, also known mononymously as Shigekix, is a Japanese

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. He participated at the

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in the

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competition where he won the bronze medal in the B-Boys event. In 2023, he won the gold for the men's breakdancing event in the

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, and a day later, was chosen to be Japan's flag bearer in the closing ceremony of the games. On July 1, 2024, the

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designated him and the female fencer Misaki Emura as the flag bearers to the París 2024 Olympic Games.

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Shigekix (Shigeyuki Nakarai)
at the

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* * 2002 births Living people Japanese breakdancers Japanese male dancers Olympic breakdancers for Japan Breakdancers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Breakdancers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics World Games bronze medalists for Japan World Games medalists in dancesport Medalists at the 2022 World Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in dancesport Dancers at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games People from Ōsakasayama, Osaka People from Osaka 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{dance-bio-stub