Kanata Rivington

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* Driver's Profile

**Kanata Rivington** (カナタ・リヴィントン "*Kanata Rivuinton"*) is the 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.

## Information

### Techniques

#### **Disappearing Line**

First debuted in Act 10 of First Stage it was used against Nakazato as an offensive method. You essentially disappear in any way from your opponents view and then choose an advantageous line or bleed into your opponents line. In context of how it was used by Kanata he disappeared from the view of the 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 through on the inside of a right handed hairpin.

#### **Wheel Lifting/Weight Shifting**

First debuted in the race between Takumi Fujiwara vs Toru Suetsugu in Initial D, making one of the most iconic scenes of the series. Then In MF Ghost for the Round 5 qualifications, Kanata uses the Wheel Lifting/Weight Shifting during his qualification.

Wheel Lifting/Weight Shifting in Atami Ghost qualifications
#### **"Sidewalk Run"**

The name is not Official, but is a new technic Kanata has invented in the series during the last lap of the Round 4 of the MFG, before entering the last lap while Kanata was in a battle for the first place against Emma he discovered a new way to surpass his rivals using the sidewalks of the streets of the Seaside Double Line measuring in his mind their high. In the last lap, when Kanata was 4th place, used this move that surprised Sena (Who in a try to copy that move, hit the sidewalk and lost control of his Supra), Emma and Michael (Who was the most affected one of the three) who been witness of Kanata's move. At the end Kanata got second place, with a difference of two thousands of a second.

Sena failing in his try to copy the "Sidewalk Run"Ditto, overtaking EmmaDitto, using it in the last turn. Head to head with Beckenbauer
## MFG Year 4 Performance

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## 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

First Appearance (Chapter 1)(Chapter 1)(Chapter 2)(Chapter 6)(Chapter 8)(Chapter 14)(Chapter 230 Cover)
### Anime

Kanata's official anime art sketchKanata's design in the animeDittoKanata seen in the MFG anime trailer 2DittoKanata in the third trailerDitto, Kanata with ShunKanata Using his RDRS Racing SuitKanata's MFG Driver Profile
### Miscellaneous

Cover of Young Magazine (2017/09/18)Cover Artwork for MF Ghost Volume 1 (2018/01/05)Kanata as he appeared in Initial D Arcade Stage Zero Ver. 2Kanata seen with Haruka Asahina (Character from Overtake!) in a collaboration in "Newtype magazine"
## Trivia

* 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.
* 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.