What is the name of the person titled Drift King who helped with editorial supervision of the sports manga series, Initial D?
Initial D Initial D (Japanese: Inisharu Dī ) is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in "Young Magazine" from 1995 to 2013, with the chapters collected into 48 "tankōbon" volumes by Kodansha. The story focuses on the world of illegal Japanese street racing, where all the action is concentrated in the mountain passes and rarely in cities or urban areas, and with the drift racing style emphasized in particular. Professional race car driver and pioneer of drifting Keiichi Tsuchiya helped with editorial supervision. The story is centered on the prefecture of Gunma, more specifically on several mountains in the Kantō region and in their surrounding cities and towns. Although some of the names of the locations the characters race in have been fictionalized, all of the locations in the series are based on actual locations in Japan.
Daijiro Yoshihara Daijiro Yoshihara (commonly known as "Dai", born December 24, 1978, Tokyo, Japan) is a veteran driver in the motorsport of Drifting, often regarded as one of the world's best. With 10 years of competition, Dai has always been a thrill seeker and it was only natural for him to get into drifting. At the age of 11, Dai discovered the excitement of throwing his bicycle around corners at high speeds and skidding along the curbs in tight turns. At age 16, Dai got motorized and took to nearby mountains on his 400cc motorcycle. Finally at age 18, Dai got into his first car, a 1985 Toyota Corolla Levin. He soon fell in love and gained the passion for driving on windy roads in the local mountains of Japan.