"Dear warriers who loved machines, loved road races, and died at a race track, This is a requiem for you." "Now, everybody, this is the main race." "International A class 500cc final." "All Japan road race championship, this is the 8th race in this season." "After 2 years of blank, Akio Kitano has returned like a pheonix." "Despite of the independent team, he is racing as well as the factory teams." "And he has earned 96 pt and now is the point leader!" "Last 2 years consecutive champion, Keishi Ohki, team Yamaha is now 3pt behind and 2nd position." "Thie 8th race, he broght a new machine and he is aiming at 3 years straight winner with it." "And as the result of yesterday's qualifier, the pole position is Akio Kitano!" "2nd place, Keishi Ohki." "And 3rd place, youngster 21 year-old,Kei Kashima." "In this 8th race, this very talented rider finally could win." "You are in my way." "Go away." "Asshole." "Kazumi, come here." "2 minutes to start" "1 minute to start" "30 seconds to start" "Oh wow, Ohki passed Kitano." "Last lap, in the long straight, Ohki caught Kitano." "Ohki, 1st place." "1st Ohki, 2nd Kitano, 3rd Kashima" "Keishi Ohki!" "Ohki won this 8th race!" "Now, Ohki and Kitano are tie." "Both got 108pt total." "The next race is coming up in 2 weeks and it will be the season finale." "1st place, Keishi Ohki." "2nd place, Akio Kitano" "3rd place, Kei Kashima" "Good job, Kei" "Not good enough." "Watch me in the next race." "Mr. Kitano, may I shake your hand?" "Sir, I reckon you are Mr. Kitano." "Correct?" "May I disturb you for a moment?" "My name is Kametani." "Working for Mr. Mikimoto, the owner of Mikimoto group." "The reason why I'm here is to tell you that his daughter Naoko would like to have dinner with you, Mr. Kitano." "How does your tomorrow's schedule look like?" "Where do you want me to meet her?" "At the club house" "Akio!" "A reporter of the UPO told me about the result." "I'm sorry about the race." "I will come to see the season final for sure." "Congrats on the success of your show in New York." "Thanks." "I decided to open new shop on 5th street in NYC." "Nice." "But I'm sort of tired." "Stay with me." "Welcome home, Mistress." "Thanks." "That young lady herself inheritated 10 billion dollars." "The owner of the Congromarrit company, the top of 100 thousands employees worldwide." "She must be an alian or something." "She is actually rather sharp." "Do you know her?" "Yes, I met her at the reception of the world championship 3 years ago." "Oh, did you?" "You?" "She came to see my last show in New York." "Kyoko!" "How are you?" "Surviving!" "How about you, Kyoko?" "Hey" "What?" "I'm thinking to start mens clothing line soon." "I will need your advice on this and that." "You are the designer, right?" "It will be the instant success." "Thanks." "I'm thinking about a new brand name for the mens line." "And the name just popped up to my mind." "Akiwadams" "Did Christine give you her hotel's key?" "May we disturb you two?" "Oh... you are..." "Hello, world-wide popular Kyoko." "I hear about you everywhere." "It's my honer to meet you, Mr. Millionaier Jr." "This is Naomi." "I always see you at the racing tracks." "Did you attend the party?" "Yes." "Nice to meet you." "Mr. Kitano," "I would like to tell you this." "The first time I met you was at the world championship 4 years ago." "I had never seen such a fast motorcycle rider like you." "I've been following you ever since." "You, you made me involve the motorcycle race and I've been trying to catch you." "Mr. Kitano," "I'm determined to win the next race, the season final." "Akio has been doing everything could be done to win the next race." "Are you still confident to win?" "Yes" "Once I beat you, Mr. Kitano, I will no longer be interested in the motorcycle race." "Sounds nice, Mr. Jr." "Listen." "You have been just lucky." "You don't know the risk, hence you have no fear." "You'b better to see the hell once or twice." "Hey" "Hey" "I was working on putting the cylinders backward." "It looks like working." "Did you hear the sound, didn't you?" "What about the exhaust pipes?" "It passed through well for now." "Mr. Amamiya, you got a phone call." "From your girlfriend." "He smells like alcholic." "He seems to be having a problem with his relationship." "He got a kinda like chronic fever." "Well, this time seems different." "She is a blues singer." "This time, I'm serious." "Don't I say that to you everytime, do I?" "But I am really seious." "You know I love blues music." "She sings real deal." "That's why I've been drinking little too much." "I'm in love with her." "Don't rush." "You've been working all night and it's been so hot." "She said she wants to see me." "She would see me just one more time." "Then go." "You can complete the exhaust job tonight." "I owe you." "Yesterday, Kazumi was keeping himself and doing something by himself." "I was curious what he was doing and peeped." "He was holding his dad's champion torophy and striking a pose in front of the mirror." "Kazumi, you got serious fever, don't you?" "That's not a fever." "But then you said you are going to be a great racer just like your dad, didn't you?" "No, I'm not going to be like my dad." "What do you mean?" "He got single crash, got scared and quit, didn't he?" "Call" "Your dad lost." "I'll be working on tires. / Thanks." "Your dad quit not from fear." "He injured his leg and can't race any more." "Go and apologize to your dad." "Akio, it's time to go to the studio, isn't it?" "Please meet us at Fuji speedway at 10 am tomorrow, okay?" "Sure." "This summer is 6th summer, isn't it?" "What?" "It's been 6 years since I met you." "On that day, my husband was hospitalized." "When I rushed into the hospital with my huge pregnant tummy, you were wiping his sweat." "And that night, the doctor told me that his right leg would not going to work like it used to." "1 hour later, Kazumi was born." "I was only 18 years old." "18 years old, you know?" "You left the hospital saying next race was scheduled in 3 days, didn't you?" "At that time, you talked to me for the first time." "Just one phrase." "Remember?" "Nope" ""My name is Akio Kitano." "Nice to meet you."" "That's it." "That was the only thing you said in 3 days." "I used to be chatty in those days." "Kazumi" "I'll teach you the technique of the turns. / Really?" "Yup, you are going to race with Akio in 10 years, right?" "Do you think I can win?" "Sure, you can." "Even I was faster than him 7, 8 years ago." "No way!" "Yes, for real!" "Wow, I had no idea." "It was all about the machine performance in the 8th race, wasn't it?" "Your machine lacks the power for your skill." "That's a trade off by racing with the independent team." "You are the role model of the factory racer." "But..." "Akio," "I'm giving you an advice." "Come back to team Yamaha." "Listen, Mr. Ohki." "I want to win but not just that." "I want to hold the fastest lap record of every single racing track in all over the world" "Do you think the factory team lets me do that?" "But you have to worry about money and the mechanics' personal matters and all in the independent team, don't you?" "Well, I understand." "I won last 2 years while you were absent." "You came back this year and if I don't win this year," "The last 2 years victories have no meaning." "We will know in the next race." "This is going to be the last shot!" "Mr. Kitano, could you please move toward Mr. Ohki?" "Yes, yes." "Closer." "As close as possible." "Good." "Kazumi" "The setting is terrible." "Check the electrical." "No, that's not what I mean." "The rear suspension doesn't feel right." "But it's a lot lighter and powerful, right?" "The lap time is pretty good too." "No, I don't like it all." "Well, I think it's tuned up quite well." "But it's still not as good as factory team's new machine." "If you can do something with the setting, I will take care of the rest." "One more week." "When is the next one?" "What?" " This track." "We are renting this track the day after tomorrow 3 pm." "Can you change the setting by then?" "I will go back to garage straight from here and try my best." "Okay?" " Sounds good." "Amamiya, how are you doing with your girlfriend?" "It's a big fish." "Well, see you then." "Good work / good work." "It's your mother's birthday, isn't it?" "Wow." "Mom!" "Happy birthday, Mom!" "Thank you, my hero!" "They are from Paris and New York." "Hm." "Reply yes to both." "Certainly" "Hey, did Akio call me?" "No, he didn't." "Hi, how do you like it?" "Could you go back to the harbor sometime soon?" "Are you going to practice laster on?" "Yes." "The next race is coming up." "How do you like it?" " Not bad." "The lap time is a lot faster than the last time." "When entering the turn, it gets a bit unstable." "Shall we change the tires?" " Yeah." "And better to check the suspension once again. / OK" "Looks like we are in a good shape." "No... it's not perfect yet." "Where is Amamiya?" "The girl... the blues singer says "sorry"" "She already had a lover." "I laught at myself." "I laught at myself before being mad." "I, I wish I could be there for you, Akio." "I wanted to be a part of your perfect race." "Akio, I'm sorry that I wasn't there at the most important practice day." "Please win the final race next week." "Hey, thank you for hard working." "Let's eat while it's warm." "Think you guys can make it?" "You left your cloths in the pit, didn't you?" "It's gonna be hard to choose tires tomorrow." "Can I stay here for a bit?" "Tomorrow is finally the last day of our contract." "Who are you gonna work with for the world championship?" "I'm thinking to hire some over there." "I see." "I had a blast last 2 years." "I wish I could be with you longer." "When I was little, I grew up at my uncle's house after my parents died." "He owned the auto repair shop in the downtown." "I spent more time to help his job than going to shool." "During summer, I wanted to go swimming but I couldn't." "Because the shop was busy on sunny days." "I used to go swimming only on rainy days." "It was the summer beach." "But nobody was there." "Dark and cold." "Every single year, I swam in the empty ocean." "Eventually, I felt weird swimming on sunny days." "All Japan championship final, 75 laps, 200 km long race" "This is THE final." "Shall we go?" "It's time." "Please win for yourself, Kazumi, and Azusa." "Go!" "Idiot!" "Too fast!" "Tires are not warm enough." "I hope he knows how many laps he has to race!" "It's been 20 minutes, 18th lap." "Kashima is keeping the 1st." "From 2nd Keishi Kitano thru 5th Akio Kitano are in one group." "The timing of the pit stop is critical." "Kashima, Ohki, Yay!" "that guy is finally the 3rd." "Akio Kitano!" "38 more laps." "It's half way." "What a hell is he thinking?" "It's way too fast." "Everybody, listen." "A crash!" "A sad thing has happened." "Akio Kitano went down at the tight turn." "Hey, listen." "Our pheonix has come back!" "Akio Kitano is back on the track. 36 laps to go!" "10 more laps!" "I'm praying..." "Hey!" "Sugo is burning!" "Sugo is shaking by this super close race!" "Last lap!" "Last lap!" "Burn out!" "Good job!" "I admire you once again!" "You and Kashima made me faster again." "Akio!" "Did you see the hell?" "Come back soon." "Well, we get going." "Thank you for last 2 years." "Be the world championship winner." "Thank you." "Good bye." "Be good." "Kazumi" "He is already missing you and in a bad mood." "July 2nd, 3:11 pm, Akio Kitano died at Circuit of Spa Francorchamps."