Akio Asakura

An ambitious racer who started when he was very young Akio is in his final year of high school as the story begins. Drove his friends red Nissan 300ZX Z31 until after a humiliating loss to Tatsuya Shima he discovered quotthe Devil Zquot a Nissan Fairlady Z S30Z known as the Datsun 240Z in certain markets which is supernaturally fast and extremely hard to drive. Regarded as a legend on the Wangan though he is actually a humble young man. Still despite his gentle demeanor hes dead serious about racing. In fact he is so serious that he skips school to the point of repeating a grade to drive the Devils Z. Like virtually everyone else in the manga he has trouble forming intimate relationships although he has made some slight inroads with Reina Akikawa. His day job is a waiter for a fancy restaurant but then got fired for showing up late too often due to late night racing. Hes regularly exposed to the active social scene at the heart of Tokyo. He was already a pretty accomplished racer with his old car but behind the Devil Z hes nearly invincible. He also has tremendous adaptive ability and can learn to drive virtually anything. Source: Wikipedia