Toyota already has the Toyota Hilux Champ @ 12k USD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hNYwTVPUkQ
The Japanese companies have been making kei trucks for 70 years. They've never been sold directly in the US and never will.
Holy crap! And it will have a manual option! Love.
There will be no way this will be sold in the states. You would have to live in some place like Thailand or Costa Rica.