 In the last half of the Shohoku-Ryonan match he is asked to mark Mitsui and he manages to temporarily shut him down, having previously outclassed Sakuragi (who was obsessed with beating Fukuda) in the same match.He leaves the team with Uozomi after the loss to Shohoku in the Interhigh Tournament knocks Ryonan out of the national championship run.Unlike Uozomi however, who starts to get emotional in encouraging his teammates to bring Ryonan further the next season, Ikegami is cool and collected.