is a car tuning company from Tomisato, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, founded by in 1974. Amemiya and his company are known for their expertise in tuning rotary-powered Mazdas; the "RE" in its name is an allusion to the rotary engine.
In popular culture RE Amemiya's cars are often featured in touge races on the Japanese show Hot Version; these races are run in a cat-and-mouse fashion, much like in Initial D. The RE Amemiya-tuned Mazda FD3S RX-7 has competed against the Amuse Honda S2000, the J's Racing Honda S2000 and the MCR Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R. RE Amemiya's blue FD3S held the title of from 2004 through 2006, before losing the title to the J's Racing car at the 2007 event as the battle conditions were in the rain. The company reclaimed the title of Maou after winning against the J's Racing S2000 in 2009 with a new green FD3S. Thus far, RE Amemiya has won the Maou title four times with three different cars.
Both the blue FD3S and its GT300 counterpart, as detailed below, are featured in Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo series of racing video games.
In the anime and manga series Initial D, during the Project D arc, protagonists Keisuke and Ryosuke Takahashi's FD and FC RX-7s are equipped with bodykits from RE Amemiya, respectively.
Motorsport
In addition to competing in tuner events, RE Amemiya began its participation as the lone rotary entry in the Super GT series in 1995, with a 3-rotor 20B-powered RX-7 in the GT300 class. The team achieved a GT300 victory in 2006 and would go on to achieve more success over the following seasons, including 3 more race wins and 11 podiums. In 2009, RE Amemiya finished 2nd in the GT300 Championship, narrowly being beaten by the Racing Project Bandoh Lexus IS350. In 2010, their final season in Super GT, RE Amemiya finished 3rd in the GT300 Championship behind Hasemi Motorsport and Autobacs Racing Team Aguri, respectively.
RE Amemiya have also competed in the D1 Grand Prix drifting series since 2004. For their second year of competition (2005), driver Masao Suenaga scored a victory at Fuji Speedway but finished as runner-up overall in the Grand Prix, losing by just one point to Yasuyuki Kazama.
Racing results
Complete JGTC results (key) Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in italics indicate fastest lap. Year CarTyresClassNo.Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 Pos Pts 1995Mazda RX-7GT27 Hironori Takeuchi Haruhiko MatsumotoSUZFUJSENFUJSUGMIN3rd57 1996Mazda RX-7GT3007 Shinichi Yamaji Masato Yamamoto Hisashi Wada Haruhiko MatsumotoSUZFUJSENFUJSUGMINNC15th40 1997Mazda RX-7GT3007 Shinichi Yamaji Haruhiko MatsumotoSUZFUJSENFUJMINSUGNC1NC27th31 1998Mazda RX-7GT3007 Shinichi Yamaji Haruhiko MatsumotoSUZFUJSENFUJMOTMINSUGNC18th28 1999Mazda RX-7GT3007 Tetsuya Yamano Haruhiko MatsumotoSUZFUJSUGMINFUJOKAMOTNC1 4th 58 2000Mazda RX-7GT3007 Tetsuya Yamano Haruhiko MatsumotoMOTFUJSUGNC1FUJOKAMINSUZ 4th 57 2001Mazda RX-7GT3007 Tetsuya Yamano Haruhiko MatsumotoOKAFUJSUGNC1FUJMOTSUZMIN3rd54 2002Mazda RX-7GT3007 Haruhiko Matsumoto Nobuteru Taniguchi Takayuki KinoshitaOKAFUJSUGSEPFUJMOTMINSUZ8th41 2003Mazda RX-7GT3007 Nobuteru Taniguchi Takashi Ooi Haruhiko MatsumotoOKAFUJSUGFUJFUJMOTAUTSUZ12th19 2004Mazda RX-7GT3007 Hiroyuki Iiri Shinichi YamajiOKASUGSEPTOKMOTAUTSUZNC1NC24th55
Complete Super GT results (key) Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in italics indicate fastest lap. Year CarTyres Class No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 Pos Points 2005 Mazda RX-7 GT300 7 Hiroyuki Iiri Shinichi Yamaji OKA FUJ SEP SUG MOT FUJ AUT SUZ 9th 41 2006 Mazda RX-7 GT300 7 Hiroyuki Iiri Tetsuya Yamano Shinichi Yamaji SUZOKA FUJ SEP SUG SUZ MOT AUT FUJ 1st 78 2007 Mazda RX-7 GT300 7 Hiroyuki Iiri Ryo Orime Naoya Yamano SUZ OKA FUJ SEP SUG SUZ MOT AUT FUJ 14th 32 2008 Mazda RX-7 GT300 7 Hiroyuki Iiri Ryo Orime Hiroyuki MatsumuraSUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ7th66 2009 Mazda RX-7 GT300 7 Nobuteru Taniguchi Ryo OrimeOKASUZFUJSEPSUGSUZ FUJAUTMOT2nd106 2010 Mazda RX-7 GT300 7 Ryo Orime Nobuteru TaniguchiSUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJMOTNC1NC23rd71 Note: Non-championship races (NC1, NC2) are major championship races that did not count towards the championship.
References
External links RE Amemiya official home page Supercars.net GT300 car HDR photos of an RX-7 RE Amemiya