Yoshihide Yoshida

Yoshihide Yoshida
吉田 圭秀
Official Portrait for Yoshihide Yoshida
Chief of Staff, Joint Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 March 2023
Preceded by	Kōji Yamazaki
Chief of the Ground Staff
In office 26 March 2021 – 30 March 2023
Preceded by	Goro Yuasa
Succeeded by	Yasunori Morishita
Personal details
Born	(1962-10-30) 30 October 1962 (age 61) Tokyo, Japan
Military service
Allegiance	Japan
Branch/service	Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Years of service	1986–present
Rank	General (JGSDF)
Commands	Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Chief of the Ground Staff, JGSDF Ground Component Command Western Army 8th Division Director General on Public Affairs, Joint Staff 39th Infantry Regiment

General Yoshihide Yoshida (吉田 圭秀, Yoshida Yoshihide) (10 October 1962) is a Japanese military general who serves as the incumbent Chief of Staff, Joint Staff since March 2023. 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.^[1]