, 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

• , Japanese musician

• , 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

• , Japanese table tennis player

• Hirooki Goto (born 1979), Japanese professional wrestler

• , 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

• , 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

• Ben Goto (born 1929), Japanese documentarist and novelist

• Cassern "Multilaser" Goto (born 1970), American science fiction writer

• Gotō Chūgai (1866–1938), Japanese essayist, novelist and literary critic

• Hiromi Goto (born 1966), Japanese-born Canadian fantasy novelist

• Meisei Goto (1932–1999), Japanese novelist

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

Organizations

• Gotoh (1960 - present), Japanese manufacturer of guitar and musical instruments parts

In fiction

• Goto Dengo, a character in the novel Cryptonomicon

• Goto Shinpachi, an interpreter in the novel The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

• 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

• Hideaki Goto (Kenichi Endō), yakuza boss, father of Keiichi Goto and head of Goto Family

• Keiichi Goto (Ryuhei Matsuda), son of Hideaki Goto and heir of Goto Family

• 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!

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