Ikeda, Ryuuji

池田竜次

Ryuji Ikeda (Ikeda Ryuji) leads Team Spiral and goes by the name Zero. His family works at a temple; specifically, his father serves as the head priest, which provides the ample funds needed to finance his racing career.
Ikeda is an older racer who remains very calm and level-headed, even during the intensity of a race. He prepares for competitions by zoning out. He adheres to a concept he developed called "Zero Theory," where the car and driver merge into a single entity. Achieving this requires extensive tuning of the car to align its characteristics with those of the driver, thereby reaching a higher level of racing.