Career
He had 23 wins at Spring and Summer Koshien. Yoshida entered Chukyo Shogyo. He defeated Yoshiyuki Iwamoto"s Kōryō in his quarterfinal game of 1931.
He defeated Fumio Fujimura"s Taishō in his quarterfinal game of 1933.
On August 19, 1933, Yoshida pitched a shutout with 336 pitches and 25 innings in his semifinal game against Akashi. He never joined Nippon Professional Baseball, instead continuing to play as an amateur pitcher.
In honor of his unprecedented pitching at Koshien, Yoshida was inducted to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.