Koichi Hiramoto

"I'll transform this machine into a real dragon. A dragon that can even fight the Devil Z."

―Koichi Hiramoto

Koichi Hiramoto
Kanji	平本洸一
Rōmaji	Hiramoto Koichi
Age	20 - 23
Drives	Skyline GT-R BNR32
Occupation(s)	Mechanic (Green Auto Garage before moving)
Portrayed by	Daisuke Namikawa
Media appearances
Manga debut	Volume 3 Series 9 "Mechanic 1"
Anime debut	Ep. 7 "The Charmed Ones"
Arcade debut	Wangan Midnight R
Game debut	Wangan Midnight (PS2)

Koichi Hiramoto (平本 洸一 Hiramoto Koichi^?) is a hardworking man in the Green Auto Shop for 15 years who often races on the Wangan with his friend Harada until one day, the two encountered Reina's gray GT-R (white in the anime) which makes Hiramoto decide to get his own, despite his promise to his pregnant wife Megumi that he had put his racing days behind him. When she learns of his decision, she leaves him to go live with her parents because it is better than wondering every night if he'll even come home. After extensive tuning of his GT-R, he challenges both the Devil Z and Blackbird. They run a long race, neck and neck the whole time. Hiramoto encounters one chance to pull ahead at the risk of his own life, but instead pulls back and drops out, realizing that there are more important things to live for. He then sells the car, officially giving up racing and returning to his wife who by then had given birth to their child.

Car

• Nissan Skyline GT-R (BNR32)

Gallery

Anime

Koichi Hiramoto in Wangan Midnight anime

Koichi Hiramoto's Skyline GT-R (R32)

Video Games

Kouichi Hiramato (WMMT)

WMMT Kouichi Hiramoto Rear View

WMMT Kouichi Hiramoto Front View

Leitmotif

• Like Hell (Wangan Midnight anime)
• Hiramoto's Theme (Wangan Midnight R)
• Stream of Tears (Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune/Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2)
• Wanna Try One Last Time (Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3/3DX/3DX+)
• Never Throw Away (Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4)
• Risky Guy (Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5/5DX/5DX+)
• Endless Run (Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6/6 R/6 RR)