than twenty years before the events of the first Tokyo Xtreme Racer. At his youngest, Kangoro should be born in 1957.[[/note]]
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The original, and more well-known, twenty teams of the Tokyo Expressway.
* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Their team stickers are all easily recognizable, if not ''the'' most recognizable in the entire franchise, including bosses. Rolling Guy represent the trope the most, though: if there is going to be a ShoutOut to the TXR series, such as in GTA V, it will be in reference to them.
** Rolling Guy also play with this trope a bit: they rename themselves to Racing Guy in Racing Battle: C1GP and switch to a monochrome version of their usual logo [[note]] Which, back when each time had a non-leader and leader version of their team stickers, was their non-leader sticker[[/note]], whilst in the ''Drift'' series, they go under Downhill Guy and utilize a modified version of Shadow Rebel's sticker. In the latter case, they're near-unrecognizable unless one cross-references their real names.
* FamousForBeingFirst: They were the first organized teams on the Tokyo Expressway, and as such, they order a great deal of respect. Somewhat Zigzagged, though, in that being ''recurring'' also plays an important role, as almost everyone has forgotten that Elegant Wild existed or that Speed Box were a team, and not just a Wanderer's street name.
* LovedByAll: Generally speaking, you'd be really hard-pressed to find someone who could even bad mouth the original twenty teams, besides a couple of bitter ex-members.
* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Their team stickers are all easily recognizable, if not ''the'' most recognizable in the entire franchise, including bosses. Rolling Guy represent the trope the most, though: if there is going to be a ShoutOut to the TXR series, such as in GTA V, it will be in reference to them.
** Rolling Guy also play with this trope a bit: they rename themselves to Racing Guy in Racing Battle: C1GP and switch to a monochrome version of their usual logo [[note]] Which, back when each time had a non-leader and leader version of their team stickers, was their non-leader sticker[[/note]], whilst in the ''Drift'' series, they go under Downhill Guy and utilize a modified version of Shadow Rebel's sticker. In the latter case, they're near-unrecognizable unless one cross-references their real names.
* FamousForBeingFirst: They were the first organized teams on the Tokyo Expressway, and as such, they order a great deal of respect. Somewhat Zigzagged, though, in that being ''recurring'' also plays an important role, as almost everyone has forgotten that Elegant Wild existed or that Speed Box were a team, and not just a Wanderer's street name.
* LovedByAll: Generally speaking, you'd be really hard-pressed to find someone who could even bad mouth the original twenty teams, besides a couple of bitter ex-members.
* AFatherToHisMen: Whoever the team leader is, be it Satoru or Tetsu, they tend to work extra hard to help them improve and develop as drivers, in spite of their limited means to do so.
** Double Subverted for Satoru after leaving the team. In spite of claiming he has no attachment to Rolling Guy, he will constantly challenge team members to see their improvements and supports them from afar.
** Double Subverted for Satoru after leaving the team. In spite of claiming he has no attachment to Rolling Guy, he will constantly challenge team members to see their improvements and supports them from afar.
* PromotedToPlayable: They're one of fifteen teams the player can join in ''Street Supremacy''.
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* WeakButSkilled: They're a team that drive nothing but [=AE86s=] (either the Levin or Trueno) and has a huge focus on handling even if their car is heavily modified. However, [[AchillesHeel their main weakness is the horsepower]] [[CantCatchUp to the point where they couldn't keep up with more advanced rivals by comparison]].
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Xtreme'', they've switched from their signature [=AE86s=] in favour of the [=GT86=], hoping to grow as a team.[[labelnote:Note]]TruthInTelevision, somewhat: The Toyota [=AE86=]'s 4A-GE engine isn't the easiest of the bunch to tune up, and only outputs 130 HP, compared to the [=GT86=]'s 205 HP 4U-GSE engine. However, the [=GT86=] is heavier, nowhere near as nimble as its' predecessor, and its' first generation, the one used by Rolling Guy, infamously suffers from a torque dip in the middle of its' revving curve.[[/labelnote]]
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Xtreme'', they've switched from their signature [=AE86s=] in favour of the [=GT86=], hoping to grow as a team.[[labelnote:Note]]TruthInTelevision, somewhat: The Toyota [=AE86=]'s 4A-GE engine isn't the easiest of the bunch to tune up, and only outputs 130 HP, compared to the [=GT86=]'s 205 HP 4U-GSE engine. However, the [=GT86=] is heavier, nowhere near as nimble as its' predecessor, and its' first generation, the one used by Rolling Guy, infamously suffers from a torque dip in the middle of its' revving curve.[[/labelnote]]
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* WeakButSkilled: They're a team that drive nothing but Rolling Guy are fiercely loyal to their [=AE86s=] (either the Levin or Trueno) and has a huge focus on handling even if in spite of their car is heavily modified. However, [[AchillesHeel abysmal-by-comparison engine output. To make up for it, they've sharpened their main weakness is the horsepower]] [[CantCatchUp skills as drivers to their very limits, to the point where they couldn't keep up with tend to outperform their cars. Averted in the ''Drift'' series, since their [=AE86s=] are far more advanced rivals by comparison]].
at home on the mountain pass.
** To really drive home how skilled they are, Kyo Takahashi and Tadashi Utsui are both former members of Rolling Guy. Upon leaving the team and switching to other cars, the former became the leader of SS Limited, whilst the latter joined Free Way, one of the strongest teams of the New Belt Line.
* YouAreInCommandNow: The original "Rolling Guy #1", Satoru Kobayakawa, abruptly left the team and accidentally forced his younger brother, Tetsu, to take up the leadership and title sometime after the events of ''Zero''.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Xtreme'',they've the team switched from their signature [=AE86s=] to the newer [=GT86s=], in favour an attempt to move away from their perennial position at the bottom of the [=GT86=], hoping to grow as a team.Expressway's pyramid.[[labelnote:Note]]TruthInTelevision, somewhat: The Toyota [=AE86=]'s 4A-GE engine isn't the easiest of the bunch to tune up, and only outputs 130 HP, HP stock, compared to the [=GT86=]'s 205 HP 4U-GSE engine. However, the [=GT86=] is heavier, nowhere near as nimble as its' predecessor, and its' first generation, the one used by Rolling Guy, infamously suffers from a torque dip in the middle of its' revving curve.[[/labelnote]]
** To really drive home how skilled they are, Kyo Takahashi and Tadashi Utsui are both former members of Rolling Guy. Upon leaving the team and switching to other cars, the former became the leader of SS Limited, whilst the latter joined Free Way, one of the strongest teams of the New Belt Line.
* YouAreInCommandNow: The original "Rolling Guy #1", Satoru Kobayakawa, abruptly left the team and accidentally forced his younger brother, Tetsu, to take up the leadership and title sometime after the events of ''Zero''.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Xtreme'',
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* DefectorFromDecadence: Their current leader, "Evening Star" Kyo Takahashi apparently used to be a member of [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], until former leader "Morning Star" Torakichi Yamada was impressed enough by his skills to recruit him and hand him the role of leadership.
* MightyGlacier: They have high-powered sedans with good top-speed, acceleration and grip thanks to their BoringButPractical tuning, but the cars tend to be quite heavy due to their nature.
* {{Revenge}}: One of their members, "Sports Car Killer" Akira Shimamoto bases the choice of his opponents on it [[FreudianExcuse after he got involved in an accident caused by a reckless sports car driver]], leading him to have a deep hatred towards them in general.
* MightyGlacier: They have high-powered sedans with good top-speed, acceleration and grip thanks to their BoringButPractical tuning, but the cars tend to be quite heavy due to their nature.
* {{Revenge}}: One of their members, "Sports Car Killer" Akira Shimamoto bases the choice of his opponents on it [[FreudianExcuse after he got involved in an accident caused by a reckless sports car driver]], leading him to have a deep hatred towards them in general.
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* BerserkButton: An easy way to anger "Evening Star" is ask why SS Limited broke up in ''Street Supremacy''.
** Merely ''driving'' a sports car in the general direction of "Sports Car Killer" is this to him.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Their current leader, "Evening Star" KyoTakahashi apparently Takahashi, used to be a member of [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], until former leader "Morning Star" Torakichi Yamada was so impressed enough by his skills to recruit him and hand him the role leadership of leadership.
the team.
* MightyGlacier:They have Like MAX Racing, the team's members all drive large, high-powered sedans with good top-speed, acceleration and grip thanks to sedans. Unlike MAX Racing, their BoringButPractical tuning, but the cars tend to be quite heavy better rounded and grippier, but still suffer from the large amount of weight they have.
* LightningBruiser: "Evening Star" used to drive an [=AE86=] before switching to high-powered sedans. He retained [[WeakButSkilled the knowledge and approach he developed to bring out the best in the small hatchback]] and successfully re-applied them, something that is noted to be a near miracle due totheir nature.
the sheer difference in cars.
* {{Revenge}}: Typically, the driving motivation of "Sports Car Killer" Akira Shimamoto. [[FreudianExcuse He was caught up in a traffic accident after being cut off by a reckless sports car driver]], and has held a grudge ever since. One of their members, "Sports Car Killer" Akira Shimamoto bases the choice of his opponents on it [[FreudianExcuse after he got involved in an accident caused by a reckless sports car driver]], leading him to have a deep hatred towards them in general.
** Merely ''driving'' a sports car in the general direction of "Sports Car Killer" is this to him.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Their current leader, "Evening Star" Kyo
* MightyGlacier:
* LightningBruiser: "Evening Star" used to drive an [=AE86=] before switching to high-powered sedans. He retained [[WeakButSkilled the knowledge and approach he developed to bring out the best in the small hatchback]] and successfully re-applied them, something that is noted to be a near miracle due to
* {{Revenge}}: Typically, the driving motivation of "Sports Car Killer" Akira Shimamoto. [[FreudianExcuse He was caught up in a traffic accident after being cut off by a reckless sports car driver]], and has held a grudge ever since. One of their members, "Sports Car Killer" Akira Shimamoto bases the choice of his opponents on it [[FreudianExcuse after he got involved in an accident caused by a reckless sports car driver]], leading him to have a deep hatred towards them in general.
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A loose association of people working in either the automotive field or the entertainment industry, Elegant Wild wasn't exactly a team whose members drive high performance cars.in the most traditional of senses beyond sharing stickers and recognizing a common leader.
The team dissolved with no reason or mention after the events of ''Zero'', with a sole member still running on the Tokyo Expressway... and the mountain passes of Japan. For more information on him, see "White Revolution"'s entry [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer3Wanderers here]].
* CoolOldGuy: Downplayed with "Infini Yellow" Kangoro Matsuda, who's at the very least in his early forties and is merely considered old by comparison with the youthful Expressway racers. He's been racing his yellow RX-7 FC for ''twenty years'', and can still leave most other drivers in the dust. [[note]]Although his age is never stated, the RX-7 was first released in 1975, a little more than twenty years before the events of the first Tokyo Xtreme Racer. At his youngest, Kangoro should be born in 1957.[[/note]]
* DumbStruck: Team leader "300-Mile Ruby" Yumiko Matsuyama becomes unable to speak for the rest of the day if she loses even once. Played With, because she's not rendered mute by trauma, but rather because she's too busy thinking of ways to avenge her loss by changing her car's settings.
The team dissolved with no reason or mention after the events of ''Zero'', with a sole member still running on the Tokyo Expressway... and the mountain passes of Japan. For more information on him, see "White Revolution"'s entry [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer3Wanderers here]].
* CoolOldGuy: Downplayed with "Infini Yellow" Kangoro Matsuda, who's at the very least in his early forties and is merely considered old by comparison with the youthful Expressway racers. He's been racing his yellow RX-7 FC for ''twenty years'', and can still leave most other drivers in the dust. [[note]]Although his age is never stated, the RX-7 was first released in 1975, a little more than twenty years before the events of the first Tokyo Xtreme Racer. At his youngest, Kangoro should be born in 1957.[[/note]]
* DumbStruck: Team leader "300-Mile Ruby" Yumiko Matsuyama becomes unable to speak for the rest of the day if she loses even once. Played With, because she's not rendered mute by trauma, but rather because she's too busy thinking of ways to avenge her loss by changing her car's settings.
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* TheGenericGuy: Compared to the other teams, Elegant Wild are rather non-descriptive. Its' members don't have anything in common, the team itself doesn't have any gimmick so to speak of, and all but one disappear after the events of ''Zero''. The exception to the rule is... well, [[CloudCuckooLander "White Revolution" Toshihiko Kin]].
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A team that used to be regulars on the New Belt Line, Diamond Image used to focus on small-sized, lightweight cars. They disbanded sometime after the events of ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3''. For tropes about their leader, Lightning Shift Takuya, see his individual entry under Wanderers.
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* TheFellowshipHasEnded: The team strongly revolved around "Lightning Shift"'s leadership. It's assumed that when he abandoned the Tokyo Expressway to permanently resume racing on the mountain passes, there was no reason for the team to continue existing.
* NewMeat: "Lightning Wisdom" Yuji Minobe, the most recent member of the team by the time of ''3'', fit the bill to a T, barely having an year of racing experience behind him and being physically frail.
* NewMeat: "Lightning Wisdom" Yuji Minobe, the most recent member of the team by the time of ''3'', fit the bill to a T, barely having an year of racing experience behind him and being physically frail.
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* BoringButPractical: Their S-cars are flashy only appearance. Everywhere else, they are well-rounded cars with proficient drivers behind the wheel. Not the rocketships typically associated with the Expressway, but definitely nothing to scoff at.
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* BoringButPractical: Their S-cars are flashy only in appearance. Everywhere else, Under their "skin", they are well-rounded cars with proficient drivers behind the wheel. Not the rocketships typically associated with the Expressway, but definitely nothing to scoff at.
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* ShoutOut: Their leader's real name is Yuichi Iketani, which is an obvious nod to both [[Manga/InitialD Yuichi Tachibana and Koichiro Iketani]]. Not to mention that the latter also drives a Nissan Silvia as well.
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* ShoutOut: Their leader's real name is Yuichi Iketani, which is an obvious a likely nod to both [[Manga/InitialD Yuichi Tachibana and Koichiro Iketani]]. Not to mention that the latter also drives Furthermore, both drive Silvias. [[note]]Yuichi's is a Nissan Silvia as well.
bright-red S15, whilst Koichiro's is a two-tone S13.[[/note]]
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One of the original Tokyo Expressway teams, and alongside Rolling Guy, the only team to have appeared in every single mainline game. All members drive rotary-powered cars.
* {{Fanboy}}: Twister members are obviously passionate for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine Wankel engine]], or rotary engine if you will. They all drive various generations of the car most associated with it, the Mazda RX-7.
* MeaningfulName: Their name is based off from the way their cars tackle continuous corners "in a rhythmic twist", but also sarcastically used [[EpicFail when their team members spin out upon pushing their cars way too hard while attacking their rivals]].
* {{Fanboy}}: Twister members are obviously passionate for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine Wankel engine]], or rotary engine if you will. They all drive various generations of the car most associated with it, the Mazda RX-7.
* MeaningfulName: Their name is based off from the way their cars tackle continuous corners "in a rhythmic twist", but also sarcastically used [[EpicFail when their team members spin out upon pushing their cars way too hard while attacking their rivals]].
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* {{Fanboy}}: Twister members are obviously passionate
* MeaningfulName:
* TakingUpTheMantle: With Rotary Revolution having broken up for good, and the rotary engine nearing extinction, Twister aren't just the sole remaining rotary team in the entire Tokyo Expressway, but the last heirs of the engine's long tradition in street racing.
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An [=AE86=]-focused team based on Shinkanjou CWL. While they share similar mannerisms with Rolling Guy, both of them don't seem to interact with each other.
* {{Determinator}}: Despite their [=AE86s=] not being the best in the performance department regardless of being heavily tuned, the R. Gangs always don't lose their will to aspire to be the strongest team in the Shutokou.
* WeakButSkilled: Just like [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], their team are consisted in veterans who know the Shutokou pretty well and they refuse to give up even though their fully-tuned [=AE86s=] [[CantCatchUp won't be able to catch up with other rivals with far more powerful cars]].
** JackOfAllStats: In ''Import Tuner Challenge'' their cars have gotten a pretty balanced performance, even their leader's car is no exception despite the flaws mentioned above.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Their leader, Toshiki Kawakami (Drift Dancer) is seen driving a Toyota Corolla Levin BZ-R ([=AE111=]) in ''3'' instead of his usual [=AE86=], as both versions of the [=AE86=] notchback coupe were dropped in that game. However, he switches back to an [=AE86=], albeit the 3-door hatchback, in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' (likely due to Creator/{{Genki}}'s budgetary issues at the time of the game's development).
* {{Determinator}}: Despite their [=AE86s=] not being the best in the performance department regardless of being heavily tuned, the R. Gangs always don't lose their will to aspire to be the strongest team in the Shutokou.
* WeakButSkilled: Just like [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], their team are consisted in veterans who know the Shutokou pretty well and they refuse to give up even though their fully-tuned [=AE86s=] [[CantCatchUp won't be able to catch up with other rivals with far more powerful cars]].
** JackOfAllStats: In ''Import Tuner Challenge'' their cars have gotten a pretty balanced performance, even their leader's car is no exception despite the flaws mentioned above.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Their leader, Toshiki Kawakami (Drift Dancer) is seen driving a Toyota Corolla Levin BZ-R ([=AE111=]) in ''3'' instead of his usual [=AE86=], as both versions of the [=AE86=] notchback coupe were dropped in that game. However, he switches back to an [=AE86=], albeit the 3-door hatchback, in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' (likely due to Creator/{{Genki}}'s budgetary issues at the time of the game's development).
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* {{Determinator}}: Despite their [=AE86s=] not being the best in the performance department regardless of being heavily tuned,
* AmazonBrigade: Atleast from the first game until ''Zero'' in international releases. See ShesAManInJapan below for why.
* {{Determinator}}: It simply doesn't matter how many times they're defeated, how painful the races against stronger opponents get, or how much time passes: the R. Gangs' spirits will ''not'' be broken, and they will ''never'' give up their aspirations of becoming the Expressway's strongest.
* JackOfAllStats: Credit where credit is due, the team has gotten noticeably better come ''Import Tuner Challenge'', with far better power output than before whilst retaining their signature agility.
* ShesAManInJapan: A word-per-word match of the trope: The R. Gangs' members are all men, but in Crave's translations until, and including, ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Zero'', all members are ''women''. Averted starting with ''3''.
* WeakButSkilled:
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Their leader, Toshiki Kawakami (Drift Dancer) is seen driving a Toyota Corolla Levin BZ-R ([=AE111=]) in ''3'' instead of his usual [=AE86=], as both versions of the [=AE86=] notchback coupe were dropped in that game. However, he switches back to an [=AE86=], albeit the 3-door hatchback, in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' (likely due to Creator/{{Genki}}'s budgetary issues at the time of the game's development).
* 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 has made it abundantly clear, though, that there are no plans to expand the team beyond the original seven members. Atleast for the time being.
* TrueCompanions: Tokio Jungle has maintained the exact same, seven-member line up in every single game they appeared in, an incredibly rare feat [[note]]Every other team had members join and/or leave at one point or another[[/note]] in the ever-changing world of Expressway racing. The team is so close that merely considering the idea of expanding its' membership seems to disturb the seven.
* TrueCompanions: Tokio Jungle has maintained the exact same, seven-member line up in every single game they appeared in, an incredibly rare feat [[note]]Every other team had members join and/or leave at one point or another[[/note]] in the ever-changing world of Expressway racing. The team is so close that merely considering the idea of expanding its' membership seems to disturb the seven.
For tropes regarding SPEED BOX, all caps, check [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2AndZeroWanderers here]].
* DefectorFromDecadence: "Killing Machine" Shuhei Kitagata was so embarassed of Speed Box's low level that he left the team and started [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2Teams Unlimited]] shortly afterwards. It's unknown if this was the cause or an effect of Speed Box breaking up for good, though.
* PaperTiger: They were an all-NSX team, at the time where the NSX NA1 was thought to be the ''peak'' of Japanese race 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.
* DefectorFromDecadence: "Killing Machine" Shuhei Kitagata was so embarassed of Speed Box's low level that he left the team and started [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2Teams Unlimited]] shortly afterwards. It's unknown if this was the cause or an effect of Speed Box breaking up for good, though.
* PaperTiger: They were an all-NSX team, at the time where the NSX NA1 was thought to be the ''peak'' of Japanese race 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.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: ''Every'' member of the team has one, bar "Black Magician" Akihisa Toyama, who left after the events of the first game.
* NotAfraidToDie: With how reckless some members of the team are when battling, it's strongly implied they are not afraid after all they have went through. Wolf Requiem's bio outright confirms he has nothing left to lose, and as such he pushes his car until it physically cannot continue anymore.
* TheWoobie: ''Hoo, boy'', where to even begin?
** "Blue Giant Star" Tetsuro Nakata was ridiculed until high school for not being able to ride a bicycle, until he eventually got his driver's license and bought a moped. He suffers from arthritis in his left hand, which severely hinders his ability in shifting gears [[note]]Japanese cars are rear-hand drive, which means the steering wheel is on the right front seat; as a result, you'd use the ''left'' hand to shift gears in a manual[[/note]]. And he ''still'' can't ride a bicycle.
** "Moody Queen" Nao Haruka used to be one of the top idols of her company, but was pushed to the brink of retirement by sexual harassment from her boss. She suffers from burn-out, and picked up highway racing to release stress from work, which translates to a dangerously aggressive driving style.
** "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.
** "Yellow Flare" Ippei Sadaoka used to be a renowed psychic across multiple media, until he was called out as a phony and had his reputation destroyed. He has to resort to humiliate himself on comedy shows to make ends meet, despite having a genuine talent as a mentalist.
** "Runaway Locomotive" Akira Nagase lost his brother to an incurable disease, and has been driving the car he inherited from him ever since, obsessed in looking for something he might never be able to find.
** "Diamond Dust" Toshiki Aikawa tried multiple times to become a rock musician, and failed each and every single time. The experience left him so broken that he seems to be looking to blow away his past through his reckless driving.
** "R Magic" Isamu Tamagawa's last relationship ended twenty-five years ago, and he has failed to find love ever since. In an attempt to impress girls, he started racing on the Tokyo Expressway... only to end up pulled in by battles to the point he half-considers ''his car'' to be his girlfriend, and has no time for romantic pursuits anymore, sticking him in a vicious circle.
** Finally, team leader "Wolf Requiem" Kiyoshi Onizuka lost a dear friend in an highway accident. The team both men belonged to disbanded as a result, and Onizuka was the only one to continue racing, in part to carry on for his friend. He created the Wind Stars when he met similarly traumatized racers, realizing that racing together could've been the first step to heal... [[ShaggyDogStory only for the team to break up years down the line, suddenly and inexplicably, ''just'' as they were starting to properly gel together.]]
* NotAfraidToDie: With how reckless some members of the team are when battling, it's strongly implied they are not afraid after all they have went through. Wolf Requiem's bio outright confirms he has nothing left to lose, and as such he pushes his car until it physically cannot continue anymore.
* TheWoobie: ''Hoo, boy'', where to even begin?
** "Blue Giant Star" Tetsuro Nakata was ridiculed until high school for not being able to ride a bicycle, until he eventually got his driver's license and bought a moped. He suffers from arthritis in his left hand, which severely hinders his ability in shifting gears [[note]]Japanese cars are rear-hand drive, which means the steering wheel is on the right front seat; as a result, you'd use the ''left'' hand to shift gears in a manual[[/note]]. And he ''still'' can't ride a bicycle.
** "Moody Queen" Nao Haruka used to be one of the top idols of her company, but was pushed to the brink of retirement by sexual harassment from her boss. She suffers from burn-out, and picked up highway racing to release stress from work, which translates to a dangerously aggressive driving style.
** "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.
** "Yellow Flare" Ippei Sadaoka used to be a renowed psychic across multiple media, until he was called out as a phony and had his reputation destroyed. He has to resort to humiliate himself on comedy shows to make ends meet, despite having a genuine talent as a mentalist.
** "Runaway Locomotive" Akira Nagase lost his brother to an incurable disease, and has been driving the car he inherited from him ever since, obsessed in looking for something he might never be able to find.
** "Diamond Dust" Toshiki Aikawa tried multiple times to become a rock musician, and failed each and every single time. The experience left him so broken that he seems to be looking to blow away his past through his reckless driving.
** "R Magic" Isamu Tamagawa's last relationship ended twenty-five years ago, and he has failed to find love ever since. In an attempt to impress girls, he started racing on the Tokyo Expressway... only to end up pulled in by battles to the point he half-considers ''his car'' to be his girlfriend, and has no time for romantic pursuits anymore, sticking him in a vicious circle.
** Finally, team leader "Wolf Requiem" Kiyoshi Onizuka lost a dear friend in an highway accident. The team both men belonged to disbanded as a result, and Onizuka was the only one to continue racing, in part to carry on for his friend. He created the Wind Stars when he met similarly traumatized racers, realizing that racing together could've been the first step to heal... [[ShaggyDogStory only for the team to break up years down the line, suddenly and inexplicably, ''just'' as they were starting to properly gel together.]]
* TrialByCombat: Potential new members need to defeat every single member of RINGS at that moment before they're handed the team's sticker and allowed to join. By the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', that'd mean beating nine of the most talented drivers of the Tokyo Expressway.
* WillfullyWeak: RINGS' entire philosophy revolves around winning through the driver's own skill, not the car's performance. In order to do that, they ''detune'' their cars to only run at 80% of their full power.
* WillfullyWeak: RINGS' entire philosophy revolves around winning through the driver's own skill, not the car's performance. In order to do that, they ''detune'' their cars to only run at 80% of their full power.
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The "Dream Team" of the Tokyo Expressway, admired and even envied, Speed Master are the strongest and most famous team outside of the 13 Devils. They, too, have a history dating back years ago.
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The "Dream Team" of the Tokyo Expressway, admired and even envied, Speed Master are the strongest and most famous team outside of the 13 Devils. They, too, have a history dating back years.
* DreamTeam: Used to be this, as the top team across the Tokyo Expressway. With the old guard lead by "Ice Man" Shinji Takiguchi retiring, the ensuing generational change weakened the team to the point of "merely" being the strongest on the Wangan Line.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Downplayed, but in spite of being a team ''almost'' on par with the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, whose dissolution are major plot points, no one even ''mentions'' Speed Master in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', even though the team seems to have disappeared in thin air.
** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent yearsago.
looking for him, not knowing of his identity as the leader of the Thirteen Devils... and then, she's never mentioned again.
* DreamTeam: Used to be this, as the top team across the Tokyo Expressway. With the old guard lead by "Ice Man" Shinji Takiguchi retiring, the ensuing generational change weakened the team to the point of "merely" being the strongest on the Wangan Line.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Downplayed, but in spite of being a team ''almost'' on par with the Thirteen Devils and the Zodiac, whose dissolution are major plot points, no one even ''mentions'' Speed Master in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', even though the team seems to have disappeared in thin air.
** What makes this even more egregious is that "Dark Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, third-in-command of the team by ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'', is ''Jintei's sister''. She spent years
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A recurring team formed by a group of 4-door sedan drivers (who also are affiliated with SS Limited).
* DemotedToExtra: Member-wise, one of the higher rank members, Masaki Koizumi (Golden Beast), becomes MAX Racing's leader while Ashura Menhiko (Bloody Rose) [[NumberTwo switches the role with the former]].
* MightyGlacier: Just like the other sedan-centric C1 Loop team, MAX Racing drive Japanese four-door cars that are on the heavier side and are far from nimble, but make up for it with good horsepower and torque.
* TrueCompanions: Masanori Takaoka (Blue Thunder), Ryuta Kanno (White Blade) and Akihiro Miyashita (Blood Rain) are implied to be this (hence their nickname "The Three Musketeers of High Speed"). Ironically, [[SubvertedTrope they don't really get along with the others due to their relationship becoming shaky since the beginning]].
* DemotedToExtra: Member-wise, one of the higher rank members, Masaki Koizumi (Golden Beast), becomes MAX Racing's leader while Ashura Menhiko (Bloody Rose) [[NumberTwo switches the role with the former]].
* MightyGlacier: Just like the other sedan-centric C1 Loop team, MAX Racing drive Japanese four-door cars that are on the heavier side and are far from nimble, but make up for it with good horsepower and torque.
* TrueCompanions: Masanori Takaoka (Blue Thunder), Ryuta Kanno (White Blade) and Akihiro Miyashita (Blood Rain) are implied to be this (hence their nickname "The Three Musketeers of High Speed"). Ironically, [[SubvertedTrope they don't really get along with the others due to their relationship becoming shaky since the beginning]].
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* DemotedToExtra: Member-wise, one of the higher rank members, Masaki Koizumi (Golden Beast), becomes MAX Racing's leader while Ashura Menhiko (Bloody Rose) [[NumberTwo switches the role with the former]].
* MightyGlacier: Just like the
* ChallengingTheChief: Happened sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', when "Golden Beast" Masaki Koizum defeated long-time leader "Bloody Rose" Ashura Menhiko to take his place. Ashura, instead, became the ''de facto'' number two and
* MightyGlacier: Just like SS Limited, MAX Racing employ Japanese sedans. Heavy, far from nimble, but with large engines.
** The Three Musketeers ''try'' to avoid this with a different philosophy, but not only it doesn't work, it's caused a giant rift within the team that perdures after years.
* TrueCompanions: "Blue Thunder" Masanori
** In particular, in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the Musketeers
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[[folder:In General]]
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[[folder:Rolling Guy]]
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[[caption-width-right:171:Rolling Guy's logo.]]
''The'' recurring, iconic theme of the franchise, Rolling Guy is made up of Toyota [=AE86=] drivers that rely on the car's handling capabilities and skill over the acceleration and top speed favored by other racers on the Expressway. The team has been present in every single game of the franchise, to the point that they're near synonymous with it. In the ''Drift'' sub-series, they go under the name of "Downhill Guy", with only half of the team showing up.
* CripplingOverspecialization: They're very skilled on narrow and twisty winding roads, but on Shutokou highways, their cars' low engine power makes them slow compared to most teams.
* TheGoomba: They're the ''first'' team you end up facing if starting from the inner C1 Loop. As such, they're all easily defeated, and even Rolling Guy #1, their leader, isn't that much of an hassle to overcome, pretty much being a [[Pun King Goomba]].
* WarmUpBoss: Rolling Guy #1 serves as a soft introduction to the tougher opponents one will be facing once Rolling Guy are dealt with.
* WeakButSkilled: They're a team that drive nothing but [=AE86s=] (either the Levin or Trueno) and has a huge focus on handling even if their car is heavily modified. However, [[AchillesHeel their main weakness is the horsepower]] [[CantCatchUp to the point where they couldn't keep up with more advanced rivals by comparison]].
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Xtreme'', they've switched from their signature [=AE86s=] in favour of the [=GT86=], hoping to grow as a team.[[labelnote:Note]]TruthInTelevision, somewhat: The Toyota [=AE86=]'s 4A-GE engine isn't the easiest of the bunch to tune up, and only outputs 130 HP, compared to the [=GT86=]'s 205 HP 4U-GSE engine. However, the [=GT86=] is heavier, nowhere near as nimble as its' predecessor, and its' first generation, the one used by Rolling Guy, infamously suffers from a torque dip in the middle of its' revving curve.[[/labelnote]]
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[[folder:Curving Edge]]
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[[caption-width-right:170:Curving Edge's logo.]]
The first team to be faced on the C1 Loop Outer, Curving Edge is made up of Honda drivers financed by their leader, "Highway Prince" Takaaki Fujima..
* MoneyForNothing: Implied in Highway Prince's bio. Takaaki straight-up lost count of how much money he burned to tune up his Accord [=SiR=], on top of financing Curving Edge. His family is outrageously rich to make up for that... but, on the flipside, they're so rich [[CloudCuckooLander he thought]] [[GrowsOnTrees money grows on trees]].
* PutOnABus: Curving Edge is one of a few noticeable absences in post-''Zero'' games, when Genki decided to get licensed cars for their games. Honda refused, as part of their then-mandate to not associate with games featuring street racing.
* WorkingThroughTheCold: According to "Professor Taka" Takaaki Kaidai's bio, he's fighting a "life-threatening disease".
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[[folder:SS Limited]]
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[[caption-width-right:220:SS Limited's logo.]]
A long-standing team of 4-door sedan drivers, whose members rely on their cars' "inner potential". They were once regarded as one of the best teams of the C1 Loop, although they've fallen down the totem pole in recent times.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Their current leader, "Evening Star" Kyo Takahashi apparently used to be a member of [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], until former leader "Morning Star" Torakichi Yamada was impressed enough by his skills to recruit him and hand him the role of leadership.
* MightyGlacier: They have high-powered sedans with good top-speed, acceleration and grip thanks to their BoringButPractical tuning, but the cars tend to be quite heavy due to their nature.
* {{Revenge}}: One of their members, "Sports Car Killer" Akira Shimamoto bases the choice of his opponents on it [[FreudianExcuse after he got involved in an accident caused by a reckless sports car driver]], leading him to have a deep hatred towards them in general.
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[[folder:Elegant Wild]]
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[[caption-width-right:220:Elegant Wild's logo.]]
A loose team whose members drive high performance cars.
* PutOnABus: The team in general, and five of its' six members, haven't reappeared under any form since ''Zero''. The sole exception is "White Revolution" Toshihiko Kin, who became a Wanderer and showed up in the first two ''Drift'' games.
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[[folder:MAX Racing]]
[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/max_racing.png]]
[[caption-width-right:220:MAX Racing's logo.]]
A recurring team formed by a group of 4-door sedan drivers (who also are affiliated with SS Limited).
* DemotedToExtra: Member-wise, one of the higher rank members, Masaki Koizumi (Golden Beast), becomes MAX Racing's leader while Ashura Menhiko (Bloody Rose) [[NumberTwo switches the role with the former]].
* MightyGlacier: Just like the other sedan-centric C1 Loop team, MAX Racing drive Japanese four-door cars that are on the heavier side and are far from nimble, but make up for it with good horsepower and torque.
* TrueCompanions: Masanori Takaoka (Blue Thunder), Ryuta Kanno (White Blade) and Akihiro Miyashita (Blood Rain) are implied to be this (hence their nickname "The Three Musketeers of High Speed"). Ironically, [[SubvertedTrope they don't really get along with the others due to their relationship becoming shaky since the beginning]].
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[[folder:Diamond Image]]
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[[caption-width-right:170:Diamond Image's logo.]]
A team that used to be regulars on the New Belt Line, Diamond Image used to focus on small-sized, lightweight cars. They disbanded sometime after the events of ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3''. For tropes about their leader, Lightning Shift Takuya, see his individual entry under Wanderers.
* BusCrash: The team was disbanded after the events of ''3'', and the leader Takuya became an independent driver instead. (See his individual entry below.)
* ShoutOut: The leader's full name is "Lightning Shift" Takuya Hagiwara. [[Manga/InitialD Sounds familiar]]?
** Furthermore, "Lighning Shift"'s signature [=AE86=] had been totaled and replaced by a friend's car, per his bio, in ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3''. This could refer to [[spoiler: either occasion on which Takumi wrecked his [=AE86=], be it halfway through ''Second Stage'' where he blew an hole through the block or ''Final Stage'' where he destroyed the entire engine by overreving it]].
* WeakButSkilled: Downplayed; their cars are below par in the power department... when compared to the average of the New Belt Line. In spite of that, they perform just as well as the other teams thanks to thorough tuning and sharp skills. They would actually be ''above par'' when compared to the early-game teams of the C1 Loop.
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[[folder:Fine Drive]]
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[[caption-width-right:220:Fine Drive's logo.]]
A group of aficionados who united over their common affinity for Nissan's renowed S-chassis.[[note]]the one used in the Nissan Silvia, 180SX and 240SX, for the uninformed[[/note]] They pride themselves on their clean, safe driving.
* BoringButPractical: Their S-cars are flashy only appearance. Everywhere else, they are well-rounded cars with proficient drivers behind the wheel. Not the rocketships typically associated with the Expressway, but definitely nothing to scoff at.
* BusCrash: Like ''many'' other teams, Fine Drive disband sometime before the events ''Import Tuner Challenge''. "Shimokitaza 2000cc" Satoshi Hoshino can be found as a Wanderer in the game, using a variant of the team's logo as his unique Wanderer sticker.
* MeaningfulName: The team tends to prefer clean, safe driving. Something that would be regarded, hands down, a ''fine drive''.
* ShoutOut: Their leader's real name is Yuichi Iketani, which is an obvious nod to both [[Manga/InitialD Yuichi Tachibana and Koichiro Iketani]]. Not to mention that the latter also drives a Nissan Silvia as well.
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[[folder:Twister]]
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[[caption-width-right:220:Twister's logo.]]
One of the original Tokyo Expressway teams, and alongside Rolling Guy, the only team to have appeared in every single mainline game. All members drive rotary-powered cars.
* {{Fanboy}}: Twister members are obviously passionate for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine Wankel engine]], or rotary engine if you will. They all drive various generations of the car most associated with it, the Mazda RX-7.
* MeaningfulName: Their name is based off from the way their cars tackle continuous corners "in a rhythmic twist", but also sarcastically used [[EpicFail when their team members spin out upon pushing their cars way too hard while attacking their rivals]].
* UnskilledButStrong: Subverted. While they're not the best team around the Shutokou, their RX-7s tend to have great performance and can be competitive towards other rivals including the far more skilled R.R. (Rotary Revolution).
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[[folder:R. Gangs]]
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[[caption-width-right:220:R. Gangs' logo.]]
An [=AE86=]-focused team based on Shinkanjou CWL. While they share similar mannerisms with Rolling Guy, both of them don't seem to interact with each other.
* {{Determinator}}: Despite their [=AE86s=] not being the best in the performance department regardless of being heavily tuned, the R. Gangs always don't lose their will to aspire to be the strongest team in the Shutokou.
* WeakButSkilled: Just like [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], their team are consisted in veterans who know the Shutokou pretty well and they refuse to give up even though their fully-tuned [=AE86s=] [[CantCatchUp won't be able to catch up with other rivals with far more powerful cars]].
** JackOfAllStats: In ''Import Tuner Challenge'' their cars have gotten a pretty balanced performance, even their leader's car is no exception despite the flaws mentioned above.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Their leader, Toshiki Kawakami (Drift Dancer) is seen driving a Toyota Corolla Levin BZ-R ([=AE111=]) in ''3'' instead of his usual [=AE86=], as both versions of the [=AE86=] notchback coupe were dropped in that game. However, he switches back to an [=AE86=], albeit the 3-door hatchback, in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' (likely due to Creator/{{Genki}}'s budgetary issues at the time of the game's development).
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[[folder:Tokio Jungle]]
A long-standing team formed by Tokyo residents, who share a common passion in racing on the Expressway.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: A Tokyo-based team, formed by Tokyo residents, with the ''kanji'' for Tokyo in its' logo... and yet, its' name is, officially, ''Tokio'' Jungle.
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[[folder:Top Level]]
One of the Expressway's most famous teams, and the Shinkanjo's top team alongside Free Way and Another Star. Top Level is made up of racers with varying backgrounds in rally. All members strictly drive Mitsubishi Lancer Evos.
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[[folder:Free Way]]
The original team of GT-R drivers, a tight-knit unit who is frowned upon by most other Expressway teams because of their rough driving and elitist behaviour.
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[[folder:Another Star]]
[[TheRival Rivals]] to Top Level, Another Star is made up of former rally drivers. All of its' members drive Subaru Imprezas.
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[[folder:Speed Box (Team)]]
One of the original teams of the Expressway, and the first to end up breaking apart. Unlimited was born from their ashes, whilst the former "Street Fighter Plane", Takeshi Nagano, took up "SPEED BOX" as his own street name.
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[[folder:TR Racing]]
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.
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[[folder:Cupid Arrows]]
One of the originals teams of the Tokyo Expressway, and [[AmazonBrigade the original all-female street racing team]].
* AmazonBrigade: The first-ever all-female team on Japanese expressways, and one of, if not ''the'' first all-female team in racing games.
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[[folder:Wind Stars]]
A team made up of racers with [[DarkAndTroubledPast dark pasts]], the Wind Stars named themselves after a common wish: to be "as fresh as the wind" when running down the New Belt Line, their home turf on the Tokyo Expressway.
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[[folder:Rotary Revolution]]
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[[caption-width-right:220:Rotary Revolution's logo.]]
Known colloquially as '''R.R.''', they're a team financed by the financial might of a corporate conglomerate, made up of rotary drivers. They were one of the top teams through-out the entire Expressway, all the way until their disbanding.
* BusCrash: "Cornering Artist" Toshiji Kugyoji, the second-in-command of the team and brother to team leader "Platinum Prince" Toshihiko Kugyioji, died in a racing accident sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
** The team as a whole was disbanded because of Toshiji's death and Toshihiko's divorce. Snake Eyes and his PHANTOM NINE personally put the last nail in the coffin by thoroughly defeating them, leading Toshihiko to seek revenge.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Manga/InitialD Akagi RedSuns]] (both lore and gameplay-wise). Also, Toshihiko and Toshiji serve as this to both Ryosuke and Keisuke respectively.
* MeaningfulName: As implied by their name, they used to be an exclusively rotary-powered team.
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[[folder:RINGS]]
An incredibly long-lived team with an heavy tradition, apparently on its' seventh generation by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', RINGS are no talk and all business. They require applicants to beat every single member before they are allowed to join and given the stickers, and dislike winning through raw performance so much they willingly detune their cars to only run at 80% of their full power.
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[[folder:Speed Master]]
The "Dream Team" of the Tokyo Expressway, admired and even envied, Speed Master are the strongest and most famous team outside of the 13 Devils. They, too, have a history dating back years ago.
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[[WMG:[[center: [- '''Wanderers''' ([[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2AndZeroWanderers Introduced in]] ''[[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer2AndZeroWanderers Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2/Zero]]'', [[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer3Wanderers Introduced in]] ''[[Characters/TokyoXtremeRacer3 Tokyo XtremeWanderers Racer 3]]'']]-]]]
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[[folder:In General]]
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[[folder:Rolling Guy]]
[[quoteright:171:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rollingguy.png]]
[[caption-width-right:171:Rolling Guy's logo.]]
''The'' recurring, iconic theme of the franchise, Rolling Guy is made up of Toyota [=AE86=] drivers that rely on the car's handling capabilities and skill over the acceleration and top speed favored by other racers on the Expressway. The team has been present in every single game of the franchise, to the point that they're near synonymous with it. In the ''Drift'' sub-series, they go under the name of "Downhill Guy", with only half of the team showing up.
* CripplingOverspecialization: They're very skilled on narrow and twisty winding roads, but on Shutokou highways, their cars' low engine power makes them slow compared to most teams.
* TheGoomba: They're the ''first'' team you end up facing if starting from the inner C1 Loop. As such, they're all easily defeated, and even Rolling Guy #1, their leader, isn't that much of an hassle to overcome, pretty much being a [[Pun King Goomba]].
* WarmUpBoss: Rolling Guy #1 serves as a soft introduction to the tougher opponents one will be facing once Rolling Guy are dealt with.
* WeakButSkilled: They're a team that drive nothing but [=AE86s=] (either the Levin or Trueno) and has a huge focus on handling even if their car is heavily modified. However, [[AchillesHeel their main weakness is the horsepower]] [[CantCatchUp to the point where they couldn't keep up with more advanced rivals by comparison]].
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Xtreme'', they've switched from their signature [=AE86s=] in favour of the [=GT86=], hoping to grow as a team.[[labelnote:Note]]TruthInTelevision, somewhat: The Toyota [=AE86=]'s 4A-GE engine isn't the easiest of the bunch to tune up, and only outputs 130 HP, compared to the [=GT86=]'s 205 HP 4U-GSE engine. However, the [=GT86=] is heavier, nowhere near as nimble as its' predecessor, and its' first generation, the one used by Rolling Guy, infamously suffers from a torque dip in the middle of its' revving curve.[[/labelnote]]
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[[folder:Curving Edge]]
[[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/curvingedge.png]]
[[caption-width-right:170:Curving Edge's logo.]]
The first team to be faced on the C1 Loop Outer, Curving Edge is made up of Honda drivers financed by their leader, "Highway Prince" Takaaki Fujima..
* MoneyForNothing: Implied in Highway Prince's bio. Takaaki straight-up lost count of how much money he burned to tune up his Accord [=SiR=], on top of financing Curving Edge. His family is outrageously rich to make up for that... but, on the flipside, they're so rich [[CloudCuckooLander he thought]] [[GrowsOnTrees money grows on trees]].
* PutOnABus: Curving Edge is one of a few noticeable absences in post-''Zero'' games, when Genki decided to get licensed cars for their games. Honda refused, as part of their then-mandate to not associate with games featuring street racing.
* WorkingThroughTheCold: According to "Professor Taka" Takaaki Kaidai's bio, he's fighting a "life-threatening disease".
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[[folder:SS Limited]]
[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ss_limited.png]]
[[caption-width-right:220:SS Limited's logo.]]
A long-standing team of 4-door sedan drivers, whose members rely on their cars' "inner potential". They were once regarded as one of the best teams of the C1 Loop, although they've fallen down the totem pole in recent times.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Their current leader, "Evening Star" Kyo Takahashi apparently used to be a member of [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], until former leader "Morning Star" Torakichi Yamada was impressed enough by his skills to recruit him and hand him the role of leadership.
* MightyGlacier: They have high-powered sedans with good top-speed, acceleration and grip thanks to their BoringButPractical tuning, but the cars tend to be quite heavy due to their nature.
* {{Revenge}}: One of their members, "Sports Car Killer" Akira Shimamoto bases the choice of his opponents on it [[FreudianExcuse after he got involved in an accident caused by a reckless sports car driver]], leading him to have a deep hatred towards them in general.
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[[folder:Elegant Wild]]
[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elegant_wild_txr.png]]
[[caption-width-right:220:Elegant Wild's logo.]]
A loose team whose members drive high performance cars.
* PutOnABus: The team in general, and five of its' six members, haven't reappeared under any form since ''Zero''. The sole exception is "White Revolution" Toshihiko Kin, who became a Wanderer and showed up in the first two ''Drift'' games.
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[[folder:MAX Racing]]
[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/max_racing.png]]
[[caption-width-right:220:MAX Racing's logo.]]
A recurring team formed by a group of 4-door sedan drivers (who also are affiliated with SS Limited).
* DemotedToExtra: Member-wise, one of the higher rank members, Masaki Koizumi (Golden Beast), becomes MAX Racing's leader while Ashura Menhiko (Bloody Rose) [[NumberTwo switches the role with the former]].
* MightyGlacier: Just like the other sedan-centric C1 Loop team, MAX Racing drive Japanese four-door cars that are on the heavier side and are far from nimble, but make up for it with good horsepower and torque.
* TrueCompanions: Masanori Takaoka (Blue Thunder), Ryuta Kanno (White Blade) and Akihiro Miyashita (Blood Rain) are implied to be this (hence their nickname "The Three Musketeers of High Speed"). Ironically, [[SubvertedTrope they don't really get along with the others due to their relationship becoming shaky since the beginning]].
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[[folder:Diamond Image]]
[[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/txrdiamondimage.png]]
[[caption-width-right:170:Diamond Image's logo.]]
A team that used to be regulars on the New Belt Line, Diamond Image used to focus on small-sized, lightweight cars. They disbanded sometime after the events of ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3''. For tropes about their leader, Lightning Shift Takuya, see his individual entry under Wanderers.
* BusCrash: The team was disbanded after the events of ''3'', and the leader Takuya became an independent driver instead. (See his individual entry below.)
* ShoutOut: The leader's full name is "Lightning Shift" Takuya Hagiwara. [[Manga/InitialD Sounds familiar]]?
** Furthermore, "Lighning Shift"'s signature [=AE86=] had been totaled and replaced by a friend's car, per his bio, in ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3''. This could refer to [[spoiler: either occasion on which Takumi wrecked his [=AE86=], be it halfway through ''Second Stage'' where he blew an hole through the block or ''Final Stage'' where he destroyed the entire engine by overreving it]].
* WeakButSkilled: Downplayed; their cars are below par in the power department... when compared to the average of the New Belt Line. In spite of that, they perform just as well as the other teams thanks to thorough tuning and sharp skills. They would actually be ''above par'' when compared to the early-game teams of the C1 Loop.
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[[folder:Fine Drive]]
[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fine_drive_txr.png]]
[[caption-width-right:220:Fine Drive's logo.]]
A group of aficionados who united over their common affinity for Nissan's renowed S-chassis.[[note]]the one used in the Nissan Silvia, 180SX and 240SX, for the uninformed[[/note]] They pride themselves on their clean, safe driving.
* BoringButPractical: Their S-cars are flashy only appearance. Everywhere else, they are well-rounded cars with proficient drivers behind the wheel. Not the rocketships typically associated with the Expressway, but definitely nothing to scoff at.
* BusCrash: Like ''many'' other teams, Fine Drive disband sometime before the events ''Import Tuner Challenge''. "Shimokitaza 2000cc" Satoshi Hoshino can be found as a Wanderer in the game, using a variant of the team's logo as his unique Wanderer sticker.
* MeaningfulName: The team tends to prefer clean, safe driving. Something that would be regarded, hands down, a ''fine drive''.
* ShoutOut: Their leader's real name is Yuichi Iketani, which is an obvious nod to both [[Manga/InitialD Yuichi Tachibana and Koichiro Iketani]]. Not to mention that the latter also drives a Nissan Silvia as well.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Twister]]
[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/txrtwister.png]]
[[caption-width-right:220:Twister's logo.]]
One of the original Tokyo Expressway teams, and alongside Rolling Guy, the only team to have appeared in every single mainline game. All members drive rotary-powered cars.
* {{Fanboy}}: Twister members are obviously passionate for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_engine Wankel engine]], or rotary engine if you will. They all drive various generations of the car most associated with it, the Mazda RX-7.
* MeaningfulName: Their name is based off from the way their cars tackle continuous corners "in a rhythmic twist", but also sarcastically used [[EpicFail when their team members spin out upon pushing their cars way too hard while attacking their rivals]].
* UnskilledButStrong: Subverted. While they're not the best team around the Shutokou, their RX-7s tend to have great performance and can be competitive towards other rivals including the far more skilled R.R. (Rotary Revolution).
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[[folder:R. Gangs]]
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[[caption-width-right:220:R. Gangs' logo.]]
An [=AE86=]-focused team based on Shinkanjou CWL. While they share similar mannerisms with Rolling Guy, both of them don't seem to interact with each other.
* {{Determinator}}: Despite their [=AE86s=] not being the best in the performance department regardless of being heavily tuned, the R. Gangs always don't lose their will to aspire to be the strongest team in the Shutokou.
* WeakButSkilled: Just like [[TheGoomba Rolling Guy]], their team are consisted in veterans who know the Shutokou pretty well and they refuse to give up even though their fully-tuned [=AE86s=] [[CantCatchUp won't be able to catch up with other rivals with far more powerful cars]].
** JackOfAllStats: In ''Import Tuner Challenge'' their cars have gotten a pretty balanced performance, even their leader's car is no exception despite the flaws mentioned above.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Their leader, Toshiki Kawakami (Drift Dancer) is seen driving a Toyota Corolla Levin BZ-R ([=AE111=]) in ''3'' instead of his usual [=AE86=], as both versions of the [=AE86=] notchback coupe were dropped in that game. However, he switches back to an [=AE86=], albeit the 3-door hatchback, in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' (likely due to Creator/{{Genki}}'s budgetary issues at the time of the game's development).
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[[folder:Tokio Jungle]]
A long-standing team formed by Tokyo residents, who share a common passion in racing on the Expressway.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: A Tokyo-based team, formed by Tokyo residents, with the ''kanji'' for Tokyo in its' logo... and yet, its' name is, officially, ''Tokio'' Jungle.
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[[folder:Top Level]]
One of the Expressway's most famous teams, and the Shinkanjo's top team alongside Free Way and Another Star. Top Level is made up of racers with varying backgrounds in rally. All members strictly drive Mitsubishi Lancer Evos.
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[[folder:Free Way]]
The original team of GT-R drivers, a tight-knit unit who is frowned upon by most other Expressway teams because of their rough driving and elitist behaviour.
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[[folder:Another Star]]
[[TheRival Rivals]] to Top Level, Another Star is made up of former rally drivers. All of its' members drive Subaru Imprezas.
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[[folder:Speed Box (Team)]]
One of the original teams of the Expressway, and the first to end up breaking apart. Unlimited was born from their ashes, whilst the former "Street Fighter Plane", Takeshi Nagano, took up "SPEED BOX" as his own street name.
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[[folder:TR Racing]]
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.
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[[folder:Cupid Arrows]]
One of the originals teams of the Tokyo Expressway, and [[AmazonBrigade the original all-female street racing team]].
* AmazonBrigade: The first-ever all-female team on Japanese expressways, and one of, if not ''the'' first all-female team in racing games.
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[[folder:Wind Stars]]
A team made up of racers with [[DarkAndTroubledPast dark pasts]], the Wind Stars named themselves after a common wish: to be "as fresh as the wind" when running down the New Belt Line, their home turf on the Tokyo Expressway.
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[[folder:Rotary Revolution]]
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[[caption-width-right:220:Rotary Revolution's logo.]]
Known colloquially as '''R.R.''', they're a team financed by the financial might of a corporate conglomerate, made up of rotary drivers. They were one of the top teams through-out the entire Expressway, all the way until their disbanding.
* BusCrash: "Cornering Artist" Toshiji Kugyoji, the second-in-command of the team and brother to team leader "Platinum Prince" Toshihiko Kugyioji, died in a racing accident sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
** The team as a whole was disbanded because of Toshiji's death and Toshihiko's divorce. Snake Eyes and his PHANTOM NINE personally put the last nail in the coffin by thoroughly defeating them, leading Toshihiko to seek revenge.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Manga/InitialD Akagi RedSuns]] (both lore and gameplay-wise). Also, Toshihiko and Toshiji serve as this to both Ryosuke and Keisuke respectively.
* MeaningfulName: As implied by their name, they used to be an exclusively rotary-powered team.
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[[folder:RINGS]]
An incredibly long-lived team with an heavy tradition, apparently on its' seventh generation by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', RINGS are no talk and all business. They require applicants to beat every single member before they are allowed to join and given the stickers, and dislike winning through raw performance so much they willingly detune their cars to only run at 80% of their full power.
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[[folder:Speed Master]]
The "Dream Team" of the Tokyo Expressway, admired and even envied, Speed Master are the strongest and most famous team outside of the 13 Devils. They, too, have a history dating back years ago.
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