The Raikiri (Japanese: ライキリ, Raikiri) is a Mini 4WD PRO car released by Tamiya in January 10, 2015. It was designed by car designer Kota Nezu of Znug Design, who previously designed Astralster.
It was featured in the on-going manga Hyper Dash! Yonkuro as one of the street Mini 4WD racers' machines.
General info
The Raikiri features a 2x2 sports car body design, designed by Znug Design (Kota Nezu). Inspired by a Japanese sword of the same name in Japanese mythology, the Raikiri has sharp and crisp edges that can be found over its bodyshell. It has the sharp headlights and the signal lights with the style inspired by sports cars, specifically the 2016 revival of the Honda/Acura NSX.
The underneath of the bodyshell was designed to allows smooth and twister-like airflows.
Standard model
The standard Raikiri features the black body color, with pink trims on it.
It is equipped with the newly-designed, small diameter low-profile wheels that are molded in black and were paired with the black low-profile slick tires. The chassis frame and the A parts were molded in gray and light gray respectively.
Japan Cup 2016
The limited Japan Cup 2016 features the white body color, while the Japan Cup-inspired body decals on it.
It was equipped with the red, small diameter low-profile Y-spoke wheels with the black low-profile tires. Both the chassis frame and the A parts were molded in black.
Matte Pink Plated
The Matte Pink Plated variant features the matte pink plated bodyshell.
Other than that, it is mostly the same as the standard model.
Shimbashi Special variant
The Tamiya Plamodel Factory Shimbashi shop exclusive variant features the exclusive body decals and the silver plated small diameter low-profile Y-spoke wheels.
Other than that, it is mostly the same as the standard model.
In the manga
The Raikiri, along with Astralster and Ablista, are racing machines belongs to the street Mini 4WD participants. They were however, unfortunately got rammed out of the circuit by Tankuro's Burning Sun.
Technical info
Length: 156 mm
Width: 97 mm
Height: 43 mm
Chassis: MA Chassis
Gear Set(s): 3.5:1
Gallery
Boxarts
Car views
Images
Trivia
- Raikiri would later get a radio control counterpart in the form of Raikiri GT, designed as a racing version (implying that the Mini 4WD version is the road car model). Originally, Raikiri GT was designed for nitro-engine (TG10-Mk.2 FZ) chassis[1], but an electric version (with white bodyshell and TT-02 chassis)[2][3][4] was later released. Simply installing a rear wing to the Mini 4WD version of Raikiri can slightly replicate the look of the Raikiri GT.
See also
References
External links
Tamiya Japan
- Raikiri on Tamiya official website
- Raikiri Japan Cup 2016 on Tamiya official website
- Raikiri Matte Pink Plated on Tamiya official website (Japanese)
Tamiya America
- Raikiri on Tamiya America official website
- Raikiri Japan Cup 2016 on Tamiya America official website