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Maki Goto

1985 - Today

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Maki Goto (後藤 真希, Gotō Maki; born September 23, 1985) is a Japanese singer, lyricist, and former actress. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, Goto began her musical career in 1999 when she joined Morning Musume as the only third generation member. Her first single with the group, "Love Machine", topped the Oricon singles charts and sold over a million copies. Goto was the lead vocalist of the group up until her graduation from the group in 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Maki Goto is the 2,933rd most popular singer (down from 2,864th in 2024), the 2,776th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,207th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Japanese Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Maki Goto ranks 2,933 out of 4,381Before her are Ashlee Simpson, Dasha Astafieva, Ock Joo-hyun, Helen Sjöholm, Selma Björnsdóttir, and Dharius. After her are Sopho Khalvashi, Basta, Vladana Vučinić, Ira Losco, Sissal, and Timur Mutsurayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Maki Goto ranks 464Before her are Zdeněk Štybar, Lukáš Rosol, Olena Kostevych, Niki Zimling, Dasha Astafieva, and Kenny Cunningham. After her are Nushrat Bharucha, Marco Parolo, Tina Majorino, Abel Aguilar, Julian Schuster, and Davey Boy Smith Jr..

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Maki Goto ranks 2,776 out of 6,245Before her are Shuji Fujimoto (1988), Shinji Kobayashi (1960), Takuya Hashiguchi (1994), Mitsuhiro Misaki (1970), Ami Koshimizu (1986), and Hiroto Arai (1996). After her are Shota Saito (1994), Kazuhisa Irii (1970), Yutaka Azuma (1967), Tomoaki Sano (1968), Shiro Kikuhara (1969), and Takuya Jinno (1970).

Among SINGERS In Japan

Among singers born in Japan, Maki Goto ranks 46Before her are Sho Sakurai (1982), Rimi Natsukawa (1973), Tomoya Nagase (1978), Kyo (1976), Satoshi Ohno (1980), and Daigo (1978). After her are Sakura Miyawaki (1998), Yuko Nakazawa (1973), Akeboshi (1978), Suzuka Nakamoto (1997), Tomoko Kaneda (1973), and Aiko (1975).