History ReferencedBy / InitialD

* ''VideoGame/ForzaMotorsport 4'''s "Drift" events has a white Toyota [=AE86=] drifting through a corner.

* ''VideoGame/WanganMidnight'' has Racer Wannabes (or The Feeling Team in ''WMMT2'' - ''WMMT3DX+'') driving look-alikes of Takumi's AE86 and Keisuke's RX-7 starting from ''WMMT 4''. Doubled as a TakeThat to the Initial D franchise, considering "WMMT" has been the main rival to Initial D arcade games. Unfortunately, the racer wannabes no longer appear starting from ''WMMT 6''

* ''[[WebAnimation/STBlackST STBlackST's]]'' video ''Very Unusual Troubles'' has Soldier drifting into the wilderness in Merasmus' Cadillac to the tune of "Deja Vu" and an RPG fight between the BLU Mecha-Spies and the RED Team (Spy, Soldier and Miss Pauling) set to the tune of "[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Blinded By Light]]".

* In ''VideoGame/ChoroQ'' there is a pair recruitable racers in Chestnut Canyon, Steve, who drives a white 1983 Toyota Sprinter Trueno with black stripes and Lowry, who drives a yellow Mazda RX-7

* Tomigaya from Anime/{{Shirobako}} certainly [[ActorAllusion sounds]] [[Creator/MitsuoIwata like]] a certain other terrible driver.

* During a street race in chapter 54 of Manga/AiKora, Tsubame-sensei's art style suddenly into one that mimics ''Initial D''.

Being such a famous and long running manga series, it's hardly surprising that Manga/InitialD has been referenced in loads of other media.

!!Here are some of the many [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] Initial D has received in different forms of media

* The entire ''[[VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer Tokyo Xtreme Racer]]'' series is overloaded with references to Initial D, with characters, teams, bios, and cars being almost wholly lifted from the manga.

* The big race sequence in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode ''Beach City Drift'', with its Eurobeat techno music, car designs, and racing site, is one big homage to Initial D.

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->''What's with the (bleep) D-like driving!?''
-->[[Manga/LuckyStar Kagami Hiiragi]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgmyVTVc-Yc after witnessing a battle between Yui Narumi's kei car and a yellow Mazda RX-7]]

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* The entire [[VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer Tokyo Xtreme Racer]]'' series is overloaded with references to Initial D, with characters, teams, bios, and cars being almost wholly lifted from the manga.

* in ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'', Kyon's father acquired his first [[DrivesLikeCrazy driving skills]] from his unofficial older brother of sorts:

* The entire [[VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer Tokyo Xtreme Racer franchise]] is overloaded with references to Initial D, with characters, teams, bios, and cars being almost wholly lifted from the manga. This is a lot more apparent in the ''Drift'' sub-series of games, which also feature several of the mountain passes featured in Initial D.

* There's a small one in the second ''VisualNovel/{{Narcissu}}'' game, where in one scene Himeko remarks that she doesn't take it kindly to be overtaken by a Levin. It is, in part, a translator thing since in the voice-over Himeko only stated that the car passing her is a "Hachiroku", and neither the original text or the translated text make any description of the headlights that could be used to identify the variant. A well-informed fan, of course, knows that a Toyota [=AE86=] comes in two forms, both available as a 2-door notchback coupe or a 3-door hatchback: the Corolla Levin (as the text said), and the more famous Sprinter Trueno. The translators made it a bit more funny, since there are actually two Levins in ''Initial D'': the ''[=AE86=]'' Levin owned by Wataru Akiyama, and the ''[=AE85=]'' Levin owned by [[ButtMonkey Itsuki Takeuchi]].

* In ''WebVideo/RegularCarReviews'', Mr. Regular inevitably has to talk about the show during his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNF5sic8WHo&t= AE86 Review]]. Much of the Part 1 is dedicated to him [[AuthorFilibuster going on a rant about how the fans have overhyped the car to high hell and the JDM culture surrounding it]]. Despite this, he eventually warms up to the car in Part 2 and he even admits hesitantly that he'd love to own one.

** In Episode 4, Popuko races against Takeshi Nakazato's GT-R with a skeleton sled coupled with a eurobeat soundtrack in the background.
** Episode 9's second half version has a scene where Popuko and Pipimi are sitting in a car that's being pushed by [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV Noctis and Gladio]] and Pipimi talks about how the 86 is a car that nurtures its driver.

* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', one of the custom rim types you can purchase for your car is titled Fujiwara. They look identical to the rims found on Takumi's [[WhatAPieceOfJunk AE86]] - which are RS Watanabe wheels. The game also has a car with similar styling to an AE86 called the Karin Futo, which is an anagram of Tofu.
* Several racers in ''VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer'' ''Drift 2'' are parodies of ''Initial D'' characters, with usually the same vehicle but a different color.

* There's a small one in the second ''VisualNovel/{{Narcissu}}'' game, where in one scene Himeko remarks that she doesn't take it kindly to be overtaken by a Levin. It is, in part, a translator thing since in the voice-over Himeko only stated that the car passing her is a "Hachiroku", and neither the original text or the translated text make any description of the headlights that could be used to identify the variant. A well-informed fan, of course, knows that a Toyota [=AE-86=] comes in two forms, both available as a 2-door notchback coupe or a 3-door hatchback: the Corolla Levin (as the text said), and the more famous Sprinter Trueno. The translators made it a bit more funny, since there are actually two Levins in ''Initial D'': the ''[=AE86=]'' Levin owned by Wataru Akiyama, and the ''[=AE85=]'' Levin owned by [[ButtMonkey Itsuki Takeuchi]].

* Episode 9 of ''[[LightNovel/MyMentalChoicesAre My Mental Choices Are Completely Interfering with My School Romantic Comedy]]'' anime adaption [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects uses CG on purpose]] in an ''Initial D'' reference, which involved a modified Nissan Skyline GT-R [=R34=] racing against Utage and her Toyota Vellfire.