Hakone Thunder Soldiers

The Hakone Thunder Soldiers are a team appearing in the CD Drama: Kuroi Inazuma (Black Lightning). They are led by Eikichi Shimamura and only known to drive R32 GT-Rs. Their home course is said to be Hakone, however which course is never specified.

History
When Impact Blue finally convince Nakazato and Shingo to come with them so that Nakazato can finally take his revenge on the White R32 as a part of him losing to Shimura earlier, they went to Hakone and spotted a pack of R32 Skylines. Nakazato eagerly shouted to find out Eikichi, and when Eikichi was confronted with, he started to make fun off Nakazato, which then led to Impact Blue almost starting a battle between them as Eikichi made fun of the female drivers they had with. Before the battle between Nakazato and Shimura, Shimura stated that the rule of the battle that if Nakazato loses to him this time, then he has to get rid of his R32, something which Nakazato agrees with.

During their rematch, the race starts with Shimamura taking the lead into the first corner. Nakazato saves his tires in flashback of how he lost to the AE86. Shimamura does the opposite, using all of his tire's full potential, thus he starts understeering. Nakazato, saving his tires, notices that, and passes Shimamura.

When Nakazato finally confronts Shimamura afterwards, he and the entire team start to insult him with Shingo, Mako and Sayuki. In retaliation, Sayuki calls them toddlers, pissing him and the entire team off. After the race where Shimamura lost, the entire team expresses disappointment in Shimamura.

Trivia

 * They hail from the Kanagawa prefecture, just like the Four Lines of Defense that Project D eventually faced.