Atsushi Goto (born 1982) is a Japanese historian and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Letters at Kyoto Tachibana University. Specializing in the political and diplomatic history of the late Tokugawa period, his research focuses on Japan's opening to the West, coastal defense, and maritime history. His work reexamines the end of Japan's isolation through the broader context of international relations and the maritime world. His best-known book, "The Forgotten Black Ships: American North Pacific Strategy and the Opening of Japan," offers a new perspective on U.S.–Japan relations beyond Commodore Perry's expedition.