Yukinobu Ike

is a Japanese wheelchair rugby player whose position class is 3.0. He currently plays for Nikko Asset Management/Kochi Freedom and has captained the Japanese national team since 2014. He won a bronze medal in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics and a gold medal in the 2024 edition.

Background Ike graduated from Kochi Municipal Nankai Junior High School and Kochi Prefectural Kochi Minami High School.

At the age of 19, he was involved in a car accident with five people, including a friend, in which three people died. Ike survived, but his left leg was amputated, he lost the use of his left arm, and he suffered burns on 75% of his body. In 2018, he won the 2018 Japan Para Wheelchair Rugby Tournament. In August of the same year, he won the Wheelchair Rugby World Championship (GIO 2018 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championship) held in Sydney, defeating Australia, ranked number one in the world, in the final (Japan was ranked 4th), and won his first championship.

In 2021, Shimakawa was selected as a recommended player for the Japanese national team for the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a bronze medal.