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Seiji Iwaki (岩城 清次 Iwaki Seiji, known as Hawk in the Tokyopop version) is the number two driver in the Lancer Evolution-only Emperor team, driving a Lancer Evolution IV. Seiji is a driver with good racing skills, but he is rather arrogant and occasionally imprudent. He has won many races driving for Emperor against other teams, including Takeshi Nakazato of the NightKids. Back when Team Emperor appeared in Gunma prefecture to challenge the local racing teams, Seiji was sent out against every single opponent. He is known to have easily defeated a 180SX from Team Thunder Fire and Takeshi Nakazato from the Myogi NightKids, among others, taking each car's team sticker afterwards, cutting it in half and placing it upside-down on the side of his Evo's rear wing, similarly to how fighter pilots would paint kill marks on their planes. After defeating various teams in Gunma, the Emperor team then set their sights on the Akina SpeedStars, aiming to beat Akina's infamous Eight-Six. Seiji volunteered to race for the Emperor team in his Evo IV against Takumi's Eight-Six. Kyoichi was well aware that Takumi could not be taken lightly and ordered Seiji to follow "Simulation 3", a plan used only when victory was not certain. Simulation 3 translated to "stay behind opponent, and overtake near the end before reaching the finish", but he was humiliated when he disobeyed Kyoichi by overtaking Takumi too early and eventually lost, leading to him being slapped by Kyoichi for his disobedience. Kyoichi then scolds Seiji for having lost the race and tells him to use his head and stop acting foolish, as Kyoichi now had to deal with the Eight-Six before the team could move on to their next opponent. Seiji then raced against Keisuke Takahashi on Akagi, and lost. It was also verbally stated that Seiji lost to Kai Kogashiwa on Irohazaka, but no actual battle was shown in the series.