Sora Ikeda is a 16-year-old candidate pilot stationed at the Shimoji Island airbase. He trains alongside fellow cadets in the Meteor Sweeper program, Earth's secondary defense against comet fragments. As a supporting character, he appears throughout the Stratos 4 franchise, including the main television series, OVA episodes, Stratos 4 Advance, Stratos 4 Advance Kanketsu-hen, and Stratos 4: Logbook. His role centers on training to intercept meteor debris using specialized BAC TSR-2MS and Mikoyan MiG-31MS interceptors, launched via truck-mounted Zero-Length Launch systems.