Initial D #8 was published by Kodansha on September 1, 1997, as part of a series that began in 1995. Shuichi Shigeno writes. This 219-page issue features Takumi Fujiwara, Keisuke Takahashi, Ryosuke Takahashi, Bunta Fujiwara and Itsuki Takeuchi, among 10 characters cataloged on VerseDB.