Career
Throughout most of his sailing career, Yoshida trained for the ABeam Consulting Team under his personal coach and mentor Kazunori Komatsu. As of September 2013, Yoshida is ranked northern 190 in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Yoshida competed again as a crew member in the men"s 470 class by finishing sixth and receiving a berth from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
Teaming with Harada in the opening series, Yoshida mounted a spirited challenge on the fifth leg to deliver the Japanese duo a seventh spot, but fell short of the medal race with an eighteenth-place finish on 131 Netto points. On February 14, 2013, Yoshida was married to his counterpart, fellow 470 sailing star, and teammate Ai Kondo at a private ceremony in Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, United States.