Masafumi Gotoh

Masafumi Gotoh or Gotch is the lead vocalist, main songwriter and rhythm guitarist of the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. Masafumi met fellow band members Kensuke Kita and Takahiro Yamada while attending a music club of Kanto Gakuin University. The three formed Asian Kung-Fu Generation in 1996, with drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi joining the band shortly after. As the main songwriter of the band, Gotoh is credited with writing a majority of their lyrics, but has a strong tendency to share songwriting duties equally among his bandmates. His vocal style most often alternates between soft, melodic singing, and harder, harsher, yelling. Masafumi has a degree in economics and his favourite artists include Weezer, Number Girl, Oasis, Teenage Fanclub, and Beck. He produces records for other artists such as Chatmonchy, Dr. Downer and The Chef Cooks Me. He was also one of the founding members of the band Skeletons (スケルトンズ).

2 December 1976

Born on the same birth day (2 December): Aaron Rodgers • Alfred Enoch • Anna Kalinskaya • Chris Wolstenholme • Claudiu Keșerü • Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu • Gary Sánchez • Guy Bourdin • Harry Burleigh • Ivan Bagramyan • Jiří Dopita • John Banks (New Zealand politician) • Manohar Joshi • Mary Creagh • Michael McIndoe • Monica Seles • Peter Moylan • Rich Sutter • Rick Savage • Russell Lynes • Treach

Born in the same month (December 1976): Alan Faneca • Betty Lennox • Brendan Hines • Daimí Pernía • Danny McBride • Dimitrios Mavrogenidis • Filip Kuba • Jamie Noble • Jason Lane • Katleen De Caluwé • Lindsay Price • Mona Hanna-Attisha • Norishige Kanai • Piotr Morawski • Reed Johnson • Sunny Sweeney • Tomotaka Okamoto (singer) • Trond Nymark • Xavier Garbajosa • Yujiro Shirakawa • Éric Bédard