Ayaka Ikehara

{{short description|Japanese handball player (born 1990)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Ayaka Ikehara

| image =

| nationality = Japanese

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|9|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Urasoe, Japan

| height = 1.57 m

| position = Right wing

| currentclub = Odense Håndbold

| clubnumber = 21

| years1 = 2012–2017

| clubs1 = MIE violet' IRIS

| years2 = 2017–2020

| clubs2 = Nykøbing Falster

| years3 = 2020–2023

| clubs3 = Odense Håndbold

| years4 = 2023–

| clubs4 = Nykøbing Falster

| nationalyears1 = 2012–

| nationalteam1 = Japan

| nationalcaps1 = 37

| nationalgoals1 = 95

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Japan|}}

}}

Ayaka Ikehara (born 24 September 1990) is a Japanese handball player for Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub and the Japanese national team.[http://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/GOttIX0RMJ2OTnQFuRjHnw/ayaka-ikehara/ EHF profile]{{cite web|url=http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/140/pdf/JPN.pdf |title=XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Japan |publisher=IHF |accessdate=7 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207234919/http://www.ihf.info/files/CompetitionData/140/pdf/JPN.pdf |archivedate=7 December 2013 }}

==Achievements==

• Danish League:
• Gold Medalist: 2021, 2022
• Carpathian Trophy:
• Bronze Medalist: 2019

==Individual awards==

• All-Star Right Wing of Damehåndboldligaen: 2017/18