Futoshi Komaki is the team owner of Komaki Motors and also runs the automobile repair shop of the same name. He is the father of Kotarou Komaki, and his wife has already passed away.
Futoshi Komaki once worked as a member of the pit crew for a racing team and was partnered with the driver Sumi. However, he retired from active involvement in racing to take over the family business. After Sumi died in an accident, around ten years ago, he took in Haruka Asahina as a boarder. Although Haruka contributes his earnings from his newspaper delivery job to the Komaki family, Futoshi insists that it is not necessary.
Despite being a slightly overweight middle-aged man, Futoshi claims that he used to be a fast runner. He raises Haruka as if he were his own son and is a warm and supportive father who sustains the family business.
Character designer Masako Matsumoto originally depicted him with a slim build, but following advice from director Ei Aoki, she altered his design to a rounder, more approachable "friendly uncle" silhouette. The name "Futoshi" was decided upon at the request of production producer Toshiyuki Nagano; the fact that he shares his full name with jockey Futoshi Komaki is pure coincidence.
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