- "Tuning a car is just like a drug addiction, you just can't stop!"
- ―Kouichi Kijima
Kouichi Kijima (城島 洸一, Kijima Kōichi)[1] is a supporting major character in Wangan Midnight. He's the main "Arc-Rival" during the "Legendary FC" arc.
Biography[]
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)
- Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6 (964) (Manga/Anime/Maximum Tune 6 onward)
- Mercedes-Benz SL-class (R129)
- Mazda RX-7 Type R (FD3S) (Manga/WMMT3-3DX+ chapter 58 only)
Video Games only[]
- Gemballa 3.8RS (Maximum Tune 2-3DX+ Japan only)
- Mazda RX-8 (Maximum Tune 2-3DX+ English only)
- RUF CTR (Maximum Tune 4-5DX+)
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.
- Kouichi Kijima made first appears in anime episode 3 as main supporting character despite he was introduced in Vol. 20 Series 58 "BIG MOUTH 1" in manga series.
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Refrences[]
- ↑ The first Maximum Tune game mispells his name as Kouichi Kijika