Maki Goto

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Maki Gotō on her “Premium Live” on June 3rd, 2010

Maki Gotō ( Japanese 後 藤 真 希 , Gotō Maki ; born September 23, 1985 in Edogawa , Tokyo Prefecture ) is a J-pop singer, songwriter and former actress. She made her debut in 1999 and was a part of Morning Musume . The group's first single, Love Machine , made it to the top of the Oricon charts , selling over a million copies in Japan alone . She was the main singer of the group until 2002 and only a member of the group thereafter. In 2001 she released her first solo single called Ai no Bakayarō . The single sold over 400,000 times in Japan and is still the most successful single by a solo artist on Morning Musume. She landed at number one on the Oricon charts with the single.

In 2007 she left the Hello! Project and signed a record deal with Rhythm Zone , an Avex Trax label , in 2008 . Her comeback took place at the A-Nation in 2008 . The following year, 2009, she released under the name "Sweet Black feat. Maki Goto “an EP . In 2010 she changed her stage name back to Maki Goto and started her official comeback. She sold a total of over 1.5 million CDs in Japan as a solo singer.

Life

Maki has a younger brother and two older sisters.

In 1996 Maki's father died as a result of a crash while climbing a mountain.

Her younger brother and former member of the Japanese music group EE Jump , Yūki Gotō ( 後 藤 祐 樹 ), was arrested on October 20, 2007. He and two other accomplices, ages 18 and 19, broke into a construction site in Edogawa, Tokyo on July 15, 2007 and stole 80 rolls of electrical cable valued at 1 million yen.

On January 23, 2010, Maki's mother, Tokiko Gotō , fell from the third floor of her apartment in Edogawa, Tokyo at 11 p.m. She was taken to hospital, where she died of injuries in the early hours of January 24th at the age of 55. The police said she was drunk and that suicide could not be ruled out. After a long hiatus, Gotō made her stage comeback in 2014 with her former colleagues from Morning Musume. On July 22nd, she announced on her blog that she had married an old friend.

Mari Yaguchi, a friend of Gotō from her time in Morning Musume, calls her “The Kumi Kōda of Hello! Project ". In addition, Maki himself is very good friends with Kumi Kōda and her smaller sister Misono .

Discography

Albums

publication title Chart position * Sales * annotation
0February 5, 2003 Makking Gold 1
マ ッ キ ン グ GOLD① 		4th 105,000 1st studio album
January 24, 2004 2 Paint It Gold
② ペ イ ン ト イ ッ ト ゴ ー ル ド 		4th 52,000 2nd studio album
February 23, 2005 3rd Station
3rd ス テ ー シ ョ ン 		11 26,000 3rd studio album
December 15, 2005 Maki Goto Premium Best 1
後 藤真 希 プ レ ミ ア ム ベ ス ト 1 		9 32,000 1st compilation
September 19, 2007 How to Use Sexy 18th 15,000 4th studio album
September 16, 2009 Sweet Black 16 7,000 1st EP as Sweet Black feat. Maki Goto
June 28, 2010 One 10 14,000 2nd EP
September 22, 2010 Goto Maki Complete Best Album 2001–2007: Singles & Rare Tracks
後 藤真 希 COMPLETE BEST ALBUM 2001–2007 ~ Singles & Rare Tracks ~ 		74 2,000 2nd compilation
January 12, 2011 Gloria 12 7,000 3rd EP
0May 5, 2011 Love 17th 5,000 4th EP
0November 2, 2011 Ai Kotoba: Voice
愛 言葉 (VOICE) 		8th 7,000 5th studio album
* Charts and sales for Japan only.

Singles

publication title Chart position * Sales * annotation
0March 3, 2001 Ai no Bakayarō
愛 の バ カ や ろ う 		1 435,000 1. Single
0September 9, 2001 Afurechau… Be in Love
溢 れ ち ゃ う ... BE IN LOVE 		2 210,000 2nd single
0May 2, 2002 Te wo Nigitte Arukitai
手 を 握 っ て 歩 き た い 		3 105,000 3. Single
August 21, 2002 Yaruki! It's Easy
や る 気! IT'S EASY 		2 113,000 4. Single
December 18, 2002 Sans Toi m'Amie / Kimi to Itsumademo
サ ン ・ ト ワ ・ マ ミ ー 		6th 59,000 5. Single
March 19, 2003 Uwasa no Sexy Guy
う わ さ の SEXY GUY 		6th 61,000 6. Single
July 18, 2003 Scramble
ス ク ラ ン ブ ル 		5 46,000 7. Single
August 27, 2003 Daite yo! Please Go On
抱 い て よ! PLEASE GO ON 		4th 59,000 8. Single
November 27, 2003 Genshoku Gal Hade ni Ikube!
原色 GAL 派 手 に 行 く べ! 		3 45,000 9. Single
March 17, 2004 Sayonara no Love Song
サ ヨ ナ ラ の LOVE SONG 		5 35,000 10. Single
0July 7, 2004 Yokohama Shinkirō
横 浜 蜃 気 楼 		8th 31,000 11. Single
November 17, 2004 Sayonara: Tomodachi ni wa Naritakunai no
さ よ な ら 「友 達 に は な な り た く な い の」 		9 29,000 12. Single
0July 6, 2005 Suppin to Namida.
ス ッ ピ ン と 涙. 		9 21,000 13. Single
January 25, 2006 Ima ni Kitto… In My Life
今 に き っ と ... In My LIFE 		12 21,000 14. Single
0June 7, 2006 Glass no Pumps
ガ ラ ス の パ ン プ ス 		7th 28,000 15. Single
October 11, 2006 Some boys! Touch 5 29,000 16. Single
April 11, 2007 Secret 9 15,000 17. Single
January 21, 2009 Fly away - - 1. Download single
February 25, 2009 Lady Rise - - 2. Download single
April 21, 2009 With ... - - 3. Download single
October 10, 2010 Koi Hitoyo
恋 一夜 		- - 4. Download single
July 20, 2011 What is love? / Scandalous - - 5. Download single
* Charts and sales for Japan only.

Collaborations

publication title Chart position * Sales * artist
February 18, 2009 Golden Luv feat. Maki Goto - - Ravex
April 8, 2009 Fly Away House Nation Mix - - House Nation
July 29, 2009 Crazy in Love feat. Maki Goto - - DJ Mayumi
October 19, 2011 Non Stop Love Yoroshiku !!
Non stop love 夜露 死 苦 !! 		28 3,000 Ayanokouji Shou
* Charts and sales for Japan only.

Video publications

publication title Chart position * Sales * annotation
0March 5, 2003 Ken & Mary no Merikenko On Stage! Original Cast Ban 17th 4,000
July 24, 2003 Maki Goto First Concert Tour 2003 Haru: Go! Makking gold 5 12,000 1st concert DVD
December 12, 2003 Maki Goto Single V Clips 1 2 14,000 1. Music video collection
February 25, 2004 Maki Goto Concert Tour 2003 Aki: Sexy! Makking gold 8th 9,000 2nd concert DVD
0August 4, 2004 Alo Hello! Goto Maki DVD 8th 6,000
September 15, 2004 Maki Goto Concert Tour 2004 Haru: Makkin-iro ni Nucchae! 9 7,000 3rd concert DVD
January 26, 2005 Maki Goto Concert Tour 2004 Aki: Aa Maki no Shirabe 8th 6,000 4. Concert DVD
January 18, 2006 Goto Maki Concert Tour 2005 Aki: Hatachi 6th 4,000 5th concert DVD
0July 5, 2006 Hello Pro Party! 2006: Maki Goto Captain Kōen 10 7,000 6. Concert DVD
March 29, 2006 Alo Hello! 2 goto maki 16
October 11, 2006 Maki Goto Secret Live at Studio Coast: 2 10 4,000 7. Concert DVD
February 21, 2007 Maki Goto Live Tour 2006: G Emotion: 3 16 3,000 8. Concert DVD
April 25, 2007 Hello ☆ Pro On Stage! 2007: Rock Desu yo! 29 2,000 9. Concert DVD
November 28, 2007 Maki Goto Live Tour 2007 G-Emotion II: How to Use Sexy 22nd 2,000 10. Concert DVD
0March 7, 2012 G-Emotion Final: For You 20th 11th concert DVD
* Charts and sales for Japan only.

Various products

Essay books

  1. Maki Gotō Myself - September 2002
  2. Maki Gotō Otakara Photo Book - December 2002
  3. 99 no Maki Gotō - September 23, 2003
  4. Maki Gotō Seishun no Sokuseki - December 2003
  5. Maki Gotō Chronicle 1999-2004 - April 7, 2005

Photo books

  1. Maki Gotō - November 6, 2001
  2. Maki - March 21, 2003
  3. Pocket Morning Musume: Vol. 2 with Natsumi Abe , Mari Yaguchi and Kaori Iida - September 2003
  4. More Maki - June 27, 2003
  5. Prism - April 24, 2004
  6. Alo-Hello! Maki Gotō - July 23, 2004
  7. Dear ... - April 26, 2005
  8. Foxy Fungo - August 21, 2006
  9. Go to Natura ... - November 27, 2011

Filmography

Movies

  1. Pinch Runner (original title: ピ ン チ ラ ン ナ ー) - 2000
  2. Nama Tamago (original title: ナ マ タ マ ゴ) - 2002
  3. Seishun Bakachin Ryorijuku (original title: 青春 ば か ち ん 料理 塾) - 2003
  4. Koinu Dan no Monogatari (original title: 子 犬 ダ ン の 物語) - 2003

TV series

  1. Mariya (original title: マ リ ア) - 2001
  2. Yanpapa (original title: や ん ぱ ぱ) - 2002
  3. Izu no Odoriko (original title: 伊豆 の 踊 子) - 2002
  4. RPG - 2003
  5. Yoshitsune (original title: 義 経) - 2005
  6. Matsumoto Seichō Special Yubi (original title: 松本清張 ス ペ シ ャ ル ・ 指) - 2006

Musicals

  1. Ken & Mary no Merikenko on stage! (original title: け ん & メ リ ー の メ リ ケ ン 粉 オ ン ス テ ー ジ!) - 2003
  2. Sayonara no Love Song (original title: サ ヨ ナ ラ の LOVE SONG) - 2004
  3. Gekidan Senior Graffiti Yokosuka Story (横須賀 ス ト ー リ ー) - 2007

radio

  1. Young Town Dōyōbi (original title: ヤ ン グ タ ウ ン 土 曜 日?) - 2003
  2. Maki Goto no Makkinkin Radio (original title: 後 藤真 希 の マ ッ キ ン キ ン RADIO) - 2003 to 2005
  3. J-Wave (81.3 FM) “Sweet Black Girls” (original title: 毎 週 月 ～ 木 曜 日 23: 05 ~ 23: 15 ※ 「PLATOn」 内) - 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Generasia Goto Maki (English)
  2. ↑ Japan-Zone.com death of the mother / information about the father (English)
  3. ↑ mdn.mainichi.jp Maki Gotō's brother behind bars (English) ( Memento from May 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Hello-Online.com Maki Gotō loses her mother Tokiko Gotō (English)
  5. ↑ Hello-Online.com Maki Goto Official Blog い つ も 、 応 援 し て く だ さ る 皆 皆 様 へ ☆ (Japanese)
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h Generasia Goto Maki: Discography (English)
personal data
SURNAME Goto, Maki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 後 藤 真 希 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese pop musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Japan , Edogawa