Sora Shirai

Sora Shirai
Personal information
Born (2001-11-03) 3 November 2001 (age 23)
Sagamihara, Japan[1]
Sport
Country Japan
SportSkateboarding
PositionGoofy-footed
Rank2nd – street (August 2024)[2]
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.[3][4][5] In 2019, at the age of 17, Shirai released his first full length professional skateboarding skate part in the Blind Skateboards video Time Change.[6][7][8]

Skateboarding career

Skate video parts

  • 2019: Time Change - Blind[9]

Competitions

2019

  • Damn Am Japan: 1st[10]
  • Skate Ark Japan: 1st
  • Dew Tour - Long Beach (street): 2nd
  • X Games Minneapolis (street): 3rd [11]

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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