On the movie poster, signs on the buildings say "Wild Speed" and "Wild Speed Drift" in Japanese characters. "Wild Speed" is the Japanese title for "The Fast and the Furious".

When Sean is learning how to drift at the docks, the fisherman that comments about his drifting is actually the real Drift King, Keiichi Tsuchiya. The comments about betting on the '72 Skyline and '86 Corolla are throwbacks to him as well as the Skyline was his first drift car and the Corolla was one of his favorites.