Background
Yoshio Koide was born in Nagano Prefecture.
Yoshio Koide was born in Nagano Prefecture.
Yoshio Koide graduated from the Agricultural Chemical Department of Tokyo University (1910) .
After graduation Yoshio Koide entered the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. Retired from the Ministry (1933) and entered the Meiji Sugar Manufacturing Company (1934). He became managing director of the Meiji Nyugyo Company (1940) and also of the Meiji Seika (Confectionary) Company, and then served as president of the Asahi Nyugyo Company.