When Keisuke Takahashi of the infamous RedSuns racing team accidentally witnesses normal, everyday tofu delivery boy Takumi Fujiwara's, expert drift technique, Takumi's life shifts into high gear. Keisuke challenges him to a racing battle and the race results in Takumi plunging headlights first into the white-knuckle, adrenaline rushing world of underground mountain-pass street racing.

With his incredible techniques and top notch AE Eight-Six, Takumi blows the competition away battle after battle. As the word rapidly spreads about a new racer beating out the best drivers and cars that drift racing has to offer, one by one, new challengers quickly step out to battle him. Yet, time and time again, Takumi proves himself to be a force to be reckoned with. Can Takumi be the best? Before "Fast & the Furious" there was Initial D! Initial D introduced the mainstream West to drifting and Japanese hot rods. Shuichi Shigeno is the writer & illustrator of this still-running manga. 39 tankoubon have been released so far, with book # 40 due out in December 2009. This series is published in Japan by Kodansha and in America by Tokyopop.

A live-action Initial D movie has also been produced. The movie has some major changes compared to the original story.

There have also been numerous Initial D video games.
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