Aikawa (simply known as Man of Lan Evo V), or simply Black Devil (Kuro Waru), is one of the two main antagonists of the Northern Saitama Alliance arc of Initial D: Fourth Stage. He is one of the few members of the Tsuchisaka Lan Evo Team and serves as the uphill racer for them.
He is voiced by Masuo Amada in the Japanese dub, whereas in the English dub, he's voiced by Brian Massey.
Biography[]
Wanting to promote a car shop they're affiliated with, and anticipating Project D's arrival, he and Ichijo reveal the money they earn depending how many races they win; 500,000 yen if they win both races, 250,000 if each of them win a single race, and 50,000 if its a draw and they don't win. But Aikawa reveals that they both don't win easy, and plan to play dirty for the upcoming race.
Set to face Keisuke Takahashi for the uphill, though he and his crew were intent to take him out by putting in oil slick in the middle of the road, which caused Keisuke to crash his FD, making it unstable to race. This reveals that unlike previous opponents, he and Ichijo were willing to use cheap tactics and unfair advantage to take their rivals out just to promote the garage shop they're affiliated with. After successfully taking out Keisuke, he arrives to try to blame who caused a fault while trying to be innocent about it. With the race postponed, Aikawa reveals that they'll begin their race at 8pm days later, but reveals that he will automatically lose if he doesn't show up. This results in Keisuke borrowing Kyoko's FD in facing Aikawa.
During his race against Keisuke, he displays little skill when facing Keisuke's FD, proclaiming that his Lancer Evolution V is more superior than Keisuke's FD. However, much to his anger, he loses the race when Keisuke (having previously learned on overtaking Atsuro Kawai earlier) takes the inside line, nearly causing both of them crashing as they cross a construction barricade much to his anger, to the point that he is forced to give up the race. After losing, Keisuke begins lecturing him about straightaways when he complained about his "reckless driving". After Ichijo lost the race to Takumi, they decided to call in a bosozoku gang to beat them up, but they find out that the gang was from Gunma. As a result, the gangsters turn their backs on the losers, including Aikawa.
Trivia[]
- His first name is never revealed, as Aikawa is just his surname.
- In the manga and the anime, his Lancer Evolution V is a GSR, while in the video game, its an RS.