Yūto Yoshida

is a Japanese politician who served as mayor of Yokosuka, Kanagawa from 10 July 2009 to 9 July 2017.

Early life After graduating from Yokosuka High School in 1994 and Waseda University in 1999, Yoshida worked at Accenture for two years and then studied political science at graduate school.

Political career In 2003, Yoshida ran for Yokosuka's assembly election, in which he was the youngest candidate and won the most votes. He was reelected in 2007, gaining more votes than any other candidate again. was seen as a blow to the prospects for Shinjirō Koizumi, Junichirō Koizumi's second son, who planned to run for the upcoming national election.