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Hoshino is on his fourth GT-R. He has driven 32, 33, then back to the 32. Now he's on the 34.
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Character Debuts
Toshiya Joushima goes by God Hand and drives the blue Honda S2000 type-V. He has the wavy hair and the yellow square framed glasses.
Kouzou Hoshino goes by God Foot and drives the tan Nissan Skyline GT-R R34. He has a moustache and the larger build.
Joushima and Hoshino are the senior members of the Purple Shadow Group in Ibaraki.
License Plate Numbers
Joushima's Honda: Tsuchiura 35 71-109
Hoshino's GT-R: Tsuchiura 39 38-274
Tsuchiura is in the Ibaraki Prefecture
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License Plate Numbers
Lan EVO V - Kumagaya 30 12-159
Lan EVO VI - Kumagaya 36 86-502
Gunma 36 46-491
Kumagaya is a city in the Saitama Prefecture
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Right after the big hug, there's a scene in front of the convenience store where it looked like Iketani and Kenji are standing next to Itsuki while he's squatting by the ground sulking, but then it cuts to a scene where they are still hiding behind the wall. It's actually some other group of guys, as Kenji was wearing a brown jacket with blue jeans while the guy was wearing a brown shirt and brown pants. Iketani was wearing a blue t-shirt and jeans like the other guy.
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License Plates
Cappucino Trueno : Kumagaya 71 35-218
The license plate has a background yellow color to designate lightweight status.
Kumagaya is a city in the Saitama Prefecture.
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Nobuhiko and Wataru are cousins.
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License Plate Numbers
Wataru's Eight Six Levin: 56 73-212
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Manga Corollary: Volume 22
Chapter 266, The Prince Who Rode the Rotary (Part 2) - second half
Chapter 267, Love So Soft
Chapter 268, Together Again
Chapter 269, Pre-Battle Jitters
Chapter 270, A Prince in the End
Chapter 271, FD vs. FD
Chapter 272, Driven by Love
Manga Corollary: Volume 23
Chapter 273, Elimination Heats
Chapter 274, Elimination Heats (Part 2)
Chapter 275, One Turbine or Two?
Chapter 276, White-Hot Rendezvous
Chapter 277, White-Hot Rendezvous (Part 2)
Chapter 278, The Glittering Genius
Chapter 279, The Glittering Genius (Part 2)
Chapter 280, A Painful Conclusion
The manga version of Kyoko touching Keisuke's FD is a bit more fan-servicey.
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License Plate Numbers
WRX Impreza: Gunma 52 13-600
Iketani's S-15: Gunma 56 51-745
Itsuki's Eight-Five: Gunma 56 11-009
S-15 Guy from Tokyo: Tama 55 34-628
Tama is one of the regions in the Tokyo Prefecture.
Kyoko's FD: Kumagaya 39 54-369
Kumagaya is a city in the Saitama Prefecture
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License Plate Numbers
Tomoyuki Tachi's EK-9: Utsunomiya 57 10-547
Utsunomiya is the capital city of the Tochigi Prefecture.
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Character debuts: Toudou Racing School
Daiki Ninomiya (VA: Toshiyuki Morikawa) – One of the starring students of the Toudou racing school. He drives a Honda Civic Type R EK-9. His specialty is the downhill and using the braking drift technique.
Smiley Sakai (VA: Akimitsu Takase) – Another starring student from Toudou. He drives the Acura Integra Type R with a Turbo and specializes in uphill racing.
Tomoyuki Tachi (VA: Kazuhiro Nakata) – A pro-racer and graduate of the Toudou racing school. He also has a Honda Civic Type R EK-9.
Alternative spellings: Todo, Todou
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License Plate Numbers
Daiki Ninomiya 50 56-838
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License Plate Numbers
Takumi (eight-six): 55 13-954
Ryosuke: 58 13-137
Keisuke: 37 63-887
Itsuki: 56 11-009
Bunta (blue car): 52 13-600
Minivan: 79-464?
Tohru: 55 86-596
Atsuro: 34 22-936
Shinichi (black car): 57 14-036
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Character debuts:
Hiroshi Fumihiro (VA: Osamu Hosoi) – Ryosuke's assistant and coordinator for the Project D team. He interacts with the challenging teams to set up races and negotiate rules.
Shuichi Matsumoto (VA: Rintarou Nishi) – Takumi's mechanic for the Project D team.
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License Plate Numbers
Impact Blue: Gunma 57 78-547
Iketani: Gunma 58 51-745
Racers: Gunma 34 32-801
Kenji: Gunma 11-305
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Although the timeline isn't made clear how many years have passed, Iketani and Mako have both managed to get cell phones now.
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Iketani starts shouting like Kouzou Hoshino in the Fourth Stage when he makes a turn.
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The time frame for this episode starts six months after Takumi started racing, and spans through to the end of high school and the start of their lives in the Spring.
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At the conclusion of the episode is a brief message inviting people to see the movie.
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Mako wears New Balance sneakers.