[1][2] Kashiide was born in February 1915 in the seacoast town of Kashiwazaki, Kariwa District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

[3] Kashiide was posted to China in July 1938 with the 59th Sentai, flying the Nakajima Ki-27 Type 97 Nate fighter, but he saw little action in the Hankou area.

[3] In December 1940, Kashiide enrolled as an officer candidate in the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Academy northwest of Tokyo.

Kashiide performed defense duties in the venerable Type 97 fighter until the start of the Pacific War in December 1941.

On 8 May 1945, Kashiide was awarded the Bukosho B-Class (the Badge of Courage) by Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, citing the 27 March action.

[2] On 17 September 1985 Kashiide shook hands with the navigator of the B-29 he shot down in January 1945: Raymond F. "Hap" Halloran.