Shota Horie
Shota Horie receiving the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship trophy on behalf of the Panasonic Wild Knights in 2016.
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| Full name | Shota Horie | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 January 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Osaka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb; 229 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Shimamoto High School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Teikyo University | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2008–present | Panasonic Wild Knights | 84 | (105) |
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Correct as of 15 January 2017
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| Provincial/State sides | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2012 | Otago | 5 | (5) |
| Super Rugby | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2013–2014 2016–present |
Rebels Sunwolves |
18 12 |
(5) (15) |
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Correct as of 22 July 2016
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2009–present | Japan | 48 | (40) |
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Correct as of 26 November 2016
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Shota Horie (堀江翔太 Horie Shōta?) (born 21 January 1986 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese rugby union footballer. His preferred position is hooker although he can also play in the back row. He represents Japan at the international level. He has played for the Panasonic Wild Knights in the domestic Japanese Top League competition, and in 2013 began playing Super Rugby with the Melbourne Rebels in Australia, but has since gone back to Japan to play for the Sunwolves.
Horie made his debut for Japan in 2009, and represented his country at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Horie is a native of Osaka Prefecture. He began playing rugby when he was a fifth-grade student, and later captained the Teikyo University rugby team.
Horie played for the Panasonic Wild Knights. He was named MVP for the 2015–16 Top League Season.
In 2012, Horie played for Japan, and in New Zealand for Otago in the National Provincial Championship, where he attracted the attention of the Melbourne Rebels recruiting staff. In November 2012, the Rebels announced Horie's signing to play Super Rugby in Australia. In 2013 he became the first Japanese player to play for an Australian Super Rugby side often on the reserves bench.
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