Shigeyuki Nakarai

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Shigeyuki Nakarai
半井重幸
Personal information
Born (2002-03-11) March 11, 2002 (age 22)
Ōsakasayama, Ōsaka, Japan
Sport
Country Japan
SportBreakdancing
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Breakdancing
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham B-Boys
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou B-Boys

Shigeyuki Nakarai (半井 重幸, Nakarai Shigeyuki, born 11 March 2002),[1] also known mononymously as Shigekix,[1] is a Japanese breakdancer. He participated at the 2022 World Games in the dancesport competition where he won the bronze medal[2] in the B-Boys event.[1][3] 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.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "2022 World Games: DanceSports Breaking Results Book" (PDF). World Games. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Ami Yuasa wins World Games gold as Ayumi Fukushima finishes third". The Japan Times. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  3. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (10 July 2022). "Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship"". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  4. ^ NEWS, KYODO. "Asian Games: 19th Asian Games come to end in Hangzhou, China". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 2023-10-10.