Japanese musician and perennial candidate
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Teruki Gotō |
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 Gotō campaigning for the 2024 Tokoyo Gubernatorial election, June 2024 |
| Born | (1982-12-08)December 8, 1982 (age 42)
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| Nationality | Japanese |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician
Perennial candidate
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Teruki Gotō (後藤 輝樹,Gotō Teruki) is a Japanese musician andperennial candidate known for his naked election posters. He holds a number of nationalist views and has run as a candidate for Mayor ofChiyoda Ward, Tokyo (2013),[1] City Assembly of Chiyoda (2015),[2][3]Governor of Tokyo (2016),[4]Governor of Tokyo (2020), andGovernor of Tokyo (2024).
According to his website, he wishes to make Japan the "strongest, kindest, and most interesting country in the world."[3]
In 2016, his television speech became a meme on the Internet when he ran for governor of Tokyo. He continued to speak prohibited words, and as a result 10% of his speech was censored by NHK without his permission.[5]
- ^Chiyoda City Mayoral Candidate Wants You to Know He Loves Japan, War Criminals Jan 30, 2013Archived July 10, 2016, at theWayback Machine Retrieved July 31, 2016
- ^Nationalist Teruki Goto appears in Japanese election campaign in just his birthday suit April 24, 2015South China Morning Post Retrieved July 31, 2016
- ^abWould you vote for this man? May 2, 2015RocketNews24 Retrieved August 6, 2016
- ^Osaki, TomohiroLesser-known candidates in the Tokyo gubernatorial race make their case July 29, 2016Japan Times Retrieved July 31, 2016
- ^"NHKの政見放送で音声カットの嵐 その理由とは【都知事選】".ハフポスト (in Japanese). 2016-07-28. Retrieved2020-03-23.
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