| Akio Yoshida 吉田 明生 | |
| Fullname: | Akio Yoshida |
| Birth Date: | 3 December 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Height: | 1.7m (05.6feet) |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 2005–2008 |
| Youthclubs1: | Tokai University |
| Years1: | 2010 |
| Caps1: | 17 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2011–2022 |
| Caps2: | 331 |
| Goals2: | 44 |
| Pcupdate: | 27 November 2022, 8:36 (UTC) |
is a Japanese former footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]
Akio Yoshida attended Buso Junior and Senior High School at Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture and later graduated from Tokai University where he was captain of the soccer team. He left in 2009 due to surgery following a knee injury, but joined Arte Takasaki in 2010. He left the club in 2010 after one season.
In 2011, Akio Yoshida moved to YSCC Yokohama in his hometown of Kanagawa Prefecture. In 2014, he signed a professional contract with the club and scored 10 goals in J3. He was captain for two seasons in 2014.
On 30 December 2022, Yoshida announced that he was officially retiring from football after playing professionally for 13 years with Arte Takasaki and YSCC Yokohama from 2010 and 2011, respectively.
Yoshida is most appearances is 251 games in J3 League since 2014.
| Club performance | League | Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2010 | Arte Takasaki | JFL | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | YSCC Yokohama | JRL (Kantō, Div. 1) | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| 2012 | JFL | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 9 | ||
| 2013 | 34 | 7 | – | 34 | 7 | ||||
| 2014 | J3 League | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 11 | ||
| 2015 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4 | |||
| 2016 | 30 | 1 | – | 30 | 1 | ||||
| 2017 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |||
| 2018 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 4 | |||
| 2019 | 30 | 3 | – | 33 | 3 | ||||
| 2020 | 22 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | 29 | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 331 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 341 | 48 | |||
| Career total | 348 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 359 | 48 | |||