Saori Gotō is a Japanese voice actress and singer born on January 8, 1987, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. She is currently affiliated with the agency Across Entertainment. Gotō stands 152 cm tall and is known for a soft, gentle, and often reserved vocal quality that has made her a popular choice for quiet, melancholic, or mysterious characters.

Gotō discovered her passion for acting in middle school while participating in her school's drama club. Her professional career began in 2002 when she successfully passed the audition for the second generation of the G.G.F. project unit. While still a member of G.G.F., she formed the musical duo airyth with fellow voice actress Yuka Iguchi. Gotō made her voice acting debut in 2003 when she was cast as Chitose Karasuma in the Galaxy Angel series, a role that brought her significant early recognition.

Her career includes a diverse range of anime roles. She is known for portraying Moeka Kiryū in the Steins;Gate series, a character that exemplifies her ability to convey deep emotional vulnerability. Her other prominent anime roles include Keiko in the long-running Minami-ke series, Barasuishou in Rozen Maiden: Träumend, Kukuru Anrakutei in Joshiraku, and Mirai in the Senran Kagura franchise. In the comedy series Shimoneta, she voiced Hyōka Fuwa, and in the popular franchise Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, she played the character Nao Sadatsuka. Her work also includes the role of Hanzō Hattori in the Hyakka Ryōran (Samurai Girls) series and Setsuna in Needless. More recently, she voiced the Spider Devil in the 2022 anime Chainsaw Man and took on the role of Lemone Juicy in The Stories of Girls Who Couldn't Be Magicians.

Beyond anime, Gotō has an extensive portfolio in video games. She is particularly recognized for her roles as Elise Schwarzer in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series, as Mirai in multiple Senran Kagura games, and as Madoka Tsukimori in Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse. She has also provided voices for mobile games such as Whisperain in Arknights, Ui Kozeki in Blue Archive, and HMS Newcastle in Azur Lane.

Throughout her career, Gotō has collaborated with many of the same production teams and co-stars. She worked alongside voice actresses like Marina Inoue and Yuka Iguchi on Minami-ke, where she noted the relaxed atmosphere made it easy to forget that recording was work. In Steins;Gate, she performed with Mamoru Miyano and Asami Imai. Her collaborations extend into music, as she has performed theme songs and character songs for the series she appears in, including the ending theme True Blue for the Sky Girls television anime and solo releases under the Konami label.

Gotō has also lent her voice to dubbing work for foreign media, providing the Japanese voice for Misery in Ruby Gloom, Jenny in Phineas and Ferb, and Annie and Clarabel in the children's series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. Regarding notable achievements, her portrayal of Moeka Kiryū in Steins;Gate is widely cited as a career-defining performance that garnered critical acclaim for its depth and emotional resonance within the science fiction visual novel community. She received the role of Barasuishou, a character exclusive to the anime adaptation, directly from director Matsuo Kou, who kept her identity a secret from the rest of the cast for the recording of the first episode. As a singer, her mini-album orihime, released in 2006, featured the ending theme for the Sky Girls OVA. Beyond acting, her interests include visiting shrines, reading literature about history and nature, and cooking, with specialties including simmered pork and nikujaga.