Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office1: | Governor of Tokushima Prefecture |
Term Start1: | 18 May 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Kamon Iizumi |
Office2: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | 31 October 2021 |
Term End2: | 5 January 2023 |
Constituency2: | Shikoku PR block |
Constituency3: | Tokushima 1st |
Predecessor3: | Mamoru Fukuyama |
Successor3: | Hirobumi Niki |
Term Start3: | 14 December 2014 |
Term End3: | 14 October 2021 |
Term Start4: | 25 June 2000 |
Term End4: | 21 November 2014 |
Predecessor4: | Yoshihisa Iwasa |
Successor4: | Constituency abolished |
Constituency4: | Tokushima 3rd |
Birth Date: | 5 August 1969 |
Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
Party: | LDP |
Spouse: | Maki Mizuno |
is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Tokushima Prefecture. A native of Oe District, Tokushima and graduate of Keio University, he worked at Mitsubishi Corporation from 1993 to 1998. Gotoda was a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, for the Liberal Democratic Party, between 2000 and 2023. In 2023 he was elected as governor of Tokushima, defeating three other candidates including 5-term incumbent Kamon Iizumi.[1]
Gotoda is married to actress Maki Mizuno. The couple has a son born in 2005.