The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift cast is led by Lucas Black as Sean Boswell, with Nathalie Kelley as Neela, Sung Kang as Han Lue, Shad Moss as Twinkie and Brian Tee as D.K. The film opened in US theaters on June 16, 2006, directed by Justin Lin and produced by Neal H. Moritz. Further down the billing, the credits list Leonardo Nam as Morimoto, Brian Goodman as Major Boswell, Zachery Ty Bryan as Clay and Sonny Chiba as Uncle Kamata, across 81 cast entries on TMDB. What sets this ensemble apart is how little of it comes from the earlier films, since Vin Diesel appears only in an uncredited role as Dominic Toretto. Lin brought Han over from his 2002 directorial debut, Better Luck Tomorrow, and TheWrap reported in 2020 that the first F9 trailer briefly showed Sean and Earl alongside the returning Han.
| # | Actor | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas Black | Sean Boswell |
| 2 | Nathalie Kelley | Neela |
| 3 | Sung Kang | Han Lue |
| 4 | Shad Moss | Twinkie |
| 5 | Brian Tee | D.K. |
| 6 | Leonardo Nam | Morimoto |
| 7 | Brian Goodman | Major Boswell |
| 8 | Zachery Ty Bryan | Clay |
| 9 | Nikki Griffin | Cindy (Clay's Girlfriend) |
| 10 | Jason Tobin | Earl |
| 11 | Keiko Kitagawa | Reiko |
| 12 | Lynda Boyd | Ms. Boswell |
| 13 | Sonny Chiba | Uncle Kamata |
| 14 | Damien Marzette | High School Security Guard |
| 15 | Trula M. Marcus | American Math Teacher |
| 16 | Brandon Brendel | Clay's Buddy |
| 17 | Daniel Booko | Clay's Buddy |
| 18 | David V. Thomas | Clay's Buddy |
| 19 | Amber Stevens West | Cheerleader |
| 20 | Ashika Gogna | Cheerleader |
| 21 | Vincent Laresca | Case Worker |
| 22 | Yoko Maki | Woman at Boswell's Apt. |
| 23 | Toshi Hayama | Toshi at Underground Garage |
| 24 | Atley Siauw | DJ Atley |
Billing order from the film's credits (TMDB). Actors with a Cinvibe page and characters with a character page are linked.
Also in the cast: Kaila Yu (Cowgirl at Starting Line), Aiko Tanaka (Cowgirl at Starting Line), Satoshi Tsumabuki (Exceedingly Handsome Guy), Alden Ray (Alden), Konishiki (Paw Man), Caroline de Souza Correa (Sexy Brazilian Model), Silvia Šuvadová (Russian Model), Jimmy Lin (Jimmy), Shoko Nakagawa (Bo-Peep Girl), Koji Kataoka (Pinkie (Yakuza)), Trey Sanford (Auto Shop Bully #2), Christian Salazar (Chubby Hispanic Kid), Danny Ray McDonald II (Auto Shop Bully #3), Joey Crumpton (Police Officer), Rie Shibata (Math Teacher), Hiroshi Hatayama (Tea Hair #2), Keiichi Tsuchiya (Old Fisherman #1), Kazutoshi Wadakura (Old Fisherman #2), Verena Mei (Beautiful Girl in Skyline #1), Mari Jaramillo (Beautiful Girl in Skyline #2), Mikiko Yano (Bo-Peep Girl #2), Wendy Watanabe (Neela's Friend #1), Tina Tsunoda (Neela's Friend #2), Tak Kubota (Yakuza Man #1), Hidesuke Motoki (Yakuza Man #4), Toshio Ariki, Mitsuru Ôno, Mitsuki Koga (Yakuza Man (uncredited)), Vin Diesel (Dominic Toretto (uncredited)), Britten Kelley (Model (uncredited)), Kevin Ryan (Bully (uncredited)), Kazuki Namioka (Tea Hair (uncredited)), Chris Astoyan (Racer (uncredited)), Tessa Bartholomew (Club Girl (uncredited)), April Betts (Cheerleader (uncredited)), Ai Cherie (Bouncer's Girlfriend (uncredited)), Willis Chung (Tea Hair #5 (uncredited)), Stacy Ross (D.K. Entourage (uncredited)), Victoria Gracie (Model (uncredited)), Jade Gzi (Tea Hair #3 (uncredited)), Elizabeth Hara (Model (uncredited)), Bud Joseph Hebert (Student (uncredited)), Alexis Hernandez (Latino Crew (uncredited)), Jimmy Hsu (Yakuza (uncredited)), Harley Jay (Student (uncredited)), Eunice Kiss (Racer (uncredited)), Tara Kredel (Cheerleader (uncredited)), Sandra McCurdy (Model (uncredited)), Chaoxiang Ming (Little Kid (uncredited)), Emmi Nakagawa (Business Woman (uncredited)), Tyler Nelson (Mascot (uncredited)), Masami Okada (Hostess at scene with Sunny Chiba (uncredited)), Sandy Velasco (Hip Hop Girl (uncredited)), Minn Vo (Dancer (uncredited)), Stuart W. Yee (Yakuza Man #2), Joshua Collins (Skater Student (uncredited)), Tim Chantarangsu (Extra (uncredited)).
Lucas Black leads The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) as Sean Boswell, the Arizona teenager sent to live with his father in Tokyo after a street race ends with his car wrecked. He is billed first among the 81 cast entries on TMDB. TheWrap later noted that he made a brief cameo in Furious 7, and that Sean appears in the first F9 trailer.
Nathalie Kelley plays Neela in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), the girlfriend of the top drift racer, and Sean's interest in her puts the two drivers on a collision course. She is billed second in the TMDB credits, directly after Lucas Black. In 2020, TheWrap named Neela among the Tokyo Drift characters who might appear in F9.
Sung Kang plays Han Lue in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), billed third in the TMDB credits. Yahoo Entertainment reported that Justin Lin carried the character over from his 2002 directorial debut, Better Luck Tomorrow. Kang has said Han was a chain smoker in that film, so he snacks on screen in the Fast films to keep his hands busy.
Shad Moss plays Twinkie in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), the local hustler who introduces Sean to the drift racing scene in Tokyo. He is billed fourth in the TMDB credits under the name Shad Moss, between Sung Kang and Brian Tee. In 2020, TheWrap named Twinkie among the Tokyo Drift characters who might appear in F9.
Brian Tee plays D.K., the Drift King, in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), and NBC News described the character as the main antagonist of the film. Speaking to NBC News in 2017, Tee said audiences had never seen a movie with so many Asian faces in it, and he told the outlet that people still recognize him from the role.
Leonardo Nam is credited as Morimoto in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and is billed sixth among the 81 cast entries listed on TMDB. His billing sits directly after Brian Tee as D.K. and just ahead of Brian Goodman as Major Boswell. Nam is one of the named supporting players in an ensemble that also includes Sonny Chiba as Uncle Kamata.
Brian Goodman plays Major Boswell in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Sean's father, a US Navy officer based in Tokyo. After the Arizona street race, Sean is sent to live with him instead of facing jail, so the major is the reason the story moves to Japan. Goodman is billed seventh on TMDB, and TheWrap in 2020 named Sean's father as a character who could possibly appear in F9.
Zachery Ty Bryan plays Clay in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), the Arizona classmate Sean races in the opening street race. Sean wrecks his car in that race, and because he has been in trouble before, he is sent to Tokyo rather than facing jail. Bryan is billed eighth on TMDB, and the three actors credited as Clay's Buddy (Brandon Brendel, Daniel Booko and David V. Thomas) are billed 16th to 18th.
Nikki Griffin plays Cindy (Clay's Girlfriend) in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), part of the Arizona opening that leads into the street race between Sean and Clay. She is billed ninth in the TMDB credits, directly after Zachery Ty Bryan as Clay and one place ahead of Jason Tobin as Earl.
Jason Tobin plays Earl in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), billed tenth in the TMDB credits, just ahead of Keiko Kitagawa. TheWrap reported in 2020 that Earl appears alongside Sean in a brief shot from the first F9 trailer, which made Tobin one of the Tokyo Drift players to rejoin the saga years later.
Keiko Kitagawa plays Reiko in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), billed eleventh in the TMDB credits, between Jason Tobin and Lynda Boyd. In 2020, TheWrap named Reiko among the Tokyo Drift characters who might appear in the ninth film, alongside Neela, Twinkie and possibly Sean's father, after the first F9 trailer briefly showed Sean and Earl.
Lynda Boyd is credited as Ms. Boswell in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), sharing a surname with Lucas Black's Sean Boswell and Brian Goodman's Major Boswell. Boyd is billed twelfth in the TMDB credits, one place after Keiko Kitagawa as Reiko and one place ahead of Sonny Chiba as Uncle Kamata.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), directed by Justin Lin, was cast around Lucas Black as Sean Boswell and a set of faces new to the series, rather than the stars of the first two films. The TMDB credits bill Nathalie Kelley, Sung Kang, Shad Moss and Brian Tee directly behind him, with Vin Diesel listed only as Dominic Toretto (uncredited). The result is a tokyo drift ensemble with almost no franchise history behind it, a bit like a pit crew assembled fresh for one race.
So, where did Han come from? Lin carried Sung Kang's character over from his 2002 directorial debut, Better Luck Tomorrow, according to Yahoo Entertainment, and Kang has said the production was the underdog film and, as he recalled, destined for DVD. Brian Tee, who plays D.K., told NBC News in 2017 that audiences had never seen a movie with so many Asian faces in it. The TMDB credits reflect that range, with Sonny Chiba as Uncle Kamata, Keiko Kitagawa as Reiko and Leonardo Nam as Morimoto among the named players.
Vin Diesel is the best known face carried over from the earlier fast and furious movies into Tokyo Drift, in an uncredited role as Dominic Toretto, while almost every other actor is new to the franchise. The TMDB credits list him fifty third among 81 cast entries, as Dominic Toretto (uncredited), so the rest of the film runs on newcomers.
The traffic then runs the other way, from this film into later ones. TheWrap reported in 2020 that Lucas Black had made a brief cameo in Furious 7, and that the first F9 trailer briefly showed Sean and Earl (Jason Tobin) alongside the returning Han (Sung Kang). That article also named Neela, Twinkie, Reiko and possibly Sean's father as characters who might appear in F9. If you are watching in release order, it helps to learn these Tokyo faces now, because several of them come back years later.
| Director | Justin Lin |
|---|---|
| Writers | Chris Morgan, Gary Scott Thompson |
| Producers | Neal H. Moritz |
| Music | Brian Tyler |
| Cinematography | Stephen F. Windon |
Lucas Black played Sean Boswell, the lead of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), directed by Justin Lin. He is billed first among the 81 cast entries in the TMDB credits. TheWrap reported in 2020 that Black had made a brief cameo in Furious 7, and that Sean appeared in the first F9 trailer.
Yes, Vin Diesel appears in Tokyo Drift as Dominic Toretto, but the role is uncredited. The TMDB credits list him fifty third, as Dominic Toretto (uncredited), among 81 cast entries. The top billed players around him, led by Lucas Black, are all new to the franchise in this film.
The villain is D.K., the Drift King, played by Brian Tee. NBC News described D.K. as the main antagonist of Tokyo Drift in a 2017 profile, and Tee told the outlet that people still recognize him from the role. He is billed fifth in the TMDB credits, directly after Shad Moss as Twinkie.
Sung Kang played Han Lue in Tokyo Drift, a character Justin Lin brought over from his 2002 directorial debut, Better Luck Tomorrow, according to Yahoo Entertainment. Kang has said the film was the underdog and, as he recalled, destined for DVD, and TheWrap reported in 2020 that Han returned in the first F9 trailer.
Shad Moss played Twinkie, the Tokyo hustler who introduces Sean to drift racing in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006). The TMDB credits bill him fourth, under the name Shad Moss, directly ahead of Brian Tee as D.K. In 2020, TheWrap named Twinkie among the characters who might appear in F9.
No, most of the original cast did not return, since Tokyo Drift was built around Lucas Black and a new ensemble rather than the leads of the first two films. The exception in the credits is Vin Diesel, who appears uncredited as Dominic Toretto. Lucas Black later made a brief cameo in Furious 7, and TheWrap reported that the first F9 trailer briefly showed Sean and Earl (Jason Tobin).
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