Ryo Takahashi

Ryo (Ryosuke) Takahashi (タカハシ リョウ - Takahashi Ryou) is the organiser of MFG. Not much is known about him to the public.

Biography
Ryo is a former racer in Gunma Prefecture, he led two street racing teams, the "Akagi RedSuns" and "Project D", while researching the "theory on ultimate speed on public roads". He started MFG as a continuation to "Project D" and considers it to be the answer to his theory. As the organiser of the project, not much is known about him as he has asked past contacts to keep information about himself under wraps.

He is also working with his brother Keisuke on a driver development scheme called "Dream Project". As well as organiser MFG, Ryo is a surgeon at Gunma University Hospital.

During the summer break after round three, he surprises Keisuke and others by saying he is going to get married.

So far, Ryo Takahashi has not been shown in the series in person and has only been mentioned in a few phone calls.

Trivia

 * This is the same Ryosuke Takahashi who features in author's previous series about street racing, "Initial D".
 * It is believed that the person he is marrying is Kaede Katagiri, but this is not clearly stated.
 * Ogata calls Ryo "tensai ' - a genius.