Shota Horie

Shota Horie (????, Horie Sh?ta?) (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.

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 begun playing rugby when he was a fifth-grade student, and later captained the Teikyo University rugby team.