Initial D #5 was published by Kodansha on December 1, 1996, as part of a series that began in 1995. Shuichi Shigeno writes. This 223-page issue features Takumi Fujiwara, Keisuke Takahashi, Ryosuke Takahashi, Itsuki Takeuchi and Koichiro Iketani, among 9 characters cataloged on VerseDB.