Takumi Goto’s Personal Life in Focus: Street Kiss and Happy Cohabitation Caught on Camera

He looked at her lovingly

That night, the rotary in front of a private railway station, located about 15 km from central Tokyo in a residential area, was quiet. Being the middle of the Obon holiday season was likely part of the reason. Two taxis were parked there, waiting for passengers who had missed the last train—but one of the drivers was fast asleep.

Around 2 a.m., three young people—two men and a woman—emerged from a major karaoke chain near the station.

The one making a ruckus in a casual outfit of a cap, T-shirt, cargo shorts, and sandals was Takumi Gotō (28) of the comedy trio “Yonsentōshin.” His style of softly muttering jokes, called relaxed manzai, was on full display, but that night he was a lively, energetic presence, gesturing and joking with enthusiasm. He looked genuinely happy.

Gotō hugged a male friend and directed him toward the taxi with the awake driver.

Nearby, a beautiful woman resembling Rino Sashihara ran up to the taxi and waved goodbye through the window.

Left in the empty rotary were Gotō and the woman. No empty taxis appeared, so she decided to speak to the sleeping taxi driver—but negotiations failed. She returned with a wry smile, saying, “No luck~.” As Gotō looked at her tenderly, he became serious, and their silhouettes quietly overlapped.

After chatting leisurely for more than five minutes, finally an empty taxi arrived. They headed a short distance to a modest but neat apartment building and entered the entrance together.

“Recently, he revealed on a TV program that she’s gone, but it seems he broke up with the stage actress he was dating about three years ago. At that time, Gotō’s work with Yonsentōshin, which had been nonstop and extremely popular for two years, suddenly dried up with the end of the ‘Seventh Generation’ boom. Unable to pay the rent, he moved out of his central Tokyo tower apartment,” a friend of Gotō explained.

Supporting him during that difficult time was Ms. A, a non-celebrity whom Gotō pursued persistently and eventually won over. They are already living together and spend almost all their time together when he is not working. They’ve even been introduced to friends and the agency, so marriage may well be on the horizon.

FRIDAY also witnessed a scene confirming this. On an extremely hot day, as temperatures approached 40°C across Japan, Gotō emerged from his apartment. Almost simultaneously, Ms. A appeared at a window facing the street and tossed something down. It seemed to be a sweat wipe, which Gotō picked up proudly, holding it aloft as she waved “Have a good day!” and sent him off.

When FRIDAY asked about their cohabitation and potential marriage, Gotō’s agency responded: “We leave matters of his private life to him,” neither confirming nor denying.

In the end, Gotō has found a life far more comfortable than the tower apartment in central Tokyo or a celebrity girlfriend could have offered.

From the September 5, 2025, issue of “FRIDAY”