Yoshida was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1909. While at Atsusa High School, she was selected to represent Japan in shot put at the 1924 Far East Olympics, where she set a new Japanese record of 9.58m. After leaving school she qualified as a midwife, and then studied at Hiroshima Women's Dental School, graduating in 1931, after which she practiced in Tokyo. She hoped to participate in the shot put player at the 1940 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, but the event was cancelled due to World War II.