- Finishing moves
- Goto Shiki (Cross-legged cradle)[1][20][21][129] – 2010–present, used rarely
- Goto Ni Shiki (Modified arm wrench inside cradle)[130] – 2016
- GTR/Goto Revolution (Spinning headlock lariat into a backbreaker)[131][132] – 2016–present
- Jigoku Kuruma[133] / Go to Heaven[134] (Wrist-clutch Olympic slam) – 2003–2006
- Kaiten (Leg trap sunset flip superbomb)[2] – 2003–2006, used rarely thereafter
- Shouten (Vertical suplex side slam)[1][2] – 2006–2007
- Shouten Kai (Vertical suplex sitout side slam)[1][2] – 2007–2016, used rarely thereafter
- Shoryu Kekkai (Modified seated armbar)[1][2][133]
- Signature moves
- Belly-to-back suplex[134]
- Brainbuster[2]
- Diving elbow drop, sometimes to the back of an opponent's head[2]
- German suplex[2]
- Headbutt[135][136]
- Headshot (Arm-trap hair pull backbreaker)[136][137][138]
- Lariat[139]
- Multiple kick variations:
- Muramasa (Spinning heel to a cornered opponent,usually followed by a running bulldog[140][141] or a saito suplex[142])[1]
- PK – Penalty Kick (Soccer to the chest of a seated opponent,usually preceded by a sleeper hold)[143][144][145]– 2016–present; adopted from Katsuyori Shibata
- Shoot to the chest of a kneeling or oncoming opponent[136][146][147][148]
- Reverse Ushigoroshi (Inverted front powerslam dropped into a facebreaker knee smash)[149][150]
- Rope-hung neckbreaker[2]
- Sleeper hold[136][147][148]
- Tokko Lariat (Discus lariat)[1][2]
- Ura GTR (Spinning facelock lariat into a facebreaker)[151][152] – 2017–present
- Ura Shouten (Overhead gutwrench backbreaker rack or an inverted front powerslam lifted and spun out into a reverse swinging side slam facebuster)[1] – Innovated
- Ushigoroshi (Fireman's carry neckbreaker,sometimes from the top rope[153])[1]
- Victory roll floated over into a cross armbar[154]
- With Katsuyori Shibata
- Double-team finishing moves
- Gattai Reverse Ushigoroshi (Inverted front powerslam by Goto into a facebreaker knee smash by Shibata)[73][74]
- Double-team finishing moves
- With Yoshi-Hashi
- Double-team finishing moves
- GYR (Aided spinning facelock lariat into a facebreaker)[155][156][157]
- Double-team finishing moves
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Hirooki Goto
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