Yuichi Tachibana

Yuichi Tachibana (立花 祐一 Tachibana Yūichi, "Boss") is the owner of the gas station that Takumi Fujiwara and his friends worked in. An old friend of Bunta Fujiwara's and a racer in his youth, Yuichi acts like a father figure to the Akina SpeedStars.

His 1994 Toyota Camry (V40) appears in the first episode of Initial D First Stage while Takumi (assumed to be Bunta by Yuichi) passes Yuichi on a downhill run in Akina.

Yuichi is absent from Fifth Stage, though he later appears in Final Stage.

Profile

 * His secret : He was not a good driver, and he was never fast.
 * Like : The young generation of racers
 * Dislike : The SUV fad, being called "Grease Monkey"

Trivia
He is the first person to have a dialogue in the anime. He was driving uphill at night when Takumi (not known to Yuichi that it was him, thinking it was Bunta driving) passes Yuichi and he remarks that "he hasn't changed".