As manager Yoshio Yoshida (吉田 義男, Yoshida Yoshio, July 26, 1933 – February 3, 2025) was a Japanese professional baseball player and manager who spent his entire career with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

He worked for the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation as a live radio and television baseball commentator.

[1] Yoshida was famous for his steady batting and his defence at shortstop, and received the NPB Best Nine Award nine times, in 1955–60, 1962, 1964–65.

That year Yoshida was also named the winner of the Matsutaro Shoriki Award.

He was selected as a member of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.