Fifth Stage - Act 9

Grim Reaper (死神, Shinigami) is the ninth Act of Initial D Fifth Stage.

This episode features the first part of the battle between Ryosuke Takahashi and Rin Hojo.

Synopsis
The destined battle between Ryosuke and Rin 'Grim Reaper' Hojo has begun, over a girl named Kaori. As the race progresses on, the story of Ryosuke, Hojo and Kaori is revealed. And as Ikeda of Spiral Zero spectates the race from behind, it's obvious that this race of fate has quickly risen well beyond dangerous.

Airdates

 * Animax: March 8, 2013

Characters (in order of appearance)

 * 1) Rin Hojo
 * 2) Ryosuke Takahashi
 * 3) Keisuke Takahashi
 * 4) Kenta Nakamura
 * 5) Fumihiro
 * 6) Shuichi Matsumoto
 * 7) Itsuki Takeuchi
 * 8) Koichiro Iketani
 * 9) Kenji
 * 10) Takumi Fujiwara
 * 11) Mika Uehara
 * 12) Kaori (Flashback)
 * 13) Junichi Sakamoto
 * 14) Ryuji Ikeda

Cars

 * 1) Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (BNR32)
 * 2) Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 ∞ III (FC3S)
 * 3) Nissan Fairlady Z Version S (Z33)

Music

 * 1) Raise Up - M.o.v.e
 * 2) The Race Of The Night - Dave Rodgers
 * 3) 夕愁想花 - M.o.v.e

Notes & Trivia

 * It is one of the six episodes to lack Takumi Fujiwara's Toyota AE86.