Takeshi Nakazato

"I'm gonna smoke the Eight-Six and then you'll know who the best racer in Gunma is. You can be as sure as you want. Just remember, Myogi has a driver named Takeshi Nakazato. I'll show you that scrap heap's no match for a GT-R!!"
―Takeshi Nakazato, to Ryosuke Takahashi
Takeshi Nakazato (中里 毅 Nakazato Takeshi, known as Zack in the Tokyopop version) is the leader of the Myogi NightKids. He made his first appearance at the race in Akina where Keisuke Takahashi of the RedSuns is to race against Takumi Fujiwara. Surprised that Takumi could defeat Keisuke, Takeshi decides that he is going to be the one to challenge and defeat the "Akina downhill specialist", and that the RedSuns are next on his list.