A hardworking employee at the Green Auto Shop for 15 years, he often races on the Wangan with his friend Harada. One day, the two encounter Reina's gray GT-R (white in the anime), which prompts Hiramoto to decide to get his own car, despite his promise to his pregnant wife, Megumi, that he had left his racing days behind. Upon learning of his decision, she leaves him to live with her parents, reasoning that it is better than wondering every night if he will even come home. After extensively tuning his GT-R, he challenges both the Devil Z and Blackbird. They engage in a long race, staying neck and neck throughout. Hiramoto encounters a chance to pull ahead at the risk of his own life, but instead pulls back and drops out, realizing that there are more important things to live for. He then sells his car, gives up racing, and returns to his wife, who by then has given birth to their child.
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