| Hitoshi Gotō | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Order: | Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture |
| Term Start: | 16 February 2015 |
| Term End: | February 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Shōmei Yokouchi |
| Successor: | Kotaro Nagasaki |
| Birth Date: | 22 July 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan |
| Alma Mater: | Tohoku University |
is a Japanese politician and former governor of Yamanashi Prefecture. He was formerly a Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He resigned from the Democratic Party and the Diet in November 2014 so that he could contest the January 2015 Yamanashi Gubernatorial election as an independent. A native of Kōfu and graduate of Tohoku University with a Bachelor of Economics, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1980 to 1995.