Initial D #1 was published by Tokyopop on May 1, 2002, as part of a series that began in 2002. Shuichi Shigeno writes. It features Takumi Fujiwara, Keisuke Takahashi, Ryosuke Takahashi, Bunta Fujiwara and Itsuki Takeuchi, among 8 characters cataloged on VerseDB.