Terumoto Gotō | |
Native Name: | 後藤 輝基 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Birth Date: | 18 June 1974 |
Birth Place: | Higashiyodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Medium: | Television |
Years Active: | 1995– |
Employer: | Yoshimoto Kogyo |
Genre: | Manzai (tsukkomi) |
is a Japanese comedian and television presenter. He performs tsukkomi in the comedy duo Football Hour with his partner Nozomu Iwao. Gotō is represented by Yoshimoto Kogyo and is mainly active in Tokyo and Osaka.
Gotō dropped out of university prep school in order to pursue comedy at Yoshimoto NSC Osaka, graduating in the 14th generation class. He formed the unit Gotō-Tenma with Kunio Tenma in 1994, as they were from the same class. The duo then changed their name to Electronic Gram and was active until 1999, when they disbanded.[1] Gotō played the boke at the time. Immediately after the disbandment, Gotō partnered up with his friend who is also from Yoshimoto NSC Osaka's 14th generation class, Nozomu Iwao, to form Football Hour, he also transitioned to becoming the tsukkomi while Iwao plays the boke.[2]
Gotō married in August 2013. His wife gave birth to a boy in June 2015.[3]
This list comprises appearances by Terumoto Gotō only, for appearances as Football Hour along with his partner Nozomu Iwao, see Football Hour.