is a Japanese

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and the current governor of

Tokushima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Tokushima Prefecture has a population of 728,633 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,146 km2 (1,601 sq mi). Tokushima Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the north, E ...

. A native of

Oe District, Tokushima was a district located in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 46,231 and a density of 320.63 persons per km2. The total area was . Towns and villages * Kamojima * Kawashima * Misato * Yamaka ...

and graduate of

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

, he worked at

Mitsubishi Corporation is Japan's largest trading company (sogo shosha) and a member of the Mitsubishi keiretsu. As of 2022, Mitsubishi Corporation employs over 80,000 people and has ten business segments, including finance, banking, energy, machinery, chemicals, an ...

from 1993 to 1998. Gotoda was a member of the

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in the

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, for the Liberal Democratic Party, between 2000 and 2023. In 2023 he was elected as governor of Tokushima, defeating three other candidates including 5-term incumbent

Kamon Iizumi is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Tokushima Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 2003. A native of Ikeda, Osaka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he had worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs An interior ministry (so ...

Personal life

Gotoda is married to actress Maki Mizuno. The couple has a son born in 2005.

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* in Japanese. * Living people 1969 births Keio University alumni Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians Governors of Tokushima Prefecture {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub