Yoshihide Yoshida

Yoshihide Yoshida
吉田 圭秀
Yoshihide Yoshida in 2024
Chief of Staff, Joint Staff
In office
30 March 2023 – 1 August 2025
Preceded byKōji Yamazaki
Succeeded byHiroaki Uchikura
Chief of the Ground Staff
In office
26 March 2021 – 30 March 2023
Preceded byGoro Yuasa
Succeeded byYasunori Morishita
Personal details
Born (1962-10-30) 30 October 1962
Tokyo, Japan
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo (BE)
Military service
Allegiance Japan
Branch/service Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Years of service1986–2025
Rank
Commands
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General Yoshihide Yoshida (吉田 圭秀, Yoshida Yoshihide) (30 October 1962) is a Japanese military general who serves as Chief of Staff, Joint Staff from March 2023 to August 2025. General Yoshida previously served as Chief of the Ground Staff, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force from March 2021 to March 2023, and is the first person to become a General Officer in the JSDF that did not graduate from the National Defense Academy in over 30 years.