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Takashi, better known by his former nickname D.K., is the nephew of Yakuza boss Kamata and a prominent street racer who became known as the "Drift King" of Tokyo's racing community.

He eventually came into conflict with an American expat named Sean Boswell after the latter began to form a friendship with his girlfriend, Neela, which eventually reached a romantic level, this sparking a rivalry between the two. As Sean became more skilled in drifting under the mentorship of Han Seoul-Oh, he discovered that Han had been stealing money from his uncle, prompting him to a chase down Han and Sean with his friend Morimoto. After Han was supposedly killed during the chase, Sean challenged Takashi to a drift race down a mountain. Despite Takashi's dirty racing tactics, Sean was able to win the race, resulting in Takashi losing his title and being forced to leave Tokyo.

Biography

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Takashi first confronts Sean at the drift race garage park when he sees Sean talking to his girlfriend Neela. In the first race between the two, he easily beats Sean while Sean totals Han's favorite car, a Nissan Silvia S15. When Takashi's uncle Kamata, a member of the Yakuza, comes to town he realizes that Han has been skimming money from their business. Takashi confronts Han, punching him and pulling a gun on him, but after Han's friend Twinkie causes a distraction, Han flees in his RX-7, Sean and Neela following him in Sean's Evo. Takashi manages to damage the Evo, but Han redirects Takashi's attention him, Takashi even shooting at Han while driving. Han manages to bump Takashi's car, causing Takashi to spin out. However, Han is t-boned right after and seemingly killed. Takashi uses the commotion to make his escape and avoid arrest, but soon follows Sean and Neela to the former's home to finish his confrontation. Sean promptly beats up Takashi in retaliation for Han's death, but stops when Takashi pulls out his gun and readies to fire, only to be halted as Sean's father points his own weapon at him. At a stand off, Takashi ultimately orders Neela to come with him, to which she reluctantly agrees and departs with him.

He encounters Sean again when he arrives to return Kamata's money but is told to stand down by his uncle, later expressing his anger and frustration towards his uncle's relatively easy-going attitude, going as far as to state that he has beaten Sean before in a race and insults him after his proposal for a race, with the loser leaving Tokyo forever. Kamata finds it amusing and expresses how easy it will be, forcing him to agree to the challenge. Escorted by Kamata and his men to the starting line where Sean awaits, Takashi looks on as Sean shows confidence (a draw back to their first race where Sean looked at a confident Takashi before the race). Getting the upper-hand from the get go thanks to his car's lighter weight, Takashi maintains the lead throughout the early stages of the race, but progressively becomes more and more distracted as his attention shifts towards preventing Sean from taking the lead, causing him to make mistakes, such as repeatedly crashing into parked cars or taking corners too widely, which allows Sean to take the lead. However, Takashi rams Sean to regain the lead, but once again continues to get distracted, costing him the lead once more as he's forced to take a tight corner, which Sean skillfully drifts through.

As they reach the canyon's edge, he nearly takes out Sean out of the race by ramming into him, going as far as take him off balance and try to push him off the edge. Sean manages to pull out of the lock and continues racing, but becomes frustrated and retaliates by hitting Takashi's car twice before taking the lead again, which causes an enraged Takashi to rear end him and break one of his headlights. Takashi then drives off road to overtake Sean once more but causes even more damage to his car (with a great example being his spoiler breaking off and hitting Sean's windshield) and gets overtaken yet again. Nearing the end of the race, Takashi forgets about trying to win and instead attempts to kill Sean by ramming into him repeatedly to force him off the road, but inadvertently ends crashing himself after Sean manages to avoid one of his charges, his car driving off a cliff, tumbling down the hillside and almost crushing Sean's car as he passes by, but Sean manages to drive underneath him and win the race. Beaten and humiliated, he leaves Tokyo as per the conditions of their race. In a deleted scene, Takashi is shown being taken away by Kamata's men after he climbs out of the wreckage of his Z33.

Characteristics

Abilities

Takashi was an exceptional drift racer, nicknamed the "Drift King" because of the amazing feats he could achieve when he engaged in drift races. He was skilled enough to easily best Sean in their first encounter, even taking the time to taunt him on how much better he was. He did eventually lose the title to Sean when they raced again, proving his skill set could be bested. Even when not engaging in strictly drift races, he was a skilled driver of performance cars. He was able to maintain high speed and control when pursuing Han and Sean as they raced through Tokyo, managing at one point to drive just as well in reverse while trying to shoot at Han's car. His shooting skills weren't as good as his drifting though, with Han managing to outmatch him and cause Takashi to crash his car.

Takashi was also a skilled hand-to-hand combatant, managing to easily defeat Sean in their fight, knocking him down with a single punch and kept up his advantage, Sean unable to counter. He was disorientated by Han though, the man managing to shove him off and punch him away as he and Sean tried to escape to their cars.

Vehicles Driven

Film Car
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Nissan Fairlady Z (Z33)


Relationships

Family

  • Father †
  • Grandmother
  • Kamata - Uncle

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