Is the leader of Team Spiral and referred to as Zero. Ikeda's family staff a temple - moreover, his father is the temple's head priest and as a result has ample funds to finance his racing career. Ikeda is an older racer and is very calm and level headed even in the heat of a race. He prepares for races by zoning out. Ikeda believes in a theory he created known as "Zero Theory" in which car and driver come together to become a single entity. To do so, a great deal of tuning has to be done to a car in order to match the characteristics of the driver to attain a higher level of racing. Ikeda, while being team leader, is not considered the number 1 driver. He drives a Burning Red Nissan Fairlady Z.
Also known as the 350Z, is the signature car of Team Spiral leader, Ryuji Ikeda. The Fairlady Z is equipped with a VQ35DE, a naturally aspirated engine (though the car has a bolt-on turbo in Arcade Stage 8). The cars actual output is unknown, but a stock model of this engine produced around 287HP.
