Ono "Spinboy" Aichi, 18, first set the record in Germany last year with 88 headspins and then broke it in Beijing this September with 101. The previous record was set by a Swiss dancer with 62 spins.

Ono has now set a mark of 130 headspins and he hopes to accomplish this at 2.32pm on Sunday at the World Trade Center in Causeway Bay.

A headspin is a hip hop move in which a dancer balances on his or her head while rotating the body without any other support.

Ono is confident he can break the record as he completed 78 spins in 30 seconds in a media preview yesterday.

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He has been a guest on several Japanese TV shows, and after one appearance he was taken to hospital to have his necked checked. "They thought maybe my neck structure was abnormal, but they couldn't find anything special."

In Japan, many hip hop dancers go to dancing schools to learn headspins, but Ono taught himself with the help of his older brother.

"I was 12 years old," Ono said. "I saw someone doing headspins and thought it was fun so I tried doing that at home." But it took him five months before he managed his first headspin.

"I like how my vision is different when my body is upside down doing headspins. I can see everything around me, and the things and lights look more beautiful that way," he said.

He attributes his achievement to his persistence.