Shigeyuki Nakarai

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Shigeyuki Nakarai
半井重幸
Ban Jing Zhong Xing .jpg
Nakarai in 2018
Personal information
Born (2002-03-11) 11 March 2002 (age 22)
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan [1]
Sport
CountryFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Sport Breaking
Medal record
Breaking
Representing Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
World Breaking Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Seoul B-Boys
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Chengdu B-Boys
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Leuven B-Boys
World Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham B-Boys
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou B-Boys
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Buenos Aires B-Boys
WDSF Youth World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 KawasakiB-Boys

Shigeyuki Nakarai (半井 重幸, Nakarai Shigeyuki, born 11 March 2002), [2] also known mononymously as Shigekix, [2] is a Japanese bboy. He participated at the 2022 World Games in the dancesport competition where he won the bronze medal [3] in the B-Boys event. [2] [4] In 2023, he won the gold for the men's breakdancing event in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, and a day later, was chosen to be Japan's flag bearer in the closing ceremony of the games. [5] On July 1, 2024, the Japanese Olympic Committee designated him and the female fencer Misaki Emura as the flag bearers to the París 2024 Olympic Games. [6]

References

  1. "SHIGEKIX パリ五輪ブレイキンで10日出場 北海道愛語る:北海道新聞デジタル". 北海道新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  2. 1 2 3 "2022 World Games: DanceSports Breaking Results Book" (PDF). World Games . Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  3. "Ami Yuasa wins World Games gold as Ayumi Fukushima finishes third". The Japan Times . 12 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  4. Berkeley, Geoff (10 July 2022). "Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship"". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. NEWS, KYODO. "Asian Games: 19th Asian Games come to end in Hangzhou, China". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  6. "B-BOY SHIGEKIX, FENCING'S EMURA MISAKI NAMED JAPANESE FLAG-BEARERS FOR PARIS 2024". Olympics.com. July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
París 2024
With: Misaki Emura
Succeeded by
Incumbent