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* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - Up to Speed Master, 19/20; DubNameChange DONE
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* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - Up DONE; Tropes need to Speed Master, 19/20; DubNameChange DONEbe rewritten.
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* BoringButPractiucal: Shinji's driving style, described as old-fashioned and conservative. Likewise, he refuses to change out parts on his R34, relying on the same old, same old but knowing them like the back of his hand and allowing him to tell if something isn't running as well as it should.
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* BoringButPractiucal: BecomingTheMask: Tetsuro Akiyama started racing merely for research, but found himself genuinly hooked. He joined Speed Master right afterwards.
* BoringButPractiucal:
** Shinji's driving style, described as old-fashioned and conservative. Likewise, he refuses to change out parts on his R34, relying on the same old, same old but knowing them like the back of his hand and allowing him to tell if something isn't running as well as itshould.should.
** Yuka's tuning and set-up is this compared to some of the zanier ones found across the Expressway: soft suspension, specialty sports ECU, strenghtened frame... compared, for example, to Rhythm Box's cars being covered in speakers or even Depraved Blade's unstable set-up, it's very basic. It also allows her FD to hit 350 kilometers per hour.
** Reina's Skyline is tuned with ease of handling in mind over raw power. This leads her to sacrifice some top-end gains, but makes the car easily controllable and predictable.
** Akinori Miyabe's driving style relies heavily on the basics. This means it doesn't truly have anything exceptional or remakrable, but that it also lacks weak spot, being simple and reliable.
* BoringButPractiucal:
** Shinji's driving style, described as old-fashioned and conservative. Likewise, he refuses to change out parts on his R34, relying on the same old, same old but knowing them like the back of his hand and allowing him to tell if something isn't running as well as it
** Yuka's tuning and set-up is this compared to some of the zanier ones found across the Expressway: soft suspension, specialty sports ECU, strenghtened frame... compared, for example, to Rhythm Box's cars being covered in speakers or even Depraved Blade's unstable set-up, it's very basic. It also allows her FD to hit 350 kilometers per hour.
** Reina's Skyline is tuned with ease of handling in mind over raw power. This leads her to sacrifice some top-end gains, but makes the car easily controllable and predictable.
** Akinori Miyabe's driving style relies heavily on the basics. This means it doesn't truly have anything exceptional or remakrable, but that it also lacks weak spot, being simple and reliable.
* TheCharmer: Ayako Iwasaki is this, easily charming everyone she comes across through her beauty and driving skills. She trided to use this on Tetsuro Akiyama, only for him to NoSell it and her to all for him.
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* CommitmentIssues: Yuka Yamamura is completely uninterested in having a boyfriend at this time.
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* CommitmentIssues: CommitmentIssues:
** Yuka Yamamura is completely uninterested in having a boyfriend at thistime.time.
** Likewise, Reina will claim that she prefers cars to men, being completely uninterested in men. It's ultimately a smokescreen for her unrequited crush on Shinji and, later, Daisuke.
* ConfusionFu: What Yuka Yamamura's racing style appears to be, as she never sticks to a single line and always attacks from the most unexpected ones, causing her opponents to panic. It's all very calculated on her part, however.
** Yuka Yamamura is completely uninterested in having a boyfriend at this
** Likewise, Reina will claim that she prefers cars to men, being completely uninterested in men. It's ultimately a smokescreen for her unrequited crush on Shinji and, later, Daisuke.
* ConfusionFu: What Yuka Yamamura's racing style appears to be, as she never sticks to a single line and always attacks from the most unexpected ones, causing her opponents to panic. It's all very calculated on her part, however.
* FriendlyRIval: Ryoko Honma is this to Daisuke Okawara, being described as "fighting friends
* HiddenDepths: In spite of having picked up highway racing to find her missing brother, Ayako is a genuinly skilled all-around race car driver, having won a drag race tournament in the time between ''Zero'' and ''3''.
* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Reina has feelings for Shinji and, later, Daisuke. She refused to quit Speed Master alongside Yuka almost exclusively for the latter, but she never managed to spit it out.
* IntrepidReporter: Tetsuro Akiyama, having become a street racer to write reports about them. He later begun writing books about the subject matter, including one on Jintei.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Daisuke will react this way if Speed Master disbands whilst he's the leader and the player is a member in ''Street Supremacy''.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Daisuke will react this way if Speed Master disbands whilst he's the leader and the player is a member in ''Street Supremacy''. He's not going to take it egregiously bad, but there'll be a tinge of regret.
* KansasCityShuffle: After folks started declaring Ryō Shibusawa's "genius strategy" of going off-rhythm, he decided to not correct them and let them think that way in spite of it not being on purpose, but how he genuinly drives. It likely feeds into his myth and causes them to get the wrong read on his movements.
* KansasCityShuffle: After folks started declaring Ryō Shibusawa's "genius strategy" of going off-rhythm, he decided to not correct them and let them think that way in spite of it not being on purpose, but how he genuinly drives. It likely feeds into his myth and causes them to get the wrong read on his movements.
* TheLadette: Reina does not limit herself to race, she's also openly interested in tuning and set-ups, to the point of being Speed Master's go-to mechanic.
* LastOfHisKind: Junko Yamaguchi is the last of the former Gesellschaft members to still be an active racer by ''3''3.
* LastOfHisKind: Junko Yamaguchi is the last of the former Gesellschaft members to still be an active racer by ''3''3.
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* TheOnlyOneITrust: Ryō Shibusawa exclusively trusts Shiji Takiguchi, to the point he's the only member of the team he openly listens to and gives the benefit of doubt.
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* TheOnlyOneITrust: Ryō Shibusawa exclusively trusts Shiji Shinji Takiguchi, to the point he's the only member of the team he openly listens to and gives the benefit of doubt.doubt.
* TheParanoiac: Rena Oyama used to live a very ordinary, plain life, until ''something'' happened that caused her to constantly feel like something was chasing after her. She begun racing on the Expressway to escape from this feeling, this undetermined "something". She grew out of it by ''Zero'', but she still remains a bit out there.
* PassedOverPromotion: Tetsuya was convinced he was next in line to lead Speed Master upon learning that Shinji was considering retirement. The leadership went to Daisuke instead.
* TheParanoiac: Rena Oyama used to live a very ordinary, plain life, until ''something'' happened that caused her to constantly feel like something was chasing after her. She begun racing on the Expressway to escape from this feeling, this undetermined "something". She grew out of it by ''Zero'', but she still remains a bit out there.
* PassedOverPromotion: Tetsuya was convinced he was next in line to lead Speed Master upon learning that Shinji was considering retirement. The leadership went to Daisuke instead.
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* StrategySchmategy: Ryō Shibusawa takes corner slower than others, which causes his racing rhytm to go out of whack. This is completely unintentional and subconscious on his part, even after he's been made aware of it.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: Ryō Shibusawa's driving style accidentally causes him to go out of rhythm; his opponents believe this to be a strategy of his, and he doesn't correct any of them.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: Ryō Shibusawa's driving style accidentally causes him to go out of rhythm; his opponents believe this to be a strategy of his, and he doesn't correct any of them.
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* {{Workaholic}}: Akinori Miyabe, being the newest member of Speed Master, is nonetheless an extremely hard worker, eager to learn, constantly buying books on cars and racing and listening to the stories of drivers in the various parking areas.
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* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Rena's bio in ''Zero'' stated she had feelings for Shinji Takiguchi. Upon Shinji's retirement, however, her feelings shifted to the new team leader, Daisuke.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Tetsuya Kobayashi
* BreakingTheFellowship: Attempted, as Shinji's retirement caused one member to quit and likely lead to three more quitting, crippling the team in the process. Daisuke went above and beyond to avoid this, and succeeded by recruiting new members, a few from other members.
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* CripplingOverspecialization: Daisuke Okawara specializes in straight-run top speed runs, which puts him at a disadvantage. By ''3'', the pressure of leadership has finally got him to become a better racer and master that too.
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* CripplingOverspecialization: ChildhoodFriends: Yuka and Rena have been very close friends since their junior high days.
* CloudCuckooLander: Yuka Yamamura is said to extremely eccentric with her ideas.
* CommitmentIssues: Yuka Yamamura is completely uninterested in having a boyfriend at this time.
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** Daisuke Okawara specializes in straight-run top speed runs, which puts him at a disadvantage. By ''3'', the pressure of leadership has finally got him to become a better racer and master thattoo.too.
** Ayako's car is geared for top speed runs. This makes her a sitting duck against fast-accelerating cars and in areas where she can't bring out her Supra's speed. However, if she manages to get her speed up...
* CloudCuckooLander: Yuka Yamamura is said to extremely eccentric with her ideas.
* CommitmentIssues: Yuka Yamamura is completely uninterested in having a boyfriend at this time.
* CripplingOverspecialization:
** Daisuke Okawara specializes in straight-run top speed runs, which puts him at a disadvantage. By ''3'', the pressure of leadership has finally got him to become a better racer and master that
** Ayako's car is geared for top speed runs. This makes her a sitting duck against fast-accelerating cars and in areas where she can't bring out her Supra's speed. However, if she manages to get her speed up...
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Out of the old guard members, Daisuke was openly loathed by Tetsuya and Ryo, whilst Hidenori thought Yuka was the right person to become the new leader.
* HopelessSuitor: Yuka Yamamura has an entire queue of men trying to court her who fall into this trope by default, since she is nowhere near remotely interested in the idea of having a boyfriend at the moment. One of them is Tetsuya Kobayashi
* InstantExpert: Ayako. According to ''3'', she only has two years of experience by that point, meaning she managed to join Speed Master as a complete rookie.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Tetsuya Kobayashi, in spite of having joined Speed Master very recently, thinks of himself extremely highly, and believes himself to be the only one who can be the next leader. When that doesn't happen, he promptly quits.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Tetsuya Kobayashi, in spite of having joined Speed Master very recently, thinks of himself extremely highly, and believes himself to be the only one who can be the next leader. When that doesn't happen, he promptly quits.
* KnowledgeBroker: Tetsurō Akiyama doubles as this. Ayako approached him exactly for this reason, looking for information on her brother. Jintei.
* TheOnlyOneITrust: Ryō Shibusawa exclusively trusts Shiji Takiguchi, to the point he's the only member of the team he openly listens to and gives the benefit of doubt.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Tetsuya Kobayashi wanted to succeed Ice Man at leading the team. Upon Daisuke succeeding the latter, Tetsuya up and left, causing a chain reaction and almost causing the team to collapse in the process.
* SharedFamilyQuirk: Ayako and Jintei
* SharedFamilyQuirk: Ayako and Jintei
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Tetsuya Kobayashi wanted to succeed Ice Man at leading the team. Upon Daisuke succeeding the latter, Tetsuya up and left, causing a chain reaction and almost causing the team to collapse in the process.
process. Although not directly confirmed, it is likely this is also why Ryo, Hidenori, Yuka quit Speed Master, with the former two backing other team members for the role (Ryo backed Tetsuya, Hidenori backed Yuka).
* SharedFamilyQuirk: Ayako andJinteiJintei: street racers and instant experts.
* SharedFamilyQuirk: Ayako and
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* TokenEvilTeammate: Tetsuya Kobayashi, less evil and more dislikeable.
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* TheAce:
** Shinji Takiguchi, one of the best racers in all of Tokyo, incredibly knowledgeable about cars and their individual parts, incredibly charismatic, considered a symbol in his own right.
** Daisuke Okawara finally becomes this by ''3'': like his predecessor, he's incredibly devout to improving, with a massive potential, one of the best racers around at a relatively young age, a very good people's person, a good leader.
* BoringButPractiucal: Shinji's driving style, described as old-fashioned and conservative. Likewise, he refuses to change out parts on his R34, relying on the same old, same old but knowing them like the back of his hand and allowing him to tell if something isn't running as well as it should.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Shinji Takiguchi was at first shown as merely bold, calm, king-like and overwhelming when driving. His final appearance in ''Zero'' finally expanded upon that, revealing that, no, he is a genuinely skilled driver who actively cares about others and puts a lot of work into his craft.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Daisuke Okawara specializes in straight-run top speed runs, which puts him at a disadvantage. By ''3'', the pressure of leadership has finally got him to become a better racer and master that too.
** Shinji Takiguchi, one of the best racers in all of Tokyo, incredibly knowledgeable about cars and their individual parts, incredibly charismatic, considered a symbol in his own right.
** Daisuke Okawara finally becomes this by ''3'': like his predecessor, he's incredibly devout to improving, with a massive potential, one of the best racers around at a relatively young age, a very good people's person, a good leader.
* BoringButPractiucal: Shinji's driving style, described as old-fashioned and conservative. Likewise, he refuses to change out parts on his R34, relying on the same old, same old but knowing them like the back of his hand and allowing him to tell if something isn't running as well as it should.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Shinji Takiguchi was at first shown as merely bold, calm, king-like and overwhelming when driving. His final appearance in ''Zero'' finally expanded upon that, revealing that, no, he is a genuinely skilled driver who actively cares about others and puts a lot of work into his craft.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Daisuke Okawara specializes in straight-run top speed runs, which puts him at a disadvantage. By ''3'', the pressure of leadership has finally got him to become a better racer and master that too.
* HeroWorshipper: Shinji Takiguchi is on the receiving end of this by a lot of racers, who were all inspired by him to start running. He personally talks to them and gives them advice on a regular basis.
* InformedAttribute: Daisuke is purported to be "faster" than Shinji Takiguchi. Not only does Shinji's car have better parts, but a better set-up and top speed to boot.
* ItsAllMyFault: Daisuke will react this way if Speed Master disbands whilst he's the leader and the player is a member in ''Street Supremacy''.
* KillingIntent: In a sense, the mere act of sitting behind a steering wheel by Shinji Takiguchi causes people to feel a freezing cold aura radiating off of him. It only gets stronger when he starts tailing an opponent's car.
* MightMakesRight: Daisuke believes the Expressway works this way. Although he doesn't openly express any strong feelings over the matter, he does seem disappointed by its consequences, such as chewing up and spitting out talented drivers.
* NervesOfSteel: Shinji Takiguchi
* InformedAttribute: Daisuke is purported to be "faster" than Shinji Takiguchi. Not only does Shinji's car have better parts, but a better set-up and top speed to boot.
* ItsAllMyFault: Daisuke will react this way if Speed Master disbands whilst he's the leader and the player is a member in ''Street Supremacy''.
* KillingIntent: In a sense, the mere act of sitting behind a steering wheel by Shinji Takiguchi causes people to feel a freezing cold aura radiating off of him. It only gets stronger when he starts tailing an opponent's car.
* MightMakesRight: Daisuke believes the Expressway works this way. Although he doesn't openly express any strong feelings over the matter, he does seem disappointed by its consequences, such as chewing up and spitting out talented drivers.
* NervesOfSteel: Shinji Takiguchi
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Tetsuya Kobayashi wanted to succeed Ice Man at leading the team. Upon Daisuke succeeding the latter, Tetsuya up and left, causing a chain reaction and almost causing the team to collapse in the process.
* SharedFamilyQuirk: Ayako and Jintei
* SharedFamilyQuirk: Ayako and Jintei
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* SinkOrSwimMentor: Daisuke to the player in ''Street Supremacy''.
* UnknownRelative: Ayako toJinteiJintei. In the ''Street Supremacy'' continuity, she's found out about his identity, and continues to race to try and get close to him.
* YouFool: Daisuke will call the player this should Speed Master defeat their team in ''Street Supremacy''.
* YoungAndInCharge: Daisuke is considered this, in spite of having raced for eight years by the time of ''3'' and nearing his thirties by ''Street Supremacy''. In fact, he's not even in the youngest half of the team's drivers after Ice Man leaves.
* UnknownRelative: Ayako to
* YouFool: Daisuke will call the player this should Speed Master defeat their team in ''Street Supremacy''.
* YoungAndInCharge: Daisuke is considered this, in spite of having raced for eight years by the time of ''3'' and nearing his thirties by ''Street Supremacy''. In fact, he's not even in the youngest half of the team's drivers after Ice Man leaves.
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* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2'' - Up to Departures, but Little Gang need to be revisited, 2.5/24; DubNameChange up to Little Gang
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* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2'' - Up to Departures, but Little Gang need to be revisited, 2.5/24; DubNameChange up to Little GangBlack Knights
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* ''Drift'' games - No work started yet, 0/???
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* ''Drift'' games - No work started yet, 0/???0/63
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** Yōichi Takasu: to "Joy Rider" Rick Barry, "Happy Run" Rick Barry
** Musashi Takaya: to "Can Man" Joe Russell, "Kiss my Bumper" Z Moe
** Naritarō Sada: to "Funny Bone" Vic Mandel, "Talking Head" Brian Wilson
** Yukio Karashima: to "The Snake" Tom Marvin, "Mr. Thanks" Truman Corwin
** Nobumasa Hijikata: to "Comeback Kid" Rico Louis, Mack Ross
** Kazuo Kokubo: to "Lazy Bones" Bart Micheals, "Lazy Butt" Wally Walton
** Yōichi Takasu: to "Joy Rider" Rick Barry, "Happy Run" Rick Barry
** Musashi Takaya: to "Can Man" Joe Russell, "Kiss my Bumper" Z Moe
** Naritarō Sada: to "Funny Bone" Vic Mandel, "Talking Head" Brian Wilson
** Yukio Karashima: to "The Snake" Tom Marvin, "Mr. Thanks" Truman Corwin
** Nobumasa Hijikata: to "Comeback Kid" Rico Louis, Mack Ross
** Kazuo Kokubo: to "Lazy Bones" Bart Micheals, "Lazy Butt" Wally Walton
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* DubNameChange:
** Masayuki Miura: to "Mr. Full Course" Ted Smith, "Invincible Dinner" Sheldon Lowell, "Invincible Meal" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tsutomu Kagawa: to "Car Guy" Charlie Roberts, Tom Harrison, "
** Shuhei Kijima: to "Red & White" Alan Starr, "Street Wine" Jimmy Solara
** Yuji Nishitani: to "Hot Head" Jon Tepper, "Golden Cream Soup" Greg Purcott, "Gold Curry Sauce" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Sukeyuki Saeki: to "A La Mode" Brian Silver, Guido Harkness, "Twilight A La Mode" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Pierre Tanaka: to "The Technician" Pierre Rhodes, "4 Star Driver" Elvis Turner
** Asami Hanata: to "Happy Face" Julie Summers, "Red Table Cloth" Johnny Perkins, Asami Hanaya (''3''), Mami Hanatani (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Masayuki Miura: to "Mr. Full Course" Ted Smith, "Invincible Dinner" Sheldon Lowell, "Invincible Meal" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tsutomu Kagawa: to "Car Guy" Charlie Roberts, Tom Harrison, "
** Shuhei Kijima: to "Red & White" Alan Starr, "Street Wine" Jimmy Solara
** Yuji Nishitani: to "Hot Head" Jon Tepper, "Golden Cream Soup" Greg Purcott, "Gold Curry Sauce" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Sukeyuki Saeki: to "A La Mode" Brian Silver, Guido Harkness, "Twilight A La Mode" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Pierre Tanaka: to "The Technician" Pierre Rhodes, "4 Star Driver" Elvis Turner
** Asami Hanata: to "Happy Face" Julie Summers, "Red Table Cloth" Johnny Perkins, Asami Hanaya (''3''), Mami Hanatani (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
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* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - Up to RINGS, 18/20; DubNameChange up to Rotary Revolution
* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2'' - Up to Departures, but Little Gang need to be revisited, 2.5/24
* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'' - Basic tropes, one or two members for a couple of teams, 0/43
* ''Import Tuner Challenge'' - ThemeNaming only, 0/34
* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2'' - Up to Departures, but Little Gang need to be revisited, 2.5/24
* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'' - Basic tropes, one or two members for a couple of teams, 0/43
* ''Import Tuner Challenge'' - ThemeNaming only, 0/34
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* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - Up to RINGS, 18/20; Speed Master, 19/20; DubNameChange up to Rotary Revolution
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* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'' - Basic tropes, one or two members for a couple of teams,0/43
0/43; DubNameChange up to Sanjyushi
* ''Import Tuner Challenge'' - ThemeNaming only,0/340/34; DubNameChange up to Changing Stage
* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2'' - Up to Departures, but Little Gang need to be revisited, 2.
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** Isamu Tamagawa: to "Autoerotic" Victor Smith, Ralph Bukala,
** Isamu Tamagawa: to "Autoerotic" Victor Smith, Ralph Bukala,
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** Kiyoshi Onizuka: to "Requiem" Tom Mahoney, "Requiem" Wolfgang Bell, Seiji Onizuka, Onizuka (''3''), "Wolves' Requiem" Kiyoshi Onitsuka
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** Isamu Tamagawa: to "Autoerotic" Victor Smith, Ralph
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For tropes concerning "Silvery Nobleman" Toshihiko Kūonji, see here. For tropes concering "Asphalt's Sorrow" Yasuhiko Fujisaki before and after joining Rotary Revolution, see Emperoro's and Unlimited's folders here and here. For Akira Nagase's folder upon joining A.S.F., see here.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Namie knew the Kuonji brothers since she and Toshihiko were in school together. She ultimately marries him by the time of ''3''... but it doesn't last.
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** Yasuhiko Fujisaki: to "Asphalt Scream", "Rubber Burner" Brian Thorne, "Asphalt's Cry" Nima Taghavi
** Hiroshi Kimura: to "Rocker" Jerry Blumberg, Michael Steuwald
** Sakito Ōgami: to "Headache" Leon Wagman, "Dark Memory" Michael Maas, "Amnesia" Sakihito Oogami (''Street Supremacy'')
** Namie Aikawa: to "RevoEmag", "Mood Swinger" Naomi Parker, Jynki Cruz, Namie Kunoji (''3''), Namie Soraotera (''Street Supremacy'')
** Akira Nagase: to "Blind Roc", "Feather Touch" Gene Douglas, "Black Bird" Matthew Scheir, "Strange Bird" (''3''), "Dark Phoenix" Mei Nagase
** Ryūichi Uemura: to "Mr. Perfect" Vince Adagio, Marcel Pahmer, Ryuichi Kamimura (''3''), "Superfast Superstar" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Tokihiro Haneba: to "Kattobi Manager" Tatsuhiro Haba (''3''), "Grand-Slam Manager" Tatsuhiro Haneba (''Street Supremacy'')
* {{Housewife}}: Namie upon marrying Toshihiko
* MaliciousSlander: Namie and Toshihiko are victims of this upon marrying, with insistant rumors about her and Toshitsugu secretly being brothers.
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Incredibly long-lived, now being on its seventh generation of members, '''RINGS''' are a business-minded team, leaving small space for small talk and playfulness. They're considered amongst the top teams of the Tokyo Expressway, and for good reason: any prospective applicant to join the team needs to defeat ''every other member'' before they're handed the stickers.
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Incredibly long-lived, now being on its seventh sixth generation of members, '''RINGS''' are a business-minded team, leaving small space for small talk and playfulness. They're considered amongst the top teams of the Tokyo Expressway, and for good reason: any prospective applicant to join the team needs to defeat ''every other member'' before they're handed the stickers.
* DubNameChange:
** Takeshi Miyazawa: to "Ghost Rider" Lee Stark, Larry Simpson, "Outstanding Jackal" Munetake Miyazawa (''3''), "Ultimate Jaguar" Munetake Miyazawa (''Street Supremacy''), "Lone Jackal" Munetake Miyazawa (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Gorō Kishi: to "Super Slide Tail", "Drag Devil" Ted Stanton, "Shocking Slide Tail" Red Collins, "Vivid Slide Tale" (''3''), "Stunning Tail Slide" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Yōsuke Arai: to "Shooting Star Yosuke", "Lazy Boy" Max Davids, Butch Franco, "Shooting Star" (''3''), "Yosuke the Shooting Star" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Satoshi Hamada: to "The Mechanic", "Tune Up" Tom Rock, "Tune up Junky" Koook Boosten, "Hamada the Customizer" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Yōko Murakami: to "The Brat" Christine Cox, Ida Balm
** Takabumi Ījima: to "Race Addict" Hans Ulrich, "White Devil" Max Maxwell, "White Devil" Takafumi Iijima (''3''), "Supersonic Demon" Takafumi Iijima (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Akihiro Gotō: to "Road Rage" Mike Otis, "Flume" Arnold Willis, "Asura" (''3''), "The Sensei" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Hitoshi Mitamura: to "Mumbler" Jimmy Spears, "Myna Bird" Webster Lewis, "Mynah Bird" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Ryūkō Murakami: to "Domino Spectrum" Ryukoh Murakami
** Takeshi Miyazawa: to "Ghost Rider" Lee Stark, Larry Simpson, "Outstanding Jackal" Munetake Miyazawa (''3''), "Ultimate Jaguar" Munetake Miyazawa (''Street Supremacy''), "Lone Jackal" Munetake Miyazawa (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Gorō Kishi: to "Super Slide Tail", "Drag Devil" Ted Stanton, "Shocking Slide Tail" Red Collins, "Vivid Slide Tale" (''3''), "Stunning Tail Slide" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Yōsuke Arai: to "Shooting Star Yosuke", "Lazy Boy" Max Davids, Butch Franco, "Shooting Star" (''3''), "Yosuke the Shooting Star" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Satoshi Hamada: to "The Mechanic", "Tune Up" Tom Rock, "Tune up Junky" Koook Boosten, "Hamada the Customizer" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Yōko Murakami: to "The Brat" Christine Cox, Ida Balm
** Takabumi Ījima: to "Race Addict" Hans Ulrich, "White Devil" Max Maxwell, "White Devil" Takafumi Iijima (''3''), "Supersonic Demon" Takafumi Iijima (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Akihiro Gotō: to "Road Rage" Mike Otis, "Flume" Arnold Willis, "Asura" (''3''), "The Sensei" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Hitoshi Mitamura: to "Mumbler" Jimmy Spears, "Myna Bird" Webster Lewis, "Mynah Bird" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Ryūkō Murakami: to "Domino Spectrum" Ryukoh Murakami
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!!!'''Team Members''': "Ice Man" Shinji Takiguchi ☆ (until ''Zero''), "Full Moon Insanity" Daisuke Ōkawara ☆ (from ''3'' onwards), "Sunset Liner" Ryō Shibusawa (until ''Zero''), "White Witch" Yūka Yamamura (until ''Zero''), "Visual Tail" Tetsuya Kobayashi (until ''Zero''), "Pearl White Kiss" Rena Oyama, "Maniac Player" Hidenori Inoue (until ''Zero''), "Black Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, "First Beat" Tetsurō Akiyama, "Nameless Hero Gechena" Atsushi Kameyama (from ''Zero'' onwards), "Angry Princess" Junko Yamaguchi (from ''3'' onwards), "Midnight Hawks" Shin'ichirō Takayama (from ''3'' onwards), "Humiliation Contractor" Susumu Yagishita (from ''3'' onwards), "Lady White" Ryōko Honma (from ''3'' onwards), "Colorful Alley" Akinori Miyabe (from ''3'' onwards)
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!!!'''Team Members''': "Ice Man" Shinji Takiguchi ☆ (until ''Zero''), "Full Moon Insanity" Daisuke Ōkawara ☆ (from ''3'' onwards), (regular member until ''3''), "Sunset Liner" Ryō Shibusawa (until ''Zero''), "White Witch" Yūka Yamamura (until ''Zero''), "Visual Tail" Tetsuya Kobayashi (until ''Zero''), "Pearl White Kiss" Rena Oyama, "Maniac Player" Hidenori Inoue (until ''Zero''), "Black Angel" Ayako Iwasaki, "First Beat" Tetsurō Akiyama, "Nameless Hero Gechena" Atsushi Kameyama (from ''Zero'' onwards), "Angry Princess" Junko Yamaguchi (from ''3'' onwards), "Midnight Hawks" Shin'ichirō Takayama (from ''3'' onwards), "Humiliation Contractor" Susumu Yagishita (from ''3'' onwards), "Lady White" Ryōko Honma (from ''3'' onwards), "Colorful Alley" Akinori Miyabe (from ''3'' onwards)onwards)
For tropes regarding Junko Yamaguchi when she was a member of Gesellschaft, see the team's folder here. For tropes regarding Shin'ichirō Takayama and Susumu Yagishita when they belonged to Dry Cruise, see the team's folder here.
* DubNameChange:
** Shinji Takiguchi: to "The King" Taylor Griffin, Alan Nguyen
** Daisuke Ōkawara: to "Full Moon Lunatic", "Overdrive" Trent Thatcher, "Crazy Moon" Anthony Avn, "The Insane Moon" Daisuke Ogawara (''3''), "Moon Howler" Daisuke Ookawara (''Street Supremacy'')
** Ryō Shibusawa: to "Sunset Runner", "Master Planner" Timmy Lyons, "Sunset Rider" Steve Jacobs, "
** Yūka Yamamura: to "Sea Breeze" Gina Jones, Stephanie Solis
** Tetsuya Kobayashi: to "Steady" Steve Hartman, Joe Marsh,
** Rena Oyama: to "Paranoid" Paula O'Toole, "Pearl Kiss" Linda Huynh, "Pearly Whites" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Hidenori Inoue: to "Piano Man" Martin Gill, Bob Phlance,
** Ayako Iwasaki: to "Man Eater" Alicia Lopez, Jen Reil
** Tetsurō Akiyama: to "Cover Story" Ed Meier, "Fast Beat" Ed Lai, "Fast Beat" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Atsushi Kameyama: to "Unknown Hero" Tim Jones, "The Nameless Hero" (''3''), "Jackpot" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Shin'ichirō Takayama: to Shinichiro Kozan (''Street Supremacy'')
** Susumu Yagishita: to "The Contractor" Susumi Yagishita (''3''), "Big Disgrace" Susumu Yanagishita (''Street Supremacy'')
** Akinori Miyabe: to "Backstreet" (''3''), "Love Machine" (''Street Supremacy'')
For tropes regarding Junko Yamaguchi when she was a member of Gesellschaft, see the team's folder here. For tropes regarding Shin'ichirō Takayama and Susumu Yagishita when they belonged to Dry Cruise, see the team's folder here.
* DubNameChange:
** Shinji Takiguchi: to "The King" Taylor Griffin, Alan Nguyen
** Daisuke Ōkawara: to "Full Moon Lunatic", "Overdrive" Trent Thatcher, "Crazy Moon" Anthony Avn, "The Insane Moon" Daisuke Ogawara (''3''), "Moon Howler" Daisuke Ookawara (''Street Supremacy'')
** Ryō Shibusawa: to "Sunset Runner", "Master Planner" Timmy Lyons, "Sunset Rider" Steve Jacobs, "
** Yūka Yamamura: to "Sea Breeze" Gina Jones, Stephanie Solis
** Tetsuya Kobayashi: to "Steady" Steve Hartman, Joe Marsh,
** Rena Oyama: to "Paranoid" Paula O'Toole, "Pearl Kiss" Linda Huynh, "Pearly Whites" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Hidenori Inoue: to "Piano Man" Martin Gill, Bob Phlance,
** Ayako Iwasaki: to "Man Eater" Alicia Lopez, Jen Reil
** Tetsurō Akiyama: to "Cover Story" Ed Meier, "Fast Beat" Ed Lai, "Fast Beat" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Atsushi Kameyama: to "Unknown Hero" Tim Jones, "The Nameless Hero" (''3''), "Jackpot" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Shin'ichirō Takayama: to Shinichiro Kozan (''Street Supremacy'')
** Susumu Yagishita: to "The Contractor" Susumi Yagishita (''3''), "Big Disgrace" Susumu Yanagishita (''Street Supremacy'')
** Akinori Miyabe: to "Backstreet" (''3''), "Love Machine" (''Street Supremacy'')
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* ShesAManInJapan: In spite of retaining the same name, international releases of ''Street Supremacy'' utilize male pronouns to refer to Ayako.
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* DubNameChange:
** Kenji Suzuki: to "Rally King" Greg Burns, "Car Maniac" Stan Tuchiyama
** Maki Wakabayashi: to "Mystery Girl", "Joy Rider" Candy Shaw, "Mystery Girl" Kyoko Makino, "Illusive Girl" (''3''), "Phantom Babe" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Seiko Motogi: to "Tragic Red Tear", "Lost Angel" Erika Kwan, "Red Tears" Lucy Nakajima, "Traffic Tear" (''3''), "Tragic Crimson Tear" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tomio Makitoshi: to "Legendary Blue Collar", "Method Man" Craig Curtis, "Legendary Digger" Paul Williams, "The Legendary Worker" Tomio Minoru (''3''), Tomio "Constant" Makine (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tomoko Nakajima: to "Midnight Thru", "Ice Master" Yoko Moore, Peggy Lee, "Midnight Calm" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Makoto Kawamura: to "Red General" (first game, ''Import Tuner Challenge''), "Racer" Rick Miller, "Sir General" Phil Tavera, "The Red Tactician" (''3'')
** Akane Yamazaki: to "Out of the Blue" Keiko Hayashi, Mindy Louise
** Kenji Suzuki: to "Rally King" Greg Burns, "Car Maniac" Stan Tuchiyama
** Maki Wakabayashi: to "Mystery Girl", "Joy Rider" Candy Shaw, "Mystery Girl" Kyoko Makino, "Illusive Girl" (''3''), "Phantom Babe" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Seiko Motogi: to "Tragic Red Tear", "Lost Angel" Erika Kwan, "Red Tears" Lucy Nakajima, "Traffic Tear" (''3''), "Tragic Crimson Tear" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tomio Makitoshi: to "Legendary Blue Collar", "Method Man" Craig Curtis, "Legendary Digger" Paul Williams, "The Legendary Worker" Tomio Minoru (''3''), Tomio "Constant" Makine (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tomoko Nakajima: to "Midnight Thru", "Ice Master" Yoko Moore, Peggy Lee, "Midnight Calm" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Makoto Kawamura: to "Red General" (first game, ''Import Tuner Challenge''), "Racer" Rick Miller, "Sir General" Phil Tavera, "The Red Tactician" (''3'')
** Akane Yamazaki: to "Out of the Blue" Keiko Hayashi, Mindy Louise
* DubNameChange:
** Haruhiko Oyama: to "Master Racer" Nick Richards, "Blue Meteor" Vitalino Mendez, The Blue Star (''3''), Haruhiko Koyama (''Street Supremacy''), "Pale Comet" Haruhiko Koyama (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Akihiro Fukui: to "Accel Junky", "Accelerator" Al Gomez, "Speed Junky" Caleb Marshal, "Accelerator Junkie" (''3''), "G-Force Junkie" (''Street Supremacy''), "Acceleration Junkie" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Yūki Wada: to "Max Credit" Eric Hill, Eric Fox, "Bombardier" Yuki Uda (''Street Supremacy'')
** Takatsugu Migimoto: to "Crystal Nights", "Rocky" Doug Pike, "Crystal Knight" Tom Frankies, "Crystal Nights" Koji Mikimoto (''3''), "Night Knight" Koji Mikimoto (''Street Supremacy''), "Crystal Knight" Koji Mikimoto (''Street Supremacy'')
** Ichirō Tobiyama: to "Dirty" Dennis Perkins, Hannibal Smith, Ichiro Hiyama (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tetsurō Kibayashi: to "Roadrunner" Dean Wong, Joseph Adams, "Old School" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Kunihiro Harada: to "Circuit Devil" Keith Page, Saul Gaona
** Akira Yamada: to "Stealth Rider" Dave Frakin, Allan Shinmoto,
** Utsu Shī: to "Speedster" Jim Myers, Gabino Encarnaci, Tadashi Utsui (''3'', ''Street Supremacy'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Haruhiko Oyama: to "Master Racer" Nick Richards, "Blue Meteor" Vitalino Mendez, The Blue Star (''3''), Haruhiko Koyama (''Street Supremacy''), "Pale Comet" Haruhiko Koyama (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Akihiro Fukui: to "Accel Junky", "Accelerator" Al Gomez, "Speed Junky" Caleb Marshal, "Accelerator Junkie" (''3''), "G-Force Junkie" (''Street Supremacy''), "Acceleration Junkie" (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Yūki Wada: to "Max Credit" Eric Hill, Eric Fox, "Bombardier" Yuki Uda (''Street Supremacy'')
** Takatsugu Migimoto: to "Crystal Nights", "Rocky" Doug Pike, "Crystal Knight" Tom Frankies, "Crystal Nights" Koji Mikimoto (''3''), "Night Knight" Koji Mikimoto (''Street Supremacy''), "Crystal Knight" Koji Mikimoto (''Street Supremacy'')
** Ichirō Tobiyama: to "Dirty" Dennis Perkins, Hannibal Smith, Ichiro Hiyama (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Tetsurō Kibayashi: to "Roadrunner" Dean Wong, Joseph Adams, "Old School" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Kunihiro Harada: to "Circuit Devil" Keith Page, Saul Gaona
** Akira Yamada: to "Stealth Rider" Dave Frakin, Allan Shinmoto,
** Utsu Shī: to "Speedster" Jim Myers, Gabino Encarnaci, Tadashi Utsui (''3'', ''Street Supremacy'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
* DubNameChange:
** Naoto Obata: to "The Natural" Billy Sims, Billy Boulder, Naoto Kohata (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Yōko Uehara: to "Drift Bunny" Lisa Gordon, Vickey Yeoh, "Quicksilver" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Kōji Miura: to "Master Burke", "Razorblade" Gil Downs, "Lightning Bird" Ryo Ikegami, "The Razor" Hiroharu Miura (''3'')
** Mitsue Takahashi: to "Banshee" Lena Roth, "Red Shut" Dianna Bella, "Red Roar" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Gou Fujiike: to "Herr Schneider", "Dr. Speed" Arron Ortiz, Mark Utaranart, "Drivin' DJ" (''Street Supremacy''), Takeshi Fujiike (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Hitomi Tsujiki: to "Gemini" Kimi Yamamoto, "Lightning Eyes" Lisa Mani
** Ryou Ikegami: to "Hot 'n Cold" Kenny Black, "U Violet" Rancisco Juno
** Naoto Obata: to "The Natural" Billy Sims, Billy Boulder, Naoto Kohata (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Yōko Uehara: to "Drift Bunny" Lisa Gordon, Vickey Yeoh, "Quicksilver" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Kōji Miura: to "Master Burke", "Razorblade" Gil Downs, "Lightning Bird" Ryo Ikegami, "The Razor" Hiroharu Miura (''3'')
** Mitsue Takahashi: to "Banshee" Lena Roth, "Red Shut" Dianna Bella, "Red Roar" (''Street Supremacy'')
** Gou Fujiike: to "Herr Schneider", "Dr. Speed" Arron Ortiz, Mark Utaranart, "Drivin' DJ" (''Street Supremacy''), Takeshi Fujiike (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Hitomi Tsujiki: to "Gemini" Kimi Yamamoto, "Lightning Eyes" Lisa Mani
** Ryou Ikegami: to "Hot 'n Cold" Kenny Black, "U Violet" Rancisco Juno
* ShesAManInJapan: Hitomi Tsujiki becomes a man called Kimi Yamamoto in international releases of ''2''.
* ShipTease: Between Naoto and Yoko
* ShippingTorpedo: Hitomi Tsujiki cannot ''stand'' the idea that Ryou Ikegami fell in love with Yamazaki of Top Level. As such, she puts on the façade of a nice woman in front of him in order to try and dissuade him, getting him to focus on their team, whilst trying with far more aggressive methods to drive Yamazaki away when Ikegami is not paying attention.
* ShipTease: Between Naoto and Yoko
* ShippingTorpedo: Hitomi Tsujiki cannot ''stand'' the idea that Ryou Ikegami fell in love with Yamazaki of Top Level. As such, she puts on the façade of a nice woman in front of him in order to try and dissuade him, getting him to focus on their team, whilst trying with far more aggressive methods to drive Yamazaki away when Ikegami is not paying attention.
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* ShipTease: Between Naoto and Yoko
* ShippingTorpedo: Hitomi Tsujiki cannot ''stand'' the idea that Ryou Ikegami fell in love with Yamazaki of Top Level. As such, she puts on the façade of a nice woman in front of him in order to try and dissuade him, getting him to focus on their team, whilst trying with far more aggressive methods to drive Yamazaki away when Ikegami is not paying attention.
* ShippingTorpedo: Hitomi Tsujiki cannot ''stand'' the idea that Ryou Ikegami fell in love with Yamazaki of Top Level. As such, she puts on the façade of a nice woman in front of him in order to try and dissuade him, getting him to focus on their team, whilst trying with far more aggressive methods to drive Yamazaki away when Ikegami is not paying attention.
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For tropes regarding SPEED BOX the Wanderer, see here. For tropes regarding Shuhei Kitakata upon becoming leader of Unlimited, see the team's folder here.
* DubNameChange:
** Tokio Aoshima: to "Time's Cloud"
** Makoto Ito: to "Blazing Drift Liner"
** Takeshi Nagano: to "Street Tank"
** Tokio Aoshima: to "Time's Cloud"
** Makoto Ito: to "Blazing Drift Liner"
** Takeshi Nagano: to "Street Tank"
* DubNameChange:
** Ryūtarō Furuki: to "Unstoppable Black Dragon", "Dark Racer" Brett Stevens, "Unstoppable Dream" Mike Knight
** Rina Kawahara: to "Sweetie Pie" Rina Schwartz, "Lovely Girl" Astrid Makowitz
** Jun'ichi Kubota: to "The Geezer" Frank Purdue, Steven Early
** Shinji Ōtake: to "Redline Cindy", "Drag Racer" Kevin Richman, "Rule Breaker" David Quartey
** Taku Ishī: to "Tokyo Kid" Brian Larson, Carl Matz
** Hidenori Sekiya: to "Pit Master" Ricky Chen, Tariel Makinotz
** Takayuki Horī: to Mark "Wipeout" Williams, Sam Koskela
** Ryūtarō Furuki: to "Unstoppable Black Dragon", "Dark Racer" Brett Stevens, "Unstoppable Dream" Mike Knight
** Rina Kawahara: to "Sweetie Pie" Rina Schwartz, "Lovely Girl" Astrid Makowitz
** Jun'ichi Kubota: to "The Geezer" Frank Purdue, Steven Early
** Shinji Ōtake: to "Redline Cindy", "Drag Racer" Kevin Richman, "Rule Breaker" David Quartey
** Taku Ishī: to "Tokyo Kid" Brian Larson, Carl Matz
** Hidenori Sekiya: to "Pit Master" Ricky Chen, Tariel Makinotz
** Takayuki Horī: to Mark "Wipeout" Williams, Sam Koskela
* DubNameChange:
** Mayumi Mori: to "Cool Cat" Cyndy Bates, Beth James, Mayumi Yoshida (''3''), Mayumi Yoshizawa (''Street Supremacy'')
** Shōko Koizumi: to "Alluring Fairy", "White Rider" Regina Lopez, "Mysterious Nymph" Star Sawyer, Sachiko "Shoko" Koizumi (''3''), Yoko Koizumi (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kimiko Fujisaki: to "Moonlight Kid" Ellen Mahoney, Pamela Dumand
** Rena Kitayama: to "Marathon" Mary Owens, Jonel Wilkins, Reina Kitayama (''3'')
** Aki Azuma: to "Tokyo" Tami Fujita, Shella Corigan, Aki Higashi (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Takako Mutō: to "Heartbreak Kid" Yoko Rich, Gloria Valdez
** Mayumi Mori: to "Cool Cat" Cyndy Bates, Beth James, Mayumi Yoshida (''3''), Mayumi Yoshizawa (''Street Supremacy'')
** Shōko Koizumi: to "Alluring Fairy", "White Rider" Regina Lopez, "Mysterious Nymph" Star Sawyer, Sachiko "Shoko" Koizumi (''3''), Yoko Koizumi (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kimiko Fujisaki: to "Moonlight Kid" Ellen Mahoney, Pamela Dumand
** Rena Kitayama: to "Marathon" Mary Owens, Jonel Wilkins, Reina Kitayama (''3'')
** Aki Azuma: to "Tokyo" Tami Fujita, Shella Corigan, Aki Higashi (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Takako Mutō: to "Heartbreak Kid" Yoko Rich, Gloria Valdez
* DubNameChange:
** Kiyoshi Onizuka: to "Requiem" Tom Mahoney, "Requiem" Wolfgang Bell, Seiji Onizuka, "Wolves' Requiem" Kiyoshi Onitsuka
** Isamu Tamagawa: to "Autoerotic" Victor Smith, Ralph Bukala,
** Toshiki Aikawa: to "Wind Rider" Sean Marshall, Dusty Eurmo
** Akira Nagase: to "Rampaging Tank", "Dark Star" Paul Osborne, "Mad Train" Randy Stanza, "Reckless Train" (''3'')
** Ippei Sadaoka: to "Magic Man" Franklin Perry, Don Skirlock, "Yellow Flair" (''3'')
** Natsumi Uemura: to "Fleet Valkyrie", "All-the-Way" Alice Bayer, "Speedy Valkyrie" Francine Kuba, "Swifty Valkyrie" (''Street Supremacy''), Natsumi Kamimura (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Nao Haruka: to "Queen", "Queeny" Mindy Greene, Angelica Jaide
** Tetsurō Nakata: to "Comeback Kid" Jose Cortez, Roy Chan
** Kiyoshi Onizuka: to "Requiem" Tom Mahoney, "Requiem" Wolfgang Bell, Seiji Onizuka, "Wolves' Requiem" Kiyoshi Onitsuka
** Isamu Tamagawa: to "Autoerotic" Victor Smith, Ralph Bukala,
** Toshiki Aikawa: to "Wind Rider" Sean Marshall, Dusty Eurmo
** Akira Nagase: to "Rampaging Tank", "Dark Star" Paul Osborne, "Mad Train" Randy Stanza, "Reckless Train" (''3'')
** Ippei Sadaoka: to "Magic Man" Franklin Perry, Don Skirlock, "Yellow Flair" (''3'')
** Natsumi Uemura: to "Fleet Valkyrie", "All-the-Way" Alice Bayer, "Speedy Valkyrie" Francine Kuba, "Swifty Valkyrie" (''Street Supremacy''), Natsumi Kamimura (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Nao Haruka: to "Queen", "Queeny" Mindy Greene, Angelica Jaide
** Tetsurō Nakata: to "Comeback Kid" Jose Cortez, Roy Chan
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** Omohiko Ashura: to "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'')
** 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'')
* 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: "Rhythm Freak" Brad Eliot (''2''), Willy Cantos (''Zero'')
** Kazuki Nakanishi: "Radar Racer" Evan Fink (''2''), "Troubleshooter" Rich Yau (''Zero'')
** Asuka Nakanishi: "Aero Angel" Julie Carmine (''2''), "Yellow Angel" Julius Vick (''Zero'')
** 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: "Rhythm Freak" Brad Eliot (''2''), Willy Cantos (''Zero'')
** Kazuki Nakanishi: "Radar Racer" Evan Fink (''2''), "Troubleshooter" Rich Yau (''Zero'')
** Asuka Nakanishi: "Aero Angel" Julie Carmine (''2''), "Yellow Angel" Julius Vick (''Zero'')
* ShesAManInJapan: In international releases of ''Zero'', Asuka Nakanishi becomes a man called Julius Vick.
* 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'')
** 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'')
* 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'')
** 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'')
* 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'')
** 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'')
* DubNameChange:
** Mitsuru Iona: to "Danger Freak" Adam Byrne (''2''), "Ion" Fred Kiko (''Zero''), Mitsuru Iyotomo (''Street Supremacy'')
** Atsushi Baba: to "Tall Boy" Scott Jones, Manny Jacobs, Hiroshi Baba (''3''), "B-Baller" Hiroshi Baba (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kyōji Honda: to "Marathon Man" Luis Aquilar, Marcus Leary, "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, Daryl Duke, Katsuaki Mizushima (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Noriaki Azuma: to "Dizzy" Dave Easton, "Slide Freek" Cory Baracus, Noriaki Higashi (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kōji Takae: to Gordon "Smooth" Smith, "Driving Blue Wave" Max Murdock
** Mitsuru Iona: to "Danger Freak" Adam Byrne (''2''), "Ion" Fred Kiko (''Zero''), Mitsuru Iyotomo (''Street Supremacy'')
** Atsushi Baba: to "Tall Boy" Scott Jones, Manny Jacobs, Hiroshi Baba (''3''), "B-Baller" Hiroshi Baba (''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kyōji Honda: to "Marathon Man" Luis Aquilar, Marcus Leary, "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, Daryl Duke, Katsuaki Mizushima (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Noriaki Azuma: to "Dizzy" Dave Easton, "Slide Freek" Cory Baracus, Noriaki Higashi (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
** Kōji Takae: to Gordon "Smooth" Smith, "Driving Blue Wave" Max Murdock
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* ShoutOut: Atsushi Baba's street name might seem like a random string of letters and numbers... until you realize "MJ" are the initials of Michael Jordan, whose height is 6 feet 6. ''Zero'' outright confirms this without referring to Jordan directly, merely describing him as "a famous basketball player who shocked the world".
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Atsushi Baba's street name might seem like a random string of letters and numbers... until you realize "MJ" are the initials of Michael Jordan, whose height is 6 feet 6. ''Zero'' outright confirms this without referring to Jordan directly, merely describing him as "a famous basketball player who shocked theworld".world".
** Speaking of him, a former professional athlete with a particular relation to height and the surname Baba? [[Wrestling/GiantBaba You could say he might be a Giant.]]
** Atsushi Baba's street name might seem like a random string of letters and numbers... until you realize "MJ" are the initials of Michael Jordan, whose height is 6 feet 6. ''Zero'' outright confirms this without referring to Jordan directly, merely describing him as "a famous basketball player who shocked the
** Speaking of him, a former professional athlete with a particular relation to height and the surname Baba? [[Wrestling/GiantBaba You could say he might be a Giant.]]
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!!!'''Team Members''': "Rolling Guy #1" Satoru Kobayakawa ☆ (until ''Zero''), "Rolling Guy #2" Akira Kobayakawa ☆ (regular member until ''3''), "Rolling Guy #3" Tsutomu Imai (until ''Touge Legends''), "Rolling Guy #4" Haruhiko Miyake, "Rolling Guy #5" Hiroshi Takanayagi, "Rolling Guy #6" Takahashi Yoshimura (from ''2'' to ''3''), "Rolling Guy #7" Mamoru Mitsuike (from ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
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!!!'''Team Members''': "Rolling Guy #1" Satoru Kobayakawa ☆ (until ''Zero''), "Rolling Guy #2" Akira Kobayakawa ☆ (regular member until ''3''), "Rolling Guy #3" Tsutomu Imai (until ''Touge Legends''), "Rolling Guy #4" Haruhiko Miyake, "Rolling Guy #5" Hiroshi Takanayagi, "Rolling Guy #6" Takahashi Yoshimura (from ''2'' to ''3''), "Rolling Guy #6" Yusaku Kido, (''3'' to ''Street Supremacy''), "Rolling Guy #7" Mamoru Mitsuike (from ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
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* DubNameChangeDubNameChange:
** Rolling Guy: to Rolling Dude (first game), Rolling Boy (second game), Rolling (''Zero''), Rolling Man (''Street Supremacy'')
** Downhill Guy: Downhill Burns, Downhill Dude (''Drift'')
** Satoru Kobayakawa: to Jack Dillon (''2''), James Altenberg (''Zero''), Sato Kobayakawa (''Drift'')
** Akira Kobayakawa: to James Dillon, George Reynold, Akira Osagawa (''Drift''), Tetsu Kobayakawa (''3'', ''Chain Reaction'', ''Street Supremacy'', ''Touge Legends'')
** Tsutomu Imai: to Terry Hall, Dixon Jones, Masaru Imai (''Drift'')
** Haruhiko Miyake: to Brian Lowe, Ed Louis, Haruhiko Santaku (''Drift'')
** Hiroshi Takanayagi: to Jay Morales (''2'', ''Zero''), Hiro Takanayagi (''Drift''),
** Takahashi Yoshimura: to Rod Paglia (''2''), Mark Hill, Takashi Yoshimura (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge), Takeshi Yoshimura (''Street Supremacy'')
** Mamoru Mitsuike: Yuzuru Mitsuike (''Street Supremacy'')
** Rolling Guy: to Rolling Dude (first game), Rolling Boy (second game), Rolling (''Zero''), Rolling Man (''Street Supremacy'')
** Downhill Guy: Downhill Burns, Downhill Dude (''Drift'')
** Satoru Kobayakawa: to Jack Dillon (''2''), James Altenberg (''Zero''), Sato Kobayakawa (''Drift'')
** Akira Kobayakawa: to James Dillon, George Reynold, Akira Osagawa (''Drift''), Tetsu Kobayakawa (''3'', ''Chain Reaction'', ''Street Supremacy'', ''Touge Legends'')
** Tsutomu Imai: to Terry Hall, Dixon Jones, Masaru Imai (''Drift'')
** Haruhiko Miyake: to Brian Lowe, Ed Louis, Haruhiko Santaku (''Drift'')
** Hiroshi Takanayagi: to Jay Morales (''2'', ''Zero''), Hiro Takanayagi (''Drift''),
** Takahashi Yoshimura: to Rod Paglia (''2''), Mark Hill, Takashi Yoshimura (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge), Takeshi Yoshimura (''Street Supremacy'')
** Mamoru Mitsuike: Yuzuru Mitsuike (''Street Supremacy'')
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* DubNameChangeDubNameChange:
** Kōshō Fujima: to Mark Allen II, Mark Burns
** Kōji Hibino: to "No Slip" Gill Mathews, "Mr. Fire" Alexander Scoob
** Akiichirō Watari: to "Blue Flash" Jamie Perez, "Wind of Night" Allen Rentch
** Takaaki Kainai: to Neil Getts, Rich Robledo
** Noriko Watanabe: to "Mad" Mary Black, Dara Yem
** Hidekazu Saitō: to "Low" Joe Simon, "Road Killer" Rion Rainhart
** Kōshō Fujima: to Mark Allen II, Mark Burns
** Kōji Hibino: to "No Slip" Gill Mathews, "Mr. Fire" Alexander Scoob
** Akiichirō Watari: to "Blue Flash" Jamie Perez, "Wind of Night" Allen Rentch
** Takaaki Kainai: to Neil Getts, Rich Robledo
** Noriko Watanabe: to "Mad" Mary Black, Dara Yem
** Hidekazu Saitō: to "Low" Joe Simon, "Road Killer" Rion Rainhart
** Kyō Takahashi: to "North Star" (first game), "Speed Freak" Jimmy Richter, "Old Star" Jimmy Richter, "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, Ludvig Cho
** Takahiro Eguchi: to "Poor Boy" Harry Cummins, "Red Thunder" Bernard Bailey
** Akira Shimamoto: to "Car Killa" Rudy Alcott, "Sports Killer" Shilton Hasanuma
** Torakichi Yamada: to "Rising Star", "Speed Demon" Tom Ruiz, "New Star" Buddy Hawkins, "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, Mark Burke
** Jun'ichi Kimura: to "4-Door" Tony Parcelli (''2''), "Heaven's Door" Oliver Jackson (''Zero'')
** Sanpei Sugiyama: to "Dirty Dude" Russ Harley, Ludvig Cho
** Takahiro Eguchi: to "Poor Boy" Harry Cummins, "Red Thunder" Bernard Bailey
** Akira Shimamoto: to "Car Killa" Rudy Alcott, "Sports Killer" Shilton Hasanuma
** Torakichi Yamada: to "Rising Star", "Speed Demon" Tom Ruiz, "New Star" Buddy Hawkins, "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, Mark Burke
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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 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 entry here.
* DubNameChange:
** Yumiko Matsuyama: to "Red Racer" Cindy Martin, Jen Lyte
** Toshitaka Nishiki: to "Tune Freak" Vic Edwards, Ernest Lee
** Hajime Minatsuki: to "Ladies Man" Mike Ohara, "Hostman Hut" Sato Oshiro
** Miyuki Sato: to "Lisa B-Sky", "Fashion Queen" Sheena Croft, Melody Nosce
** Kangorō Matsuda: to "Infinity Yellow", "Mellow Yellow" Greg Bergman, "Unfinish Yellow" Frank Pedro
** Yumiko Matsuyama: to "Red Racer" Cindy Martin, Jen Lyte
** Toshitaka Nishiki: to "Tune Freak" Vic Edwards, Ernest Lee
** Hajime Minatsuki: to "Ladies Man" Mike Ohara, "Hostman Hut" Sato Oshiro
** Miyuki Sato: to "Lisa B-Sky", "Fashion Queen" Sheena Croft, Melody Nosce
** Kangorō Matsuda: to "Infinity Yellow", "Mellow Yellow" Greg Bergman, "Unfinish Yellow" Frank Pedro
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* ShesAManInJapan: Yumiko is referred to as a "he" in international releases of the first game: as those cut all drivers' real names and only left the street names, it is the only hint of her true gender.
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* DubNameChangeDubNameChange:
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* DubNameChange
* RevolvingDoorBand
* DubNameChange
* DubNameChange
* TookALevelInBadass
* DubNameChange
* ForceAndFinesse
* NumberTwo
* TookALevelInCynic
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* PrivateDetective
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* BunnyEarsLawyer
* CloudCuckooLander
* CloudCuckooLander
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* {{Hypocrite}}
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* NumberTwo:LegacyCharacter: The street names
* NoBadassToHisValet: Satoru to his entire team.
* NumberTwo: Whoever ends up with the street name of Rolling Guy #2
* PapaWolf: In spite of the small age gap and his facade, Satoru cares immensely.
* NoBadassToHisValet: Satoru to his entire team.
* NumberTwo: Whoever ends up with the street name of Rolling Guy #2
* PapaWolf: In spite of the small age gap and his facade, Satoru cares immensely.
* TookALevelInBadass: Through-out the entire series
* TheFool
* GeniusDitz
* BadBoss
* CripplingOverspecialization
* CharacterDevelopment: Ichiro Tobiyama
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* DareToBeBadass: Naoto will tell this to the player, complimenting them on defeating them but daring them to never settle on their achievements and always strive to be better, else it'll end up being their downfall.
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* DareToBeBadass: Naoto will tell this to the player, player in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', complimenting them on defeating them but daring them to never settle on their achievements and always strive to be better, else it'll end up being their downfall.
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* FamedInStory: Naoto Obata once used to go on solo expeditions to Osaka. Although no details about it are given to the player, his feats and escapades were so legendary that his entire "saga" is widely known amongst high school students and has been passed down from class to class.
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* FamedInStory: Naoto Obata once used to go on solo expeditions to Osaka. Although no details about it are given to the player, his feats and escapades were so legendary that his entire "saga" is widely known amongst high school students the Expressway crowd and has been passed down from class to class.
* DavidVersusGoliath: They were the Goliath in every match up, and they just kept losing. It's what lead Shuhei to quit in frustration.
* FlatCharacter
* FlatCharacter
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* TheStoic: Back when he was still a member of Speed Box, Shuhei Kitakata was described as completely unflappable, not even moving an eyebrow whilst racing.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Shuhei
* TheStoic: Back when he was still a member of Speed Box, Shuhei Kitakata was described as completely unflappable, not even moving an eyebrow whilstracing.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe
* TheStoic: Back when he was still a member of Speed Box, Shuhei Kitakata was described as completely unflappable, not even moving an eyebrow whilst
* WeHardlyKnewYe
* ConfusionFu: Shinji's car, as a result of its wobbly steering
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Takayuki Horī used to drive a lighter, far less powerful car than his current S14: as such, he developed the habit of hardly letting off the throttle in corners, something that made him a driving hazard and extremely at risk of crashing with his new car.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: CripplingOverspecialization: Rina's car is still in its mountain pass set-up: it's good for the corners near Daiba and Fukugawa, but little else.
* DrivesLikeCrazy:
** Takayuki Horī used to drive a lighter, far less powerful car than his current S14: as such, he developed the habit of hardly letting off the throttle in corners, something that made him a driving hazard and extremely at risk of crashing with his newcar.car.
** In a minor way, Shinji modified his car, but the suspension and steering can't handle the newfound power, even with the help of the aero: his wobbly steering, his particular, is described as "scary", which he uses against opponents.
* HopelessSuitor: Shinji and Taku: Rina ultimately has eyes for Ryutaro only.
* DrivesLikeCrazy:
** Takayuki Horī used to drive a lighter, far less powerful car than his current S14: as such, he developed the habit of hardly letting off the throttle in corners, something that made him a driving hazard and extremely at risk of crashing with his new
** In a minor way, Shinji modified his car, but the suspension and steering can't handle the newfound power, even with the help of the aero: his wobbly steering, his particular, is described as "scary", which he uses against opponents.
* HopelessSuitor: Shinji and Taku: Rina ultimately has eyes for Ryutaro only.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Takayuki changed his strategy to being the pursuing car since switching to a more powerful vehicle
* TheLadette
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* {{Meido}}: Shōko Koizumi dresses this way, atleast in ''3''. It's purely an aesthetic choice, given that her day-to-day job is painter.
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* {{Meido}}: Shōko Koizumi dresses this way, atleast in ''3''.way. It's purely an aesthetic choice, given that her day-to-day job is painter.
* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent
* CynicismCatalyst
* LivingEmotionalCrutch
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* SharedFamilyQuirks
* AmbiguoslyAbsentParent:
* BewareTheSillyOnes
* BunnyEarsLawyer
* BewareTheSillyOnes
* BunnyEarsLawyer
* SharedFamilyQuirks
* TenMinuteRetirement: Takabumi Ījima tried to walk away from tuning, but could never shake the feeling and returned after an year-long pause.
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* BoringButPractical: Takeshi Miyazawa's car is set up this way -- stiff suspensions, slight understeer, shorter gears to favour acceleration.
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* BoringButPractical: BoringButPractical:
** Takeshi Miyazawa's car is set up this way -- stiff suspensions, slight understeer, shorter gears to favouracceleration.acceleration.
** Goro's car, as it's built with taking people on dates in mind
* CharacterDevelopment
** Yosuke
** Yoko
* DareToBeBadass: Goro will encourage the player to never give up and always strive to be cool even in defeat in ''Racing Battle C1 GP''
** Takeshi Miyazawa's car is set up this way -- stiff suspensions, slight understeer, shorter gears to favour
** Goro's car, as it's built with taking people on dates in mind
* CharacterDevelopment
** Yosuke
** Yoko
* DareToBeBadass: Goro will encourage the player to never give up and always strive to be cool even in defeat in ''Racing Battle C1 GP''
* DefectorFromDecadence: Yōko Murakami used to belong to The Road of Justice, but quit the time upon the policy change that saw them become vigilantes.
* * FireForgedFriends:
** Takeshi and Yosuke, by ''Import Tuner Challenge''
** Takeshi and Takabumi
* FreudianExcuse:
** Yoko cannot stand Satoshi because the latter reminds her far too much of her late father.
** Takabumi thinks human relationships to be troublesome, but he very much felt RINGS' former leader retiring and handing the reigns to Takeshi, whom he seems in a critical light.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Yoko, making other members of RINGS feel uncomfortable. Of course, it's a very superficial thing, as seen in ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Takabumi Ījima does not hang out with the rest of RINGS, believing human relationships to be troublesome.
** Takeshi and Yosuke, by ''Import Tuner Challenge''
** Takeshi and Takabumi
* FreudianExcuse:
** Yoko cannot stand Satoshi because the latter reminds her far too much of her late father.
** Takabumi thinks human relationships to be troublesome, but he very much felt RINGS' former leader retiring and handing the reigns to Takeshi, whom he seems in a critical light.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Yoko, making other members of RINGS feel uncomfortable. Of course, it's a very superficial thing, as seen in ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Takabumi Ījima does not hang out with the rest of RINGS, believing human relationships to be troublesome.
* HopeBringer: Goro to other unattractive racers, PlayedForLaughs
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Takabumi used to be one of the strongest drivers around years prior. Now, he considers himself a failed racer, dejected and turned away by any team other than RINGS.
* HyperAwareness: Yosuke Arai is capable of telling the condition of a car just by driving it and nothing else
* InformedAttribute: Goro being unattractive
* IronicName: Silver Angel does not act very angel like.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Yoko, whom her own bio describes as selfish
* KavorkaMan: Goro, being unattractive yet being at the center of attention and getting plenty of dates since he started racing on the Expressway
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Eventually, Yoko and Satoshi, always bickering but very close underneath the surface, always helping one another.
* MagneticHero: Takeshi Miyazawa, who manages to convince the rest of RINGS to follow him on enthusiasm and competence alone. Even the most sceptic, Yosuke Arai, is swayed.
* MasterOfAll: Satoshi Hamada, capable of doing everything car-related: driving, racing, tuning, repairs. It's how he ended up with his street name to begin with.
* NonIndicativeName: "Vivid Tail Slide", as beyond dates and attempts to impress people, it's barely used
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Takabumi used to be one of the strongest drivers around years prior. Now, he considers himself a failed racer, dejected and turned away by any team other than RINGS.
* HyperAwareness: Yosuke Arai is capable of telling the condition of a car just by driving it and nothing else
* InformedAttribute: Goro being unattractive
* IronicName: Silver Angel does not act very angel like.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Yoko, whom her own bio describes as selfish
* KavorkaMan: Goro, being unattractive yet being at the center of attention and getting plenty of dates since he started racing on the Expressway
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Eventually, Yoko and Satoshi, always bickering but very close underneath the surface, always helping one another.
* MagneticHero: Takeshi Miyazawa, who manages to convince the rest of RINGS to follow him on enthusiasm and competence alone. Even the most sceptic, Yosuke Arai, is swayed.
* MasterOfAll: Satoshi Hamada, capable of doing everything car-related: driving, racing, tuning, repairs. It's how he ended up with his street name to begin with.
* NonIndicativeName: "Vivid Tail Slide", as beyond dates and attempts to impress people, it's barely used
* ReallyGetsAround: Goro dates a lot of people
* RevolvingDoorBand
* RevolvingDoorBand
* SourSupporter: Yosuke Arai to Takeshi Miyazawa when compared to his predecessor. Ultimately swept away by the latter's enthusiasm
* TaughtByExperience: Yosuke Arai
* TrueCompanions: Takeshi and Satoshi: the latter reportedly tapped the former for RINGS' next leader, and in spite of Takeshi being the senior, the two have had each other's back since they first met as RINGS members.
* {{Tsundere}}: Yoko, towards Satoshi
* WhatsHeGotThatIAintGot: Goro, on the receiving end due to his success with women, gets bullied
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Yoko and Satoshi, much to Takeshi's hire
* {{Tsundere}}: Yoko, towards Satoshi
* WhatsHeGotThatIAintGot: Goro, on the receiving end due to his success with women, gets bullied
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Yoko and Satoshi, much to Takeshi's hire
* PassingTheTorch
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* GoalInLife
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* ToBeAMaster
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* NumberTwo
* SmallNameBigEgo
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* QueerFlowers: "Blue Rose"
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** Jurassic Era Fast Rider - Jurassic Park
** Void Champion - ?
** Man Eating Shark - Jaws
** Roaring Volcanic Crater - ?
** Mechanized Angel - ?
** Deep Sea Emperor - Godzilla, maybe?
** Future Messenger - Back To The Future or Terminator
** Void Champion - ?
** Man Eating Shark - Jaws
** Roaring Volcanic Crater - ?
** Mechanized Angel - ?
** Deep Sea Emperor - Godzilla, maybe?
** Future Messenger - Back To The Future or Terminator
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* WeUsedToBeFriend: Had a falling out with MAX Racing between the events of ''3'' and ''Import Tuner Challenge'' according to some rumors.
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Masanori, Ryuta, Akihiro by ''Import Tuner Challenge''
* ProudToBeAGeek: Omohiko, by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge''
* CharacterDevelopment: Kagetsu
* TenMinuteRetirement: Io was on the brink of quitting for good according to some people the player can speak to in ''Import Tuner Challenge''. He came back to fulfill his promise to the team to retire only once he named a successor.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Seiko Motogi
* CasanovaWannabe: Koji Miura
* ShipTease: Between Naoto and Yoko
* UnknownRelative: Ayako to Jintei
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* ForGreatJustice
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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl
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* VitriolicBestBuds
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* TookALevelInCheerfulness
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* BenevolentBoss
* ColorAnimalCodename
* HeroAntagonist
* NumberTwo
* OpposeWhatYouSuffered
* TheSmurfettePrinciple
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* HeroAntagonist
* NumberTwo
* OpposeWhatYouSuffered
* TheSmurfettePrinciple
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters
* HeWhoFightsMonsters
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* GoodAllAlong: Ultimately, he came to Tokyo chasing after Snake Eyes, wanting to put a stop to him personally.
* NonIdleRich
* NonIdleRich
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* OffScreenMomentOfAwesome: As dislikable as Snake Eyes is, he still did the exact same thing Purple Meteor, Jintei and the player did by climbing to the top of the Metropolitan Expressway.
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* AllegedlyDateless: Haruhiko
* DavidVersusGoliath: All the time on the Metropolitan Highway, due to the team's cars being underpowered lightweights compared to the average, which makes it all the more impressive when they win. They take the role of Goliath on mountain passes, though.
* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Akira's self-doubt
* HonorBeforeReason: Sticking with their cars and philosophy out of a matter of principle.
* HonorBeforeReason: Sticking with their cars and philosophy out of a matter of principle.
* NumberTwo:
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Satoru and Akira
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Satoru and Akira
* KindheartedSimpleton: Kosho
* Manchild: Kosho, albeit very downplayed
* Manchild: Kosho, albeit very downplayed
* HanlonsRazor: One driver accuses Ito of this after trying out one of his oil additives, before decrying that he was supposed to expect that, given Ito is given out the stuff for free. On the flipside, Ito not only offers the player themselves some of the stuff, but apparently uses it on his own car.
* ThePeterPrinciple: Masaki's promotion
* BecauseDestinySaysSo
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* AnimalThemeNaming
* ColorAnimalCodename
* ColorAnimalCodename
* AnimalThemeNaming
* ColorAnimalCodename
* ColorAnimalCodename
* AnimalMotifTeam
* AnimalMotifTeam
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* ColorAnimalCodename
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* AnimalMotifTeam
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* NoFullNameGiven
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* NoFullNameGiven
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* ArchEnemy: Considers Snake Eyes as his
* SiblingYinYang
* ClimaxBoss: Of the midway point of the game: defeating him is what gets the player on the PHANTOM 9's radar, opens up the entirety of the map, and further gets the story going.
* NiceMeanAndInBetween
* * SoProudOfYou: Will express pride in the player for having defeated Snake Eyes, as well as pride in having gotten a chance to face them.
* * SoProudOfYou: Will express pride in the player for having defeated Snake Eyes, as well as pride in having gotten a chance to face them.
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* ArchEnemy: Considers Jintei to be this
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* BigBad
* ClimaxBoss: In spite of being the game's BigBad, he's this, being fought three quarters of the way through the game. His defeat will herald the end of his reign over the Expressway, the resumption of expeditions to Tokyo from the rest of Japan, and Jintei's return.
* ClimaxBoss: In spite of being the game's BigBad, he's this, being fought three quarters of the way through the game. His defeat will herald the end of his reign over the Expressway, the resumption of expeditions to Tokyo from the rest of Japan, and Jintei's return.
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* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Presents himself as Tokyo's fastest, got destroyed by Jintei years ago
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: In spite of half of Tokyo gunning for his head, Hajime really doesn't do much of anything to preventively strike, letting the PHANTOM 9 act on his behalf and otherwise leaving the teams that survived his campaign of terror be. Turns out, it's because of his BatmanGambit on the player, which he set into motion as soon as he begun defeating the Expressway's old legends: he needs the player to make it all the way to him for this to work.
* PetTheDog: For all his flaws and issues, Hajime never treats anyone with disrespect, especially his subordinates, and should he defeat the player, he'll readily invite them to join his team, holding no ill will towards them.
* PetTheDog: For all his flaws and issues, Hajime never treats anyone with disrespect, especially his subordinates, and should he defeat the player, he'll readily invite them to join his team, holding no ill will towards them.
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* FailureHero: The entire team
* HopelessSuitor: Poor, poor Haruhiko spends the ''entirety'' of ''Import Tuner Challenge'' trying to hook up with someone: first, he gets a team-wide date going between Rolling Guy and the Cupid Arrows (atleast their single members) going, which devolves into the latter insulting the former after a back-and-forth breaks out over their cars. Then, he tries again with Juicy Heaven, getting a one-on-one date with Voluptuos Aquamarine, which somehow goes ''even worse'', as they take their date to Hakone (which is supposed to be where Rolling Guy are at their best) and he gets vaporized. According to Hiroshi, he dejectedly gave up after that one, atleast for a while.
* TheSmartGuy: Professor Taka
* DareToBeBadass: Naoto will tell this to the player, complimenting them on defeating them but daring them to never settle on their achievements and always strive to be better, else it'll end up being their downfall.
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* GracefulLoser: No matter what, Naoto takes all losses with grace, never begrugding the player for defeating him nor mocking them. Instead, he takes them as opportunities to learn something new and prepare himself for a rematch. Even if his team is disbanded whilst the player is a member, his greatest regret is seeing the team he built and nurtured for so many years end up lost to history.
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* GracefulLoser: No matter what, Naoto takes all losses with grace, never begrugding the player for defeating him nor mocking them. Instead, he takes them as opportunities to learn something new and prepare himself for a rematch. Even if his team is disbanded whilst the player is a member, his greatest regret is seeing the team he built and nurtured for so many years end up lost to history. He'll also take his defeat in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' gracefully.
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* SoreLoser
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Rehash of the Wind Stars; Akiyuki Shiroyama was classmates with Jintei in junior high.
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Note: rehash of Glory Days
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-->''We only obey rules if they help us win.''
Rehash of Highway Outlaw; some members were unaware of the team's philosophy and behaviour, and are unsure of what to do now
Rehash of Highway Outlaw; some members were unaware of the team's philosophy and behaviour, and are unsure of what to do now
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* CynicismCatalysm: Oh, boy. His divorce, which was caused by Rotary Revolution's dissolution, which was caused by their defeat at the hands of Snake Eyes, which was arguably caused by Toshitsugu's death...
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* BookSmart: One would ''think'' Hiroshi Takanayagi to be one, as he's a graduate student in engineering (quite proud at that) and usually works on set-up research for the entire team. However, one comment of his, where he proudly claims "the more power, the better, the larger the tires, the better" as perfect logic hints otherwise.
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* BookSmart: One would ''think'' Hiroshi Takanayagi to be one, as he's a graduate student in engineering (quite proud at that) and usually works on set-up research for the entire team. However, one comment of his, where he proudly claims "the more power, the better, the larger the tires, the better" as perfect logic hints otherwise. Talking to him after defeating him in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' shows he's atleast somewhat aware of this.
* SupportPartyMember: Invariably the role Rolling Guy #2 ends up taking for the leader
* TheAllegedBoss
* PointyHairedBoss: Masaki
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: The team's been split between two camps for a long time now. Come ''Import Tuner Challenge'', even the Musketeers are growing at odds with one another.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: 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 the torch to Masaki and retire. Of course, actually losing stung so much he decided to give up on that idea and restart from zero.
* WithFriendsLikeThese:
** The team's been split between two camps for a long timenow. now.
** Come ''Import Tuner Challenge'', even the Musketeers are growing at odds with oneanother.another: Akihiro and Ryuta are growing tired of the entire shtick, claiming only Masanori cares about the name.
* WithFriendsLikeThese:
** The team's been split between two camps for a long time
** Come ''Import Tuner Challenge'', even the Musketeers are growing at odds with one
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* WorkingThroughTheCold: Per the claims of 2Limit's Pain Train and Brand Hunter, Shin'ya is seriously ill with a worrisome physical exam and a regular outpatient at the team's hospital. He'd have much better chances of recovering if he actually stopped and rested, something his own bio lampshades, but he's so focused on revenge he just refuses to. Excellent Pleasure of 2Limit has also demanded him to stop racing, but he continues to carry on regardless.
* ThePowerOfHate:
* ThePowerOfHate:
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* GoldDigger: Yoko Sugita, to the point it's her street name in the English translation.
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* SoProudOfYou: Will express pride in the player for having defeated Snake Eyes, as well as pride in having gotten a chance to face them.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Will congratulate and thank the player for beating Snake Eyes, only to verbally backpedal and tell them to not take it as a compliment or think of it as him saying they're any good.
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* TheFettered: Detuning their cars to not win through raw power leads to higher skill and mental fortitude
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* YouGottaBeKiddingMe: Akira will react this way upon being defeated for the leadership of Rolling Guy in ''Street Supremacy''. After a brief moment, he'll get over it [[GracefulLoser and accept his defeat, handing the team's reigns to the player]].
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* YouGottaBeKiddingMe: YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Akira will react this way upon being defeated for the leadership of Rolling Guy in ''Street Supremacy''. After a brief moment, he'll get over it [[GracefulLoser and accept his defeat, handing the team's reigns to the player]].
* InterclassFriendship
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* 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.
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** "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.
** "Originator First Star"
* ShoutOut: "Heaven's 4 Door"
** "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.
** "Originator First Star"
* ShoutOut: "Heaven's 4 Door"
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* ClosetGeek: Omohiko, for one reason or another, refused to come clean about his love for anime for years in spite of his catchphrase being a famous Gundam reference. He was forced out of the closet sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', at which point he owed up to it and reconverted his video rental store into an anime DVD store.
* ColourfulThemeNaming: A bit less blatant than other examples, but every member bar 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. Unlike Elegant Wild, for example, the colour in the street name is not necessarily the same one as their cars'.
* ColourfulThemeNaming: A bit less blatant than other examples, but every member bar 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. Unlike Elegant Wild, for example, the colour in the street name is not necessarily the same one as their cars'.
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* ClosetGeek: Omohiko, for one reason or another, refused to come clean about his love for anime for years in spite of his catchphrase being a famous Gundam reference. He was forced out of the closet sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', at which point he owed up to it and successfully reconverted his video rental store into an anime DVD store.
* 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. Unlike Elegant Wild, for example, the colour in the street name is not necessarily the same one as theircars'.cars', but tendentially it matches them.
* 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. Unlike Elegant Wild, for example, the colour in the street name is not necessarily the same one as their
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* TheCourier: Again, as a Takumi Expy, Lightning Shift's job is to deliver goods for food-related establishments such as milk farms or noodle restaurants.
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* TheCourier: {{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.
* LastOfHisKind: Last remaining rotary-powered team by ''Import Tuner Challenge''
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* MaddenIntoMisanthropy
* ActionFashionista: Shōko Koizumi
* ActionMom
** Mayumi Mori
** Kimiko Fujisaki
* ActionMom
** Mayumi Mori
** Kimiko Fujisaki
* LonersWillStayAlone
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold
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* AwesomenessByAnalsyis: Ryūichi Uemura employs this method, helping and being helped by Toshihiko in the process. This allowed him to grow massively as a driver over the years.
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* IOweYouMyLife: After regaining his memories and (metaphorically) his life, Sakito feels himself indebted for life to Toshihiko and will do everything to assist him in anything he can be of any use.
* InterclassFriendship
* IOweYouMyLife: After regaining his memories and (metaphorically) his life, Sakito feels himself indebted for life to Toshihiko and will do everything to assist him in anything he can be of any use.
* IOweYouMyLife: After regaining his memories and (metaphorically) his life, Sakito feels himself indebted for life to Toshihiko and will do everything to assist him in anything he can be of any use.
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* BusCrash: In the event of ''Street Supremacy'' having any canonicity, Glory Days were reportedly wiped out by a single, "infamous" driver between games. Shōichi Sakiyama was so furious he joined Unlimited during Killing Machine's solo expedition to Nagoya looking for revenge.
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* BusCrash: In the event of ''Street Supremacy'' having any canonicity, Supremacy'''s continuity, Glory Days were reportedly wiped out by a single, "infamous" driver between games. Shōichi Sakiyama was so furious he joined Unlimited during Killing Machine's solo expedition to Nagoya looking for revenge.
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Named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ts%C5%ABtenkaku Tsutenkaku]], one of Osaka's symbols and "the pride of the city's people", '''TuTenKaku"' proudly flies the city's flag as high as they can. Lying in wait until night, they appear in a flash of bright lights and show off for the crowds, with a belief that winning is completely meaningless if they don't do so by being flashy.
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Named after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ts%C5%ABtenkaku Tsutenkaku]], one of Osaka's symbols and "the pride of the city's people", '''TuTenKaku"' '''[=TuTenKaku=]"' proudly flies the city's flag as high as they can. Lying in wait until night, they appear in a flash of bright lights and show off for the crowds, with a belief that winning is completely meaningless if they don't do so by being flashy.
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!!!'''Team Members''': "Story Conjurer" Atsushi Yamaguchi ☆, "OstoAndell" Hideji Nishimura
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!!!'''Team Members''': "McCrash" Kai Kurai ☆, "Scuderia Spirit" Yutaka Terada, "El Matador" Yasuo Manabe
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* TheAloner
* MilesToGoBeforeISleep: Literally has nothing left in life other than revenge on Snake Eyes, which is what drives him forwards.
* LastOfHisKind: Last remaining member of Rotary Revolution
* NonIdleRich: In contrast to his brother Toshitsugu, Toshihiko is a lot more involved with running his family's Zaibatsu and Rotary Revolution, taking them as serious ordeals. He also takes up the fight to Snake Eyes directly.
* TheAloner
* MilesToGoBeforeISleep: Literally has nothing left in life other than revenge on Snake Eyes, which is what drives him forwards.
* LastOfHisKind: Last remaining member of Rotary Revolution
* NonIdleRich: In contrast to his brother Toshitsugu, Toshihiko is a lot more involved with running his family's Zaibatsu and Rotary Revolution, taking them as serious ordeals. He also takes up the fight to Snake Eyes directly.
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!!!'''Car''': Nissan Fairlady Z33[=Z33=]
* SunglassesAtNight
* ChromaticArrangement: The green to DBS' blue and Dawn Garnet's red
* DashinglyDapperDerby
* SunglassesAtNight
* ChromaticArrangement: The green to DBS' blue and Dawn Garnet's red
* DashinglyDapperDerby
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* ChromaticArrangement: The blue to Dawn Garnet's red and Cassiopeia's green
* ChromaticArrangement: The blue to Dawn Garnet's red and Cassiopeia's green
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!!!'''Car''': NISSAN SKYLINE Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R V-SPECⅡ BNR32V-Spec II
* ChromaticArrangement: The red to Cassiopeia's green and DBS' blue
* ChromaticArrangement: The red to Cassiopeia's green and DBS' blue
* SixtiesHair
* CultureEqualsCostume
* CultureEqualsCostume
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!!!'''Car''': Nissan Fairlady Z33[=Z33=]
* ChromaticArrangement: The red to Golden Wisdom's green and OIM's blue
* TokenGoodTeammate: Arguably, the nicest of the PHANTOM NINE
* ChromaticArrangement: The red to Golden Wisdom's green and OIM's blue
* TokenGoodTeammate: Arguably, the nicest of the PHANTOM NINE
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* ChromaticArrangement: The green to OIM's blue and Crimson Boy's red
* ChromaticArrangement: The green to OIM's blue and Crimson Boy's red
* ChromaticArrangement: The blue to Crimson Boy's red and Golden Wisdom's green
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* SunglassesAtNight
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* EvilWearsBlack: All black suit, although hard to tell due to the silhouettes being in black-and-orange
* SinisterShades
* SunglassesAtNight
* DumbMuscle
* EvilWearsBlack: All black suit, although hard to tell due to the silhouettes being in black-and-orange
* SinisterShades
* SunglassesAtNight
* AffablyEvil
* MrExposition
* MrExposition
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* TrueBlueFemininity
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* BarbarianLonghair
* ConspicuousGloves
* CynicismCatalyst
* TheDreaded
* EvilCounterpart: To Jintei
* EvilWearsBlack: Black longcoat and pants, hard to tell due to the silhouettes being in black-and-orange. His car also favours dark colours, with black being one of the two dominant ones.
* FatalFlaw
* ImprobableAge: Like Jintei before him.
* ItsPersonal: Towards Jintei
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Tendentially black clothing and car with the inside of the headlights painted red.
* TalentedButTrained
* TookALevelInBadass
* TheWorfEffect
* NinetiesHair
* BarbarianLonghair
* ConspicuousGloves
* CynicismCatalyst
* TheDreaded
* EvilCounterpart: To Jintei
* EvilWearsBlack: Black longcoat and pants, hard to tell due to the silhouettes being in black-and-orange. His car also favours dark colours, with black being one of the two dominant ones.
* FatalFlaw
* ImprobableAge: Like Jintei before him.
* ItsPersonal: Towards Jintei
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Tendentially black clothing and car with the inside of the headlights painted red.
* TalentedButTrained
* TookALevelInBadass
* TheWorfEffect
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* UnderratedAndOverleveled: A series-wide case, where some lower-tier opponents will actually prove to be as challenging, if not more, than some later ones. This is not just a case of AI scaling: in spite of belonging to "lesser" teams or being "casual" Wanderers, those opponents will have a car with better tuned parts. It gets particularly egregious when their bios state the absence of specific tune-ups that, in reality, their cars do have.
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* UnderratedAndOverleveled: UnderratedAndOverleveled[=/=]GameplayAndStorySegregation: A series-wide case, where some lower-tier opponents will actually prove to be as challenging, if not more, than some later ones. This is not just a case of AI scaling: in spite of belonging to "lesser" teams or being "casual" Wanderers, those opponents will have a car with better tuned parts. It gets particularly egregious when their bios state the absence of specific tune-ups that, in reality, their cars do have.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: This is how Golden Beast reacts upon defeating the player in ''Import Tuner Challenge'': after seeing the rest of MAX Racing defeated, he was not expecting this result.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: This is how Golden Beast reacts upon defeating the player in ''Import Tuner Challenge'': after seeing the rest of MAX Racing defeated, defeated by them, he was not expecting this result.
* TheAllegedBoss
* TheGift: Rina Kawamoto is considered to be a natural talent, which makes her driving look seamless to observers. However, her lack of experience shows, especially in battles, with some rough racecraft and interactions with other drivers, making her UnskilledButStrong.
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* AchillesHeel: Nakajima's personality and lack of finality are the main hindrance towards him becoming a very notable driver.
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* FatalFlaw: Nakajima's personality and lack of finality are the main hindrance towards him becoming a very notable driver.
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* HeManWomanHater: Kenji Suzuki, surprisingly enough, reveals himself to be this in ''3'', being worried over the rising amount of women in his team... of which there are a grand total of ''three''. ''One of whom is his second-in-command''. He doesn't have an issue with women... if they're not driving. He doesn't like racing alongside them or with them.
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* HeManWomanHater: Kenji Suzuki, surprisingly enough, reveals himself to be this in ''3'', being worried over the rising amount of women in his team... of which there are a grand total of ''three''. ''One of whom is his second-in-command''. He doesn't have an issue with women... if they're not driving. He doesn't like racing alongside them or with them.them, and would like to keep the team a "boys only" deal, if only to feel less awkward during parties where he gets to cut loose.
* FriendshipFavoritism: An accidental case between Haruhiko and his second-in-command.
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{{Undertaker}}: Koji Miura's job.
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* {{Ubermensch}}: Koji Miura.
* {{Undertaker}}: Koji Miura's job.
* {{Undertaker}}: Koji Miura's job.
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* {{Ubermensch}}: Ryutaro Furuki.
* ProneToTears
* DarkIsNotEvil
* HotBlooded: Natsumi Uemura
* HopeBringer: Kiyoshi Onizuka to his friends and teammates.
* HopeBringer: Kiyoshi Onizuka to his friends and teammates.
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* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver:
* TalentedButTrained: Takeshi Miyazawa
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* AngryChef: Yuji Nishitani, not "always angry" but short tempered and known for putting more spices in his dishes after losing
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* AngryChef: Yuji Nishitani, not "always angry" and doesn't appear to be abusive towards any of his teammates, but short tempered and known for putting more spices in his dishes after losing
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* TranquilFury: On a good day after losing, Yuji Nishitani will not express it outwardly, but through his cooking.
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* ThemeNaming: All members' street names derive from wind or wind-related phenomena. They're also dressed as WW2-era Japanese aviators.
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* ThemeNaming: All members' street names derive from wind or wind-related phenomena. They're also dressed as WW2-era [=WW2=]-era Japanese aviators.
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* AchillesHeel: Tetsurō Nakata's arthritis.
* EmpathicWeapon: Akira Nagase's car seems to be this, in his own opinion.
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Despite all being very close to Kiyoshi and using one another to improve their situations as a form of therapy, the Wind Stars' relationships with one another are lacking, so they rarely hang out that much. Doesn't stop Toshiki Aikawa from wanting to write a song thanking them for everything.
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Despite all being very close to Kiyoshi and using one another to improve their situations as a form of therapy, the Wind Stars' relationships with one another are lacking, so they rarely hang out that much. Doesn't stop Toshiki Aikawa from wanting to write a song thanking them for everything.
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* KungFuClairvoyance: Ippei Sadaoka, owning to his skills as a mentalist.
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** InUniverse, Akira Nagase's street name originates from his rotary engine's peculiar high-pitched sound and a legend from his hometown.
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** InUniverse, Akira Nagase's street name originates from his rotary engine's peculiar high-pitched sound and a legend about a bird passed down from generations in his hometown.
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* TheAloner: In ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, Takeshi Miyazawa is found as a lonely Wanderer, RINGS having dissolved due to the team's failure to become Tokyo's strongest. He massively regrets it, and before trying to put the team back together wants to redeem himself and his failure, showing to himself he actually has what he boasted about all these years.
* AnimalMotifs: Takeshi Miyazawa has, as his street name says, the jackal, representing his lonesome nature and, atleast in ''Street Supremacy'', abandonment.
* BenevolentBoss: Takeshi Miyazawa in leading RINGS. Later his tuning shop, which he manages with his experiences.
* BoringButPractical: Takeshi Miyazawa's car is set up this way -- stiff suspensions, slight understeer, shorter gears to favour acceleration.
* TheDeterminator: Takeshi Miyazawa in races, refusing to give up until the very end.
* GoalInLife: Whilst only revealed in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Takeshi Miyazawa always longed to own his own tuning shop. He finally got his wish by that game. Also, making RINGS the strongest team on the Expressway, obviously.
* PassingTheTorch: Takeshi Miyazawa was on the receiving end of this sometime around the events of the first game. He spent the next two years earning his teammates' trust and convinced them to aim for higher goals.
* ThePerfectionist: Takeshi Miyazawa spends hours driving on the Expressway every day in order to constantly improve himself, and carries a similar mentality towards his teammates. Upon being defeated by the player, he'll furiously declare his belief that there is still a ''lot'' of room for improvement.
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Takeshi Miyazawa's personal philosophy is that as long as someone can aim higher, they should: RINGS will only be able to rest once they've become the strongest. As such, it's less "second place is for losers", but "settling for second place is for losers".
* ToBeAMaster: Takeshi Miyazawa's goal isn't to make himself the Expressway's best, but to make RINGS the best team in the entire Expressway, which means making each individual member one of the best on the Expressway.
* {{Workaholic}}: Takeshi Miyazawa, if it means getting RINGS to the top.
* AnimalMotifs: Takeshi Miyazawa has, as his street name says, the jackal, representing his lonesome nature and, atleast in ''Street Supremacy'', abandonment.
* BenevolentBoss: Takeshi Miyazawa in leading RINGS. Later his tuning shop, which he manages with his experiences.
* BoringButPractical: Takeshi Miyazawa's car is set up this way -- stiff suspensions, slight understeer, shorter gears to favour acceleration.
* TheDeterminator: Takeshi Miyazawa in races, refusing to give up until the very end.
* GoalInLife: Whilst only revealed in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Takeshi Miyazawa always longed to own his own tuning shop. He finally got his wish by that game. Also, making RINGS the strongest team on the Expressway, obviously.
* PassingTheTorch: Takeshi Miyazawa was on the receiving end of this sometime around the events of the first game. He spent the next two years earning his teammates' trust and convinced them to aim for higher goals.
* ThePerfectionist: Takeshi Miyazawa spends hours driving on the Expressway every day in order to constantly improve himself, and carries a similar mentality towards his teammates. Upon being defeated by the player, he'll furiously declare his belief that there is still a ''lot'' of room for improvement.
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Takeshi Miyazawa's personal philosophy is that as long as someone can aim higher, they should: RINGS will only be able to rest once they've become the strongest. As such, it's less "second place is for losers", but "settling for second place is for losers".
* ToBeAMaster: Takeshi Miyazawa's goal isn't to make himself the Expressway's best, but to make RINGS the best team in the entire Expressway, which means making each individual member one of the best on the Expressway.
* {{Workaholic}}: Takeshi Miyazawa, if it means getting RINGS to the top.
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* AFatherToHisMen:
** Aloof as Satoru can be, he genuinely cares about every single member of Rolling Guy, even after leaving the team.
** The same extends to Akira upon his takeover of the team, being more present and listening to his teammates demands by lifting the ban on drifting. His biggest worry, other than living up to Satoru's legacy, is making sure the team can prosper.
* AloofLeaderAffableSubordinate: Not at first, when the team was first founded, but by their move to the highway, Satoru gradually drifts away from an active leading role to focus on his big pro racing break, letting Akira take over for him. This becomes permanent by ''2'', and by ''3'', Akira is the new Rolling Guy #1.
* TheBartender: Tsutomu Imai's job, although completely irrelevant beyond some flavour.
* BookSmart: One would ''think'' Hiroshi Takanayagi to be one, as he's a graduate student in engineering (quite proud at that) and usually works on set-up research for the entire team. However, one comment of his, where he proudly claims "the more power, the better, the larger the tires, the better" as perfect logic hints otherwise.
* TheConsigliere: This is the role Tsutomu Imai picks up upon becoming Akira's second-in-command, ready to come to his aid at any time.
* BookSmart: One would ''think'' Hiroshi Takanayagi to be one, as he's a graduate student in engineering (quite proud at that) and usually works on set-up research for the entire team. However, one comment of his, where he proudly claims "the more power, the better, the larger the tires, the better" as perfect logic hints otherwise.
* TheConsigliere: This is the role Tsutomu Imai picks up upon becoming Akira's second-in-command, ready to come to his aid at any time.
* HardTruckin: Haruhiko Miyake loves driving so much he became a truck driver exclusively so he could be behind the wheel at work. He also fits the job's stereotypical manliness, but he's unpopular with women.
* InadequateInheritor: Akira considers himself this to Satoru, lacking the latter's incredible abilities. Although he has the backing of the rest of the team and is a better, more present leader, he can't quite shake the feeling off, and wants to defeat his brother to do so. In ''Touge Legends'', this causes him to consider quitting highway racing, only to snap back to his senses upon being defeated by the player.
* InadequateInheritor: Akira considers himself this to Satoru, lacking the latter's incredible abilities. Although he has the backing of the rest of the team and is a better, more present leader, he can't quite shake the feeling off, and wants to defeat his brother to do so. In ''Touge Legends'', this causes him to consider quitting highway racing, only to snap back to his senses upon being defeated by the player.
* HardTruckin: Torakichi Yamada's day job is to do big deliveries, which causes him to frequently drive on the Metropolitan Expressway. This has lead him to learning the area more than anyone else (and love it more than anyone else).
* 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. Whilst the reality is a bit different, as he's a bit quieter, he nonetheless does adore his field of expertise, maybe a bit too much, and is a tad eccentric.
* 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. Whilst the reality is a bit different, as he's a bit quieter, he nonetheless does adore his field of expertise, maybe a bit too much, and is a tad eccentric.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Takaki Wada is the Responsible Sibling to his brother Yūki's Foolish one.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: The entire team's membership is composed of managers and executives. In spite of their own flaws and issues, they all run steady ships and are very competent and good at their job, treating their workers well. The sole exception is Masaki, who, ironically enough, is the only employee of the group and ends up leading it by ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: The entire team's membership is composed of managers and executives. In spite of their own flaws and issues, they all run steady ships and are very competent and good at their job, treating their workers well. The sole exception is Masaki, who, ironically enough, is the only employee of the group and ends up leading it by ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* TheCourier: Again, as a Takumi Expy, Lightning Shift's job is to deliver goods for food-related establishments such as milk farms or noodle restaurants.
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* ConspicuousConsumption: "Baron" Kagetsu, as the scion of a famous wealthy family, does not hesitate in throwing money around. His {{Backstory}}, as revealed in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', saw him receiving a foreign sports car for his eighteenth birthday, only to immediately switch to an RX-7 FD just because he liked it better. He invests massive amounts on body parts and engine tuning, far more than most other runners can afford, and essentially finances Shirou's ''life'' in exchange of having him hang around.
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* BlueBlood: Chōei Kagetsu is the son of a nobleman, and a member of the wealthy and famous Kagetsu clan.
* ConspicuousConsumption: "Baron" Kagetsu, as the scion of a
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Yasuyuki's job is executive manager of a local Tokyo burger store on behalf of a Kansai Prefecture company. Albeit a bit lower on the corporate ladder than usual examples, he still has complete control, and runs a tight ship, to the amazement and appreciation of his superiors, the company's owners.
* StarvingArtist: Shirou Hosoyama is determined to make it as a singer, but struggles immensely. Baron Kagetsu, for some reason, decided to become his patron in exchange of him joining Twister and essentially hanging around him as a friend. He finally gets his big break by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
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* UpperClassTwit: "Baron" Kogetsu is a nobleman's son, and the rich scion of a wealthy, famous family. He throws enormous amounts of money into his car, yet in spite of that he's arguably the worst racer amongst the ranks of Twister, if not most of Tokyo's teams. He completely lacks the technique to bring the best out of his car, alongside the drive to improve himself: if he's not in the right mood, he will give up and throw the race in favour of whoever challenges him.
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* UpperClassTwit: "Baron" Kogetsu Kagetsu is a nobleman's son, and the rich scion of a wealthy, famous family. He throws enormous amounts of money into his car, yet in spite of that he's arguably the worst racer amongst the ranks of Twister, if not most of Tokyo's teams. He completely lacks the technique to bring the best out of his car, alongside the drive to improve himself: if he's not in the right mood, he will give up and throw the race in favour of whoever challenges him.
* TheBartender: Tadashi Kuroi used to be this. As it was a night-time job, it soon caused friction between his highway racing endeavours and his job. He switched it out for a daytime job as a liquor store employee by ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* BlueBlood: Kyōko Īda is rumored to belong to a "good" family. Her bio flat-out confirms her as being the daughter of a well-respected noble family.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Seiko Motogi is, like all other team members, talented in racing, but his go-to style of quick steering is a danger on public roads. Making things worse is how his blocking is no different from actively obstructing the road and being a moving chicane, further putting his opponents at risk. Suzuki actively chided him for both things on multiple occasion.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Seiko Motogi is, like all other team members, talented in racing, but his her go-to style of quick steering is a danger on public roads. Making things worse is how his her blocking is no different from actively obstructing the road and being a moving chicane, further putting his her opponents at risk. Suzuki actively chided him her for both things on multiple occasion.
* TheLostLenore: Seiko Motogi lost her boyfriend to a crash on the New Belt Line whilst he was in a race. She promptly became a {NEET} in reaction. She later became a member of Top Level to figure out what pushed him to race and lose his life in the process.
* OfficeLady: Maki Wakabayashi's profession.
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* RetiredBadass: Tarmac Suzuki was a former rally driver with good results. He left that world to become a street racer.
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* RetiredBadass: Tarmac Suzuki was a former rally driver with good results. He left that world to become a street racer.racer and an home improvement retailer.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Yūki Wada is the Foolish Sibling to his brother's Takaki. Takaki bought a four-door car with his family in mind, leaving Yuki free to consider any other car. He got into enormous loans even after his family scraped together some money to buy an R32, leading his parents to kick him out and disown him due to his SkewedPriorities.
* LovedByAll: Haruhiko, be it as the team's leader or in his job as a weatherman. Everyone adores him, from his employers, to his fellow workers, to his TV rivals. Team members are willing to let Akihiro's shenanigans slide to not hurt or upset Haruhiko.
* WeatherReport: Haruhiko Oyama's job is weather reporter, something he became after following in his father's footsteps as a TV personality and actor. Worryingly, the rate of accurate predictions is lower than his win percentage at 80%.
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{{Undertaker}}: Koji Miura's job.
* EccentricArtist: Shōko Koizumi, what with being a notorious street racer who dresses in {{Meido}} outfits and excessively frilly dresses as her everyday outfits and focuses her artistic output to make her car's interior match her own aesthetics.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy
ChallengeSeeker: Natsumi Uemura will refuse to face the player if their car can't reach 300 kilometers per hour in ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* DrivesLikeCrazy:
** Kiyoshi Onizuka
** Nao Haruka
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Natsumi Uemura
* DrivesLikeCrazy:
** Kiyoshi Onizuka
** Nao Haruka
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Natsumi Uemura
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* EccentricArtist: Toshitsugu
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* AwesomenessByAnalsyis: Ryūichi Uemura employs this method, helping and being helped by Toshihiko in the process. This allowed him to grow massively as a driver over the years.
* AllCaps: Hiroshi Kimura's street name is his first name spelled this way.
* DontThinkFeel: By contrast with his brother's AwesomenessByAnalysis, Toshitsugu drives by feeling alone.
* DoubleMeaning: The team's name can both mean "revolutionizing racing through the rotary engine" and the rotary engine's rotation as part of its working.
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Hiroshi Kimura, much like Hard Riff, utilizes his sense of rhythm in driving his car.
* GloryDays: Akira Nagase gradually grew obsessed with them the more time passed and the more the world of racing left him by. By his final appearance, he's been reduced to a shadow of his old self constantly complaining about how "the good old days" are gone.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen:
** The team used to be the fastest on the Gulf Line, only to lose the spot because of in-fighting and later dissolve due to Snake Eyes.
** Akira Nagase used to be, at one point, one of the five strongest drivers on the Expressway (per his own words). Nowadays, he's fallen so much by the wayside he appears to be ashamed of showing up/doesn't even show up to race that much at all/not even a glimpse of his past self can be seen in spite of him clinging to his former glory.
* IdentityAmnesia: Sakito Ōgami reportedly lost all of his memories of his life beforehand, beyond an "unnatural calling" towards racing which hinted everyone at him being a former racer. It isn't until ''3'' that he finally regained his memories.
* IOweYouMyLife: After regaining his memories and (metaphorically) his life, Sakito feels himself indebted for life to Toshihiko and will do everything to assist him in anything he can be of any use.
* IdleRich: Toshitsugu, as the heir of a massive Zaibatsu, never had to really worry about working or making money. As such, he was free to pursue his passions of avant-garde art and street racing.
* MeaningfulName:
** Sakito Ōgami's name, atleast the one he used since developing amnesia, means "circuit god" in English, hinting at his past as a professional racer. It's unknown if he consciously or subconsciously selected it.
** InUniverse, Akira Nagase's street name originates from his rotary engine's peculiar high-pitched sound and a legend from his hometown.
* MegaCorp: The Kūonji brothers are scions to one, the Kūonji Zaibatsu. Of the two, Toshihiko openly works for them and uses the Zaibatsu's money to fund the team.
* NiceGuy: Unlike Toshihiko, Toshitsugu was a lot more easy-going, open and friendly with everyone, particularly with other team members.
* OldFriend: Toshihiko and Tokihiro Haneba are friends dating back to university.
* RagsToRiches: Hiroshi Kimura, after going from obscure indie kei artist to a break-out major label artist, gets a lot more money to invest in his car.
* TheResenter: Apparently, the Kūonji Zaibatsu bought out Tokihiro Haneba's father's business and left him jobless, leaving him to resent Toshihiko. Hiroshi, who is very close to both, is worried at any possible turn of events this might cause.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** Yasuhiko Fujisaki repeatedly tried to get Toshitsugu to replace Toshihiko, not getting along with the latter. When the two brothers made up, with his plan ruined and his patience reaching its end, he promptly abandoned the team and joined Unlimited, the new strongest team on the Gulf Line.
** Ryūichi Uemura tried to pull the exact same thing at the exact same time due to a nasty falling out with Toshihiko, but Toshitsugu managed to convince him to stay and reinstated him.
* SiblingRivalry: Toshihiko and Toshitsugu did not get along well, which caused Rotary Revolution to lose momentum and its top spot as the fastest team on the Gulf Line. The two made up by the time of ''3'', only for Toshitsugu to tragically lose his life some time afterwards.
* TakeAThirdOption: Between Toshihiko's AwesomenessByAnalysis and Toshitsugu's DontThinkFeel, Hiroshi Kimura hybridizes the two approaches: he uses his innate sense of rhythm, whilst subconciously (and perhaps without even noticing) doing various calculations, which leads him to never repeat a mistake twice.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The team went through a period where the relations between its members were rocky at best, mostly due to the feud between the two Kuonji brothers. This actually lead to Yasuhiko Fujisaki to leave the team (on top of disliking Toshihiko and wanting Toshitsugu to take over). Things got better after the brothers made up around ''3''.
* AllCaps: Hiroshi Kimura's street name is his first name spelled this way.
* DontThinkFeel: By contrast with his brother's AwesomenessByAnalysis, Toshitsugu drives by feeling alone.
* DoubleMeaning: The team's name can both mean "revolutionizing racing through the rotary engine" and the rotary engine's rotation as part of its working.
* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Hiroshi Kimura, much like Hard Riff, utilizes his sense of rhythm in driving his car.
* GloryDays: Akira Nagase gradually grew obsessed with them the more time passed and the more the world of racing left him by. By his final appearance, he's been reduced to a shadow of his old self constantly complaining about how "the good old days" are gone.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen:
** The team used to be the fastest on the Gulf Line, only to lose the spot because of in-fighting and later dissolve due to Snake Eyes.
** Akira Nagase used to be, at one point, one of the five strongest drivers on the Expressway (per his own words). Nowadays, he's fallen so much by the wayside he appears to be ashamed of showing up/doesn't even show up to race that much at all/not even a glimpse of his past self can be seen in spite of him clinging to his former glory.
* IdentityAmnesia: Sakito Ōgami reportedly lost all of his memories of his life beforehand, beyond an "unnatural calling" towards racing which hinted everyone at him being a former racer. It isn't until ''3'' that he finally regained his memories.
* IOweYouMyLife: After regaining his memories and (metaphorically) his life, Sakito feels himself indebted for life to Toshihiko and will do everything to assist him in anything he can be of any use.
* IdleRich: Toshitsugu, as the heir of a massive Zaibatsu, never had to really worry about working or making money. As such, he was free to pursue his passions of avant-garde art and street racing.
* MeaningfulName:
** Sakito Ōgami's name, atleast the one he used since developing amnesia, means "circuit god" in English, hinting at his past as a professional racer. It's unknown if he consciously or subconsciously selected it.
** InUniverse, Akira Nagase's street name originates from his rotary engine's peculiar high-pitched sound and a legend from his hometown.
* MegaCorp: The Kūonji brothers are scions to one, the Kūonji Zaibatsu. Of the two, Toshihiko openly works for them and uses the Zaibatsu's money to fund the team.
* NiceGuy: Unlike Toshihiko, Toshitsugu was a lot more easy-going, open and friendly with everyone, particularly with other team members.
* OldFriend: Toshihiko and Tokihiro Haneba are friends dating back to university.
* RagsToRiches: Hiroshi Kimura, after going from obscure indie kei artist to a break-out major label artist, gets a lot more money to invest in his car.
* TheResenter: Apparently, the Kūonji Zaibatsu bought out Tokihiro Haneba's father's business and left him jobless, leaving him to resent Toshihiko. Hiroshi, who is very close to both, is worried at any possible turn of events this might cause.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** Yasuhiko Fujisaki repeatedly tried to get Toshitsugu to replace Toshihiko, not getting along with the latter. When the two brothers made up, with his plan ruined and his patience reaching its end, he promptly abandoned the team and joined Unlimited, the new strongest team on the Gulf Line.
** Ryūichi Uemura tried to pull the exact same thing at the exact same time due to a nasty falling out with Toshihiko, but Toshitsugu managed to convince him to stay and reinstated him.
* SiblingRivalry: Toshihiko and Toshitsugu did not get along well, which caused Rotary Revolution to lose momentum and its top spot as the fastest team on the Gulf Line. The two made up by the time of ''3'', only for Toshitsugu to tragically lose his life some time afterwards.
* TakeAThirdOption: Between Toshihiko's AwesomenessByAnalysis and Toshitsugu's DontThinkFeel, Hiroshi Kimura hybridizes the two approaches: he uses his innate sense of rhythm, whilst subconciously (and perhaps without even noticing) doing various calculations, which leads him to never repeat a mistake twice.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The team went through a period where the relations between its members were rocky at best, mostly due to the feud between the two Kuonji brothers. This actually lead to Yasuhiko Fujisaki to leave the team (on top of disliking Toshihiko and wanting Toshitsugu to take over). Things got better after the brothers made up around ''3''.
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* EasterEgg: By driving the same car as a team's leader with that team's stickers placed on it, the player will receive a new, team-exclusive name.
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* EasterEgg: In ''3'': By driving the same car as a team's leader with that team's stickers placed on it, the player will receive a new, team-exclusive name.
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* FriendlyRival: Torakichi enjoys a very healthy rivalry with Omohiko Asura of MAX Racing, the two having first clashed when they were both leading their respective teams.
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* FriendlyRival: FriendlyRival:
** Torakichi enjoys a very healthy rivalry with Omohiko Asura of MAX Racing, the two having first clashed when they were both leading their respective teams.
** Torakichi enjoys a very healthy rivalry with Omohiko Asura of MAX Racing, the two having first clashed when they were both leading their respective teams.
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* ConspicuousConsumption: "Baron" Kagetsu, as the scion of a famous wealthy family, does not hesitate in throwing money around. His {{Backstory}}, as revealed in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', saw him receiving a foreign sports car for his eighteenth birthday, only to immediately switch to an RX-7 FD just because he liked it better. He invests massive amounts on body parts and engine tuning, far more than most other runners can afford.
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* ConspicuousConsumption: "Baron" Kagetsu, as the scion of a famous wealthy family, does not hesitate in throwing money around. His {{Backstory}}, as revealed in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', saw him receiving a foreign sports car for his eighteenth birthday, only to immediately switch to an RX-7 FD just because he liked it better. He invests massive amounts on body parts and engine tuning, far more than most other runners can afford. afford, and essentially finances Shirou's ''life'' in exchange of having him hang around.
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* ShippingTorpedo: Quite a few people noticed Tadashi's interest in Rina, which lead him to try and dispel those rumors by insisting she only saw her as a FriendlyRival. Be it true or mere self-denial, his attempt obviously failed, as he's fallen head-over-heels for her by ''3''.
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* ShippingTorpedo: Self-inflicted! Quite a few people noticed Tadashi's interest in Rina, which lead him to try and dispel those rumors by insisting she only saw her as a FriendlyRival. Be it true or mere self-denial, his attempt obviously failed, as he's fallen head-over-heels for her by ''3''.
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* NormalFishInATinyPond: On mountain passes, Shūichi Takizawa had, per his own claims, a win ratio of eight-to-ten, which is quite high and usually reserved for the most skilled of drivers. Upon moving to Tokyo, however, he suddenly found himself as the "Normal Fish In A Huge Pond", outmatched, outclassed ''and'' outgunned by everyone else: fittingly his win ratio collapsed to three-to-ten. He started to work with a friend on the "ultimate upgrade" to, at the very least, go back to being a normal fish on the New Belt Line's tiny pond.
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* NormalFishInATinyPond: On mountain passes, Shūichi Takizawa had, per his own claims, a win ratio of eight-to-ten, which is quite high and usually reserved for the most skilled of drivers. Upon moving to Tokyo, however, he suddenly found himself as the "Normal Fish In A Huge Pond", outmatched, outclassed ''and'' outgunned by everyone else: fittingly his win ratio collapsed to three-to-ten. He started to work with a friend on the "ultimate upgrade" to, at the very least, go back to being a normal fish on the New Belt Line's tiny normal pond.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Utsu Shī used to belong to Rolling Guy a very long time ago, sharing that team's passion of the [=AE86=]. However, he later felt disgruntled by his car's low potential and fell in love with the R34 GT-R. Realizing this, he left Rolling Guy, with the remaining members accusing him of betraying them. The relationship between him and them have since hit rock bottom, as they don't even bring him up.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Utsu Shī used to belong to Rolling Guy a very long time ago, sharing that team's passion of the [=AE86=]. However, he later felt disgruntled by his car's low potential and fell in love with the R34 GT-R. Realizing this, he left Rolling Guy, with the remaining members accusing him of betraying them. The relationship between him and them have since hit rock bottom, as they don't even bring him up. There seems to be some regret on Utsu's part, however, as the sight of his old car sitting abandoned in his garage hurts him.
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* AddledAddict: In a rare case of ''behavioural'' addiction, Makoto Ito has become compelled to continue racing, no matter what. In spite of his vehement desire to quit racing altogether, the lure of speed continues to be impossible for him to resist to. As a result, he's fallen into a depressed slump.
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* AddledAddict: In a rare case of ''behavioural'' addiction, Makoto Ito has become compelled to continue racing, no matter what. In spite of his vehement desire to quit racing altogether, quit, the lure of speed continues to be impossible for him to resist to. As a result, he's fallen into a depressed slump.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Shinji Ōtake has an unrequited crush on Rina Kawahara. As such, he's extremely at odds with Taku Ishī, whom Rina scouted all the way back on the mountain pass and brought into TR Racing and who also has a crush on her.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Takayuki Horī used to drive a lighter, far less powerful car than his current S14: as such, he developed the habit of hardly letting off the throttle in corners, something that made him a driving hazard and extremely at risk of crashing with his new car.
* LoveTriangle: Between Rina Kawahara, Shinji Ōtake and Taku Ishī: both crush on her and are vying on her, with Taku unaware of Shinji and Rina unaware of both. This, of course, causes a lot of friction between the game, which lead Jun'ichi to worry and also look down on Taku for fear of destroying the team.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Takayuki Horī used to drive a lighter, far less powerful car than his current S14: as such, he developed the habit of hardly letting off the throttle in corners, something that made him a driving hazard and extremely at risk of crashing with his new car.
* LoveTriangle: Between Rina Kawahara, Shinji Ōtake and Taku Ishī: both crush on her and are vying on her, with Taku unaware of Shinji and Rina unaware of both. This, of course, causes a lot of friction between the game, which lead Jun'ichi to worry and also look down on Taku for fear of destroying the team.
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* AuthoritativeInPublicDocileInPrivate: Following her marriage, Mayumi Mori retains her strong personality, to the point that many other mothers and racers call her "Miss" out of respect, and she's still a wild street racer: in private, however, she often begs her husband for authorization to buy things, be given money or do things, and she heavily relies on him and bends the knee to him.
* BackhandedApology: If defeated by her, Kimiko Fujisaki will apologize to the player for winning. Her tone is very much a childish, mocking one, doubling it as a BaitAndSwitchComment.
* ConfirmedBachelor: Aki Azuma, one of the most stunning and beatiful headturners of the team (per her bio), is not interested in any romantic pursuit.
* TheDeterminator: Rena Kitayama, in spite of her low skill and speed, is incredibly tenacious and persistent whenever battling. This has allowed her to develop a shockingly high win ratio. That she manages to pull that off whilst having two part-time jobs only makes it all the more impressive.
* DifferingPrioritiesBreakup: Mayuri Mori cannot stop racing and leading the Cupid Arrows; her husband wants her to quit to focus on her family and stop spending money on cars. In ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, this leads to them divorcing.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Takako Mutō, as a result of usually going on the Expressway whenever she gets her heart broken. Her driving is described as "desperate" in spite of her having honest skills. A specific example, she sometimes tends to lose her concentration and accidentally bump into the back of a braking opponent in a corner.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Rena Kitayama, incredibly popular amongst both male and female crowds on the Expressway.
* FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife: Inverted into Foolish Wife, Responsible Husband with Mayumi Mori and her husband. She's a hotheaded street racer who barely hesitates to make any choice, no matter how big or small, draws all kinds of attention upon her, begs her husband for money regularly, and cannot quit even when it puts herself or her family in danger. Her husband, a centurion, is the more level-headed of the two, supporting his wife but drawing a line and wanting her to stay safe for everybody's sake, ultimately growing tired of her yo-yoing between quitting and staying. In ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, they ended up divorcing, and Mayumi blows most of her alimony checks on her car.
* GracefulLoser: Invoked by Shōko Koizumi, who thinks the player should act this way and admit his defeats, taking them in stride, should she defeat them in ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Her behaviour, should she be defeated, is anything but, as she'll immediately demand a rematch. Her demand being formal and rather restricted does nothing to help her in this regard.
* TheGhost:
** Mayumi Mori's husband.
** Shōko Koizumi's biography in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' will mention that she is the third leader of the Cupid Arrows. However, players only met one of her predecessors, Mayumi Mori. The other previous leader is not only never seen, but also completely unknown.
* HappilyMarried
** Mayumi Mori starting in ''Zero'' to a centurion. They even have a kid together.
** Likewise, in spite of her youthful behaviour, Kimiko Fujisaki is happily married and has two kids.
* {{Housewife}}: Kimiko Fujisaki is one
* HopelessSuitor: Poor Takako Mutō. She's gone through countless of boyfriends, and when it looked like she had finally found the one, they broke up by ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Shōko Koizumi will tell the player they should act like a GracefulLoser upon defeating them, but will react bitterly upon being defeated herself
* {{Lunacy}}: Beyond drawing out her youthful/childish behaviour and will to battle, Kimiko Fujisaki is reportedly undefeated and undefeateble when the full moon is out. It might just be her using this to build up her own image on the Expressway, however.
* MarriedToTheJob: Not her proper job, as that'd be part-timer, but to Mayumi, her ''other'' job -- street racer and leader of the Cupid Arrows -- often takes precedence over her husband and child, to the point he drives the latter to kindergarten in her obviously modified car. Her husband gradually grows fed up with this, and in ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, they divorce.
* {{Meido}}: Shōko Koizumi dresses this way, atleast in ''3''. It's purely an aesthetic choice, given that her day-to-day job is painter.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Kimiko Fujisaki
* SplitPersonality: Much like a couple other female drivers, Kimiko Fujisaki is normally a very quiet housewife who steers clear of the Expressway... that is, unless the moon is shining in the sky. At that point, she'll appear to battle others with the glee of a young child.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Shōko Koizumi acts warmly and supportively with other members of the Cupid Arrows, and cold, detached and refined with outsiders. Should players defeat her, however, she will either get fired up or verbally grit her teeth out of frustration. This reflects in her speech thought: it is a lot more formal and refined when "Ice", and a lot more direct and informal when "Sugar".
* JapaneseDelinquents: Original leader Mayumi Mori behaves wildly and has brown hair. In spite of that, she insists she's not a ''Yanki''.
* WetBlanketWife: Mayumi's husband is this, nagging her to quit street racing altogether.
* {{Workaholic}}: Aki Azuma, in jer job as an accountant and in organizing and holding together the Cupid Arrows, helping team members out with their individual issues.
* BackhandedApology: If defeated by her, Kimiko Fujisaki will apologize to the player for winning. Her tone is very much a childish, mocking one, doubling it as a BaitAndSwitchComment.
* ConfirmedBachelor: Aki Azuma, one of the most stunning and beatiful headturners of the team (per her bio), is not interested in any romantic pursuit.
* TheDeterminator: Rena Kitayama, in spite of her low skill and speed, is incredibly tenacious and persistent whenever battling. This has allowed her to develop a shockingly high win ratio. That she manages to pull that off whilst having two part-time jobs only makes it all the more impressive.
* DifferingPrioritiesBreakup: Mayuri Mori cannot stop racing and leading the Cupid Arrows; her husband wants her to quit to focus on her family and stop spending money on cars. In ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, this leads to them divorcing.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Takako Mutō, as a result of usually going on the Expressway whenever she gets her heart broken. Her driving is described as "desperate" in spite of her having honest skills. A specific example, she sometimes tends to lose her concentration and accidentally bump into the back of a braking opponent in a corner.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Rena Kitayama, incredibly popular amongst both male and female crowds on the Expressway.
* FoolishHusbandResponsibleWife: Inverted into Foolish Wife, Responsible Husband with Mayumi Mori and her husband. She's a hotheaded street racer who barely hesitates to make any choice, no matter how big or small, draws all kinds of attention upon her, begs her husband for money regularly, and cannot quit even when it puts herself or her family in danger. Her husband, a centurion, is the more level-headed of the two, supporting his wife but drawing a line and wanting her to stay safe for everybody's sake, ultimately growing tired of her yo-yoing between quitting and staying. In ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, they ended up divorcing, and Mayumi blows most of her alimony checks on her car.
* GracefulLoser: Invoked by Shōko Koizumi, who thinks the player should act this way and admit his defeats, taking them in stride, should she defeat them in ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Her behaviour, should she be defeated, is anything but, as she'll immediately demand a rematch. Her demand being formal and rather restricted does nothing to help her in this regard.
* TheGhost:
** Mayumi Mori's husband.
** Shōko Koizumi's biography in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' will mention that she is the third leader of the Cupid Arrows. However, players only met one of her predecessors, Mayumi Mori. The other previous leader is not only never seen, but also completely unknown.
* HappilyMarried
** Mayumi Mori starting in ''Zero'' to a centurion. They even have a kid together.
** Likewise, in spite of her youthful behaviour, Kimiko Fujisaki is happily married and has two kids.
* {{Housewife}}: Kimiko Fujisaki is one
* HopelessSuitor: Poor Takako Mutō. She's gone through countless of boyfriends, and when it looked like she had finally found the one, they broke up by ''Import Tuner Challenge''.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Shōko Koizumi will tell the player they should act like a GracefulLoser upon defeating them, but will react bitterly upon being defeated herself
* {{Lunacy}}: Beyond drawing out her youthful/childish behaviour and will to battle, Kimiko Fujisaki is reportedly undefeated and undefeateble when the full moon is out. It might just be her using this to build up her own image on the Expressway, however.
* MarriedToTheJob: Not her proper job, as that'd be part-timer, but to Mayumi, her ''other'' job -- street racer and leader of the Cupid Arrows -- often takes precedence over her husband and child, to the point he drives the latter to kindergarten in her obviously modified car. Her husband gradually grows fed up with this, and in ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, they divorce.
* {{Meido}}: Shōko Koizumi dresses this way, atleast in ''3''. It's purely an aesthetic choice, given that her day-to-day job is painter.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Kimiko Fujisaki
* SplitPersonality: Much like a couple other female drivers, Kimiko Fujisaki is normally a very quiet housewife who steers clear of the Expressway... that is, unless the moon is shining in the sky. At that point, she'll appear to battle others with the glee of a young child.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Shōko Koizumi acts warmly and supportively with other members of the Cupid Arrows, and cold, detached and refined with outsiders. Should players defeat her, however, she will either get fired up or verbally grit her teeth out of frustration. This reflects in her speech thought: it is a lot more formal and refined when "Ice", and a lot more direct and informal when "Sugar".
* JapaneseDelinquents: Original leader Mayumi Mori behaves wildly and has brown hair. In spite of that, she insists she's not a ''Yanki''.
* WetBlanketWife: Mayumi's husband is this, nagging her to quit street racing altogether.
* {{Workaholic}}: Aki Azuma, in jer job as an accountant and in organizing and holding together the Cupid Arrows, helping team members out with their individual issues.
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* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - Up to Tokio Jungle, 9/20
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* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - Up to Tokio Jungle, 9/20TR Racing, 14/20
* SpeedDemon: Takeshi Harada
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* ShoutOut: Atsushi Baba's street name might seem like a random string of letters and numbers... until you realize "MJ" are the initials of Michael Jordan, whose height is 6 feet 6.
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* ChildrenRaiseYou: Io used to constantly change cars, take enormous risks when racing and block opponents from passing him in truly hazardous ways, all in the name of growing Tokio Jungle into a powerhouse team. As soon as he got married and had a child, however, he suddenly grew far more self-conscious about his behaviour, and vowed to retire from street racing as soon as he picked a successor. Although he still hasn't done that, his driving has gotten far safer, and Tokio Jungle's ambition has been reigned in, to the point of becoming a team of close friends who want to have fun above all.
* DisownedParent: What Toshiki's decision to ignore his parents' demands to return to Osaka to run their business in their stead eventually devolved into: when his parents directly disowned him, Toshiki's reaction was one of relief, and he indirectly disowned them back.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first three games constantly refer to the team's members drifting skills, and ''3'' firmly established that they exclusively drive four-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive cars to make sense of that. However, before that, some members drove front-wheel drive cars.
* FriendlyRival: Intrateam example, Toshiki and Kachiaki started racing at roughly the same time. They're close friends, as is the entire team, but the two enjoy competing and constantly one-upping one another for a very good reason: this way, they help one another improve and overcome their decifits. When Toshiki's parents summoned him back to Osaka, Kachiaki constantly tried to dissuade him.
* HopelessSuitor: Kōji's last love story ended years before the events of the series: as such, he's been desperately trying to find a lover to zero success, likely due to his uncouth fashion style and obsession with his car and highway racing. Noriaki joined him in this department in ''Zero'', with both men going out together to find their other halves with zero success... that is, until the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', at which point Kōji finally found a girlfriend, leaving Noriaki as the only one still looking for a girlfriend.
* IHaveNoSon: Toshiki Nagaregawa was called back to Osaka, his native hometown, to take over his parents' business sometime around the events of ''3''. After much pondering and inner turmoil, he ultimately begun to ignore them and their request, which got him disowned. Not that he minds: in fact, Toshiki appears to be far happier without having those heavy thoughts hang over his head.
* MoralityChain: Starting from ''3'', Io gained one in the form of his wife and child. In spite of his inner voice constantly urging him to go faster, to take more risks, he tunes it out and abstains from doing so for their sake.
* NoSenseOfDirection: Noriaki Azuma, by virtue of moving recently to Tokyo in the first game, had an uncanny tendency to get lost and end up on the other side of Tokyo or off the Expressway entirely by pure accident. Even in ''3'', a few years after he's familiarized himself with the layout, he still has the bad tendency of leaving the C1 and New Belt Line by going straight, accidentally ending up on the Bayshore Line and having to drive all the way back. Finally grew out of this completely by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', as he now teaches new drivers the Expressway's layout.
* ShoutOut: Atsushi Baba's street name might seem like a random string of letters and numbers... until you realize "MJ" are the initials of Michael Jordan, whose height is 6 feet6.
6. ''Zero'' outright confirms this without referring to Jordan directly, merely describing him as "a famous basketball player who shocked the world".
* SportsHeroBackstory: Atsushi used to be a professional basketball player, and one of Japan's top players at one point. His street name indirectly refers this, being a reference to a very famous basketball player who was active at the same time.
* DisownedParent: What Toshiki's decision to ignore his parents' demands to return to Osaka to run their business in their stead eventually devolved into: when his parents directly disowned him, Toshiki's reaction was one of relief, and he indirectly disowned them back.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first three games constantly refer to the team's members drifting skills, and ''3'' firmly established that they exclusively drive four-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive cars to make sense of that. However, before that, some members drove front-wheel drive cars.
* FriendlyRival: Intrateam example, Toshiki and Kachiaki started racing at roughly the same time. They're close friends, as is the entire team, but the two enjoy competing and constantly one-upping one another for a very good reason: this way, they help one another improve and overcome their decifits. When Toshiki's parents summoned him back to Osaka, Kachiaki constantly tried to dissuade him.
* HopelessSuitor: Kōji's last love story ended years before the events of the series: as such, he's been desperately trying to find a lover to zero success, likely due to his uncouth fashion style and obsession with his car and highway racing. Noriaki joined him in this department in ''Zero'', with both men going out together to find their other halves with zero success... that is, until the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', at which point Kōji finally found a girlfriend, leaving Noriaki as the only one still looking for a girlfriend.
* IHaveNoSon: Toshiki Nagaregawa was called back to Osaka, his native hometown, to take over his parents' business sometime around the events of ''3''. After much pondering and inner turmoil, he ultimately begun to ignore them and their request, which got him disowned. Not that he minds: in fact, Toshiki appears to be far happier without having those heavy thoughts hang over his head.
* MoralityChain: Starting from ''3'', Io gained one in the form of his wife and child. In spite of his inner voice constantly urging him to go faster, to take more risks, he tunes it out and abstains from doing so for their sake.
* NoSenseOfDirection: Noriaki Azuma, by virtue of moving recently to Tokyo in the first game, had an uncanny tendency to get lost and end up on the other side of Tokyo or off the Expressway entirely by pure accident. Even in ''3'', a few years after he's familiarized himself with the layout, he still has the bad tendency of leaving the C1 and New Belt Line by going straight, accidentally ending up on the Bayshore Line and having to drive all the way back. Finally grew out of this completely by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', as he now teaches new drivers the Expressway's layout.
* ShoutOut: Atsushi Baba's street name might seem like a random string of letters and numbers... until you realize "MJ" are the initials of Michael Jordan, whose height is 6 feet
* SportsHeroBackstory: Atsushi used to be a professional basketball player, and one of Japan's top players at one point. His street name indirectly refers this, being a reference to a very famous basketball player who was active at the same time.
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* TheDeterminator: As revealed in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Suzuki is both a believer and a pratictioner of this philosophy. He will encourage the player to not give up after defeating them, noting that every defeat serves as useful experience. If challenged afterwards, he will note how never giving up is the most important thing a racer can do. If challenged after defeating him, he will try to hype himself up, declaring how it isn't over and he isn't done with the player.
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** As revealed in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Suzuki is both a believer and a pratictioner of this philosophy. He will encourage the player to not give up after defeating them, noting that every defeat serves as useful experience. If challenged afterwards, he will note how never giving up is the most important thing a racer can do. If challenged after defeating him, he will try to hype himself up, declaring how it isn't over and he isn't done with the player.
** As revealed in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Suzuki is both a believer and a pratictioner of this philosophy. He will encourage the player to not give up after defeating them, noting that every defeat serves as useful experience. If challenged afterwards, he will note how never giving up is the most important thing a racer can do. If challenged after defeating him, he will try to hype himself up, declaring how it isn't over and he isn't done with the player.
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** Seiko Motogi and Koji Miura gradually developed their rivalry when the latter insulted the former's driving motivation and found him to be "drunk on tragedy".
** Tomio Makitoshi and Gou Fujike are considered rivals: Tomio, however, doesn't think the same way, believing they're on different technical levels.
** Tomio Makitoshi and Gou Fujike are considered rivals: Tomio, however, doesn't think the same way, believing they're on different technical levels.
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** Seiko Motogi and Koji Miura gradually developed their rivalry when the latter insulted the former's driving motivation and found him to be "drunk on tragedy".
tragedy". Seiko, in return, called his "cool and nihilistic" persona "posturing worth of a scumbag".
** Tomio Makitoshi and Gou Fujike are considered rivals: Tomio, however, doesn't think the same way, believing they're on different technicallevels.levels and having curbstomped Gou multiple times. Despite that, Gou constantly throws the gauntlet down time and time again, always ready to win one back.
** Tomio Makitoshi and Gou Fujike are considered rivals: Tomio, however, doesn't think the same way, believing they're on different technical
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* TenMinuteRetirement:
** Tetsurō Kibayashi 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".
** Likewise, Kunihiro Harada had abandoned street racing in favour of circuit racing. He came back with newfound passion in the first game... and was promptly horrified of the highway's uneven asphalt.
* ArtifactName: As mentioned below, the street name of "Silver Fox" for Akira Yamada had a sense once. However, after accidentally startling an opponent and causing them to crash in a corner, he stopped using his then-signature driving style. By that point, though, the name had become established.
* BigBrotherMentor: Yūki was the one who awakened his younger brother Wakaki to the world of cars. He mentored him for a while and even introduced him to the Metropolitan Expressway, until Wakaki joined MAX Racing. However, Wakaki is actually the ''older'' brother, whilst Yūki is the younger one.
* TheDeterminator: No matter how far back Akira Yamada might be in a race, he never gives up the hope of catching up and passing his opponent for the win.
* DrivesLikeCrazy:
** Akihiro Fukui, the team's second-in-command, is described as a very dangerous driver with the horrible habit or breaking hard and suddenly and accelerating just as fast, to the point no one wants to be his passenger and his teammates frequently complain about it. He's still an incredibly talented racer.
** Likewise, Ichirō Tobiyama's driving is described as "too intense", what with his large swings back and forth to pressure opponents almost driving them into walls or his forceful blocking, which becomes cutting off at times. Takatsugu Migimoto criticized him for years but was seldom listened to. He finally grew out of it by ''Import Tuner Challenge'' upon realizing the importance of safe driving, to Takatsugu's amazament.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Invoked by Haruhiko should Free Way defeat the player's team in a team battle in ''Street Supremacy'', telling them to not confuse them for other "lousy teams".
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In spite of being an all-GT-R team, Free Way has one member in the first game who drives a completely different car -- Utsu Shī and his Fairlady Z32.
* FastestThingAlive: Team leader Haruhiko Oyama's R34 GT-R was, at one point, ''the'' fastest car in all of Tokyo by sheer top speed. Starting with ''2'', it was degraded to "merely" being amongst the five fastest cars in the metropolis.
* FeelingTheirAge: By the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Tetsurō Kibayashi has started to feel the effects of his gradual aging: his body can't hold up as well as it used to, he lost quite a bit of his endurance and strength, and he doesn't have the sharp reflexes he once had. He makes up in part with a decade-plus of experience.
* FreudianExcuse:
** The reason why Akihiro is a SpeedDemon and drives as he does? He used to be in a relationship with a girl who loved speed coasters and their start-and-stop when both were teens. He emulated that feeling through his driving style, and continues to do so even with their relationship long gone.
** Likewise, the reason why Ichirō Tobiyama drives the way he does? He's a private locomotive driver who'd love to drive a bullet train but is stuck driving slow-moving local trains, leading him to take his frustrations out through highway racing.
* FriendlyRival: Akihiro Fukui and Takeshi Harada of the R.Gangs 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 speed on a part of the Expressway.
* GracefulLoser: Impressed by the player's progress, he will slant them for big things before passing the team's leadership to them upon being defeated in ''Street Supremacy''.
* HeroicBSoD: Haruhiko will fall into despair if Free Way is dissolved whilst the player is a member in ''Street Supremacy''.
* JerkassRealization: Ichirō Tobiyama came to the realization of how unsafe his driving was and how hated he was sometime before the events of ''Import Tuner Challenge''. He promptly did a 180, amazing his usual critics.
* LetsFightLikeGentleman:
** Yūki Wada likes to battle in a fair, clean way.
** Likewise, Takatsugu Migimoto, which earned him the street name of "Crystal Knights". He overdoes it and cuts his rival too much slack at times, which inevitably leads him to lose.
* MagneticHero: Haruhiko was this to Free Way's other members, who all flocked to him through his raw speed and ability, on top of his winning ways. This laid the foundations from which Free Way was later born.
* MeaningfulName: Akira Yamada's street name of "Silver Fox" originates from the color of his car and his peculiar style of driving: by hiding behind other cars or out of the opponent's sight before popping out again and attacking them, he resembles "a dancing fox".
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Akihiro indirectly, accidentally evokes this: next to no one in Free Way tolerates his driving hijinks, but due to being incredibly close with Haruhiko (as his second-in-command), no one dares complain about it.
* SoreLoser:
** Haruhiko, upon Free Way being defeated in a team battle by the player's team, will claim that that particular battle did not count, as they were merely gathering data before promising next time will be different. He'll do this until defeated for the final time, upon which he'll turn into a GracefulLoser and join the player's team.
** In spite of demanding fair, clean battles, Yūki cannot stand losing.
* SpeedDemon: Akihiro Fukui
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Utsu Shī used to belong to Rolling Guy a very long time ago, sharing that team's passion of the [=AE86=]. However, he later felt disgruntled by his car's low potential and fell in love with the R34 GT-R. Realizing this, he left Rolling Guy, with the remaining members accusing him of betraying them. The relationship between him and them have since hit rock bottom, as they don't even bring him up.
* WorkOffTheDebt: Yūki has been accumulating loan after loan since the time of the first game to afford racing on the highway. In the logical conclusion to this trope, the loans have gotten so big he found himself with no choice but to work more and more to pay off every fee, leaving him with little to no time to race.
* ChessMotifs: Naoto speaks using them in ''Street Supremacy'' to describe the Metropolitan Expressway: in his own words, it is a giant chessboard, and the player is nothing but a pawn. On a normal chessboard, they would be almost immediately discarded... but not in Tokyo: here, all pawns are given as many opportunities as they want to prove themselves and eventually become knights, or even kings. Serves as {{Foreshadowing}}, as that is exactly what the player ends up doing regardless of the team they chose: defeat all the other "pieces", their fellow team members, before defeating the "king", the team leader, and taking their spot.
* TheDeterminator: Gou Fujike. His fighting spirit is so strong that no matter how many times he loses, he always gets back up for the next battle. He got decimated time and time again against Makitoshi of Top Level, yet he always comes back for more.
* FamedInStory: Naoto Obata once used to go on solo expeditions to Osaka. Although no details about it are given to the player, his feats and escapades were so legendary that his entire "saga" is widely known amongst high school students and has been passed down from class to class.
* GracefulLoser: No matter what, Naoto takes all losses with grace, never begrugding the player for defeating him nor mocking them. Instead, he takes them as opportunities to learn something new and prepare himself for a rematch. Even if his team is disbanded whilst the player is a member, his greatest regret is seeing the team he built and nurtured for so many years end up lost to history.
* {{Kiai}}: Mitsue Takahashi is a pratictioner, taking it to the world of highway racing: she shouts loudly whenever passing or being passed an opponent in an attempt to hype herself up for the attack or counter-attack.
* {{Kiai}}: Mitsue Takahashi is a pratictioner, taking it to the world of highway racing: she shouts loudly whenever passing or being passed an opponent in an attempt to hype herself up for the attack or counter-attack.
* MightMakesRight: Naoto's personal philosophy, as explained by himself in ''Street Supremacy'', is that only the fastest are worthy of leading their teams: those who have the necessary tools ought to prove themselves to the others in order to do so, whilst those who lack them ought to remain at the bottom of the hierarchy.
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* StrawNihilist: Koji Miura self-describes himself as "cool and nihilistic", and he definitely acts like one, telling Seiko Motogi of Top Level that his grieving for his lost love is completely meaningless and that all she's doing is "getting drunk on tragedy", telling her to get over it. As a result, some people find him to be an unbearable creep.
* ShippingTorpedo: Hitomi Tsujiki cannot ''stand'' the idea that Ryou Ikegami fell in love with Yamazaki of Top Level. As such, she puts on the façade of a nice woman in front of him in order to try and dissuade him, getting him to focus on their team, whilst trying with far more aggressive methods to drive Yamazaki away when Ikegami is not paying attention.
* ShippingTorpedo: Hitomi Tsujiki cannot ''stand'' the idea that Ryou Ikegami fell in love with Yamazaki of Top Level. As such, she puts on the façade of a nice woman in front of him in order to try and dissuade him, getting him to focus on their team, whilst trying with far more aggressive methods to drive Yamazaki away when Ikegami is not paying attention.
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* AddledAddict: In a rare case of ''behavioural'' addiction, Makoto Ito has become compelled to continue racing, no matter what. In spite of his vehement desire to quit racing altogether, the lure of speed continues to be impossible for him to resist to. As a result, he's fallen into a depressed slump.
* HyperAwareness: Team leader Tokio Aoshima is noted to have incredible attention to even the smallest of setting or detail on his car, something that'd end up lost on most other drivers. It makes a lot of sense when one takes into consideration his daily job of engineer at a car company, meaning he knows exactly what every little bolt on his NSX does.
* MeaningfulName: Shuhei Kitakata's attitude was described as unflappable, cold, unmovable whilst part of Speed Box, with a surgical precision in driving to match. He was called "more of a machine than a man"... guess you could call him "Killing Machine"...
* TheStoic: Back when he was still a member of Speed Box, Shuhei Kitakata was described as completely unflappable, not even moving an eyebrow whilst racing.
* HyperAwareness: Team leader Tokio Aoshima is noted to have incredible attention to even the smallest of setting or detail on his car, something that'd end up lost on most other drivers. It makes a lot of sense when one takes into consideration his daily job of engineer at a car company, meaning he knows exactly what every little bolt on his NSX does.
* MeaningfulName: Shuhei Kitakata's attitude was described as unflappable, cold, unmovable whilst part of Speed Box, with a surgical precision in driving to match. He was called "more of a machine than a man"... guess you could call him "Killing Machine"...
* TheStoic: Back when he was still a member of Speed Box, Shuhei Kitakata was described as completely unflappable, not even moving an eyebrow whilst racing.
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* 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: In a sense, Ryūtarō Furuki originally ordered the dissolution of TR Racing years ago so every member could return to their normal lives. He regretted the choice immediately, finding himself out of place in a short-sighted and self-centered Japanese society compared to the world of street racing, to the point he started running solo immediately afterwards. Slowly, but surely, almost every former member took notice of him and returned to highway racing too, finding themselves in similar situations or not wanting to leave their leader and friend alone: thus, TR Racing spontaneously reformed itself.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Serves as the {{Backstory}} for TR Racing. The group dissolved by Furuki's orders years ago, only to gradually reunite after he resumed racing. Rina Kawahara was the first to do so, returning after having moved to mountain pass racing and made a whirlwind.
* NoPlaceForAWarrior: In a sense, Ryūtarō Furuki originally ordered the dissolution of TR Racing years ago so every member could return to their normal lives. He regretted the choice immediately, finding himself out of place in a short-sighted and self-centered Japanese society compared to the world of street racing, to the point he started running solo immediately afterwards. Slowly, but surely, almost every former member took notice of him and returned to highway racing too, finding themselves in similar situations or not wanting to leave their leader and friend alone: thus, TR Racing spontaneously reformed itself.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Serves as the {{Backstory}} for TR Racing. The group dissolved by Furuki's orders years ago, only to gradually reunite after he resumed racing. Rina Kawahara was the first to do so, returning after having moved to mountain pass racing and made a whirlwind.
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* EasterEgg: By driving the same car as a team's leader with that team's stickers placed on it, the player will receive a new, team-exclusive name.
* UnderratedAndOverleveled: A series-wide case, where some lower-tier opponents will actually prove to be as challenging, if not more, than some later ones. This is not just a case of AI scaling: in spite of belonging to "lesser" teams or being "casual" Wanderers, those opponents will have a car with better tuned parts. It gets particularly egregious when their bios state the absence of specific tune-ups that, in reality, their cars do have.
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'''ROLLING GUY'''
!!!'''Team Members''': "Rolling Guy #1" Satoru Kobayakawa ☆ (until ''Zero''), "Rolling Guy #2" Akira Kobayakawa ☆ (regular member until ''3''), "Rolling Guy #3" Tsutomu Imai (until ''Touge Legends''), "Rolling Guy #4" Haruhiko Miyake, "Rolling Guy #5" Hiroshi Takanayagi, "Rolling Guy #6" Takahashi Yoshimura (from ''2'' to ''3''), "Rolling Guy #7" Mamoru Mitsuike (from ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
The recurring, most iconic team of the entire series, Rolling Guy started out as a team of mountain pass racers that, against all logic, decided to make the jump to highway racing. Every member drives a Toyota AE86, relying on their cars' handling capabilities and their own skills over brute acceleration and top speed.
* EasterEgg: By driving the same car as a team's leader with that team's stickers placed on it, the player will receive a new, team-exclusive name.
* UnderratedAndOverleveled: A series-wide case, where some lower-tier opponents will actually prove to be as challenging, if not more, than some later ones. This is not just a case of AI scaling: in spite of belonging to "lesser" teams or being "casual" Wanderers, those opponents will have a car with better tuned parts. It gets particularly egregious when their bios state the absence of specific tune-ups that, in reality, their cars do have.
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'''ROLLING GUY'''
!!!'''Team Members''': "Rolling Guy #1" Satoru Kobayakawa ☆ (until ''Zero''), "Rolling Guy #2" Akira Kobayakawa ☆ (regular member until ''3''), "Rolling Guy #3" Tsutomu Imai (until ''Touge Legends''), "Rolling Guy #4" Haruhiko Miyake, "Rolling Guy #5" Hiroshi Takanayagi, "Rolling Guy #6" Takahashi Yoshimura (from ''2'' to ''3''), "Rolling Guy #7" Mamoru Mitsuike (from ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
The recurring, most iconic team of the entire series, Rolling Guy started out as a team of mountain pass racers that, against all logic, decided to make the jump to highway racing. Every member drives a Toyota AE86, relying on their cars' handling capabilities and their own skills over brute acceleration and top speed.
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SITUATION REPORT
* Need to see if tropes for Wanderers can be split off from the rest of the team.
* Tropes need to be rewritten to be grammatically correct and with good syntax and structure.
* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - Up to Tokio Jungle, 9/20
* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2'' - Up to Departures, but Little Gang need to be revisited, 2.5/24
* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'' - Basic tropes, one or two members for a couple of teams, 0/43
* ''Import Tuner Challenge'' - ThemeNaming only, 0/34
* ''Drift'' games - No work started yet, 0/???
* Bosses - No work started yet, 0/16
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* EasterEgg: By driving the same car as a team's leader with that team's stickers placed on it, the player will receive a new, team-exclusive name.
* UnderratedAndOverleveled: A series-wide case, where some lower-tier opponents will actually prove to be as challenging, if not more, than some later ones. This is not just a case of AI scaling: in spite of belonging to "lesser" teams or being "casual" Wanderers, those opponents will have a car with better tuned parts. It gets particularly egregious when their bios state the absence of specific tune-ups that, in reality, their cars do have.
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'''ROLLING GUY'''
!!!'''Team Members''': "Rolling Guy #1" Satoru Kobayakawa ☆ (until ''Zero''), "Rolling Guy #2" Akira Kobayakawa ☆ (regular member until ''3''), "Rolling Guy #3" Tsutomu Imai (until ''Touge Legends''), "Rolling Guy #4" Haruhiko Miyake, "Rolling Guy #5" Hiroshi Takanayagi, "Rolling Guy #6" Takahashi Yoshimura (from ''2'' to ''3''), "Rolling Guy #7" Mamoru Mitsuike (from ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
The recurring, most iconic team of the entire series, Rolling Guy started out as a team of mountain pass racers that, against all logic, decided to make the jump to highway racing. Every member drives a Toyota AE86, relying on their cars' handling capabilities and their own skills over brute acceleration and top speed.
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* Need to see if tropes for Wanderers can be split off from the rest of the team.
* Tropes need to be rewritten to be grammatically correct and with good syntax and structure.
* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - Up to Tokio Jungle, 9/20
* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2'' - Up to Departures, but Little Gang need to be revisited, 2.5/24
* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'' - Basic tropes, one or two members for a couple of teams, 0/43
* ''Import Tuner Challenge'' - ThemeNaming only, 0/34
* ''Drift'' games - No work started yet, 0/???
* Bosses - No work started yet, 0/16
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* EasterEgg: By driving the same car as a team's leader with that team's stickers placed on it, the player will receive a new, team-exclusive name.
* UnderratedAndOverleveled: A series-wide case, where some lower-tier opponents will actually prove to be as challenging, if not more, than some later ones. This is not just a case of AI scaling: in spite of belonging to "lesser" teams or being "casual" Wanderers, those opponents will have a car with better tuned parts. It gets particularly egregious when their bios state the absence of specific tune-ups that, in reality, their cars do have.
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'''ROLLING GUY'''
!!!'''Team Members''': "Rolling Guy #1" Satoru Kobayakawa ☆ (until ''Zero''), "Rolling Guy #2" Akira Kobayakawa ☆ (regular member until ''3''), "Rolling Guy #3" Tsutomu Imai (until ''Touge Legends''), "Rolling Guy #4" Haruhiko Miyake, "Rolling Guy #5" Hiroshi Takanayagi, "Rolling Guy #6" Takahashi Yoshimura (from ''2'' to ''3''), "Rolling Guy #7" Mamoru Mitsuike (from ''Import Tuner Challenge'')
The recurring, most iconic team of the entire series, Rolling Guy started out as a team of mountain pass racers that, against all logic, decided to make the jump to highway racing. Every member drives a Toyota AE86, relying on their cars' handling capabilities and their own skills over brute acceleration and top speed.
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* BerserkButton: As an Osaka native, Shou Nakanishi is proud of his home prefecture. As such, hearing a non-native speak with a fake Kansai accent drives him up a wall like little else.
* BigBrotherWorship: Shou Nakanishi adores his older brother like no one else: he became a street racer almost exclusively to imitate him and follow in his footsteps. There are limits to his adoration, however, as Shou himself realized how cumbersome his brother's shadow was: this lead him to pack up and leave Osaka for Tokyo to make a name for himself.
* BigBrotherWorship: Shou Nakanishi adores his older brother like no one else: he became a street racer almost exclusively to imitate him and follow in his footsteps. There are limits to his adoration, however, as Shou himself realized how cumbersome his brother's shadow was: this lead him to pack up and leave Osaka for Tokyo to make a name for himself.
* FamedInStory: Not Shou himself, but his brother: per Shou's bio in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', his brother was considered to be Osaka's fastest racer at a point in time. As his name isn't given, however, it's impossible for players to cross-check the validity of the claim.
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* LudicrousMeleeAccuracy: Of the CarFu variety: Obata is capable of setting up empty cans on the road and striking them all down ''in quick succession'' via drifting. A skill that, apparently, ''he never practiced once in his life''. That he does it to show off makes it only more ludicruous.
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* LudicrousMeleeAccuracy: Of the CarFu variety: Obata is capable of setting up empty cans on the road and striking them all down ''in quick succession'' via drifting. A skill that, apparently, ''he never practiced once in his life''. That he does it just to show off makes it only more ludicruous.ludicruous.
* MirroringFactions: To Top Level: both are rally-oriented teams with backgrounds in rally, both have self-deprecating female seconds-in-command, both race for supremacy on the New Belt Line, both had two members who left, both have "junior" versions of one another in The Pleiades and Tri Edge: cherry on top, the teams had a Romeo and Juliet deal going on at one point with two of their members. The sole difference is Another Star having one less member than Top Level.
* MirroringFactions: To Top Level: both are rally-oriented teams with backgrounds in rally, both have self-deprecating female seconds-in-command, both race for supremacy on the New Belt Line, both had two members who left, both have "junior" versions of one another in The Pleiades and Tri Edge: cherry on top, the teams had a Romeo and Juliet deal going on at one point with two of their members. The sole difference is Another Star having one less member than Top Level.
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Incredibly long-lived, now on its seventh generation of members, '''RINGS''' are business-minded, leaving small space for small talk and playfulness. They're considered amongst the top teams of the Tokyo Expressway, and for good reason: any prospective applicant to join the team needs to defeat ''every other member'' before they're handed the stickers.
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Incredibly long-lived, now being on its seventh generation of members, '''RINGS''' are business-minded, a business-minded team, leaving small space for small talk and playfulness. They're considered amongst the top teams of the Tokyo Expressway, and for good reason: any prospective applicant to join the team needs to defeat ''every other member'' before they're handed the stickers.
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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 (until ''3''), "Rain Drop" Shou Nakanishi
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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
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Noritaka Motoue is renowed for his purely theoretical approach to racing, to the point he begun using computer simulations to train himself in a variety of situations through data collection and logical analysis. Much like Takaaki Kanai of Curving Edge, this earned him a fitting street name, "Speed Professor"... that said, the transition from theory to practice is rough: unlike Takaaki, Noritaka is not that good of a driver, and is only confident in his launches.
* ArtifactName: As with some others, Tadashi Kuroi's street name of "Hell's Bartender" still sticks by him in spite of him having changed jobs and become a liquor store employee by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge''. It's partially mitigated, however, by the fact that at that point, the street name also refers to his unique driving style.
* CaptainCrash: Somehow for an ambitious street racer, Takeshi Harada is more known for the sheer amount of times he's crashed his car due to his refusal of letting off the gas pedal than anything else.
* ChallengeSeeker: Toshiki Kawakami is constantly seeking new challengers to face, if solely to prove the superiority of his turbocharged [=AE86=]. Over time, he took a particular liking to taking on cars far, ''far'' more powerful than his, both for the sheer challenge of it and to prove a point.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Takeshi Harada, for an ambitious street racer, suffers from the pretty big issue of not knowing how to ease off the gas pedal. Or even refusing to do so. This caused him to crash a lot in the past, develop a matching reputation, and make his fellow team members seriously worry about him, but it somehow earned him a friend in Akihiro Fukui.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Tadashi Kuroi's street name is "Hell's Bartender" because... he is, by trade, a bartender. [[ArtifactName Until he changed jobs]] by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', at least.
* 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 vie for their respective team's supremacy over the Metropolitan Expressway. In spite of that, they're all close friends with a strong shared 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 speed on a part of the Expressway.
* MeaningfulName: In a peculiar case, Tadashi Kuroi was bestowed his street name of "Hell's Bartender" because of his job. However, the name turned out to be more fitting than expected, as his driving quickly took on a distinctive signature style that sees his [=AE86=] constantly shake back-and-forth, ''exactly'' like the cocktail shakers he employs as a bartender.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: On mountain passes, Shūichi Takizawa had, per his own claims, a win ratio of eight-to-ten, which is quite high and usually reserved for the most skilled of drivers. Upon moving to Tokyo, however, he suddenly found himself as the "Normal Fish In A Huge Pond", outmatched, outclassed ''and'' outgunned by everyone else: fittingly his win ratio collapsed to three-to-ten. He started to work with a friend on the "ultimate upgrade" to, at the very least, go back to being a normal fish on the New Belt Line's tiny pond.
* OldFriend: As revealed in ''3'', Toshiki and Satoru Kobayakawa are long-time acquaintances, dating back to when both first started driving [=AE86s=]. Here, however, it was the more straight-laced Satoru unexpectedly popping back in the wilder Toshiki's life all of a sudden.
* TheRival: Shūichi and Tadashi do not get along that well, and often find themselves competing against one another. The reason behind this mutual dislike, however, is unknown.
* ArtifactName: As with some others, Tadashi Kuroi's street name of "Hell's Bartender" still sticks by him in spite of him having changed jobs and become a liquor store employee by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge''. It's partially mitigated, however, by the fact that at that point, the street name also refers to his unique driving style.
* CaptainCrash: Somehow for an ambitious street racer, Takeshi Harada is more known for the sheer amount of times he's crashed his car due to his refusal of letting off the gas pedal than anything else.
* ChallengeSeeker: Toshiki Kawakami is constantly seeking new challengers to face, if solely to prove the superiority of his turbocharged [=AE86=]. Over time, he took a particular liking to taking on cars far, ''far'' more powerful than his, both for the sheer challenge of it and to prove a point.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Takeshi Harada, for an ambitious street racer, suffers from the pretty big issue of not knowing how to ease off the gas pedal. Or even refusing to do so. This caused him to crash a lot in the past, develop a matching reputation, and make his fellow team members seriously worry about him, but it somehow earned him a friend in Akihiro Fukui.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Tadashi Kuroi's street name is "Hell's Bartender" because... he is, by trade, a bartender. [[ArtifactName Until he changed jobs]] by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', at least.
* 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 vie for their respective team's supremacy over the Metropolitan Expressway. In spite of that, they're all close friends with a strong shared 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 speed on a part of the Expressway.
* MeaningfulName: In a peculiar case, Tadashi Kuroi was bestowed his street name of "Hell's Bartender" because of his job. However, the name turned out to be more fitting than expected, as his driving quickly took on a distinctive signature style that sees his [=AE86=] constantly shake back-and-forth, ''exactly'' like the cocktail shakers he employs as a bartender.
* NormalFishInATinyPond: On mountain passes, Shūichi Takizawa had, per his own claims, a win ratio of eight-to-ten, which is quite high and usually reserved for the most skilled of drivers. Upon moving to Tokyo, however, he suddenly found himself as the "Normal Fish In A Huge Pond", outmatched, outclassed ''and'' outgunned by everyone else: fittingly his win ratio collapsed to three-to-ten. He started to work with a friend on the "ultimate upgrade" to, at the very least, go back to being a normal fish on the New Belt Line's tiny pond.
* OldFriend: As revealed in ''3'', Toshiki and Satoru Kobayakawa are long-time acquaintances, dating back to when both first started driving [=AE86s=]. Here, however, it was the more straight-laced Satoru unexpectedly popping back in the wilder Toshiki's life all of a sudden.
* TheRival: Shūichi and Tadashi do not get along that well, and often find themselves competing against one another. The reason behind this mutual dislike, however, is unknown.
