Yoshida (written: 吉田 lit. "lucky ricefield") is the 11th most common

Japanese surname Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are Japanese orthography, pronounced and romanization of Japanese, romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames w ...

. A less common variant is 芳田 (lit. "fragrant ricefield"). Notable people with the surname include: *

Ai Yoshida is a Japanese sports sailor. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 470 class with Naoko Kamata, finishing in 14th place. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the same event, finishing in 14th place again, with her ...

, Japanese sailor *, Japanese idol, singer and model *, Japanese video game artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese football *, Japanese Physical Therapist *, Japanese singer *

Asami Yoshida (disambiguation) Asami Yoshida may refer to: *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese voice actress {{hndis, Yoshida, Asami ...

, multiple people *, Japanese rower *, Japanese artist *

Baret Yoshida Baret Yoshida (born April 26, 1975) is an American mixed martial artist. He competed in the bantamweight and featherweight divisions. Biography Yoshida was born in Hawaii. He started training Jiu Jitsu in 1994 at Relson Gracie’s academy. In 1 ...

(born 1975), American mixed martial artist *

Bill Yoshida William Saburo Yoshida ( ja, 吉田三郎, December 1921 - February 17, 2005) was a long time letterer for Archie Comics. He was sometimes credited as Bill Yosh or Saburo Yoshida. Born in the United States in 1921, Yoshida and his family were p ...

(1921–2005), American comic book letterer *, Japanese puppeteer *, Japanese curler *, Japanese artist *, Japanese film director *, Japanese actor and singer *, Japanese javelin thrower *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese artist *, 17th-century Japanese ''ukiyo-e'' artist *, Japanese cartographer *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese judoka and mixed martial artist *, Japanese music critic and literary critic *, Japanese actress *, Japanese conductor *, Japanese politician *, Japanese painter and printmaker *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese artist *, Japanese architect *, Japanese politician *, Chinese-born Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese Shinto priest * Kanso Yoshida (1895–1973), Japanese-born British seaman *, Japanese baseball player *, one of the physicists after which the

RKKY interaction RKKY stands for ''Ruderman–Kittel–Kasuya–Yosida.'' It refers to a coupling mechanism of nuclear magnetic moments or localized inner d- or f-shell electron spins in a metal by means of an interaction through the conduction electrons. The RKK ...

is named *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese footballer and manager * Ken'ichi Yoshida (disambiguation), multiple people *, Japanese anime producer and illustrator *

Yoshida Kenkō was a Japanese author and Buddhist monk. His most famous work is ''Tsurezuregusa'' (''Essays in Idleness''), one of the most studied works of medieval Japanese literature. Kenko wrote during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods. Life and work Ken ...

(1283–1350), monk, author *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese swimmer *

Kiso Yoshida Kiso Yoshida (1919–2005) was the wife of Tōshi Yoshida and one of the artists in the important Yoshida family of Japanese artists. Unlike the others in the family, Kiso created only a few woodblock prints, but she excelled in the older, tradit ...

(1919–2005), Japanese artist *, Japanese samurai and diplomat *, Japanese composer *, member of the World Scout Committee, World Scout Foundation, and the International Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of Nippon *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese film director * Kōtarō Yoshida (disambiguation), multiple people *, Japanese synchronized swimmer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese hurdler *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese women's footballer * Masami Yoshida (disambiguation), multiple people *

Masao Yoshida (disambiguation) Masao Yoshida may refer to: *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese nuclear engineer * , former House of Councillors member for the Niigata at-large district * Masao Yoshida (flutist) (1915-2003), Japanese musician who studied with André Jaunet * ...

, multiple people *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese actor and musician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese virologist *, Japanese footballer *, Imperial Japanese Navy officer and writer *, Japanese mathematician *, Japanese musician *, Japanese ballet dancer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese video game producer, director and designer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese computer scientist *, Japanese saxophonist *

Ray Yoshida Raymond "Ray" Kakuo Yoshida (October 3, 1930 – January 10, 2009) was an American artist known for his paintings and collages, and for his contributions as a teacher at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1959 to 2005. He was an import ...

(1930–2009), American artist *, Japanese screenwriter and manga artist *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese Nordic combined skier *, Japanese actress. She changed her stage name to Ai Yoshikawa in 2017. *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese idol, singer and rapper *, Japanese politician * Rui Yoshida (1864–1954), Japanese artist *, Japanese photojournalist *

Ruriko Yoshida Ruriko (Rudy) Yoshida is a Japanese-American mathematician and statistician whose research topics have ranged from abstract mathematical problems in algebraic combinatorics to optimized camera placement in sensor networks and the phylogenomics of ...

, Japanese-American mathematician and statistician *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese writer and communist *, Japanese voice actress *Sensha Yoshida, manga artist, known as the author of ''

Utsurun Desu. is a Japanese manga created by Sensha Yoshida, which ran in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic Spirits'' from 1989 to 1994. This manga is deemed to be one of the works that initiated the "irrational" or "unreasonable" gag comic genre, also known as ...

'' *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese diplomat, politician and Prime Minister of Japan *, Japanese diplomat and politician *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese scholar *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese writer *, Japanese baseball player and coach *, Japanese musician *, pen-name of Sunao Matsumoto, Japanese writer *, Japanese artist *, Japanese politician *, Japanese baseballer *, Japanese high jumper *, better known as Taka Michinoku, Japanese professional wrestler *, better known as Cyber Kong, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese comedian *, Japanese footballer *

Takeshi Yoshida Takeshi Yoshida is chief engineer for the 2000 Toyota Corolla and a Senior Managing Director of Toyota Motor Corporation. In 2003, Yoshida was appointed as Managing Officer of the Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of the Japanese automa ...

, Japanese engineer *, Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese puppeteer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese illustrator and character designer *, Japanese musician *, Japanese architect *, Japanese nurse *, Japanese pathologist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese writer *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese printmaker *, Japanese football referee *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actress *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese sport wrestler * Yoshio Yoshida (disambiguation), multiple people *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese sailor *, Japanese tennis player *

Yuka Yoshida (cricketer) is a Japanese woman cricketer. She was also the part of the Japanese cricket team The Japan national cricket team is the men's team that represents the country of Japan in international cricket. The team is organised by the Japan Cricket As ...

(born 1989), Japanese women cricketer *

Yuki Yoshida Yuki Yoshida (born c.1914) was a Japanese-Canadian film editor and film producer. In 1978, Yoshida received an academy award for ''I'll Find a Way'' in the Best Short Film category with Beverly Shaffer. Life After her mother's death in 1925, Yosh ...

, Canadian film producer *, Japanese curler *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese judoka *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *

Luka Yoshida-Martin Luka Yoshida-Martin (born 10 April 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Brisbane in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Early life Soccer career Yoshida-Martin started as a soccer player at the age of 8 and was identified at an early age ...

(born 2001), Australian rules footballer

Fictional characters

*, a character in the manga series ''Detective Conan'' *, a character in the manga series ''

Kimi ni Todoke is a Japanese '' shōjo'' romance manga by Karuho Shiina. It was published by Shueisha in ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2005 to 2017 and collected in 30 ''tankōbon'' volumes. In 2008, it won the Best Shōjo Manga award in the 32nd Annu ...

'' *Jin Yoshida, a character in the video game ''

Soma Soma may refer to: Businesses and brands * SOMA (architects), a New York–based firm of architects * Soma (company), a company that designs eco-friendly water filtration systems * SOMA Fabrications, a builder of bicycle frames and other bicycle ...

'' *, a character in the light novel series ''Shakugan no Shana'' *, better known as Sunpyre, a character in Marvel Comics *Miki Yoshida, a character in the OEL manga series '' Miki Falls'' *, better known as Sunfire, a character in Marvel Comics *, a character in the manga series ''Assassination Classroom'' *, a character in the light novel series ''

Is This a Zombie? , also known as for short, is a Japanese light novel series by Shinichi Kimura, with illustrations by Kobuichi and Muririn. Since January 2009, 19 volumes have been published by Fujimi Shobo under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. There ...

'' *Masaki Yoshida (吉田茉咲), a secondary character in the manga

WataMote , commonly referred to as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by two people under the pseudonym Nico Tanigawa. It began serialization on Square Enix's ''Gangan Online'' service from August 4, 2011 and is published by Yen Pre ...

*Saki Yoshida (吉田咲), the main character of the infamous hentai manga

Metamorphosis Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation. Some inse ...

(sometimes called Emergence)

Fictional characters

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