Her career started in the early 2000s with the band Usagi (うさぎ), where she sang and played guitar.
After it broke up in 2003, she joined punk jazz group Midori together with Usagi's bassist, Yoshifumi Kuwano.
After its dissolution, Gotō focused on her solo career as a musician, as well as a stage, film, and television drama actress.
In 2013, she wrote the lyrics for and sang the opening song of the anime Flowers of Evil which is titled "宇宙人" (ep.
[1] Her song "Sound of Me" was used as the ending theme of the drama Taberu Dake, where she played the lead role.