History Sandbox / GearFriedTheKnight

* ProneToTears: Takako

* 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".

* WetBlanketWife: Mayumi's husband is this, nagging her to quit street racing altogether.
* {{Workaholic}}: Aki Azuma, in her job as an accountant and in organizing and holding together the Cupid Arrows, helping team members out with their individual issues.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Team cars tend to be darker colored

* EmpathicWeapon: Akira Nagase's car seems to be this, in his own opinion.

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Natsumi Uemura
* KungFuClairvoyance: Ippei Sadaoka, owning to his skills as a mentalist.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch

* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver:
* SharedFamilyQuirks
* TragicKeepsake

* OlderThanTheyLook: Kimiko Fujisaki

* 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.
* 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.

** 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.

** 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
* TheLadette
* {{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. It's purely an aesthetic choice, given that her day-to-day job is painter.

* ProneToTears

* JapaneseDelinquents: Original leader Mayumi Mori behaves wildly and has brown hair. In spite of that, she insists she's not a ''Yanki''.

* {{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.

* AchillesHeel: Tetsurō Nakata's arthritis.
* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent

* CynicismCatalyst
* DarkIsNotEvil

* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - DONE; Tropes need to be rewritten, up to TR Racing, 14/20

* WeatherReport: When not leading Free Way, Haruhiko is a weather reporter. He started out by following in his father's footsteps as an actor and TV personality, before settling on his current occupation. Apparently, his predictions are only "eighty percent accurate", which is a lower percentage than his win percentage on the Expressway.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Out of all twenty original teams, Speed Box were the only ones to appear only in the first game before uncerimoniously breaking up. As such, they don't undergo much characterization, nor are players shown any HiddenDepths they might've had outside Kitakata and Nagano.

* LoveTriangle: One exists between Rina, Shinji, and Taku, which formed upon TR Racing's reunion and Rina bringing Taku into the team. 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.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy:

* 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.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Takayuki changed his strategy to being the pursuing car since switching to a more powerful vehicle
* {{Ubermensch}}: Ryūtarō Furuki.

* ActionFashionista: Shōko Koizumi

** Mayumi Mori
** Kimiko Fujisaki
* 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.

* HopelessSuitor: Shinji and Taku: Rina ultimately has eyes for Ryutaro only.
* 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.

* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - DONE; Tropes need to be rewritten, up to Another Star, 12/20

** Seiko Motogi and Koji Miura's rivalry exploded when the latter insulted the former's motivation for street racing, her boyfriend's tragic passing, and told her she was getting "drunk on tragedy". Seiko, in return, called Koji's self-described "cool and nihilistic" personality "nothing but posturing worth of a scumbag".

** Koji Miura and Seiko Motogi did not have reasons to be rivals originally, until Koji insulted the reason behind Seiko's decision to race, finding it "irrelevant" and accusing her of "getting drunk on tragedy". She insulted Koji back, and the two have been at each other's throats since.

* 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.
* StarCrossedLovers: Ikegami is in love with Yamazaki of Top Level: because of their teams' constant feuding, the two cannot be together.
* 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.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Koji Miura.
* {{Undertaker}}: Koji Miura's job.

* 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, the lure of speed continues to be impossible for him to resist to. As a result, he's fallen into a depressed slump.
* DavidVersusGoliath: They were the Goliath in every match up, and they just kept losing. It's what lead Shuhei to quit in frustration.

* 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.
* WeHardlyKnewYe

* ConfusionFu: Shinji's car, as a result of its wobbly steering
* 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.
* 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.

** 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.
** 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.

* MaddenIntoMisanthropy

* {{Ubermensch}}: Ryutaro Furuki.

* TheBartender: This is Tsutomu Imai's job away from street racing. Not that anyone would normally know, as it's largely irrelevant to his racing endeavours and only comes up when glancing at his bio in ''3''.

* NumberTwo: This was the role Masaki had for years, always at Omohiko's side. By ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however, the roles have reversed, with Omohiko now Masaki's second-in-command... one who really doesn't act like one, since he lost any reason to care about MAX Racing and is planning to retire.
* OddNameOut: Daisuke Iyama's street name, "Crazy Hooligan" is the only one to not contain a colour.

* ProudToBeAGeek: After being a ClosetGeek for years, Omohiko has become this by ''Import Tuner Challenge'', having reconverted his video rental store into a very successful DVD store specializing in anime.

* FragileSpeedster: The team members' cars are all small and light in weight. Very agile, and some have the horsepower and set-up to reach incredible speeds, but also unstable and lacking in immediate power.

* OldFriend: As revealed in ''3'', the usually off-the-cuff Toshiki is a long-time acquaintance of both Kobayakawa brothers, dating back to when they all started driving their [=AE86s=]. Whereas he is more of a FriendlyRival with the younger Akira, he has this kind of relationship with the older, straight-laced Satoru, who unexepctedly poppedback into his life as Rolling Master after having left the Expressway a couple of years before, to the point Toshiki is one of the few people with whom Satoru confides himself after having left Rolling Guy

* OfficeLady: Maki Wakabayashi works as one, per her various bios starting in ''3''.

* WeatherReport: When not leading Free Way, Haruhiko is a weather reporter. He started out by following in his father's footsteps as an actor and TV personality, before settling on his current occupation. Apparently, his predictions are only "eighty percent", which is lower than his win percentage on the Expressway.

* 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 the Expressway crowd and has been passed down from generation to generation.
* FriendlyRival: In spite of the fierce rivalrly between their teams, Naoto considers Kenji Suzuki a close friend. This, atleast superficially, appears to be one-sided, as Suzuki underestimates Obata and deems himself faster.
* 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.
* {{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.
* 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.
* 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.

* DareToBeBadass: Naoto will tell this to the 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.
* 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.

* 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.

* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - DONE; Tropes need to be rewritten, up to Free Way, 11/20

* 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.

** 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
* 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%.
* 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.
* 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.

* FriendlyRival: Akihiro Fukui and Takeshi Harada of the R.Gangs consider themselves to be "flying buddies": they're close friends, but they're also always competing to see who can reach a new highest speed on the Metropolitan 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.

** 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.
* 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.
* 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.

* 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 the Expressway crowd and has been passed down from class to class.

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.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Shuhei

* WeCanRuleTogether: ASfter the player has defeated every other member of Top Level in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', they'll find themselves face-to-face with Kenji Suzuki. He'll briefly muse on how, if the circumstances were any different, he'd immediately invite the player to join his team, ultimately being aware that they're looking for something completely different.

** 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.
* CharacterDevelopment: Ichiro Tobiyama
* 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.

** 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".
* 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.
* 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.

** 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.
* FriendshipFavoritism: An accidental case between Haruhiko and his second-in-command.

* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - DONE; Tropes need to be rewritten, up to Top Level, 10/20

* TheAlcoholic: Whilst obviously abstaining whenever he has to get behind the wheel, Tarmac Suzuki adores getting absolute plastered whenever he's at team parties.
* 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.

** 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.
** Likewise, Makitoshi became deadset on making it back to the world of rallying sometime around ''3'', to the point that no matter what, he will try again and again. No matter how the player performs against him in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' -- losing, winning, beating him multiple times, he'll always reiterate how he'll return to rallying no matter what.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Seiko Motogi is, like all other team members, talented in racing, but her go-to style of quick steering is a danger on public roads. Making things worse is how her blocking is no different from actively obstructing the road and being a moving chicane, further putting her opponents at risk. Suzuki actively chided her for both things on multiple occasion.

* FatalFlaw: Nakajima's personality and lack of finality are the main hindrance towards him becoming a very notable driver.
* GracefulLoser: Suzuki will gracefully handle his defeat against the player in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', asking for them to see their quest to the end no matter what.
* HeartbrokenBadass: Seiko Motogi
* 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, 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.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Makitoshi is an interesting play on the trope: he did become a professional driver in the rallying world, but his results were so lacklustre he pulled out shortly afterwards, becoming a street racer to make up for it. A decade after, though, he still thinks he could've made it, and desperately tries to make it back to the rallying world. As a result of his past shortcomings, though, he can't find a sponsor.
* 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.
* MirroringFactions: To Another Star: 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 Tri Edge and The Pleiades: 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 Top Level having one more member than Another Star.
* MysteriousPast: No one really knows much about Yamazaki: she just showed up out of the blue one day and quickly earned her spot on Top Level. There were some rumors that she belonged, or used to belong, to another team, but those went nowhere.
* OfficeLady: Maki Wakabayashi's profession.
* OldFriend: Makitoshi and Suzuki have long been friends, dating to long before they became rally drivers. When Suzuki retired from rallying, it was Makitoshi who left an invitation to join him in the world of highway racing, leading to the formation of Top Level. Interestingly, it's Suzuki who is the more off-the-cuff of the two personality-wise, as he left the rallying world feeling he had accomplished everything he could and takes pride in what Top Level as achieved, whereas Makitoshi, after years, wants to go back to the rally world he feels like he was forced out of. The opposite applies to their racing styles: Makitoshi, although incredibly consistent, excels in slipping around traffic and gets really fired up against multiple opponents, whereas Suzuki is a lot more straightforwards.
* RetiredBadass: Tarmac Suzuki was a former rally driver with good results. He left that world to become a street racer and an home improvement retailer.
* TheRival: The entire team has a strong rivalry with Another Star: part of it is due to personal reasons, adverse relationships, competitiveness and different approaches, part of it is due to the natural rivalry between Lan Evo and Impreza.
** The two team leaders, Suzuki and Obata, lead the teams and are the driving force behind the rivalry. In spite of that, neither takes it seriously: Suzuki takes it with amusing ease, believing himself to be faster, whilst Naoto doesn't even believe there to be a rivalrly, thinking of Suzuki as a close friend.
** the two second-in-command, Maki Wakabayashi and Yōko Uehara, are also direct rivals to one another. Both believe the other to be the more skilled driver, but on the other hand believe themselves to be the prettiest.
** 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". 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 technical 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.
* ShipperOnDeck: Nakajima openly supports the relationship between Yamazaki and Ikegami, in spite of the taboo surrounding it due to the two belonging to openly antagonistic teams.
* StarCrossedLovers: Yamazaki loves Ikegami of Another Star; due to the teams feuding, the two cannot be together.
* TookALevelInBadass: Maki Wakabayashi started off as a junior in college who'd borrow her boyfriend's car to race. Already talented in her own right, as she became Suzuki's second-in-command, she constantly improves game after game, with a noticeable uptick in ''3'', when she buys her own Lan Evo and is free to tune it as she wishes.
* WeCanRuleTogether: After the player runs roughshed over every other team member in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Suzuki will briefly muse on how he'd invite them to join Top Level, only to realize that the player isn't looking for that and challenging them.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: Seiko Motogi gradually awakens to the allure and emotions brought on by highway racing across the entire series, something he notices around ''3'' and feels conflicted about. He's accepted it by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge''.

Spontaneously born long ago by the will of several Skyline GT-R drivers, Free Way are a tight-knit unit who believe they are driving the very representation of Japan: as such, they do not take any mockery against their cars lightly. They're treated with hostility by most other teams due to their rough driving and arrogant, "exclusivist" behaviour.

* CasanovaWannabe: Koji Miura

* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - DONE; Tropes need to be rewritten, up to Tokio Jungle, 9/20

* FriendlyRival: Amongst team members, Toshiki and Kachiaki both started racing at roughly the same time. The two, like the rest of the team, are close friends. Nonetheless, they also enjoy competing against one another in order to push themselves to improve and overcome their weak points. 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.

** 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".
** 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.]]
* 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.
* TrueCompanions

* TheAlcoholic: Kenji Suzuki loves getting plastered at team parties.

* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - DONE; Tropes need to be rewritten, up to R. Gangs, 8/20

* 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.
* 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''.
* 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.
* 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.

* 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.
* 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.

** 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 normal 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.
* SpeedDemon: Takeshi Harada
* 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.

* 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.
* 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 the internal debates on whether they should ban the practice or let members decide individually, and ''3'' firmly establishes that they exclusively drive four-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive cars to make sense of that. However, some members used to drive front-wheel drive cars in their first appearances.
* 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.

* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - DONE; Tropes need to be rewritten, up to Twister/R. Gangs, 7/20

* ShippingTorpedo: In a case of self-inflicted ShippingTorped, Tadashi at first tried to dispel the rumors about himself and Rina by insisting he only saw her as a FriendlyRival. Be it true at the time, or mere self-denial, his attempt to sink that ship obviously failed, as the two have fallen head-over-heels for one another by ''3''... they just have trouble admitting it.
* StarvingArtist: Shirou Hosoyama is 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''.
* StrongAndSkilled: Team leader Kazuo Kasai is both "overwhelmingly" talented and experienced, enough to be capable of effortlessly leading the entire team through sheer respect from his performance as a street racer.
* UpperClassTwit: "Baron" 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.

** Yasuyuki's bio in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' describes him as incredibly dilligent in his work as a burger joint manager, to the point of being duly noticed by his higher-ups. This extends to his everyday efforts, from learning to fit in amongst Tokyo's crowd to constantly improving his racecraft.
** Shirou Hosoyama is determined to make his singing career work, no matter how long it takes or how many bumps in the road he hits. He consistently puts in enormous amounts of effort into it, going well beyond the normal call of duty. He puts the same amount of effort into his racing, to the point he became one of the fastest-improving rookies of Tokyo and a respected member of Twister in a very short time.

The ''other'' all-[=AE86=] team, atleast sometimes, the '''R. Gangs''' have been around for a very long time, enough to have a noticeable edge over all other competitors in know-how and experience. In spite of how long they've been around, and how many times they changed their turf, the team still maintains the very same aspirations they've had since day one: become the strongest through-out Tokyo.

* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - DONE; Tropes need to be rewritten, up to Fine Drive, 6/20

* ArtifactName: Toshimitsu's street name, "Hell's Drifter", was originally meant as a short-hand way to describe him as a "drifter from hell". Upon getting the chance to witness his proficiency in the art of drifting, however, Tokyo's crowds accidentally concluded it actually meant "one ''hell'' of a ''drifter''". [[SureLetsGoWithThat Instead of correcting them Toshimitsu went along with the newfound interpretation]], causing the original meaning of the name to go lost to history.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo

* TheResenter: Katsunori clearly resents Satoshi for having claimed the title of "strongest driver of two-liter engines" for himself. Not only that is a title that Katsunori proclaimed for himself, in his eyes, but he also thinks of himself as the better driver of the two. That Satoshi beat him in battle when he tried to back up said claim only caused more resentment.
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Although discussed within the team, as they're known for their drifting skills, Toshinobu Kurosawa has this debate with himself. He actually learned to moderate his drifting to better suit his running style, allowing him to improve massively, but he feels like this has put him at odds with his team, who don't deem him as "truly drifting". As such, he will pull out some unneccessarily flashy drifts every once in a while for their sake, even though it might cost him a race or two.
* ThereAreNoCoincidences: Seems to be a commonly held belief within the team, judging by everyone's comments in ''Street Supremacy''. Yuichi represents this concept the most, though, as he constantly repeats how there are no coincidences about the people everyone meets in ''Street Supremacy''. He'll say this ''a lot'', be it to a player on his team, a player who eventually defeats him to become Fine Drive's leader, or a player on an opposing team.

* CharacterDevelopment: Kagetsu
* ConspicuousConsumption: "Baron" Kagetsu, as the scion of a famous, wealthy noble 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.

* 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.
* HeroWorshipper: Daisuke Makihara's admiration for Yōichi Sumi of Super Speed Wagon runs so deep he became a highway runner exclusively to imitate his idol and try to get close to him. Or, er, ''ran'' so deep, atleast: with Sumi graduating from university by the time of ''3'', leaving Makihara with no one to look up to or chase after and completely burned out.
* 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.
* LastOfHisKind: Last remaining rotary-powered team by ''Import Tuner Challenge''
* LoveCannotOvercome: Kazuo's wife abandoned him by ''Import Tuner Challenge'' because he could not give up street racing.
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Like others, the team is roughly split in half between "grippers", those who prefer a grip-focused, straightforwards set-up, and "drifters", who prefer the flashier, looser style. Team leader Kazuo Kasai, [[TakeAThirdOption who changes approach depending on the situation]], often worries about the split, fearing it might cause more trouble than its worth.
* ShipTease: A form of tease is present between Rina Kawamoto and Tadashi Mochida, starting from ''Zero'' and still ongoing by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge''. To make a ''very'' long story short: Tadashi has something of a big crush on her, but can't quite bring himself to spit it out. Rina, at first finding this behaviour curious, is implied to begin crushing back on him by the time of ''3'', as he begins missing him whenever he has to take breaks from highway racing. Between then and ''Import Tuner Challenge'', Tadashi finally mustered up enough courage to confess his feelings... leaving Rina completely dumbstruck. To deal with this, she laid out a challenge for him: beat her in a race, and she would've gone out with him. He, who took years to come clean, has yet to accept the challenge, whilst she is growing frustrated and disappointed with this perceived lack of commitment.
* 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''.

* ArtifactName: Toshimitsu's street name of "Hell's Drifter" used to mean "drifter from hell". Upon witnessing his drifting skills, however, people from Tokyo thought it means he was "one ''hell'' of a ''drifter''". [[SureLetsGoWithThat Instead of correcting them, Toshimitsu decided to go with their new interpretation]].

* BreakTheHaughty: Teruki used to be extremely arrogant, proudly declaring that "only rear-wheel drive cars are true cars" and boasting about his year-long win streak. Something happened, likely getting trounced by Purple Meteor or the driver of a front-wheel drive car, that caused him to become a lot more reserved and modest.
* CantCatchUp: In spite of his best efforts, Toshimitsu is by far one of the slowest members of the team due to his drifting eating up any momentum his car might have -- alongside its tires -- unlike the others, who rely on less flashy drifts to carry more speed through corners. He's painfully aware of it, but he's so dedicated to his craft and specialty in impressive drifts that he refuses to switch things up.
* ChallengeSeeker: Silvester actively seeks rivals to face him, only feeling happy when he has someone to challenge. It got to the point where he was feeling discouraged and dejected from having no viable opponents.

* FriendlyRival: Yuichi has one in fellow team leader Toshio Kabaya, who leads Gesellschaft and aims to become a professional racer just like him.
* GracefulLoser: Yuichi takes his losses surprisingly well in ''Street Supremacy'', especially when defeated for the lead of the team or by a player aiming to disband Fine Drive. It probably ties into his belief of ThereAreNoCoincidences, meaning there is no reason for him to react badly.
* GoalInLife: Yuichi's goal through-out the series is to become a professional racer: he decided to use the Metropolitan Expressway as a training ground and eventual springboard from which to launch himself into better things. In ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity, he's eventually approached by scouts from various teams, but that's all players are made aware of.
* ItsAllMyFault: Yuichi will blame himself for the team's defeat and forceful disbanding if the player is a member of Fine Drive in ''Street Supremacy''.

* ThereAreNoCoincidences: Seems to be a team-wide belief, judging by everyone's comments in ''Street Supremacy''. Yuichi represents this concept the most, though, as he constantly repeats how there are no coincidences about the people everyone meets in ''Street Supremacy''. He'll say this ''a lot'', be it to a player on his team, a player who eventually defeats him to become Fine Drive's leader, or a player on an opposing team.

* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - DONE; Tropes need to be rewritten, up to Diamond Image/Fine Drive, 5/20

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

** 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'')
* MeaningfulName: Itsuki earned the street name of "Spring Roll Itsuki" due to his frequent trips to Yokohama's Chinatown, after which he'd return with spring rolls for the entire team.
* PerpetualPoverty: In spite of having tuned a car, wrecked it, bought and tuned another one, collected loans upon loans and, cherry on top, been in the process of bankruptcy for years, Manabu ''somehow'' manages to not just hang in there, but continue his university studies on top of his racing endeavours.
* PotteryBarnPoor: Manabu not only doesn't have a stable job due to being an university student, he's also in perennial debt with ''two'' maxed out credit cards to pay off and an open bankruptcy process. Somehow, he managed to buy a second [=AE86=] after wrecking his first one, and he can still afford to race on the Expressway regularly.
* SameSurnameMeansRelated: Kazuki and Asuka share the surname Nakanishi, something the latter noted upon joining Diamond Image. Although they aren't related and the shared surname is mere coincidence, this created a one-sided rivalry between the two, with Asuka wishing to battle against Kazuki to establish "the better Nakanishi".
* ShesAManInJapan: In international releases of ''Zero'', Asuka Nakanishi becomes a man called Julius Vick.
* TechnicalEuphemism: Kazuki Nakanishi's car is equipped with a "radar" that has "saved his life on several occasions" but has been "malfunctioning" lately. He's actually referring to his glasses, which helped his eyesight but have been giving him trouble due to his developing agstigmatism... that is, until later games clarify he ''also'' has a ''legitimate military radar'' installed on his car.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: For Itsuki Ōuchi, it's spring rolls. He doesn't just buy them for his teammates, as he claims he'll eat all of them by himself if no one wants any in ''Racing Battle: [=C1GP=]''

With a shared love of Nissan's S-Chassis, '''Fine Drive''' were one of the oldest teams on the C1 Loop. Prohibiting selfishness and dangerous driving, the team's members stood out for being the first to refuse to block other cars or meander aimlessly, although many noted them as "hypocritical hindrances" due to their love for drifting.

** MAX Racing also ended up as a {{Foil]] to Rolling Guy, of all teams, come ''Import Tuner Challenge''. Both have been around for countless years, closely follow one specific philosophy, and have gone through a leadership change. However, MAX Racing has retained the exact same line-up, and struggles to recruit new members due to the constant in-fighting, whereas Rolling Guy regularly replenishes its numbers. MAX Racing have been splintered in separate factions due to their differing opinions and approaches to car tuning, which crippled the team, whereas Rolling Guy are firmly united behind their [=AE86s=]. Lastly, the change in leadership has been catastrophic for MAX Racing, as no one trusts or respects Masaki, and Omohiko has done nothing to assist his successor. Rolling Guy, instead, had a few hiccups due to how the leadership changed, but it was ultimately accepted by all members, with Akira earning the others' trust and Satoru giving him and his former team help from behind the scenes.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Takaki is the Responsible Sibling to his brother Yūki's Foolish one: Takaki is a family man, relatively quiet, and always taking into consideration the needs of the others and acting accordingly, whereas Yūki is childish, self-centered, loud, and doesn't think of the consequences his actions carry beyond the immediate future. The situation is later inverted by ''Import Tuner Challenge'': Takaki, keeping secrets from his family and letting his wedding slowly sink over his street racing career, has become the Foolish sibling, whereas Yūki buckled down and started working overtime to repay his debts and make up for his mistakes, making him the more Responsible of the Waka brothers.
* ForceAndFinesse: One of the key issues behind the team's splintering: the majority of members prefer to win through raw power, whilst the Three Musketeers want toake a different approach, preferring to focus on maneuvaribility, agility and light weight.

{{Irony}}: Out of all team members, Masaki is the only to not work in a corporate environment, being a mere employee at a video rental store. By ''Import Tuner Challenge'', however, ''he'' is the one leading an entire team of managers and executives.
* MistakenForCheating: One possible interpretation of Takaki's situation in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', [[UnrelaibleNarrator as the game is far from clear about it]], is that his wife ''thinks'' he's cheating on him and the rumor mill picked up on it, but in reality he's just continuing his career as a street racer, which he hasn't told his family about.

* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - DONE; Tropes need to be rewritten, up to MAX Racing/Diamong Image, 4/20

* ThePeterPrinciple: Masaki's promotion

** Masaki
** Omohiko
* ProudToBeAGeek: Omohiko, by the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge''

Tropes regarding "Lightning Shift" Takuya Hagiwara can be found here.

* TheAllegedBoss

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

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* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - DONE; Tropes need to be rewritten, up to MAX Racing, 4/20

* BrokenAce: Masaki used to be a notable up-and-coming racer, on the constant pursuit for self-improvement and more power. However, a near-accident between the events of ''2'' and ''Zero'' almost destroyed his fighting spirit, causing him to end up overwhelmed by the fear of another accident the longer a battle drags on. By the time of ''Import Tuner Challenge'', he's finally become the leader of MAX Racing, but his psychological fragility firmly put a stop to his potential growth.
* CharacterDevelopment: Ryūta used to think, like other members of MAX Racing, that power was all that was necessary to race on the Expressway. Over time, however, he started to think differently and realized that he needed to lighten his car and focus on handling. This lead him to join up with the similar-minded Masanori, leading them and Akihiro to form the Three Musketeers.
* 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.
* CripplingOverspecialization
* 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 cars', but tendentially it matches them.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Takaki Wada is the Responsible Sibling to his brother Yūki's Foolish one. The situation is later inverted by ''Import Tuner Challenge'': Takaki, keeping secrets from his family and letting his wedding slowly sink over his street racing career, has become the Foolish sibling, whereas Yūki buckled down and started working overtime to repay his debts and make up for his mistakes, making him the more Responsible of the duo.

* 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''.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Masanori, Ryuta, Akihiro by ''Import Tuner Challenge''
* NowWhat: Masaki had been striving since the first game to reach Omohiko's levels, constantly improving himself and his car in the pursuit for more power. When the occasion came, he challenged him to a battle and defeated him to become MAX Racing's new leader... and now, he's at a complete and utter loss on what to do next. As ''Import Tuner Challenge'' was the final release in the ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' series, players aren't given an answer either.
* NumberTwo
* OddNameOut: Daisuke Iyama's street name is the only one to not contain a colour.

* PointyHairedBoss: Masaki

* TookALevelInCynic
* * WeUsedToBeFriends: MAX Racing and SS Limited were extremely close teams, what with being the only ones oriented towards sports sedan cars, and interteam friendships were not uncommon. However, according to some of the people they player can speak to in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', the two teams had an ugly falling out after the events of ''3'', to the point that they drive on separate sections of the Expressway to purposefully avoid running into one another.

** 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: Akihiro and Ryuta are growing tired of the entire shtick, claiming only Masanori cares about the name.

* Add all team members - DONE!

* Need to see if tropes for Wanderers can be split off from the rest of the team.

* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - DONE; Tropes need to be rewritten, up to SS Limited/Elegant Wild

* YouCannotKillAnIdea: As he explains in ''Street Supremacy'', Akira strongly believes in the idea of a "rolling spirit", the combination of values, passions, and against-all-odds attitudes of Rolling Guy members through-out the years. Should Rolling Guy be forced to disband upon defeat, he'll defiantly react by claiming that the end of the team is not the end of the "rolling spirit", before encouraging its now-former members to carry that very spirit onwards.

* MeaningfulName: The team is named after the "peculiar" slash-like cornering of their cars compared to other models due to their drivetrains.

* Foil: SS Limited serve as one to MAX Racing, the other all-sedan team of the first twenty. The game lampshades that both, at their base, share the same concept, both used to be extremely ambitious, both aimed for supremacy on the C1 Loop, both have sports car-hating members, and both are in near-identical situation come ''Import Tuner Challenge'': long-standing shadows of their former glory with an aging line-up and a different leader in charge from their founder. However, whereas SS Limited did manage to recruit new members -- Itō and Tsurumi -- MAX Racing has retained the exact same line-up across all games they appeared in. SS Limited members get along with one another and have a healthy relationship with their current leader, who was handpicked by the founder; MAX Racing members, instead, are split in two warring factions constantly at each other's throats, and come ''Import Tuner Challenge'' tensions are growing within them too, and their new leader, who usurped the position through "combat", isn't nearly as well respected. Lastly, SS Limited's ambition, albeit damaged, is still there, as the team moved to the New Belt Line to be more competitive; MAX Racing have been so crippled by internal conflicts they're still where they begun decades ago, on the C1 Loop.

* TookALevelInBadass:
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Had a falling out with MAX Racing between the events of ''3'' and ''Import Tuner Challenge'' according to some rumors.

* OddNameOut: Of the entire group, only Hajime Minatsuki's street name does not contain a color.
* 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.

* TheAllegedBoss
* BadBoss

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

* 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.

* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - DONE; Tropes need to be rewritten, up to Curving Edge

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Akiichirō's bio in ''Zero'' hints at a particularly troubled family life he flat-out refuses to talk about. It still has enough of an emotional impact that it's reflected in his driving, particularly his quick judgement calls and "unbelievable" mistakes, as well as his refusal to hang out with his teammates.
* TheDeterminator: Professor Taka suffers from a life-threatening illness. By all accounts, he should be doing anything other than racing at hundreds of miles per hour, but he does just that in spite of his condition.

* TheFool
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Akiichirō, in spite of being a member of Curving Edge, prefers to run by his lonesome and admire the starry night at various PAs scattered through-out Tokyo. It's particularly jarring given the close relation the rest of the team seems to enjoy, in particular the ones with Kōshō.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Highway Prince's bio in ''Zero'' states how all the money on his Integra went into body parts, losing seventy kilograms of weight in the process. A quick look at his car's tune-up will prove otherwise, as he has parts on par with some New Belt Line racers.
* GeniusDitz
* InterclassFriendship
* KindheartedSimpleton: Kosho
* Manchild: Kosho, albeit very downplayed

* TheSmartGuy: Professor Taka
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Kōshō, natch. He straight-up lost count of how much money he burned to tune up his Accord SiR on top of financing the other members of Curving Edge. This extends to his family: the Fujimas are outrageously rich, which allows him such a massive berth over spending, but they're a bit detached from the world outside that, to the point they accidentally caused Kōshō to think money grows on trees.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Kōji and Hidekazu, in spite of being on the same team, tend to constantly butt heads due to their differing philosophies -- the former putting all his focus on cornering technique, whilst the latter believes races are decided on the straights. Kōji being the second-in-command whilst Hidekazu is the newest member of the team might have an hand in this dynamic.

** 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.
** Likewise, Hajime Tsurumi and Takaki Wada openly compete with one another, yet trust each other enough to talk behind their respective teams' backs and planned to form a new team together before Hajime got married, had a kid and backed out of the idea.

* 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.

** "Originator First Star"
* ShoutOut: "Heaven's 4 Door"
* TookALevelInBadass
* WeUsedToBeFriend: Had a falling out with MAX Racing between the events of ''3'' and ''Import Tuner Challenge'' according to some rumors.

* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' - DONE; Tropes need to be rewritten.

* ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3'' - Basic tropes, one or two members for a couple of teams, 0/43; DubNameChange up to Sanjyushi

* DontThinkFeel: Contrasting Hiroshi, with whom he joined the team and relies heavily on theory, the original Rolling Guy #6, Takahashi Yoshimura, completely ''forgoed'' all theory whenever racing: instead, he drove his [=AE86=] purely from the feedback he got from his senses, alongside his instinct.

** Rolling Guy: to Rolling Dude (first game), Rolling Boy (second game), Rolling (''Zero''), Rolling Man (''Street Supremacy'')
** Downhill Guy: Downhill Burns, Downhill Dude (''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'')

** Takahashi Yoshimura: to Rod Paglia (''2''), Mark Hill, Takashi Yoshimura (''3'', ''Import Tuner Challenge), Takeshi Yoshimura (''Street Supremacy'')

* SharedFamilyQuirks: Satoru and Akira

* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Minor, but nonetheless present, as the team is almost evenly split between the more technical drivers who are more performance-minded and prefer to be dry and opportunistic to win, and flashier drifters who believe there to be no point in racing if they're not looking good and having fun. This is also reflected amongst the Kobayakawa brothers: Satoru is the more technical of the two, whilst Akira is naturally flashier but feels more compelled to emulate him. After Satoru leaves and Akira takes over the team, he gradually slips back into his natural performer style.
* TookALevelInBadass: Through-out the entire series
* TrueCompanions: The founders of the team, back when they were racing on mountain passes and Satoru was still the leader, have a very close relationship with one another, having supported each other's dreams and helped one another. When Satoru left the team and Akira had to step up, Tsutomu and Haruhiko immediately went to assist him, even though the latter wasn't overtly happy with Satoru's actions.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Punching bag of the Expressway they might be, Rolling Guy are still an incredibly skilled, long-tenured team who know the ins and outs of their cars and turfs like no one else: underestimating them is, frankly put, a very dumb idea, as Akira will let any opposing team known upon driving them back in ''Street Supremacy''.

* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Akira strongly believes in the idea of a "rolling spirit", an ensemble of the encompassing values, passions, and against-all-odds attitudes of Rolling Guy members through-out the years. If Rolling Guy is forced to disband in ''Street Supremacy'', he'll react by claiming that the end of the team is not the end of the "rolling spirit" before encouraging its now-former members to carry that spirit onwards, away from the Metropolitan Expressway.
* 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]].

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Takaaki Kainai was brought on-board by Kōshō specifically because of his "advanced driving theory", one he developed after much trial-and-error. He later begun videotaping his teammates' races, holding lessons for them over their replays. This clinical approach is what earned him the moniker of "Professor Taka" to begin with.
* CannotSpitItOut: Noriko has been crushing on Kōshō for a while, but in spite of everything, she cannot bring herself to confess her feelings towards him. It mostly boils down to her past days before she joined Curving Edge, when her former team imploded on itself due to a similar relationship.

** 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'')

** 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'')

** Hajime Tsurumi: to "Quick Start" Sam Pulman, Mark Burke

** 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

** Yōichi Watanabe: to [[BarelyChangedDubName "Sylvester" (first game, ''Street Supremacy''), "Racer V" Vinny Marcos (''2''), [[BarelyChangedDubName "Sylvester"]] Jose Arrera (''Zero''), [[BarelyChangedDubName "Sylvestre"]] (''3'')

** 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'')

** 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
* 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.

** 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

** 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'')

** 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

** 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

** 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

** Kiyoshi Onizuka: to "Requiem" Tom Mahoney, "Requiem" Wolfgang Bell, Seiji Onizuka (''3''), "Wolves' Requiem" Kiyoshi Onitsuka (''Street Supremacy'')
** 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

** Toshitsugu Kūonji: to "Force Rider" William Thompson, "Turning Artist" Alex Thompson, Toshiji Kunoji (''3''), Toshitsuki Soraotera (''Street Supremacy'')
** 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'')

** 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

** 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'')

* FriendlyRIval: Ryoko Honma is this to Daisuke Okawara, being described as "fighting friends

* 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.
* 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.
* LegacyCharacter: The street names: for simplicity's sake, the page lists the team's members by the first street name they received.
* NumberTwo: Whoever ends up with the street name of Rolling Guy #2
* RevolvingDoorBand: Not as egregious as some other teams, but still present: of the original five members, only three remain, whilst Kido was only around for a cup of coffee in ''3'' and ''Street Supremacy'''s continuity.

* SupportPartyMember: Invariably the role Rolling Guy #2 ends up taking for the leader

* TrueCompanions: The founders of the team, back when they were racing on mountain passes and Satory was still the leader, have a very close relationship with one another, having supported each other's dreams and helped one another. When Satoru left the team and Akira had to step up, Tsutomu and Haruhiko immediately went to assist him, even though the latter wasn't overtly happy with Satoru's actions.

One of the two first teams the players will face on the C1 Loop Outer, Curving Edge is exclusively made up of Honda drivers financed by their leader, wealthy scion "Highway Prince" Kōshō Fujima.

!!!'''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'')

* AFatherToHisMen: 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 improve and prosper, in spite of their limited means.
* AllegedlyDateless: Haruhiko is found complaining about his miserable romantic luck in ''Import Tuner Challenge'': in the same game, he gets two dates with two racers who are heavily wanted by the others.
* AloofLeaderAffableSubordinate: Not at first, when the team was first founded, as he was heavily involved, 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.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Rolling Guy #5, as a graduate student in engineering, is easily the most knowledgeable member of the team, capable of adapting to any course or condition by falling back on his theorical studies and applying them to each and every situation. It's said he has found the "perfect line" on the C1 Loop through countless trials, but that he can't use it proficiently due to his car's weaknesses.
* 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. Talking to him after defeating him in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' shows he's atleast somewhat aware of this.
* 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.
* 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.

* DoNotCallMePaul: Mamoru Mitsuike is puzzled by Rolling Guy's naming convention, to say the least. Although he doesn't outwardly express it, he really wishes everyone else referred to him by his original Nagoya street name of Torn Asunder Heartbeat.
* DontThinkFeel: In contrast to Hiroshi, alongside whom he joined the team, Rolling Guy #6 forgoes all theory and drives his car purely on instinct and feeling.