Shigeyuki Nakarai
半井重幸
Personal information
Born (2002-03-11) March 11, 2002
Ōsakasayama, Ōsaka, Japan
Sport
Country Japan
SportBreakdancing
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Breakdancing
World Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 BirminghamB-Boys
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouB-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

  1. 1 2 3 "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.


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