Ryu Goto (五嶋 龍, Gotō Ryū, born July 13, 1988) is an American concert violinist.
Goto gained attention as a child prodigy,[1][2] first performing at the age of seven in the Pacific Music Festival held in Sapporo, Japan.
He has a dojo in Manhattan, New York, NY, Goto performed at the World Trade Center site during the official September 11 commemoration ceremony in 2003 and at the peace memorial concerts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2005.
[6][12] Goto has been influenced by electric guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, and sometimes uses an aggressive playing style described as "ferocious"[1] or "fiery.
Goto has a black belt in karate, and holds a degree in physics from Harvard (2011), where he is a member of the Phoenix SK Club.