Initial D Merchandise

This page contains a list of Initial D Merchandise. The series has received a sizable amount of merchandise in the over 25 years since its first release, most of which being released exclusively in Japan. Due to the age of the products, the sheer abundance of them, and the regional exclusivity, this page likely to be missing many products. The Initial D Wiki would appreciate users' help if they happen to know of any products that are not listed.

Albums
See Initial D Albums

Initial D Official Guidebook Dori Dori Driver's Text
『頭文字D 公式ガイドブック ドリドリドライバーズテキスト』(“Inisharu D kōshiki gaidobukku doridoridoraibāzutekisuto”) was a guidebook for the series released on August 6th 1996. Dori is a shortening of Dorifuto, the Japanese word for drifting, so the title roughly reads "Drift Driver's Text".

Initial D Official Guidebook Dori Dori Driver's Text 2
『頭文字D 公式ガイドブック ドリドリドライバーズテキスト2』(“Inisharu D kōshiki gaidobukku doridoridoraibāzutekisuto 2”) was a guidebook for the series released on June 27th 1997. Same as with the previous volume, Dori is a shortening of Dorifuto, the Japanese word for drifting, so the title roughly reads "Drift Driver's Text".

Initial D Paper Craft Book
『頭文字D ペーパークラフトBook』(“Inisharu D pēpākurafuto bukku”) was a papercraft book based on the series released on August 5th 1997. The book contained several sheets of printed paper that could be cut and folded into the shape of cars from the series.

Initial D Takumi Legend
『頭文字D 拓海伝説』(“Inisharu D Takumi densetsu”) was a guidebook for the series released on November 20th 1998. The book contains two interviews with Shuichi Shigeno.

Initial D Paper Craft Book SPECIAL VERSION
『頭文字D ペーパークラフトBook SPECIAL VERSION』(“Inisharu D pēpākurafuto bukku SPECIAL bājon”) was a papercraft book based on the series released on July 19th 1999. The book contained several sheets of printed paper that could be cut and folded into the shape of cars from the series.

Initial D Takumi's Super Driving Technique 77
『頭文字D 拓海のスーパードラテク77』(“Inisharu D Takumi no sūpādorateku 77”) was a guidebook for the series released on August 20th 1999.

Initial D My Drive Note
『頭文字D My Drive Note』(“Inisharu D My Drive Note”) was a car diary for the series released on April 19th 2000. As the name suggests, it consist of a daily diary and notes section for you and your car, allowing you to log distance travelled and such.

Initial D Art Book
『頭文字D 画集』(“Inisharu D gashū”) was an art book for the series released on July 25th 2001. It contains a lot of artwork from the series, as well as a long interview with Shuichi Shigeno. A special edition was released that came in a larger box containing a copy of the book, several stickers, two figures, one of Ryosuke Takahashi and the other of Keisuke Takahashi, and a small Tomica model of Takumi's AE86.

Initial D Project D Legend
『頭文字D プロジェクトD伝説』(“Inisharu D purojekuto D densetsu”) was a guidebook for the series released on March 5th 2004.

Initial D THE MOVIE Official Visual Book
『頭文字D THE MOVIE 公式ビジュアルBOOK』(“Inisharu D THE mūbī kōshiki bijuaru BOOK”) was a guidebook for the 2005 live action Initial D film released on September 12th 2005. The book features a comparison between the film and the original manga, several interviews with the stars of the film (Jay Chou, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue and Anthony Wong) as well as special interviews with Shuichi Shigeno and Hideki Tanabe.

ANIMATION Initial D ALL ABOUT THE BATTLE
『ANIMATION 頭文字D ALL ABOUT THE BATTLE』(“Animēshon Inisharu D ōru ABOUT THE BATTLE”) was a guidebook for Initial D Fourth Stage released on August 4th 2006. It includes descriptions of all of the battles in Fourth Stage, as well as information about the cars.

Initial D -THE MESSAGE-
『頭文字D -THE MESSAGE-』(“Inisharu D - THE MESSAGE - ”) was a guidebook for the series released on July 6th 2009

Initial D Trajectory Challenge Note
『頭文字Dの軌跡 挑戦の記』(“Inisharu D no kiseki chōsen no ki”) was a guidebook for the series released on August 6th 2014. This book contains both parts of Extra Chapter: Sentimental White.

Initial D Trajectory Sprinting Note
『頭文字Dの軌跡 疾走の記』“Inisharu D no kiseki shissō no ki” was a guidebook for the series released on May 23rd 2015. This book contains all three parts of Extra Chapter: Green Departure.

Aime Cards
Aime (アイミー) is an Japanese arcade system run by SEGA. Aime cards allow players to save their data, as well as allowing prepayment, by topping up the card with money. Initial D Arcade Stage Zero and Initial D The Arcade both use Aime cards, replacing the previous card systems used on the earlier games. There have been several unique Aime cards for these games, with designs based on the series.

Fujiwara Tofu Store
See CaDA C61031W Fujiwara Tofu Store

Initial D X Shibukawa
As part of the series' 25th Anniversary event in 2020, they collaborated with the city of Shibukawa, Gunma, where a lot of the early series is set. The city ran several promotions, a majority of which featured art by the artist Yokoyama-ai. Due to the success of the promotion it was extended past the 25th anniversary and continued into 2021.

Promotions included a digital stamp rally, manhole covers with Initial D themed designs and Initial D themed bus liveries,

Oginoya
In collaboration with Initial D, Oginoya has released several Initial D themed designs for their "Touge no Kamameshi" bowls, with paper lids featuring designs from the series. A majority of these designs feature Mako Sato, as she and Koichiro Iketani met for the first time near a Kamameshi billboard.

SurLuster
SurLuster released a series of Initial D themed spray car coatings.