Fifth Stage - Act 12

Brothers (ブラザーズ, Burazāzu) is the twelfth Act of Initial D: Fifth Stage.

This episode features the first part of the battle between Keisuke Takahashi and Go Hojo.

Synopsis
The final battles for Project D are here, and it all starts with the uphill battle between Keisuke's FD and Go Hojo's NSX. But as Rin understands, there is a fundamental difference between his younger brother and Keisuke, one that might determine this race.

Airdates

 * Animax: April 12, 2013

Characters (in order of appearance)

 * 1) Itsuki Takeuchi
 * 2) Kenji
 * 3) Koichiro Iketani
 * 4) Shingo Shoji
 * 5) Takeshi Nakazato
 * 6) Keisuke Takahashi
 * 7) Takumi Fujiwara
 * 8) Sayuki
 * 9) Mako Sato
 * 10) Ryosuke Takahashi
 * 11) Hiroshi Fumihiro
 * 12) Mrs. Inui
 * 13) Shinji Inui
 * 14) Go Hojo
 * 15) Eiji Kubo
 * 16) Rin Hojo
 * 17) Ryuji Ikeda
 * 18) Kai Kogashiwa
 * 19) Hideo Minagawa
 * 20) Sakamoto
 * 21) Nobuhiko Akiyama
 * 22) Wataru Akiyama
 * 23) Kobayakawa
 * 24) Satoshi Omiya
 * 25) Shuichi Matsumoto

Cars

 * 1) Honda NSX (NA1)
 * 2) Mazda efini RX-7 Type R (FD3S)
 * 3) Toyota Sprinter Trueno 2door GT-APEX (AE86)

Music

 * 1) Raise Up - M.o.v.e
 * 2) Rain - Mistika
 * 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.