Kanata Rivington (カナタ リヴィントン "Kanata Rivuinton") is the main protagonist of MF Ghost. He is a rookie racer who came to Japan from the United Kingdom in order to find his lost father. His mother is British, while his father is Japanese. He graduated from Royal Donington Park Racing School, a famous and prestigious racing school in the UK.
Biography[]
Originally from Cambridge, England, Kanata travelled to Japan with the intention to find his estranged father. He is currently staying with the Saionji family, old family friends to his mother and father. He is the love interest of Ren Saionji, who feels she fell in love with him "at first sight", regardless of not believing in that kind of thing.
Whilst searching, Kanata enters MFG, racing under the name "Kanata Katagiri", using his father's last name instead of his mother's. This could be in an attempt to call out to his father and alert him to his presence. When not preparing for or participating in MFG, Kanata spends his time searching for clues as to his father's whereabouts with the help of Ren.
Although being a "rookie" taking part for the first time in MFG after a two-year gap from racing, Kanata shows an impressive performance in the preliminaries, managing to miss a spot in the Godly 15 by only +0.019 of a second. However, because of a disqualification of one of the Godly 15 due to regulation breach, Kanata manages to slip into the finals in 15th place. This has earned him the attention of Fumihiro Joyu, a higher up in MFG and a close contact to MFG's founder, Ryo Takahashi.
Kanata is supported through MFG by Ogata, who was introduced to Kanata through Mr. Saionji. Ogata is also the owner of the car that Kanata uses during MFG, having used the car himself in past years. He also has befriended and earned the support and respect of fellow racer, Shun Aiba, who has grown quite fond of him.
His goal in the race is to find his father and to push himself to his limits. He does not want to win a large amount of money and live a wealthy life, but rather to work and live like other people. That's why he started working part-time at a restaurant after the opening round, where he is popular among female customers who take notice of his good looks and personality.
Kanata has an eidetic (or photographic) memory, meaning that he can remember things that he has seen with high precision, such as with Japanese Kanji. According to Mayuko Saionji, his mother also had a similar ability.
Kanata is the student of the legendary downhill specialist Takumi Fujiwara who at the time of the MF Ghost storyline was a legendary rallyist that became an instructor at RDRS. Kanata's driving style being reminiscent of that of his mentor's.
Before MFG, Kanata had already had quite the career in racing of varying forms. He started racing at the age of 4 in karts. By 7 years old he started participating in the British Kart Championships and won 6 major titles over the next 2 years. When he was 10, Kanata entered the F4 Championship and had won the title there after 2 years.
When taking his "Graduation Exam" after completing the curriculum at Royal Donington Park Racing School (RDRS), Kanata finishes with the best results in all aspects, scoring the best overall score in RDRS' history up to that point.
Kanata's ability to set good times on both real tracks and in simulations is exceptionally good. He received a lot of attention from sponsors and countless offers before he graduated due to this. However, he rejected all the offers in order to return home to his parents to care for his mother, whose health was degrading rapidly at the time. 2 years later, Kanata entered the MFG in Japan.
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Techniques[]
Disappearing Line[]
Debuting in Act 10 of the First Stage, it was first used against Takeshi Nakazato as a method to overtake him. The move involves the "disappearance" of the car from the opponents field of view while choosing a temporary advantageous line. In context of how it was used by Kanata, he disappeared from the view of Kakeru and moved into his blind spot. Kanata then makes a move on the outside during a left high speed corner, possibly during the coasting phase before braking and goes down the inside of a right handed hairpin.
Gutter Run[]
One of the most well-known techniques from Initial D, used multiple times by Takumi Fujiwara. This technique returns in MF Ghost during the final lap of Round 3, where Kanata used the gutter to avoid understeer from the lack of grip on his 86, also overtaking Michael Beckenbauer's Porsche 718 Cayman GTS in the process.
Wheel Lifting/Weight Shifting[]
It first debuted in the race between Takumi Fujiwara vs Toru Suetsugu in Initial D, becoming one of the most iconic scenes in the series. It re-appeared In MF Ghost during the Round 5 qualifications where Kanata used the technique during the said session. Kanata would also use this move in the 3rd lap of the final race to overtake Sena Moroboshi.
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"Sidewalk Run"[]
Although unofficial, the "Sidewalk Run" is a new technique that Kanata invented in the series during the last lap of Round 4 at MFG. Before entering the last lap, Kanata was in a battle for first place against Emma and discovered a new way to overtake his rivals through the use of sidewalks present at the Seaside Double Lane. After mentally calculating the height of the sidewalks, Kanata, who was in 4th, used this move on Sena (Who, on the other hand, tried to replicate it but ultimately failed and lost control of his Supra after hitting the sidewalk) in the final lap. Kanata also executed the move on Emma and later Michael (who was mentally shaken the most). He managed to end the race in second place, with a difference of two tenths of a second.
Similary, during the final lap of Round 5, Kanata would excecute multiple Sidewalk Runs in order to catch up to the leading group of Sawatari and Beckenbauer. Sena would also try to follow Kanata via copying his movement on his 2nd Sidewalk Run. On the final corner, Kanata would also excecute another sidewalk run after being bumped by Michael's Cayman GT4. Allowing him to overtake Michael and keep his lead over Sawatari and his A110R.
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MFG Year 4 Performance[]
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Round 1[]
Round 2[]
Round 3[]
Round 4[]
Round 5[]
Point Standings[]
| Year | Make | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Ranking | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 4 | Toyota | Toyota 86 GT | ODA 9 |
AGT 4 |
MAN 2 |
SEA 2 |
ATA 1 |
2nd | 38.5 |
Vehicles[]
From Round 1, Kanata drives a Lightning Red Toyota 86 (ZN6), which gets modified for each round.
- Main article: Kanata Rivington's Toyota 86
Gallery[]
Manga[]
Round 1 Race and Qualification Arc[]
Round 2 Qualification and Race Arc[]
Round 3 Qualification and Race Arc[]
MFG Summer Break Arc[]
Round 4 Qualification and Race Arc[]
Round 5 Qualification and Race Arc[]
Anime[]
Anime Design[]
Season 1[]
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Season 2[]
Miscellaneous[]
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Trivia[]
- Kanata is the first character to appear in the MF Ghost anime.
- Kanata has dark brown hair color and brown eyes in the manga, whilst in the anime, he has a light brown hair color and blue eyes.
- Although he is fluent in Japanese thanks to his mother's education, he is not good at reading or writing kanji, and also not good at using chopsticks.
- Kanata is one of the few drivers who participated in all 5 rounds of Year 4 of MFG to not switch to a different car mid-season. The others include Fujin Ishigami, Kaito Akaba, Daigo Oishi, Jackson Taylor and Nozomi Kitahara.
- Series creator Shiuchi Shigeno based Kanata's racing career before he came to Japan loosely off Lewis Hamilton in regard to his karting championship wins.
- Kanata is the only known Year 4 Rookie in MFG to not qualify and debut on the sixth day of his debut round.[6]
- Kanata is the only driver other than Michael Beckenbauer to win a race during Year 4 of MFG.
- Given Kanata's standings throughout Year 4 of MFG, he has earned up to ¥233,000,000 JPY (roughly $1,535,167 USD), based on the total prize pool of his standings.
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References[]
- ↑ Chapter 155
- ↑ Chapter 1 - "Kanata Rivington (19)"
- ↑ Chapter 275
- ↑ Chapter 275
- ↑ Chapter 275
- ↑ Kanata debutted on the last day of the Odawara Pikes Peak qualifying round, compared to Sena (For Manazuru), Emma (for the Double Lane), and Mai (for Atami Ghost).