Wataru Akiyama

Wataru Akiyama (秋山 渉 "Akiyama Wataru") is a minor character in MF Ghost. He is a professional racing driver. In the third round's final race, he joins as a guest to the livestream, commenting the race along with Yoji Tanaka.

Biography
Being a professional driver, Wataru now competes in the Japan Rally Championship, Japan Gymkhana Championship and touring car races. He has been in contact with Takumi Fujiwara and the MFG upper management since his days as a racer. He is one of the people who helped to set up MFG.

Wataru is a former street racer. He used to be a part of "Northern Saitama Alliance" team and drove an AE86 Toyota Corolla Levin GT-Apex.

Trivia

 * This character is the same Wataru Akiyama who features in the Initial D series.
 * So far, Wataru has not been shown in the series in person.
 * Wataru met Takumi when he returned to Japan a year before the start of the story to give him an update.