 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Zvingave zvakakodzera kuyeuchidza kuti Shirai akakwikwidza nenzira yakapfava zvikuru, dzimwe nguva kunyange kunzwa sokunge yakagadzirirwa mukumhanyisa, nokuda kwemitemo yake mumakwikwi ekupedzisira. Zvikoro zveShirayi zvepasi-zvenguva dzose-D kusvikira panguva iyoyo muchikamu ichi nguva dzose zvaikosheswa 7.2 kana 7.1 kare, asi paW.C. idzi, yakaderedzwa kusvika pa6,8. Kunyange zvazvo D-score yakanga ichiri yakakwirira pakati pevashandi vose, kurasikirwa kwekutanga kusvika ku0.4 kubva pamusangano wose wakabatanidzwa kwakanga kwakakwana kurasikirwa nendarama, asi yakamupa sirivha panzvimbo ye 2018. Mukundi Dalaloyan, kunyange aine chinetso chenguva dzose chakaderera 6.2, akabudirira kukunda Shirai mukuuraya asi ne0.034 chete pakupedzisira. Zvakare, zvakakosha kuzivisa kuti Shirai aigara achikwikwidza iwo maviri akasiyana-mhuri vaults - kutanga Yurchenko - ipapo kumberi-kupinda Tsukahara - mune yega yega vault yekupedzisira pane ese asi imwe yeFIGs 20132018 zviitiko zvikuru ese WC asi kwete 2016 Zhizha Olimpiki muRio de Janeiro, kwaakatora bronze mushure mekunge akwidziridzwa kuShirai 2 pa vault, kana 312-kutenderera Yurchenko, yehunyanzvi hwekudzokera kumashure, achikwidza zvirinani kazhinji kubva kune rimwe gore kuenda kune rinotevera. Shirai akanga aramba achivandudza mukurumbira mumakwikwi okupedzisira evanhu vose gore rimwe nerimwe. Muna 2013 kusvika 2015, Shirai akawana nzvimbo yechina, yechina uye yechinomwe ukuwo muna 2017 kusvika 2018, akahwina menduru dzegoridhe nedzabhuronzi. 