Career
His preferred position is hooker although he can also play in the back row. He represents at the international level He has played for the Panasonic Wild Knights in the domestic ese Top League competition, and in 2013 began playing with the Melbourne Rebels in Australia.
Horie made his debut for 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
In 2012, Horie played for, 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 in Australia.
In 2013 he became the first ese player to play for an Australian side often on the reserves bench.