RE Amemiya Car Co., Ltd. (有限会社RE雨宮自動車) is a car tuning company from Tomisato, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, founded by Isami Amemiya (雨宮 勇美) in 1974. Amemiya and his company are known for their expertise in tuning rotary-powered Mazdas; the "RE" in its name is an allusion to the rotary engine.
In popular culture
RE Amemiya's cars are often featured in touge races on the Japanese show Hot Version; these races are run in a cat-and-mouse fashion, much like in Initial D. The RE Amemiya-tuned Mazda FD3S RX-7 has competed against the Amuse Honda S2000, the J's Racing Honda S2000 and the MCR Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R. RE Amemiya's blue FD3S held the title of "Maou" (魔王) from 2004 through 2006, before losing the title to the J's Racing car at the 2007 event as the battle conditions were in the rain. The company reclaimed the title of Maou after winning against the J's Racing S2000 in 2009 with a new green FD3S. Thus far, RE Amemiya has won the Maou title four times with three different cars.
Both the blue FD3S and its GT300 counterpart, as detailed below, are featured in Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo series of racing video games