Makoto Yoshida

Makoto Yoshida is the kind of musician who makes you feel a little embarrassed about how casually you live your life. Born in Hyogo in 1987 and trained at Tokyo University of the Arts — arguably Japan's most demanding music conservatory — this guy clearly made a serious, deliberate bet on the clarinet and then followed through on it. And the clarinet is no easy instrument to stake your career on; it's got this enormous emotional range, from breathy lows that feel almost human to a piercing upper register that can cut right through an orchestra, and pulling all of that off consistently takes years of obsessive practice. He's the right age now — late thirties — where the technical chops meet actual life experience and the playing starts to get genuinely interesting. I don't know much about his specific projects, but the fact that he keeps a personal site and is still at it says everything. Quiet dedication, serious craft. I'd genuinely love to catch him live.

Makoto Yoshida is a Japanese clarinetist born on October 26, 1987, in Hyogo Prefecture. He studied at Tokyo University of the Arts, one of Japan's most prestigious conservatories, establishing a solid foundation in classical music. He maintains an official website at makoto-yoshida.com and is documented on Wikidata as a professional musician.

Name (English)

Makoto Yoshida

Name (Japanese)

吉田誠

Reading

よしだ　まこと

Born

October 26, 1987 (age 38)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rabbit

Origin

Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Clarinetist

University

Tokyo University of the Arts

• Official sitehttps://makoto-yoshida.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E7%94%B0%E8%AA%A0%20(%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E5%A5%8F%E8%80%85)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28683713

Tags

• From Hyogo Prefecture
• Clarinetist

Last updated

2026-06-02

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