Real name: Kanata Rivington. A half-Japanese, half-British young man born to a Japanese father, Ken, and a British mother, Catherine. His relatives include his paternal aunt Kaede and his maternal grandparents. He came to Japan to search for his missing father, relying on the Saionji family, who were acquaintances of his parents. His only clue to his father is a single photograph. To signal his presence to his father, he uses his father's surname and kanji for his MFG entry name, "Kanata Katagiri." He is a graduate of the prestigious British racing school, Royal Donington Park Racing School (RDRS), where he was instructed by Fujiwara (Takumi Fujiwara). He is calm, composed, and polite enough to use formal speech with everyone. Being a handsome half-Japanese boy, he causes quite a stir among almost all the women in the story. He dislikes hugging and refuses it regardless of gender. Perhaps because his home country, Britain, is famous for bad food, he experiences culture shock with Japanese cuisine. When he hears he'll be treated to a meal after a race, his eyes light up at the mention of "Gyudon!" or "Shirokoro!" In the garage, he is always given Koala's March. Regarding Koala's March, he was moved to say, "There is no snack this delicious anywhere in England!" and when he ate Takenoko no Sato, he was impressed, saying, "Japanese snacks are so sophisticated... I could keep eating them forever!" His Japanese is slightly broken.

A 17-year-old high school student. The only daughter of the family where Kanata Rivington is staying. She lives with her father and her mother, Mayuko. She is characterized by her asymmetrical black bob (though she wears a center-parted brown wig during her part-time job). She has a somewhat childish personality, referring to herself by her own name, "Ren." She is a classic tsundere and can be violent, often throwing punches when she gets agitated. Although she denied it at first, she fell in love with Kanata at first sight. As she got to know his character, she became fully aware of her feelings. After hearing his reason for coming to Japan, she began to help him earnestly. She is Number 7 of the MFG Angels.

The first MFG driver to appear in the story and the first one Kanata Katagiri meets. He drives an R35 Nissan GT-R NISMO. Since he was the only one in the top 10 of the previous tournament driving a Japanese car, he is known by the nicknames "Aiba of the GT-R" and "Kamikaze Yankee." He ranked 9th in the 3rd tournament. He is also a graduate of Zero Academy, where Ryuji Ikeda serves as an instructor. He is very caring. He treated Kanata to gyudon and yakiniku after Kanata was friendly to him at their first meeting. He also gave advice during qualifying and devised a strategy to tell Kanata how many cars were left until the final qualifying line to fire up his competitive spirit. He is an old acquaintance of Ogata, the owner of the 86 that Kanata uses. After the finals of the first MFG round, he introduced his GT-R mechanic, Hiroya Okuyama, to Kanata and Ogata. One of his famous lines: "Let's show them the Yamato Spirit! GT-R!"

Members of the MFG Angels. This is what the Angels' outfits look like.