Sora Shirai

{{short description|Japanese professional skateboarder}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Sora Shirai
白井 空良

| image = File:Skateboarding-Street-World-Championship-Tokyo-Japan-2023-12-17_09971.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|11|3}}

| birth_place = Sagamihara, Japan{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/skateboarding/athlete-profile-n1315685-shirai-sora.htm|title=Sora Shirai|publisher=Tokyo 2020|access-date=25 July 2021}}

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| country = {{JPN}}

| sport = Skateboarding

| position = Goofy-footed

| rank = 2nd – street (August 2024){{cite web |title=Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Male |url=http://www.worldskate.org/skateboarding/rankings.html |website=World Skate |access-date=2024-08-06 |language=en |date=2024-08-06}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's street skateboarding}}

{{Medal|Country|{{JPN}}}}

{{Medal|Comp|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2023 Tokyo|Street}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2021 Rome|Street}}

{{Medal|Comp|X Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2024 Chiba |Street}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2019 Minneapolis |Street}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2022 Chiba |Street}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Sora Shirai|白井 空良|Shirai Sora|born 3 November 2001}} is a Japanese professional skateboarder who lives and skates in Kanagawa, Japan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vhsmag.com/news/sora-shirai-time-change-part-raw-cut/|title=Sora Shirai – Time Change Part Raw Cut |date=2019-10-07|website=www.vhsmag.com|language=ja|access-date=2019-10-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dewtour.com/news/sora-shirai-highlights-2nd-place-mens-street-winner-2019-dew-tour/|title=Sora Shirai Highlights {{!}} 2nd Place Men's Street Winner |date=2019-07-13|website=Dew Tour|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://hopkin.com.au/blogs/skate-blog/why-is-no-one-is-talking-about-sora-shirai|title=Why is no one is talking about Sora Shirai?|date=June 19, 2019|first=James|last=Hopkin |website=Hopkin Skate|language=en|access-date=2019-08-01}} In 2019, at the age of 17, Shirai released his first full length professional skateboarding skate part in the Blind Skateboards video Time Change.{{cite web |title=Sora Shirai drops his full length skate part for Blind Skateboards "Time Change" |url=https://www.elevatormag.com/sora-shirai-drops-his-full-length-skate-part-for-blind-skateboards-time-change/ |website=Elevator |date=3 September 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.saladdaysmag.com/blind-skateboards-soras-time-change-part/|title=Blind Skateboards Sora's 'Time Change' Part |website=Salad Days Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://theberrics.com/tomorrow-sora-shirai-time-change-part|title=Tomorrow: Sora Shirai's 'Time Change' Part|website=The Berrics|access-date=2019-10-16}}