Atsuro Kawai

Atsuro Kawai (川井 淳郎 Kawai Atsurō, known as Junro Kawai in the Tokyopop version) is the hillclimb racer and the leader of the Tochigi-based Seven Star Leaf. He seems to be a decent enough driver, again favouring the grip racing techniques, but his mastery of it is incomparable to that of Takeshi Nakazato. His car is powered up to 400 hp.

Atsuro races against Keisuke Takahashi during Project D's first expedition in Tochigi.