Kohtaroh Gotoh was born in Tokyo, Japan, on April 26, 1961. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, in 1986 and 1988, respectively.
In 1988, he joined Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan, where he was engaged in research on Josephson devices and in circuit design. Since 1995, he has been working on CMOS circuit design. His current research interests include high-speed I/O interface design and chip-to-chip communication.