Takumi Fujiwara vs Seiji Iwaki

The battle between Takumi Fujiwara and Seiji Iwaki is the sixteenth battle of Initial D.

Prior to the Battle
Seiji brushes off Itsuki about the legend of the Eight-Six during their first encounter. After Kyoichi hears about Ryosuke's defeat, they reconsider racing the Eight-Six before he races Ryosuke. Takeshi Nakazato is defeated by Seiji before Emperor invades Akina. At the starting line, Seiji was ordered by Kyoichi to do Simulation 3 (i.e. draft your opponent to exploit their weakness, and overtake when you're close to the finish line). The race starts in a handicap style where the racer with a less powerful car starts first, with the faster car following.

During the Battle
Takumi leads at first, but Seiji is frustrated that he has to draft the Eight-Six at such a low speed. Seiji loses patience and disobeys Kyoichi by overtaking Takumi, launching his Evo IV to full power. Takumi can barely keep up after encountering a much faster and more powerful car. Seiji unsuccessfully tries to pull away from Takumi and stresses his front tires. Takumi initially tries the normal version of the gutter run with Seiji, but this does not succeed in closing the gap. He then remembers the type of gutter technique he tried in his battle with Ryosuke, which helped him to catch up with Seiji before the final corners. At the final corner, Keisuke, Kenta and Fumihiro were watching the battle unfold. Earlier, the latter two could not imagine a situation where Takumi would win against an Evo IV, but Keisuke kept his hopes high (so that he could be the only one to defeat Takumi later on). As both cars neared the final corner, Takumi once again used the gutter run, coming next to Seiji's Evo, shocking the RedSuns members, with Keisuke realizing Takumi had already won the match. Seiji looked behind and was perplexed where the Eight-Six went, but was shocked to find out he took the inside of the corner. Out of grip from the tyre wear he suffered, Seiji understeers away from the final corner, giving Takumi the lead, winning him the match.

After the Battle
Team Emperor's Gunma sweep came to an end, and Kyoichi slaps Seiji for his disobedience. Kyoichi then had to take care of the Eight-Six himself before racing Ryosuke. Takumi, in his heart, couldn't accept victory and vowed not to race in Akina again.

Second Stage

 * 100 - Dave Rodgers
 * Mikado - Dave McLoud
 * I Love You Like You Are - Valentina
 * Make My Day - Derreck Simons
 * Take My Soul - Mickey B.

Battle Stage

 * Love Killer - Nando

Fastest Typing in Kanto Project

 * Mikado - Dave McLoud

Special Stage

 * Grand Prix - Mega NRG Man

Trivia

 * In the manga, this was the first time Takumi tries out the exit oriented gutter run. But in the anime, they show Takumi using it first in his battle against Ryosuke.