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Gotō (後藤, 五藤, 五島 ) , also spelled Gotou or Gotoh , is a
Japanese surname . People with the name include:
Artists
Jin Goto (born 1968), Japanese nihonga painter
John Goto (born 1949), British artist known for his montage color photography
Joseph Goto (1920–1994), American sculptor
Keiichirō Gotō (1918–2004), Japanese photographer
Goto Yujo (1440–1512), Japanese artisan and sword fitting maker
Film, television, and video games
Hirohito Gotō (born 1969), Japanese television and stage director
Hiroki Gotō (born 1985), Japanese voice actor
Hiroyuki Goto (born 1973), Japanese game designer and pi reciter
Keiji Gotoh (born 1968), Japanese anime director
Kenji Goto (1967–2015), Japanese freelance video journalist
Mai Goto (voice actress) (born 1982), Japanese voice actress
Risa Goto (born 1983), Japanese actress and gravure idol
Saori Gotō (born 1987), Japanese voice actress
Satoshi Goto (born 1971), Japanese voice actor
Tetsuo Gotō (1950–2018), Japanese voice actor
Yūko Gotō (born 1975), Japanese voice actress
Terumoto Gotō (born 1974), Japanese comedian, member of the duo
Football Hour
Toshio Gotō (born 1938), Japanese film director
Musicians
Kumiko Goto (born 1971), Japanese singer
Maki Goto (born 1985), Japanese singer in Hello!Project
Mariko Gotō , 21st-century Japanese singer
Masafumi Gotoh (born 1976), member of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Midori Gotō (born 1971), Japanese-born American violinist
Ryu Gotō (born 1988), Japanese-American violinist
Suguru Goto , 21st-century Japanese composer and new media artist
Tsugutoshi Gotō (後藤 次利 , born 1952) , Japanese musician
Yukari Goto (後藤 友香里 , born 1988) , Japanese singer and voice actress
Government
Fumio Gotō (1884–1980), Japanese politician and theoretician
Hitoshi Goto (born 1957), Japanese politician, governor of Yamanashi Prefecture
Gotō Morinori (1840–1875), Japanese daimyō of Fukue Domain in what is now Nagasaki Prefecture
Gotō Shinpei (1857–1929), Japanese statesman and cabinet member
Gotō Shōjirō (1838–1897), Japanese politician and leader of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement
Shigeyuki Goto (born 1955), Japanese politician, Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives
Military and samurai
Aritomo Gotō (1888–1942), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II
Eiji Gotō (1887–1967), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral during World War II
Jūrō Gotō (1887–1984), Imperial Japanese Army major general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
Fusanosuke Gotō (1879–1924), Imperial Japanese Army soldier
Gotō Mototsugu (1565–1615), Japanese samurai who served the Kuroda and Toyotomi clans
Goto Nobuyasu (1556–1612), Japanese samurai who served the Uesugi clan
Sportspeople
Ai Goto (born 1983), Japanese badminton player
Ayumi Goto (born 1993), Japanese figure skater
Daiki Goto (後藤 大輝 , born 1996) , Japanese footballer
Hideko Goto (後藤 英子 ) , Japanese table tennis player
Hirooki Goto (born 1979), Japanese professional wrestler
Kanoko Goto (後藤 鹿子 , born 1975) , Japanese cross-country skier
Keita Goto (footballer) (born 1986), Japanese footballer
Michi Goto (born 1990), Japanese football forward
Mitsutaka Goto (born 1978), Japanese baseball infielder
Ryo Goto (born 1986), Japanese football forward
Shunta Gotoh (born 1993), Japanese baseball outfielder
Tadaharu Goto (born 1941), Japanese swimmer
Takasuke Goto (後藤 崇介 , born 1985) , Japanese footballer
Tarzan Goto (born Seiji Gotō, 1963), Japanese professional wrestler
Tatsutoshi Goto (born 1956), Japanese professional wrestler
Teruya Goto (born 1991), Japanese rugby sevens player
Toru Goto (born 1934), Japanese freestyle swimmer
Yoshikazu Goto (born 1964), Japanese football midfielder
Yuji Goto (born 1985), Japanese football midfielder
Yukio Goto (died 1976), Japanese football defender
Yusuke Goto (born 1993), Japanese football forward
Writers
Other
Eiichi Goto (1931–2005), Japanese computer scientist
Gotō Zuigan (1879–1965), Japanese Buddhist Rinzai Zen master
Katsu Goto (1862–1889), Japanese merchant, interpreter, and lynching victim
Kazushige Goto , Japanese software engineer known for hand-optimized assembly routines
Keita Gotō (industrialist) (1882–1959), Japanese businessman, founder of the Tokyu Group
Kumiko Goto-Azuma , Japanese Antarctic palaeoclimatologist and glaciologist
Seitarō Gotō (1867–1935), Japanese zoologist and parasitologist
Tadamasa Goto (born 1942), yakuza boss
In fiction
Goto Dengo, a character in the novel
Cryptonomicon
Gabriel Goto, a minor character in the
Baroque cycle
Kasumi Goto (Voiced by
Kym Hoy ), a character from the video game franchise
Mass Effect
The Goto Family, a powerful
yakuza family from
The Raid 2
Tojiro Goto (
Ryousuke Kawamura ), a character from the
Kamen Rider Fourze
Gotō Matabei (Voiced by
Shinichirō Miki ), a character of vídeo game
Sengoku Basara 4
Gotou (Voiced by
Kazuhiko Inoue in
Japanese and
Jason Douglas in
English for
Anime and played by
Tadanobu Asano in the
Live-action ), the main antagonist of
Parasyte franchise.
Shinichi Goto, the main protagonist from
Old Boy .
Jun Gotō (Voiced by
Yuko Ono ), one of main protagonists from
Angel's 3Piece!
Moka Gotō (Voiced by
Anzu Haruno ), one of main characters from
Clean Freak! Aoyama kun .
Hidenori Gotō (Voiced by
Tomokazu Sugita ), one of main characters from
Samurai Flamenco .
Ren Goto (Voiced by
Kazuki Shimizu in Japanese and
Chris Smith in English), a character from
K Project .
Kosei Goto (Voiced by
Tokuyoshi Kawashima ), a character from
Giant Killing .
Takuya Gotou (Voiced by
Kenjiro Tsuda ), a character from
Sound! Euphonium .
Shintaro Goto (
Asaya Kimijima ), one of main characters from
Kamen Rider OOO .
Hitori Gotō (Voiced by
Yoshino Aoyama ), one of main characters from
Bocchi the Rock!