Daisuke Ikezaki switched from wheelchair basketball to wheelchair rugby in 2008, and was selected to represent the Japanese national team in April 2010 where he became an instant star. Ikezaki is one of the focal points on the Japanese wheelchair rugby team, a side that won its first Paralympic medal in the sport with bronze at Rio 2016, and its second at Tokyo 2020. He and fellow 3.0 player Yukinobu Ike have formed one of the most dangerous combinations in the sport, which they will continue to build on heading into the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games.
Ikezaki has the responsibility of being one of the primary ball carriers, as well as scoring and setting up plays. Defensive transition is also one of Ikezaki’s main strengths.
