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Daisuke Ikeda (池田大輔; Ikeda Daisuke, born February 13, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler who is currently wrestling in the Independent circuit in Japan.

Contents 1 Career 2 Profile 2.1 Finishing and signature moves 3 Trivia 4 Championships and accomplishments 5 References

Ikeda was trained by Yoshiaki Fujiwara and joined Fujiwara's promotion Fujiwara Gumi in 1993. In 1995 he moved to BattlARTS. As one of the few heavyweights competing in a promotion made up mostly of junior heavyweights (compare Jinsei Shinzaki in Michinoku Pro Wrestling), he often had to look out of the promotion for challenges, including Shinzaki and FMW talent such as Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka, and Hiromichi Fuyuki.

In 1998 he started making appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling, and finally in early 2000 he joined the promotion as a full time worker. He did not stay long as later that year he left for Mitsuharu Misawa's new promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH. He briefly joined Misawa's WAVE faction, but left soon after. On June 1, 2004 he beat Takeshi Morishima for the WLW Heavyweight Championship. In December 2004 he announced his departure from NOAH. He now wrestles in the Japanese Independent circuit, and runs his own promotion.

• Height: 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
• Weight: 105 kg (231 lb)
• Born: February 13, 1968
• Birthplace: Ushibuka, Kumamoto, Japan
• Trained by: Yoshiaki Fujiwara
• Debut: December 15, 1993 against Don Arakawa

• Muscle Buster (Double leg capture brainbuster)
• Death Valley Bomb
• Dai-Chan Bomber (Lariat)
• Diving Dai-Chan Bomber (Diving lariat)
• Inazuma Leg Lariat (Leg lariat)
• Belly to back suplex
• Release German suplex
• Enzuigiri
• Big boot
• Octopus hold

• Ikeda is a big fan of the manga Berserk. For a long period of time, he styled himself to resemble Guts, the main hero of the series, entering the arena draped in Guts' trademark cape and carrying a very large sword. Even his theme song was "Tell Me Why" by Penpals, the theme song from the Berserk anime.

• Fujiwara Gumi / BattlARTS

• 2-Time FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Champion with Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Hayabusa
• BattlARTS Young Generation Battle League 1999

• Pro Wrestling NOAH

• 1-Time WLW Heavyweight Champion

• Profile at fansite
• Profile at Green Destiny