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.
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.