Famous People with Name Goto

Goto Shinpei            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Goto Shinpei: was a Japanese statesman. He served as the head of civilian affairs of Taiwan under Japanese rule, the first director of the South Manchuria Railway, the seventh mayor of Tokyo, the first Chief Scout of Japan, the first director of NHK, the third principal of Takushoku University, and the Home Minister and Foreign Minister of Japan.

Goto Shojiro            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Goto Shojiro: was a Japanese politician and leader of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (???????, jiyu minken undo?).After the Meiji Restoration, Goto was appointed to a number of posts, including that of Governor of Osaka, and sangi (councillor), but later from the Meiji government in 1873 over disagreement with the government's policy of restraint toward Korea (i.e. the Seikanron debate) and, more generally, in opposition to the Choshu-Satsuma domination of the new government. Jointly with Itagaki Taisuke, he submitted a memorandum calling for the establishment of a popularly-elected parliament

Gotoku Sakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Gotoku Sakai: is a German-Japanese football player currently playing for Albirex Niigata.

Fumio Goto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Fumio Goto: was a Japanese politician and bureaucrat, and briefly served as interim Prime Minister of Japan in 1936.Goto was a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1908. During his early career in the 1920s, he worked in the Home Ministry, and was Director of Administration within the office of the Governor-General of Taiwan.In the 1930s, Goto was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries between 1932 and 1934 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Makoto Saito, and was later Home Minister in the cabinet of Keisuke Okada.

Hitoshi Goto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hitoshi Goto: a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kofu, Yamanashi and graduate of Tohoku University, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1980 to 1995. He was elected for the first time in 2000.

Shigeyuki Goto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shigeyuki Goto: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Minato, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980, receiving a master's degree from Brown University as a bureaucrat. Leaving the ministry in 1995, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives as a member of the New Frontier Party. He ran again in 2000 as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan this time and was elected for the first time.

Ryo Goto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Ryo Goto: is a Japanese footballer who palys for Thespa Kusatsu in the J. League Division 2.

Hirooki Goto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hirooki Goto: is a Japanese professional wrestler. He has wrestled primarily for New Japan Pro Wrestling since his debut. Goto attended Kokushikan University, where he took part in freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. Upon graduating, Goto qualified to join N