HOMETakumi Fujiwara
18 years old, Takumi Fujiwara (ÌÙÔÍغ£ Fujiwara Takumi),
known as "Tak" in the English adaptations, is the son of Bunta Fujiwara, the
owner of a tofu shop in his hometown Akina. He rarely shows emotion. His best
friend is Itsuki Takeuchi, who is a racing fan.
Takumi works part-time at a gas station with Itsuki, along with Iketani,
who is a member of the local racing team, the Akina Speed Stars. In the
first few episodes both Itsuki and Iketani think that Takumi has no driving
ability because of Takumi's total disinterest in cars and racing.
The only one who suspects that Takumi has an advanced driving technique
is the owner of the gas station, Yuuichi, as seen in the episode where
Takumi discusses drifting technique with Itsuki and Iketani. In fact, Takumi
has far more experience on the touge than Iketani and Itsuki, as Takumi has
been driving his father's AE86 Trueno for five years (since he was 12 in his
first year of junior high school, 7th grade), delivering tofu to a hotel at 4:00 A.M.
every day. Takumi has been manipulated subtly by Bunta into developing driving skills,
without being fully aware of Bunta's intent.
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