Question: Luke Thompson ( Ruku Tonpuson) (born Christchurch 16 April 1981) is a New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union player. He plays as a lock and occasional flanker.Thompson started his career with Canterbury but after his route to the team being blocked by the return of Brad Thorn and the presence of Chris Jack he signed for the Sanyo Wild Knights in 2004. 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