The Maki Goto thread (IV)
 

MAKI GOTO'S 4TH THREAD

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Name: Maki Goto (後藤真希)
Birth date: 1985/09/23
Birthplace: Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan
Blood type: O
Height: 160 cm (5'2")

Maki Goto is a J-pop singer-songwriter currently under the avex sublabel Rhythm Zone. Before joining Avex, she was a soloist under Hello! Project and a member of the all girl idol group, Morning Musume.

In 1999, Maki Goto was selected as the only member for the 3rd generation of Morning Musume. Their first single after Goto joined, "Love Machine" sold over a million copies, over nine times the amount of copies they had sold for their previous single. During her time in Morning Musume she was one of the founding members of Petitmoni and she started a solo singing career in 2001 with the single "Ai no Bakayarō". Until her graduation from Morning Musume she was one of the leading vocalists in most of the songs released. Post-graduation she has mostly concentrated on her solo career and occasionally on limited time Hello! Project units such as Gomattou, Nochiura Natsumi, and DEF.DIVA. As time has passed, she has increasingly concentrated on acting in addition to singing. She has also performed at the Asia song festival 2005 in Pusan, Korea to represent Japan.

On October 28, 2007, during the last concert of her G-Emotion II ~How to Use Sexy~ tour, Goto suddenly announced to fans that she would be graduating from Hello! Project, though she was also leaving UpFront Agency completely. Her graduation was said to be that she was overworked and overly stressed, causing her health problems. She also had different ideas of the direction of her career than what her agency had planned. Because of her graduation, she would not be able to participate in the Hello! Project 2008 Winter concert tour, previously said to be because of "scheduling conflicts".

On June 19, 2008 (after many rumors had circulated), it was released to the press that Goto had signed with the record label Rhythm Zone under avex. Maki debuted with Avex when she participated in the company's shareholders' meeting on June 22, 2008, singing a cover of Whitney Houston's "Saving All My Love for You." She also participated in a-nation'08 (Osaka on August 24 and Tokyo on August 31) alongside with Kumi Koda, Ai Otsuka, EXILE, Ami Suzuki, AAA, TVXQ, Namie Amuro, and Ayumi Hamasaki, among others. On a-nation, she performed the self-written song "Hear me", a song unreleased to the date, and a cover of Diana King's "Shy Guy", drawing media attention for the first time since her graduation.

On January 5, 2009, J-WAVE premiered “SWEET BLACK Girls”, a 15 minutes segment hosted by Maki Goto and Ryu as part of the popular radio show “PLATOn”. The show airs Mon-Fri and focuses on the life of women on their twenties. Reception was extremely good, as 30,000 messages were received during the first week only. This launched the SWEET BLACK Project, a cross-media collaboration between J-WAVE, Avex and Mixi. Goto herself chose the logo and the name, which is meant to reflect the “positive and negative” side of the life of today’s women.

To complete the project, Mixi, the most used networking community in Japan, opened a special space for Sweet Black, and Avex launched a web-documentary on YouTube based on Goto’s daily routine as a singer. Immediate success was acquainted, admittedly beyond expectations. Maki released several digital singles under the SWEET BLACK name and is soon to release a mini album of the compiled songs and music videos.

Latest release.
yay
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2010 can't come soon enough, a real debut :love

Soooo Maki Goto is the same person as SWEET BLACK? 0_o Ok....so has she released anything else and is she still going to be called SWEET BLACK in future releases?

it's SWEET BLACK feat. MAKI GOTO, a project. She will debut as herself in 2010, as Mr. Goto said. :P

I can't wait for her to debut at herself. The SWEET BLACK stuff has been so good, but that was just a radio project, I can't WAIT to hear what she has in store as Maki Goto

new thread yay~
the title is maybe a little bit too basic, but the first post is good :)

yeah, i can't wait for her debut as Maki Goto on avex :luv2

omg new thread like finally!!! love the gif :lech

Great gif hehe.

Yay for a new thread!

With this mini album, she's really set the bar high IMO for her official debut. The official PVs on the avex channel of youtube have a lot of hits (both Fly Away and Lady-Rise have hits in the hundred thousands, which is pretty good considering this was just a small project) so I hope her official debut meets with as much or greater success.

Very excited to see what she does next year. Very glad she was able to make a successful comeback!

is this maki's twitter? :shrug

http://twitter.com/makigoto

^ hmm i dunno, apparently someone found it on mixi :shakehead The english on that twitter seems too advanced to be maki...especially after reading english lyrics she wrote.

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NAIL QUEEN 2010

^Maki was named Nail Queen 2010? Cool!

^ lol nooo i'm saying she will be nail queen in 2010! (or at least should be :eyebrow) Maki already won nail queen before in 2004, but then kuu came along and destroyed maki, along with all the competition :laugh


Maki on the max matsuura documentary




hoping for subs soon

Oh...my mistake :paperbag

I don't think it's Maki's twitter unfortunately =(..insomnia is a pretty big word for someone who doesn't know English as a first language to use.

I think that could be her twitter...most of it is in Japanese anyway, and she could be using an online translator for some of the words in English you know lol.

I liked the link to the other twitter with pics from the with... PV.

Her nails are GORGEOUS! I'm so looking forward to Maki's releases this year!

I just hope she doesn't go the Kuu route and become too sexualized. The girl is hot, but she is also a decent vocalist and a great dancer =D

omg :lech amazing

Just got the new Maki Goto Mail Magazine in my e-mail...don't have time to translate the whole thing, so I'll do a rough translation of the little present part for you really quick.

"Specially for Maki Goto Mail Magazine readers!

Special new year wallpaper to all you members of the mail magazine from Maki herself, special edition that you can download for free as a present!

Download from here:
PC wallpaper: http://www.makigoto.tv/mailmag/20100105pc/index.html
Cell wallpaper: http://www.makigoto.tv/mailmag/20100...e/matiuke.html

Link is good until Jan 31st!"

The cell wallpaper link wasn't working for me...hopefully it goes up soon.

The cell wall is still wonky though the regular wall is just fine.

Sweet! Thanks for the wallpaper links!

gee i wished for a new picture of her :<
well, that's better than nothing...

I wonder if I got it right from her official web that she will be in february Happie Nuts...hmm...I luv this mag :)

from moussy catalogue 2010! please credit me if repost elsewhere
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Hmm, not bad, I prefered BENI's picture, but still a cute outfit. I miss the long hair tho hehe

lol i forgot to post this but back in December yahoo china claimed gocchin will be doing porn for 100 million yen :angel
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/091204/4/fhs4.html

Also apparently the Scawaii x-mas party maki performed at will air on tv so we have that to look forward to. It airs Jan 15th.
http://www.night-cruising.tv/onair/

o_O Guess yahoo isn't that credible...

yay for maki stuff airing on TV!

I don't believe in that porn stuff. haha :P

I feel like it's been foreverrrr since some good ol' Gocchinness ;___; The live perf is exciting (if someone even uploads it) but I'm really craving some new stuff here xD

Maki in new Happie nuts february 2010, please credit me if repost
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really nice scan, thanks :)

i hope we can soon see that Scawaii x-mas party perfomance :luv2

^ Me too! I'm really wanting to see/hear something new from her!

Maki's mother fell in her house and died yesterday. T_T

http://www.fnn-news.com/news/headlin...N00170528.html

they also think her death was an attempted suicide or something. regardless, i feel so bad for maki :( may her mother RIP.

I can't believe it... :( Her dad died when she was younger so she is without parents now...and as I'm sure some of you know her brother is in jail I can't imagine what she is going through right now. My thoughts go out to her family :weep


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http://www.fnn-news.com/news/headlin...N00170528.html
news report

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different article translated.

Gomaki's mother - did she fall or jump? Unconscious and in critical condition

The mother of Gotou Maki (24), former member of the popular idol group Morning Musume, was found on the 23rd on the premises of her Edagawa-ku (Tokyo) home having fallen, with blood pouring from her head and other parts. She was rushed to a local hospital, but remains unconscious and in a critical condition.

Komatsugawa Police are investigating the full details of the incident. According to sources from the station, it appears to have been a suicide attempt by jumping from the 3rd storey.

Gotou's father having died when she was in elementary school, her mother worked at a restaurant while raising her four children.

In her first year of junior high school, Gotou was accepted into the third generation of Morning Musume through auditions. Their first single with the new members, LOVE MACHINE, was what gave the group their big break. Having joined the star group, Gotou was able to buy a house for her mother with her income, and continued to support her by paying the family bills.

On the other hand, her younger brother (23), who also formerly performed in an idol unit, not only got into an argument with a manager before running away in 2001 (while still a minor), but in 2002 news of his underage drinking came to light and he retired from the world of entertainment. Furthermore, in October 2007, he struck a guard at a Shibuya construction site before stealing electrical cabling, and was arrested on charges of mugging and inflicting injury. In May 2008 he received a prison sentence of five years and six months. Despite all of this, the mother continued to support the family, although according to the residents of the neighbourhood, her health had worsened and she was sick with some ailment of the liver.

Oh my... my condolences to Maki and her family.

Reading the rest of the article, I have far more respect than I initital had for Maki. Girl truly is a fighter.

I was saddened when I saw the news. This is terrible =( I hope Maki is handling it okay.

Same with me, I have so much more respect for her now. For some reason I always got the impression that she came from a pretty well off family...but that obviously wasn't the case.

I hope Maki's handling everything okay. Poor Girl.

that's so sad :<
here's a link to article with videos and photos.
http://www.hello-online.org/index.ph...cle&topic=1008

How sad!
I hope she keeps to be strong!

really? i didnt know that! thats so sad :( i hope she's doing okay and let her mother rest in peace

^yes, his brother had some business with japanese mafia if i remeber right ... :<
please correct me if i'm wrong...

I'm so sad for Maki :( I didn't know her father died and now her mom :no

I hope she knows she has a lot of fans that love her no matter what happen!

If someone's a part of japanese entertainment industry (esp idol part joining at a very young age!) they're hardly ever "well off" to begin with. There are endless examples, ayu being one of them, several johnny's boys and of course many of the musume girls.

I'm really sorry to hear this happening, it must be really heart breaking for her!

^ yeah that's true. The only idol I can think of atm who was well off prior to becoming one was Airi suzuki. I'm not sure why I got that impression off Maki..but I did :shrug


and idk if you guys remember this but in Maki's 6th mail magazine she said wrote the lyrics to "with..." thinking of her mother, because of how important she was to her.

「with…」はミディアムバラードで、これまでと同じく作詞も担当してます。テ－マは「大切 な存在」。
私にとっては、やっぱり母！
仕事を頑張っている時に、いつも私のことを見ていて支えてくれている母は、かけがえのない存在 です。

:weep

and

Poor Maki...

Even though it's tough right now, and even though she isn't reading this, I want to say to her "Keep fighting! We support you, and I hope our warm thoughts reach you"

I will always support Maki, she's such a strong and wonderful person. It's even worse that she was the one who found her. It must have been... well, I'm sure words can't even describe it. Rest in peace Goto-mama, and stay strong Maki, there are countless people out there who love you and support you, and we at AHS are part of them! :yes

Oh my! I'm so sad to hear about the news. I hope Maki is going to be okay. :(

Very sad news for Maki. It sounds like it may have been suicide with judgment being effected by the alcohol. Both her parents are dead and her brother is in prison. Geeze.

Short video of Maki at the funeral.
Super News 10/01/27 (click! embedding is disabled)

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-lovemusic @ JPM

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Rika and Yossy came too. I wonder if anyone from avex went.

** Mari yaguchi, Miki fujimoto, Ogawa Makoto, tsunku, ai takahashi, Niigaki Risa, chisa from girl next door and SAM from trf also attended. Too lazy to get the pics :<

^i was just about to post that video... oh well.
and Nakazawa Yuko, Abe Natsumi, Iida Kaori, Yasuda Kei and Tsuji Nozomi attented too.

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(her sisters?)
:(

two new videos from the funeral.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA19Otx9bmc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kniP1...eature=related

thats so sweet that her friends (?) of HP came!

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^ Are those 2 her sisters?

Credits: romi @ gocchin.com

i think so...
but i really don't know, but it would be kinda obvious.

Awww Maki... I feel so bad for her. It's encouraging that she's not stopping her music though. It will probably help her to move on if she concentrates on something like that.

We might be getting a remix of TEAR DROPS
http://alucky.jp/?p=custom&id=6261315

TEAR DROPS is one of my least favourite songs on Sweet Black I wish they picked another song. Hopefully the remix (if is a remix..) is good!

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FALSE ALARM it's not a remix :gnash

^ lol XD i dont really care for remixes, so i dont really mind :P

AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A NEW SINGLE IS WHAT I WANT :gnash

i think it's too early for any Announcement Since Her mother Died i hope She RIP :(

^omg your so right D: i totally forgot about that.. now i feel bad :(

It's really confusing as the album is described as a "compilation mix"

compilation mix might be like those not stop cd where they put the songs all together like one long song .the debut and the end are sightly remix but the rest is the original song

sooooo there recently was a new mail magazine and Maki's version of "happy birthday" for unicef will be released March 26th, it came with another wallpaper too



the mag also said something about her debuting after spring...so see all of you in june :gnash

^i'm not a fan of that photo lol :P her lips look a way too big!
and why can't they just take some new pics of her? those are like from september 2009...

anyways, i hope she will debut as soon as possible.

I hope she's doing fine :) Really looking forward to her debut CD. I might buy it on August if she release it on June :yes

(Otherway if the release is after August I'd have to wait till christmas to get her CD @_@)

June isn't that far away =o..

^ You're right, it's really not. Besides, I really think she needed to take a good bit of time to deal with her mom's death, you know?

I'm really looking forward to her official debut though! I miss her!

I'm copying this from H!O, credit to LianaiGeming 21

HOORAY!

It also came with this not-so-great pic:
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Hideous leggings are hideous.

Maki's comin' back!

Ugh those are horrible leggings. Are they leggings or pants? lol. Still pretty ugly though. They remind me of granny pants....xD

I'm so excited about the things they have planned! It HAS to be her official debut!

The outfit is ugly but I'm so happy with the announcement ^_^

OMG YEAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! cant wait :yatta

yay, i can't wait! :yes

i really hope her official debut is coming soon! i've been waiting for new material from her. it's been 4everrrr since SWEET BLACK. :P

i love that SWEET BLACK picture! :heart never saw it before.

i really hope maki's coming back soon, too! :weep

Oh i'm so excited!!!! I hope something great

I like the new pic :)

new MINI ALBUM OFFICIAL DEBUT

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-38120
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=AVCD-38121

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really!!!!!!wowww i can't wait

she will also be having a mini concert on june 3rd
https://ssl.avexnet.or.jp/form/official/gotomaki100507/

but omg it's finally happening...

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OMG. YESSSSSS.
i'm so excite! :D

such amazing news!! i'm so happy. :D i wonder what type of songs this mini album will have.

Is it sad if that was my reaction to hearing all this Maki news?

YES!! I CAN'T WAITTT!!

some info on the album:

70's style? interesting...

excited for the erotic upbeat songs :lech

With Osawa Shinichi composing, the erotic upbeat songs will definitely live up to that and ballads will too. So excited to hear Maki is back in action! :yes

1890 yen album! :heart thanks maki ^O^

Osawa Shinichi is good! Looking forward to the erotic upbeat songs too!! :banana1 I need some engrish in the songs prease

another mini album?
oh well, i hope that this will be good and the sales too.
i'm gonne pre-order asap!

Awesome news! I'm really looking forward to it! :D

ANOTHER mini album? i thought only korea did that :P

oh well cant wait!!

Hope she releases something like QUEEN BEE

so is this "Maki Goto" or still SWEET BLACK or another project :3?

Oh well, I'm excited!! I love the sound of 70s revival

^Maki Goto. I believe her SWEET BLACK song tie ins are done for now.

i'm glad she's coming back! i love her other mini <3
and the description of this one looks promising

Can't wait i really adore her last mini-album with SWEET BLACK I'm going to buy the album for sure :heart

Just in case some of you were wondering what Osawa Shinichi sound is, he was the composer for Namie Amuro's "WHAT A FEELING".

Osawa's work is almost always really good. I love his remix of Anna Tsuchiya's Ah Ah.