Nissan GT R R35 Masato Kawabata vs Ken Gushi Toyota 86 GT -Real Initial D - Turnpike Hakone II - Phoenix Sport Car Masato Kawabata Kawabata first received his license at 18 and at that point he bought the Nissan 180SX. He practiced alone until he met late D1 driver Atsushi Kuroi who started to teach and advise Kawabata. At age 19, Kawabata entered a drift magazine sponsored contest and took first place. At 21, GP Sports started to sponsor Kawabata with a full line of aero parts. Kawabata and first appeared in the D1 Grand Prix in round 4 of 2002. Kawabata took his first win at Fuji Speedway in 2006 and went on to finish 4th in the overall points. In 2007 he did even better however winning two rounds and the overall title by one point over Nobushige Kumakubo. Ken Gushi (Legendary Initial D In the Real Life) Kenshiro "Ken" Gushi - Gushi Kenshiro, born September 19, 1986 is one of Japan's top competitors in the sport of drifting. Born in Okinawa, Japan, but raised in Los Angeles, he was taught by his father Tsukasa Gushi at the age of 13 with a Toyota AE86. Ken has become the youngest competitor in both the D1 Grand Prix of Japan and the Formula Drift Championships of the U.S. when he was 16, despite not passing his driving test at the time. Initial D Story Overview: The story is about 18 year old Takumi Fujiwara who is an average high school kid. His father, Bunta Fujiwara, owns a tofu cafe and Takumi is the delivery boy. He uses his father's Panda 1985 Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT Apex AE86 to do the deliveries. Takumi hated driving because he was forced to drive since he was in middle school. The deliveries train his extraordinary driving skills. His friends learn about his skills, and introduce Takumi into the world of Touge racing. Takumi eventually loves street racing, and driving altogether, and then he has only one priority: To become the best driver in the Gunma Prefecture. For Subscribe: / @bestsportscar1592 Visit website : https://www.phoenixsportscar.com Sports Car Playlist : • Sports Car Drift and Burn Out Playlist : • Drift and Burn Out At The Races Playlist : • At The Races