What prefecture is Takumi from?

Takumi Uesato (上里 琢文, Uesato Takumi, born 29 April 1990 in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese football player who currently plays beach soccer for Tokyo Verdy.

What city does Takumi Fujiwara live in?

The town where Takumi Fujiwara lives and the tofu shop his family runs are also based on actual locations. The store, originally called 'Fujinoya Tofu Shop' was located in the town of Shibukawa, just a short distance away from the Yokota Museum.

What city does Initial D take place in?

The story is centered on the prefecture of Gunma, more specifically on several mountains in the Kantō region and in their surrounding cities and towns. Although some of the names of the locations the characters race in have been fictionalized, all of the locations in the series are based on actual locations in Japan.

What race is Usui?

9 His Ethnic Background

Takumi is mostly Japanese, having come from a Japanese mother. But his father is actually part British and is a part of a noble family in Britain. This makes Takumi 1/4 British in his genetic makeup. He doesn't really do much with this background, since he lives in Japan.

Is Akina pass a real place?

The mountain was made famous in the manga series Initial D under the fictional name Akina (秋名), where the main character, Takumi Fujiwara, delivers tofu every day to a hotel uphill, and back down using his father's (eventually gained full ownership) highly modified Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86).

In Search of Takumi, Episode One: Leather

What does Project D stand for?

In Final Stage, it is revealed that the D stands for "Dream". Project D is different from the other mountain racing teams as it has a highly technical regimen and a support team of technicians, who are mostly members of the Akagi RedSuns.

What happened to Takumi's AE86 after Initial D?

Takumi is never shown in the series, but his story is told though exposition by other characters. After Initial D ended, Takumi fulfilled his dream of becoming a professional race driver. At age 20, he moved from Mt Akina in Gunma Prefecture to the UK to drive in the British National Rally Championship.

Why is the Initial D movie in Cantonese?

Jay Chou is more fluent in Mandarin than Cantonese, so his voice was dubbed over in the latter language. Anne Suzuki's voice is also dubbed in Cantonese. The Japanese version uses a Japanese dub. Original casting calls had Edison Chen as Takumi (before he was finally cast as Ryousuke) and director Andrew Lau as Bunta.

Is Initial D kid friendly?

Based on a popular Japanese comic-book series, Initial D is a slick but silly affair unlikely to appeal to anyone over the age of 15.

Who invented drifting?

The famous motorcyclist turned driver, Kunimitsu Takahashi, is widely regarded as the foremost creator of drifting techniques in the 1970s. Takahashi is a former professional motorcycle and car racing driver and was in fact the first Japanese racer to win a motorcycle Grand prix, back in Germany in 1961.

Is Initial D Chinese or Japanese?

Initial D is a 2005 Hong Kong action film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It is a film adaptation of the Japanese Initial D manga series, with elements combined from the first, second, and third stages. The main character, Takumi Fujiwara, is portrayed by Jay Chou in his film acting debut.

What is Mt Akina based on?

Haruna was chosen as the mountain on which to base the fictional Mount Akina (秋名山) in the popular manga and anime, Initial D (頭文字D).

Is Initial D True story?

The acclaimed manga TV series Initial D, which ran throughout the 1990s tells the story of a Japanese delivery driver who serves up Tofu in the day, and races across mountain passes by night, is said to be loosely based on Keiichi Tsuchiya's life.

Is Ryosuke a doctor?

Currently, he is enrolled in college studying medicine, and planning to become a doctor to work at his father's clinic. Before retiring from street racing, and with only one year of racing left, he estimates, and assembles a new team (named Project D) aimed at capturing all of the records in Japan.

Where is Project D based?

Project Doughnut, know as Project D, is an artisan doughnut bakery based in the Midlands, currently supplying doughnuts and coffee to the public from their two kiosks in Derby and Burton upon Trent.

Is bunta better than Takumi?

the point here being that comparing the skill level of Godhand and Takumi and the result of the race, it is likely that Bunta would win, most-likely by not letting God hand over take him the same way he overtook Takumi.

Where is the mountain in Initial D?

Mount Akagi (赤城山 Akagi-yama) is a mountain in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

What is Usui Takumi's background?

Background. Takumi as an infant Takumi was born on April 27, as the illegitimate child of Patricia Walker, an English-Japanese lady, and her personal butler Yū Hirose‎. Patricia was already married and had a son with her husband, but she fell in love with her butler.

Is Misaki a boy?

Appearance. Misaki is young girl with an average height and figure.

When did Usui start liking Misaki?

In chapter 32, Usui confesses to Misaki during the school's firework festival and they share a kiss, though the relationship does not become formalized until Misaki herself confesses her love to him in chapter 57.