Takeshi Nakazato's story begins with a defeat that happens before the series starts. He used to drift an S13 Silvia on Myogi, his home pass, until a silver R32 GT-R beat him there. He sold the Silvia, bought an R32 of his own, and turned against drifting altogether as weak and showy, with nothing to do with winning. He also believes that no driver can make a car run beyond its capabilities — an awkward conviction to hold in a series about an old Toyota.
He challenges the Eight-Six to prove it. On Akina he leads, but Takumi closes after every corner; by the five hairpins Nakazato's worn tyres are understeering, Takumi takes the inside, and when Nakazato floors it to stay alongside, the turbo lag catches him out and the GT-R oversteers into the guardrail. He then loses to Keisuke Takahashi's FD on his own Myogi when rain arrives late in the race, and crashes into a concrete wall during a hillclimb against Emperor's Seiji Iwaki. Quick and clever as he is, his temper tends to spoil his throttle control, and he rarely thinks about his tyres. Tokyopop's English version called him Zack.
Nissan revived the GT-R name in 1989 after sixteen years away, on the BNR32 Skyline: a 2,568 cc twin-turbo RB26DETT with 280 PS and electronically controlled four-wheel drive, designed to win Group A touring car racing. It won all 29 races it entered in the Japanese Touring Car Championship and the title every year from 1990 to 1993, and Australia's Wheels magazine named it "Godzilla" in 1989. The V·spec II arrived on 14 February 1994 with wider 245/45R17 tyres — 1,306 were built — and R32 GT-R production ended that November after 43,937 cars. Nakazato's is a 1994 V-Spec II in Black Pearl Metallic, the colour of about 13 per cent of R32 GT-Rs; the manga gives it 380 PS on a light tune, raised to 395 PS for the race against Keisuke.
Aoshima's Snap Kit No. CM-4 builds the GT-R at 1/32 in 26 parts, moulded in colour and assembled without glue, with new tooling for the NISMO bumper, lip spoiler, 17-inch wheels and tyres, sports muffler and steering wheel. It can be built lowered, though Aoshima warns that the tyres may not turn freely that way. The kit first appeared as "Nakazato's 32", with a papercraft background in first-release boxes; Aoshima's current listing, under a new JAN, is dated November 2025.