Yoshiaki Ishida

A photographer of Japanese idols. He meets and gets to know Reina, whom he happens to share the same passion for racing and aspiration to defeat the Devil Z. He has had his car tuned by Kitami to around 600 hp.

While racing against the Devil Z, Ishida had thoughts of his late man who died of cancer, a poor uneducated man "covered in factory grease" who works all day long for his son's sake; a complete contrast to Ishida's own rich life that is, according to him, "eating good food, drinking fine wine, surrounded by lovely women, partying all night in the sparkling lights of the sparkling big city". He thinks that the live he is currently living is "just a sham", due to his dissatisfaction (despite his prestige), and he tried to sought the answers within the Devil Z on the Wangan, only to fall back midway through the race for unknown reasons.

(Source: Wikipedia)