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
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "2022 World Games: DanceSports Breaking Results Book" (PDF). World Games. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Ami Yuasa wins World Games gold as Ayumi Fukushima finishes third". The Japan Times. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (10 July 2022). "Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship"". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ NEWS, KYODO. "Asian Games: 19th Asian Games come to end in Hangzhou, China". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ "B-BOY SHIGEKIX, FENCING'S EMURA MISAKI NAMED JAPANESE FLAG-BEARERS FOR PARIS 2024". Olympics.com. July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
External links
- Shigeyuki Nakarai (B-Boy Shigekix) at the World DanceSport Federation
- Shigeyuki Nakarai at the World Games
- Shigekix (Shigeyuki Nakarai) at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Shigekix at Olympics.com
- Shigekix on Instagram
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