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"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 purpose of taking the best drivers in the Gunma Area (Takumi Fujiwara and Keisuke Takahashi), and traveling to challenge other teams in various prefectures. While he vocalizes the purpose of Project D to establish a legend, it is apparent that the primary reason of D is to develop 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 is different from the other mountain racing teams as it has a highly technical regimen and a support team of technicians, who are mostly 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, being the only member of the RedSuns other than the Takahashi brothers and Fumihiro seen in earlier stages, is part of the Project D support staff; he usually scouts the course before the team and provides the video recording that the drivers use to study the course and is more or less a gofer for Keisuke and occasionally drives one of the support vans.

Members[]

Name Car Section
Takumi Fujiwara Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX (AE86) Downhill driver
Keisuke Takahashi Mazda ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S) Uphill 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)[1] Scout
Shuichi Matsumoto Mazda Bongo Mechanic for Takumi
Tomiguchi Mazda Bongo Mechanic for Keisuke

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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.

Navigation[]

Initial D Characters
Project D Takumi FujiwaraKeisuke TakahashiRyosuke Takahashi
Akina SpeedStars Koichiro IketaniKenjiItsuki Takeuchi
Akagi RedSuns Kenta NakamuraKeisuke TakahashiRyosuke Takahashi
Myogi NightKids MiyaharaTakeshi NakazatoShingo Shoji
Impact Blue Mako SatoSayuki
Emperor Seiji IwakiRen NogamiSatakeKyoichi Sudo
Seven Star Leaf Atsuro KawaiShinichiToru Suetsugu
The Todo School Daiki NinomiyaSmiley SakaiTomoyuki TachiTodo
Northern Saitama Alliance Nobuhiko AkiyamaWataru AkiyamaKyoko IwaseSakamoto
Tsuchisaka Lan Evo Team/
Men in Evos
Aikawa/Man in Lan Evo V/Kuro WaruIchijo/Man in Lan Evo VI/Shiro Waru
Purple Shadow Kozo HoshinoDr. Toshiya Joshima
Team 246 Satoshi OmiyaKobayakawa
R.T. Katagiri S.V. Kai KogashiwaHideo Minagawa
Team Spiral Ryuji IkedaJunichi SakamotoHiroya Okuyama
Sidewinder Go HojoRin HojoShinji Inui
Other Characters Kazumi AkiyamaKazumi's Ex-BoyfriendThe Altezza GuysFake Project DFormer Bosozoku LeaderBunta FujiwaraFumihiroMrs. IketaniItsuki's ParentsMrs. InuiKaoriKaori's FatherKen KogashiwaEiji KuboKyoko's FriendShuichi MatsumotoMikiNatsuki MogiNaoOld ManPapaShiraishiMasashi SuzukiYuichi TachibanaTomiguchiTomokoTsugumiTsukamotoTwo Guys From TokyoMika Uehara
Non-Manga MamoruKatsuragi MikaSaoriShigeruEikichi Shimamura

References[]

  1. Kenta uses his S14 to scout the courses Project D will race on as stated in Chapter 209
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