Emperor Go-Daigo (November 26, 1288 – September 19, 1339) is the 96th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

[ Post-Meiji historians construe Go-Daigo's reign to span 1318–1339; however, pre-Meiji accounts of his reign consider the years of his reign to encompass only between 1318–1332.

Pre-Meiji scholars also considere Go-Daigo a pretender Emperor in the years from 1336 through 1339.

This fourteenth-century sovereign is named after the ninth-century Emperor Daigo and go- translates literally as "later"; thus, he is sometimes called the 'Later Emperor Daigo'.

The Japanese word go has also been translated to mean the "second one;" and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as 'Daigo, the second,' or as 'Daigo II.'