Shigeyuki Nakarai

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]

Shigeyuki Nakarai
半井重幸

Personal information
Born	(2002-03-11) March 11, 2002 (age 22) Ōsakasayama, Ōsaka, Japan
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Breakdancing
Medal record Representing  Japan Breakdancing World Games 2022 Birmingham B-Boys Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou B-Boys

References

1. "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.