Daizo Horikoshi

Daizo Horikoshi (堀越 大蔵) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Thai League 1 club Trat.

Albirex Niigata (S)
After graduating from Tokai University, Horikoshi signed for Albirex Niigata Singapore of the Singapore Premier League (SPL) for their 2019 season. He started in the 2019 Singapore Community Shield, where they lost to Home United, 5–4 on penalties. He scored the opening goal on their 2–1 away league win over Warriors FC on 13 April.

Kaya–Iloilo
In February 2020, it was announced that Horikoshi had signed for Kaya–Iloilo of the Philippines Football League (PFL). He scored his first goal for the club on 7 November 2021 in their Copa Paulino Alcantara opening match, a 2–0 win over the Azkals Development Team. He was named the man of the match that night. Kaya went on to win the 2021 Copa Paulino Alcantara.

Horikoshi was the top goalscorer in the 2022 Copa Paulino Alcantara with six goals in the tournament, earning him the Golden Boot award. Kaya finished as the competition's runners-up. In the 2022–23 PFL season, he won the league's Golden Ball (best player of the season) and Golden Boot awards, scoring 15 goals and providing 19 assists as Kaya won the league title for the first time. Kaya went on to complete a domestic double by winning the 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara. Horikoshi registered the most assists in the Copa, with 15, and was awarded the Golden Ball. In the 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage, he scored an equalizer against J1 League champions Yokohama F. Marinos. However, the match ended as a 2–1 home loss. Horikoshi departed Kaya in January 2024.

Trat
In January 2024, Horikoshi joined Thai League 1 club Trat for the second half of the 2023–24 season.

Personal life
Horikoshi's younger brother, Tamon, is also a footballer. He also attended Tokai University and had been Daizo's teammate at Kaya in 2023.

Honours
Kaya–Iloilo
 * Philippines Football League: 2022–23
 * Copa Paulino Alcantara: 2021, 2023; runner-up: 2022

Individual
 * Philippines Football League Golden Ball: 2022–23
 * Philippines Football League Golden Boot: 2022–23
 * Copa Paulino Alcantara Golden Ball: 2023
 * Copa Paulino Alcantara Golden Boot: 2022