Career
He is a veteran of Shooto, PRIDE and DEEP. His specialty is a "double punch", in which he puts his hands together and throws them at his opponent. Ikemoto is a former holder of the DEEP Welterweight championship, which he obtained by defeating Hidehiko Hasegawa at DEEP 36 via unanimous decision. He lost the title by dropping a unanimous decision to Yuya Shirai at DEEP 45 in January 2010.
Ikemoto was a participant in the Dream Welterweight Grand Prix and lost his first-round matchup against Marius Zaromskis by unanimous decision at Dream.8.
The fight is most famous for Zaromskis backflipping onto Ikemoto, almost getting caught in a leg lock in the process. On November 8, 2010, he made his kickboxing debut against veteran fighter Yuya Yamamoto at K-1 World MAX 2010 Final, and lost via knockout in the first round.
Ikemoto lost his retirement fight to Japanese Mobile Marketing Association legend Ryo Chonan on April 28, 2013, at Deep: Osaka Impact 2013. Deep
Deep Welterweight Championship (One time).
