- "Tuning a car is just like a drug addiction, you just can't stop!"
- ―Kouichi Kijima
Kouichi Kijima (城島 洸一, Kijima Kōichi) is a car enthusiast and writer for numerous famous car publications, also a TV personality, as such, he knows many prominent people. He is Reina's co-host for their motoring show Drive Go Go. He's experienced a tremendous variety of vehicles in his career and knows how to get the most out of each one. Once known as the "Big Mouth Slugger" back in the day, he was both a tuner and a driver who set records at the Tsukuba circuit along with his fellow tuners Ko Tominaga and Machida. Their shop, ZERO, created the legendary FC, which after 5 years of leaving the scene, is restored to its former glory and challenged the Devil Z and Blackbird, which ends in Kijima retiring from the race.
Car[]
- Mazda RX-7 GT-X (FC3S)/GT-Limited "Legendary FC" (FC3S)
- Mazda RX-7 Type R (FD3S) (Maximum Tune 3-3DX+ only)
- Gemballa 3.8RS (Maximum Tune 2-3DX+ Japan only)/Mazda RX-8 (Maximum Tune 2-3DX+ English only) as Substitute car for Prosche 911 Turbo 964
- RUF CTR "Yellow Bird" (Maximum Tune 4 - 5DX+) as Substitute car for Prosche 911 Turbo 964
- Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6 (964) (Manga/Anime/Maximum Tune 6 onward)
- Mercedes-Benz SL-class (R129) (anime)
Leitmotif[]
- Challenge to Limit (Unreleased Soundtrack) (Wangan Midnight anime)
- Kijima's Theme (Wangan Midnight R)
- Atheist On The Highway (Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune/Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2)
- Shrewd Critic (Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3/3DX/3DX+)
- Madly Driving (Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4)
- Dispatcher (Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5/5DX/5DX+)
- Beatific Smile (Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6/6R/6RR)
Trivia[]
- Kouichi's voice actor in the Anime, Jin Horikawa, previously voiced Nobuhiko Akiyama in the Initial D anime.