Inui, Shinji

乾信司

Shinji Inui serves as the downhill driver for Sidewinder. He appears to be a boy, possibly younger than Takumi, yet seems very intelligent. Shinji shares many parallels with Takumi: he has next to no interest in racing, and he had been driving for years before obtaining his license.
Shinji's car is the notchback coupe variant of the AE86 Trueno (not to be confused with Takumi's Eight-Six), which belonged to his deceased father.
He is the third character to drive a Toyota AE86 model, following Wataru's Levin AE86.