Daisuke Ikezaki

is a Japanese wheelchair rugby player. On the club level, he currently plays for the Tokyo Suns. In 1995, while attending Iwamizawa High School for the Disabled, he started playing wheelchair basketball, but as his arm strength gradually weakened and he was no longer able to play as well as he wanted, he switched to wheelchair rugby in 2008.

Career In 2009, Ikezaki joined the Hokkaido Big Dippers. The team placed third in the Japan Championship that year, and he was recognized for his performance and selected as a national training player.

In October 2015, Ikezaki won the Mitsubishi Corporation 2015 IWRF Asia Oceania Championship, earning a spot in the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics. Ikezaki was awarded the 3.0 Class Best Player Award and MVP. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, he lost to Australia in the semi-finals, but defeated Canada in the third-place deciding match to win the bronze medal. He was awarded the Hakodate City Honorary Award. On August 10, 2018, Japan defeated the Rio Paralympic champion Australia 62–61 in the World Championship final to win its first title, and Ikezaki was named Most Valuable Player (MVP). In April 2019, he transferred from Hokkaido TxT Big Dippers to TOKYO SUNS.

Ikezaki participated in the rescheduled 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal.