Yoshida

Yoshida (吉田, lucky ricefield or 芳田, fragrant ricefield) is a Japanese surname.

People

Yoshida is the 12th most common Japanese surname.

• Akihiko Yoshida (born 1967), game artist
• Ami Yoshida (born 1976), vocalist
• Bungo Yoshida (1934–2008), bunraku puppeteer
• Hidehiko Yoshida (born 1969), judoka and MMA fighter
• Kei Yosida, one of the physicists after which the RKKY interaction is named
• Ken'ichi Yoshida
  • Ken'ichi Yoshida (literary scholar) (1912–1977), author
  • Ken'ichi Yoshida (animator)
• Kenji Yoshida (1935–2003), anime film director and producer
• Kōsaku Yoshida, usually written "Yosida", (1909–1990), mathematician
• Masami Yoshida (born 1958), javelin thrower
• Mitsuru Yoshida (1923–1979), author
• Miwa Yoshida (born 1965), vocalist
• Saori Yoshida (born 1982), female wrestler
• Sayuri Yoshida (voice actor)
• Sensha Yoshida, manga artist, known as the author of "Utsurun Desu."
• Shigeru Yoshida (1878–1967), prime minister of Japan
• Takao Yoshida (born 1973), professional wrestler
• Takuro Yoshida (born 1946), musician
• Yoshida Kenkō (1283–1350), monk, author
• Yoshida Shoin (1830–1859), scholar
• Yoshida Brothers, Shamisen musicians
• Yoshishige Yoshida (born 1933), film director and screenwriter, also known as Kijū Yoshida
• Yoshiyuki Yoshida (born 1974), Japanese mixed martial artist

Family of painters

• Hiroshi Yoshida (1876–1950), painter, woodblock printer
• Chizuko Yoshida
• Ayomi Yoshida
• Hodaka Yoshida
• Toshi Yoshida

Fictional characters

• Ayumi Yoshida (Amy), from Case Closed (Detective Conan)
• Kazumi Yoshida, from Shakugan no Shana
• Miki Yoshida, from the OEL manga Miki Falls
• Yuki Yoshida (Mael Strom), from Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?

Places

• Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, a city in Yamanashi Prefecture
• Yoshida District, Fukui, a district, consisted of Eiheiji, Fukui
• Yoshida, Shizuoka, a town in Shizuoka Prefecture
• Yoshida, Ehime, a former town, merged to and currently a part of Uwajima, Ehime
• Yoshida, Hiroshima, a former town, merged to and currently a part of Akitakata, Hiroshima
• Yoshida, Kagoshima, a former town, merged to and currently a part of Kagoshima, Kagoshima
• Yoshida, Niigata, a former town, merged to and currently a part of Tsubame, Niigata
• Yoshida, Saitama, a former town, merged to and currently a part of Chichibu, Saitama
• Yoshida, Shimane, a former village, merged to and currently a part of Unnan, Shimane
• Yoshida Station (disambiguation), various train stations named "Yoshida" or with "Yoshida" as part of the name

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