History Characters / TokyoXtremeRacer2AndZeroWanderers

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: Because the FB isn't part of the car roster of either ''Street Supremacy'' or ''Import Tuner Challenge'', he has a different car in those games. In the former, he has an [=FC3S=], the second generation of the RX-7. In the latter... he has a Nissan Fairlady [=Z33=]. Granted, it makes sense because [[RuleOfThree the car's chassis code contains the number three]], but it makes a tad less sense when the ''third'' generation of the RX-7, the [=FD3S=], which ''also'' contains the number three in its' chassis code, was available.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: An actually noteworthy case, because Speed Box, the team, was an all-NSX team, and as such, SPEED BOX, the Wanderer, continues to drive an NSX [=NA1=]... until ''3'', where as a result of ExecutiveMeddling on behalf of Honda, he switches to the similarly rear-engine, rear-wheel drive Lotus Europa, to far less success.
** It's even ''worse'' in ''Street Supremacy'' and ''Import Tuner Challenge'', where he switches to a Nissan Silvia S15, a car that couldn't be farther removed from the NSX.

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[[caption-width-right:169:Paul Suzuki's logo.]]

'''Takeyoshi "Paul" Suzuki''' was a former member of Rhythm Box, having a really short stint as part of the team before setting out on his own and becoming another long-time Tokyo Wanderer. What he's most famous for, however, for having his street name [[{{Bowdlerise}} Bowdlerised]]. We won't mention his Japanese street name to avoid having the page delisted from search engines, but you should easily be able to figure out what it might be...

* TheAllegedCar: Downplayed ''and'' Justified. His various cars [[note]]Integra [=DC2=], Civic [=EK9=], Fairlady [=Z30=][[/note]] are a noticeable span below the ones belonging to other highway racers. That's because it's carrying so much... "merchandise" and "equipment" that it's probably over its' carry capacity.
* BlackMarketProduce: Suzuki's job, at first, was to deliver a wide variety of illicit and bootleg media to anonymous customers in the middle of the night. By the time of ''3'', he became a full-fledged business owner, using his job as a seaman as cover to illegally import "in-demand" material from overseas.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: As mentioned above, his street name was changed to "Paul" in the Crave translation to keep the ESRB E Rating. Even his bio was changed, making it slightly more ambiguous in the process, just to be safe. The censors probably didn't even glance at it, because it's laughably easy to read through the lines and figure out what his true occupation is.
* DubNameChange: In Crave's translation, his real name is changed to "Greg Nishi" in ''2'' and "George Diaz" in ''Zero''. [[FridgeLogic Where the "Paul Suzuki" street name came from, as a result, is anyone's guess]].

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[[caption-width-right:171:Whirlwind Fanfare's logo prior ''Import Tuner Challenge''.]]
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[[caption-width-right:171:Caffeine X3's logo.]]

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[[caption-width-right:128:Speed Box's logo in ''Import Tuner Challenge''.]]

Notorious for [[GuideDangIt all the wrong reasons]], '''"Caffeine [=X3=]" Koichiro Oonuki''' is a long-time Tokyo Expressway Wanderer, more often than not found driving on the C1 Loop. He's obsessed with [[Irony two]] things: caffeine, and the number three, which influence his life choices to an uncanny degree. His usual car is a Mazda RX-7 FB.

** He only drives up to third gear, and ''never' past that, even if it means blowing up the engine.

'''Takeyoshi "Paul" Suzuki''' was a former member of Rhythm Box, having a really short stint as part of the team before setting out on his own and becoming another long-time Tokyo Wanderer. What he's most famous for, however, for having his street name [[Bowdlerise Bowdlerised]]. We won't mention his Japanese street name to avoid having the page delisted from search engines, but you should be able to figure out what it might be...

* TheAllegedCar: Downplayed ''and'' Justified. His various cars [[note]]Integra DC2, Civic EK9, Fairlady Z30[[/note]] are a noticeable span below the ones belonging to other highway racers. That's because it's carrying so much... "merchandise" and "equipment" that it's probably over its' carry capacity.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: As mentioned above, his street name was changed to "Paul" in the Crave translation to keep the ESRB E Rating. Even his bio was changed, making it a lot more ambiguous in the process. The censors probably didn't even glance at it, because you can tell anyways.

* ImprobablyCoolCar: He drives an ASL Garaiya in ''Kaido Racer/Chain Reaction''. 200 copies of said cars were made during 2002.

** Finally, in 'Import Tuner Challenge'', he drives a Fairlady ''[=Z33=]''.

* {{Fanboy}}: In ''Kaido Racer/Chain Reaction'' and ''Drift 2'', a variant of Wanderers categorized as "Supporters" appear, and they happened to provide the support on the player.
* TheGambler: Some rivals in ''Kaido'' games offer money, parts or even bonus cars to challenge the player. The second and third ''Kaido'' games also have the literal "Hi-Gamblers".
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: "Twenty Masters" and "Master Lords" are the Wanderers without names, and are only referred to as such.
* MyRulesAreNotYourRules:
** Invoked, since you can only race against them depending on their criteria. Otherwise, they'll refuse to go on a battle.
** A clearer, TheGambler variation of above appears in ''Kaido''/''Drift'' games, where some of them will decline if you didn't provide sufficient money, parts or even a ''special vehicle''. Beating them keeps your stuff, but if you lose to them, you lose them.
** An exception occurs in ''Street Supremacy'', where you can race against them anytime you want, but they instead have criteria that you have to meet in order to ''recruit'' them.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In ''Kaido/Drift'' games, Wanderers' equivalent Tricksters are called "Trickers" (NTSC-J releases) or "Tricky" (NTSC-U) in the first game.

'''Koichiro Oonuki''', also known as "Caffeine [=X3=]" or "Caffeine Addict" is a wanderer debuting in ''2'' and drives a Mazda Savanna RX-7 GT Turbo ([=SA22C=]).

* MustHaveCaffeine: Oonuki believes that drinking large amount of caffeine will increase his concentration, only to become jittery and lose his focus after three minutes while driving.
* RaceLift: He's renamed to Don Yang or Peter Pang in the US localization of ''2'' and ''Zero''.
* RuleOfThree: PlayedForLaughs. It's implied that Oonuki's obsessed with number three (his lucky number), lives on a 3rd floor of his apartment on Route 3, drinks three cups of coffee before going to the Tokyo highway (while driving up to the 3rd gear) '''and''' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking keeps saying that he's 33 years old]] (even though that claim is nonsense in ''Import Tuner Challenge'' as he's gotten older).
* TrademarkFavoriteDrink: Coffee, especially with caffeine [[MeaningfulName hence his name]].
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Street Supremacy'', he switches to a Nissan Fairlady Z/350Z ([=Z33=]). Yet again, [[RuleOfThree it's likely due to having number three in its chassis code]].

'''Takeshi Nagano''', formerly known as "Street Tank" or "Street Fighter Plane" was the leader of the late "Speed Box" team before it got disbanded prior the events of ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2''.

* BraggingRightsReward: In order to face him in ''Zero'', you'll have to beat Toshiro Suzuyama AKA "Iron Racer" first before going on a MirrorMatch against Nagano. In ''3'', Nagano will start showing up in Yokohane Out after Commander team is defeated. Meanwhile in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', he'll look for you after you've beaten Maki Wakabayashi AKA "Phantom Babe", the NumberTwo of "Top Level".
* DemotedToExtra: Regarding the disbanding of "Speed Box", Nagano got relegated into a Wanderer since ''2'' while holding the late team's name as his title.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: He used to be the leader of the eponymous team in only for the PlayerCharacter to steamroll all of them one by one during the events of ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'', leaving Nagano as the sole active member. Meanwhile, one of the former members, Shuhei Kitagawa AKA "Killing Machine" [[StartMyOwn has founded his own crew, Unlimited out of spite towards the former's low level]].
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Since Genki were unable to obtain a license from Honda due to the latter's policy against illegal street racing, his NSX got replaced by a 1974 Lotus Europa Special in ''3'' before replacing it with a Nissan Silvia Spec-R ([=S15=]) in ''Street Supremacy'' and ''Import Tuner Challenge''.

'''Takeyoshi Suzuki''', also known as "Paul Suzuki" ("Porno Suzuki" in the NTSC-J releases), "King of Entertainment", "Night Man" or "Magazine Freak" is a former member of "Rhythm Box" and a wanderer debuting in ''2'' and drives a Honda Integra Type-R ([=DC2=]).

* TheAllegedCar: Downplayed. Due to carrying a lot of "AV equipment", his car has gotten heavy and ceases to become appropriate for racing against other drivers. Luckily for him, Suzuki gets able to play his favorite racing game in his car aside from listening to video game soundtracks when not delivering DVD's or any kind of black market products he's selling.
* BlackMarketProduce: Suzuki tends to deliver Illicit/bootleg DVD's (which is actually pornographic material) to customers at night. This got expanded in ''3'' where he started to import forbidden items from adult videos to inappropriate anime figures.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: Due to containing the word "Porno", his alias was changed in the overseas release in order to maintaing an ESRB E-rating and his bio was also censored to the point where the sexual innuendo is almost entirely ommited.
* {{Fanboy}}: In ''Chain Reaction/Kaido Racer'', he is listed as a Supporter.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: In the events of ''3'', he used to be a marine before becoming a bootleg DVD vendor as in ''Street Supremacy''.
* TheOtherDarrin: InUniverse example. His role as a member of "Rhythm Box" was given to Toru Murasaki AKA "Stormy Calligrapher" after the events of ''2''.
* RaceLift: In the US localization of ''2'' and ''Zero'', he's renamed to Greg Nishi or George Diaz.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Due to licensing issues regarding Honda's policy towards illegal street racing, he replaces his Integra Type-R and later a Honda Civic Type-R ([=EK9=]) in ''Kaido Battle'' with a Nissan Fairlady ([=S30Z=]) in ''3'' and ''Street Supremacy''. Next a yellow ASL Garaiya in ''Chain Reaction''. And lastly (as in ''Racing Battle: C1 Grand Prix'') a Mazda RX-7 Type RZ ([=FD3S=]).

* BraggingRightsReward: In ''Zero'' and ''3'', you'll need $3,000,000 (in the former, albeit starting the night at Yokohane South Bound with the said amount) or $100,000,000 (in the latter, despite the GameBreakingBug in the NTSC-U release where the currency is capped to $99,999,990 due to being converted from Yen to US Dollars, requiring you to use a trainer like [=GameShark=] in order to reach HundredPercentCompletion). Thankfully in ''Import Tuner Challenge'', her requirement has been changed where you'll have to own or drive at least three cars.
* {{Groupie}}: Obviously, as her bio mentions that Chika tends to follow her favorite music bands throughout Japan, but returned to Tokyo during the events of ''Street Supremacy'' as her husband came back from his business trip overseas.
* RaceLift: She's renamed to Shannon Leung in the US localization of ''Zero''.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''3'', she replaced her Aristo with a Suzuki Wagon R kei car. Then, a Toyota Celica SS-II in ''Street Supremacy'' and finally, a Nissan Fairlady Z/350Z ([=Z33=]) in ''Import Tuner Challenge''.

One way or another, [[IWorkAlone there will always be lone wolves]]]. Those who wish to run by themselves, to etch out their own legacy, or those who just don't like being in a group. In a nutshell, that's exactly what '''Wanderers''' are.

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A group of independent drivers who don't make part of any team (or used to). While some of them can be normally be seen during gameplay, but most of them can be only encountered after reaching a certain criteria.

In ''Drift'' titles, they are called "Trickers" or "Tricksters" depending on game. Later games add more variants of Wanderers such as "[[TheGambler Hi-Gamblers]]" and "[[{{Fanboy}} Supporters]]".

[[folder:Caffeine X3]]

'''Koichiro Oonuki''', also known as "Caffeine X3" or "Caffeine Addict" is a wanderer debuting in ''2'' and drives a Mazda Savanna RX-7 GT Turbo ([=SA22C=]).