Hitoshi Goto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Hitoshi Goto

Japanese politician

Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1957

Place of Birth: Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Profession: politician

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Hitoshi Goto (?? ?, Goto Hitoshi, born 22 July 1957) is a Japanese politician and former governor of Yamanashi Prefecture.
He was formerly a Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
He resigned from the Democratic Party and the Diet in November 2014 so that he could contest the January 2015 Yamanashi Gubernatorial election as an independent.
A native of Kofu and graduate of Tohoku University with a Bachelor of Economics, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1980 to 1995.