Answer the following question: Makoto Shimizu ( Shimizu Makoto) (born in 1977 in Tokyo Japan) professionally known as Makoto ( Makoto) is a Japanese drum and bass musician DJ and actor. Among other distinctives of Makoto's musical style a heavy influence of 1970s-era soul funk and jazz fusion can be heard throughout the vast majority of his repertoire. 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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Artist