Kenichi Ikezoe
Ikezoe at the 2025 Tokyo Yushun | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 池添謙一 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | 23 July 1979 |
| Occupation | Jockey |
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 50.0 kg (110 lb) |
| Horse racing career | |
| Sport | Horse racing |
| Career wins | 1349 (JRA) 20 (NAR) |
| Significant horses | |
| Arrow Carry, Durandal, Sweep Tosho, Dream Journey, Tall Poppy, Curren Chan, Orfevre, Eishin Apollon, Shonan Pandora, Sinhalite, Blast Onepiece | |
Kenichi Ikezoe (Japanese: 池添謙一, born July 23, 1979) is a Japanese jockey affiliated with the Ritto Training Center of the Japan Racing Association. Dubbed "The Grand Prix Man (of the Heisei era)", he has won the Arima and Takarazuka Kinen, the two races considered to be the Grand Prix races in Japanese horse racing, 7 times in total.