Hidekazu Yoshida (Japanese: 吉田 秀和, romanized: Yoshida Hidekazu; 23 September 1913 – 22 May 2012) was a Japanese music and literary critic whose career spanned the Shōwa and Heisei eras.

From an early age, he was interested in languages, and joined in club activities involving English and German when in high school.

He was tutored in the French language by noted poet Chūya Nakahara, and corresponded with noted literary critics Hideo Kobayashi and Shōhei Ōoka while still a student.

He later graduated from Tokyo Imperial University with a degree in French literature.

His first work of music criticism was a series on Mozart, published in the magazine Ongaku Geijutsu in 1946.