, 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