# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masafumi-gotoh
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:58:59.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masafumi-gotoh"
name: "Masafumi Gotoh"
slug: "masafumi-gotoh"
description: "Masafumi Gotoh  or Gotch is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. Masafumi met fellow band members Kensuke Kita and Takahiro Yamada while attending a music club of Kanto Gakuin University. The three formed Asian Kung-Fu Generation in 1996, with drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi joining the band shortly after. As the main songwriter of the band, Gotoh is credited with writing a majority of their lyrics, but has a strong tendency to share songwriting duties equally among his bandmates. His vocal style most often alternates between soft, melodic singing, and harder, harsher, yelling. Masafumi has a degree in economics and his favourite artists include Weezer, Number Girl, Oasis, Teenage Fanclub, and Beck. He produces records for other artists such as Chatmonchy, Dr. Downer and The Chef Cooks Me. He was also one of the founding members of the band Skeletons (スケルトンズ)."
tagline: "Japanese musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Asian_Kung_Fu_Generation_-_Masafumi_Gotoh_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1976-12-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.15103066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/gotch_akg"
    handle:    "gotch_akg"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/gotch_akg/"
    handle:    "gotch_akg"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/masafumigotoh"
    handle:    "masafumigotoh"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6202369/"
    handle:    "nm6202369"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6IVCk7qklx0tv5wtr4VSPc"
    handle:    "Gotch"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://gotch.info/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/442212"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%87"
    title: "ماسافومى جوتوه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masafumi_Gotoh"
    title: "Masafumi Gotoh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masafumi_Got%C5%8D"
    title: "Masafumi Gotō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masafumi_Got%C5%8D"
    title: "Masafumi Gotō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%8C%E8%97%A4%E6%AD%A3%E6%96%87"
    title: "後藤正文"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A0%ED%86%A0_%EB%A7%88%EC%82%AC%ED%9B%84%EB%AF%B8"
    title: "고토 마사후미"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masafumi_Gotoh"
    title: "Masafumi Gotoh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masafumi_Gotoh"
    title: "Masafumi Gotoh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%8E%E8%97%A4%E6%AD%A3%E6%96%87"
    title: "后藤正文"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7a708c81-b027-4219-b1d0-e2fc2a8fa88d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3515546"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3126528"
    title: "Masafumi Gotoh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump