Initial D #4 was published by Kodansha on August 1, 1996, as part of a series that began in 1995. Shuichi Shigeno writes. This 221-page issue features Takumi Fujiwara, Keisuke Takahashi, Ryosuke Takahashi, Bunta Fujiwara and Itsuki Takeuchi, among 9 characters cataloged on VerseDB.