is a Japanese swimmer, born in Ama County,

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. He won two medals at the 2010 Asian Games in

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, gold in the men's 400 m medley and bronze in the men's 200 m medley. Horihata competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, advancing to the final and finishing 6th in the 400 metre individual medley. He also swam on the Japanese team in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay that placed 9th in the heats and missed the top-8 cutoff for the final.

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* * * * 1990 births Living people Japanese male medley swimmers Japanese male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Universiade medalists in swimming Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Japan Sportspeople from Aichi Prefecture Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub