Rather than using tactics and strategies to psych out his opponents, Shigekix relies on his confident personality, natural musicality, and high-level moves - he never takes his eyes off of the prize, and never lets anybody rattle him in a battle. Shigekix is an excellent role model for anybody struggling to balance their passions with school and work.
Despite being a professional dancer, Shigekix consistently ranked at the top of his class in high school and stressed how important it was for him to maintain good grades even while traveling.
Check out our interview with the champion below, where we learn more about his Red Bull BC One victory, his training regimen, the bboy scene in Japan, and his future aspirations. You looked very confident and strong this year. How was your mentality and training before the competition? So many people have said that they could see my confidence when I was dancing on stage, and I agree.
It was pretty hard - I worked hard, so, you know, that's the reason I had much confidence and could enjoy myself. I practiced as much as I could, and I was doing CrossFit training. CrossFit helps build muscles for endurance, of course, and also for explosive power. I feel that it was really good to use those workouts to make my body stronger, especially for this kind of competition where there are so many rounds.
I did a lot of practice and special workouts. Did Ayane also do CrossFit training? She did really well this year too. But yeah, I agree she did really well and I think her practicing and the effort paid off.
Yeah she sometimes did Crossfit, but she actually doesn't like those kinds of workouts. So she did a lot of just practicing, you know. I think it's so hard for her to keep motivated to do it, so maybe she can just practice, haha. When did you know you were going to be competing in Red Bull this year? When did you start practicing for it? Oh, I'm not sure April or May?
But, you know, at that time they were planning to do a normal final, in person you know. You know, the same as last year. But right after that, it was announced it might be postponed or canceled. I was hoping and it was actually not the same, but, you know, it still happened. So I'm so happy. How did you feel about the fact that it was only top eight this year? Everybody had to do three rounds fewer than in the past. Did you think it made the competition easier due to fewer rounds or harder because everyone has more moves?
In terms of stamina or kind of these things, it was better for our body because we only had to do nine rounds to win the competition.
Normally, they have twelve or whatever, depending on the year. Sometimes there were like five rounds at the finals, so that was hard. But I mean, like in terms of winning in the battles, I think it was harder because all of the bboys could put more stuff in their nine rounds, rather than saving energy for twelve or more rounds.
So I was expecting it was going to be a hard battle. Ok, so all the bboys I am against will be stronger than normal. So I can say both. It was a different experience on that stage compared to I actually liked that it was only 9 rounds. I felt like you guys had so much more energy. Especially because there was no audience this year.
I feel like if it's going to be like five rounds at the final, you know, it's hard to keep energy, especially because there was no crowd. So I think so too, yeah, it was really good. I agree with you. What did you think of the line-up when you first saw it? When I saw the lineup at first, I felt like it was really high level But at the same time I felt like I felt like, OK, I have a chance.
Was there any match up you were kind of worried about? I have had battles with Alkolil many times. And also when I was 15 years old, during the first time when I was on the stage at the Red Bull, I did a battle with him.
In my opinion, he's one of the best bboys in the world for sure. He has high level skills and also originality, so I really respect him. So I was thinking that, if the first battle was with him, it was going to be tough.
Of course, I wasn't, like, worried or afraid of course. But he has good style and moves, so he's definitely one of the guys who are really strong in the first battle. The others He has been at the stage so many times. I just do my best and I'm confident in myself. Shigekix at Ichigeki Anniversary Filmed by AsiaDanceScene. How did you start bboying?
When I was seven years old, my sister Ayane, who participated in the competition, was already a bgirl. So I had the chance to go to practice places and do battles.
So he might have recommended me to be a member at first. Of course, it was not only with his decision or his invitation. They talked and they decided to bring me. I didn't know much details about it, but one day I just had it announced by my manager. I was so surprised. And I was like kinda pressured. You know, it's so funny.
It was so funny, you know, so I couldn't sleep. I couldn't sleep before the competition. Maybe the reason why I lost! Haha just kidding. How do you decide when to represent KAKB vs. Actually, I'm always trying to represent both, but this really depends on the situation. But yeah, sometimes in Japan, for example, we get invited as Red Bull BC One all star, but at the same time, we want to enter with our own crews, - original crews.
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