Yoshihide Yoshida

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	30 October 1962; 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.

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