Takumi is "Tak", Itsuki is "Iggy", and Iketani is "Cole"... ugh. Tokyopop really messed up here with their attempt at some sort of... "fast and furious" direction for Initial D. It's like their attempt at the DVD with that "Tuner version" that replaces the authentic car noises with loud and crazy BS.
Credit where credit is due, it introduced me to so many manga and contributed to the manga boom but whew, when it's bad, it's bad.