Project D

This article is about the racing team. You may be looking for the Fourth Stage episode of the same name.

Project D
Kanji	プロジェクトD
Romanji	Purojekuto Dī
Leader	Ryosuke Takahashi

"No matter who our opponent is, we won't back down"

―Ryosuke Takahashi

Project D (プロジェクトD Purojekuto Dī, Stylized as PROJECT.D) was a racing team created by Ryosuke Takahashi with the express purpose of taking the best drivers of the Gunma Area (Takumi Fujiwara and Keisuke Takahashi) to challenge other teams in various prefectures. Although Ryosuke expresses that his purpose of Project D is to establish a legendary, undefeated road team, it is apparent that he intends on the project to develop and foster the skills of its drivers to a new and extraordinary level. Ryosuke points out before the formation of Project D that he has only one year left to realize his dream. After Project D's final races, Ryosuke reveals that the initial "D" stands for "Dream".

Project D differs drastically from other mountain racing teams, consisting of a highly technical training regimen and a support team of technicians (most of whom are former members of the Akagi RedSuns). Each car has a dedicated mechanic (Shuichi Matsumoto for the AE86, Tomiguchi for the FD3S), as well as other support personnel. Kenta Nakamura, the only former member of the RedSuns other than the Takahashi brothers and Fumihiro, is part of the Project D support staff, scouting and filming the course before the team arrives to assist with the drivers' preparation.

Members

Name	Car	Section
Takumi Fujiwara	Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX (AE86)	Downhill Ace Driver
Keisuke Takahashi	Mazda ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S)	Uphill Ace Driver
Ryosuke Takahashi	Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 Infini III (FC3S)	Team manager
Fumihiro	Mazda Bongo	Second in command/organizer
Kenta Nakamura	Mazda Bongo/Nissan Silvia Q's (S14)	Scout
Shuichi Matsumoto	Mazda Bongo	Mechanic for Takumi
Tomiguchi	Mazda Bongo	Mechanic for Keisuke

Gallery

Team's website

Project D's Mazda Bongo

Arcade Stage Song

• Irohazaka: Station To Station - Derreck Simons (Arcade Stage Ver. 2 and Special Stage)
• Tsuchisaka: Fight For Love Tonight - Ace Warrior (Arcade Stage Ver.3 and Street Stage)
• Tsukuba: Rider Of The Sky - Ace (Arcade Stage 4 and Extreme Stage)
• Nagao: Fighting! - Cody (Arcade Stage 5)
• Tsubaki Line: Mad Desire - Stephy Martini (Arcade Stage 6 AA)
• The Top - Ken Blast (Arcade Stage 7 AAX)
• I Just Wanna Stay With You - Dream Fighters (Arcade Stage 8 Infinity)

Trivia

• In Act 1 of Fourth Stage, the URL address of their website is given as "www.project.d".
• Also in the same episode, one of Project D's first battles are against a red Silvia S15 for the uphill (similar to the traffic S15) and a black 180SX for the downhill (fairly similar to Shinichi's 180SX).
• Though Ryosuke mentioned conquering all of the Kanto Plain as being his end goal, the Tokyo and Chiba prefectures are not visited by Project D.
• In the 2005 live action film, it is mentioned at the end that Ryosuke is planning to create an expedition team, implied to be Project D. The line-up of the team would likely be Ryosuke and Takumi, as Keisuke doesn't exist.
• Project D is mentioned on several occasions in MF Ghost.