Tomoyasu Hotei (布袋 寅泰 Hotei Tomoyasu born on February 1 1962 in Takasaki Gunma Japan) is a Japanese musician guitarist composer singer-songwriter producer and actor. With a career spanning more than 30 years Hotei has sold millions of albums and has collaborated with acclaimed artists around the world. Hotei first rose to prominence in the 1980s as the guitarist for Boøwy one of Japan's most popular rock bands before starting a solo career. 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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