Goto (name)

Gotō (後藤, 五藤, 五島) is a Japanese surname. People with the name include:

• Aritomo Gotō, an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
• Ben Goto, a documentarist and novelist
• Cassern S. Goto, an author
• Gotō Chūgai, an essayist, novelist and literary critic
• Fumio Gotō, a politician and theoretician
• Fusanosuke Gotō, a soldier
• Hiromi Goto, a novelist
• Hirooki Goto, a professional wrestler
• Hiroyuki Goto, a game designer and noted PI reciter
• John Goto, an artist known for his photoshopped montage color photography
• Joseph Goto (1920-1994), an American sculptor
• Jūrō Gotō, a major general in the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War
• Kazushige Goto, a computer research associate noted for hand-optimized assembly routines
• Keiichirō Gotō, a photographer
• Kenji Goto, a freelance journalist
• Mai Gotō (actress), an actress and gravure idol
• Mai Goto (voice actress), a voice actress
• Maki Goto, a singer in Hello!Project
• Masafumi Gotō, a member of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung Fu Generation
• Meisei Goto, an author
• Midori Gotō, a violinist
• Gotō Mototsugu, a samurai
• Goto Nobuyasu, an elite officer in the Date clan
• Ryu Gotō, a violinist
• Saori Gotō, a voice actress
• Satoshi Goto, a voice actor
• Shoko Goto, an adult video actress
• Gotō Shinpei, a statesman
• Gotō Shōjirō, a politician and leader of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement
• Tadamasa Goto, a yakuza boss
• Tatsutoshi Goto, a professional wrestler
• Tetsuo Gotō, a voice actor
• Toru Goto, a freestyle swimmer
• Toshio Gotō, a director
• Goto Yujo, a 15th-century swordsman
• Yūko Gotō, a voice actress
• Yukari Goto, a member of the Japanese pop group AAA: Attack All Around

In fiction

• Goto Dengo, a character in the novel Cryptonomicon
• Gabriel Goto, a minor character in the Baroque cycle