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Japanese professional skateboarder
Sora Shirai
Personal information
Born (2001-11-03) 3 November 2001 (age 23)
Sagamihara, Japan
Sport
Country Japan
SportSkateboarding
PositionGoofy-footed
Rank2nd – street (August 2024)
Medal record
Men's street skateboarding
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tokyo Street
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Rome Street
X Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minneapolis Street
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Chiba Street

Sora Shirai (白井空良, Shirai Sora, born 3 November 2001) is a Japanese professional skateboarder who lives and skates in Kanagawa, Japan. In 2019, at the age of 17, Shirai released his first full length professional skateboarding skate part in the Blind Skateboards video Time Change.

Skateboarding career

Skate video parts

  • 2019: Time Change - Blind

Competitions

2019

  • Damn Am Japan: 1st
  • Skate Ark Japan: 1st
  • Dew Tour - Long Beach (street): 2nd
  • X Games Minneapolis (street): 3rd

References

  1. "Sora Shirai". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Male". World Skate. 2024-08-06. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  3. "Sora Shirai – Time Change Part Raw Cut". www.vhsmag.com (in Japanese). 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  4. "Sora Shirai Highlights | 2nd Place Men's Street Winner". Dew Tour. 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  5. Hopkin, James (June 19, 2019). "Why is no one is talking about Sora Shirai?". Hopkin Skate. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  6. "Sora Shirai drops his full length skate part for Blind Skateboards "Time Change"". Elevator. 3 September 2019.
  7. "Blind Skateboards Sora's 'Time Change' Part". Salad Days Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  8. "Tomorrow: Sora Shirai's 'Time Change' Part". The Berrics. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  9. "'Time Change': Sora Shirai's Blind Skateboards Part". The Berrics. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  10. "2019 Damn Am Japan: How Sora Shira Won – SPoT Life". TransWorld Skateboarding. 14 April 2019.
  11. "Skateboarding: Yuto Horigome wins street title at X Games, Shirai 3rd". Kyodo News. Retrieved 2019-08-05.


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