Please answer the following question: Shota Hoshi (born 17 November 1985) is an Japanese futsal player who plays for Bardral Urayasu and the Japanese national futsal team. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete