Yoshida (written: 吉田 lit. "lucky ricefield") is the 11th most common Japanese surname. A less common variant is 芳田 (lit. "fragrant ricefield"). Notable people with the surname include: Ai Yoshida, 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), multiple people , Japanese rower , Japanese artist Baret Yoshida (born 1975), American mixed martial artist Bill Yoshida (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 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 (1283–1350), monk, author , Japanese footballer , Japanese swimmer Kiso Yoshida (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), 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 ,