- Breakdancing is expected to appear in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
- A few Japanese breakdancers are preparing for 2024.
- Breakdancing will not appear in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Japanese breakdancers are starting to prepare their moves for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
As we are approaching Tokyo 2020, more is being revealed about Paris 2024. In early 2019, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to include breakdancing in Paris. The qualifiers are not likely to occur until 2023. But that has not stopped Japanese breakdancers from preparing for the Olympics.
Breakdancer Shigeyuki “Shigekix” Nakarai is one of the Japanese breakdancers preparing for Paris. The 17-year-old breakdancer is comfortable competing in the world stage. Nakarai won the bronze medal during the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aries for breakdancing.
Nakarai said that he is going to turn his “frustration into positive energy.” He wants that positive energy to turn into an Olympic gold medal. Nakarai is one of Japan’s biggest hopes to win breakdancing gold in 2024. But other Japanese breakdancers are also aiming for the gold medal.
Issei Hori is a 22-year-old breakdancer, and he is also aiming for Olympic gold. He won the Red Bull BC One World Finals back in 2016, making him the world champion. He was the first Japanese breakdancer to win that competition.
“I would love to win that first gold medal,” said Hori.
Ami Yuasa is also excited that breakdancing is coming to the Olympics. The details for the breakdancing competition have not been hammered out yet. But OlympicBettingOdds.com thinks that it is likely that both men and women will get the opportunity to compete. In that case, Yuasa is also expected to represent Japan. Yuasa said that she considers breakdancing as a form of expression, like photography or art.
Yuasa believes that breakdancing will be a good fit for the Olympics. This is due to the fact that figure skating and synchronized swimming are in the Olympics. At the moment, breakdancing is not officially in Paris 2024. The IOC needs to rubber-stamp the decision in December of 2020. This will likely happen because skateboarding and surfing are in Tokyo 2020.