Yoshida, Kouji

吉田幸司

Yoshida serves as Hiramaru Kazuya's editor. During a meeting, he informs the chief editor about Hiramaru's genius, a factor that secured Hiramaru's serialization. He manages to overlook Hiramaru's personality. Additionally, he holds the rank of Captain, which grants him a seat in serialization meetings and allows him to lead other editors on his team, such as Yamahisa.
Yoshida appears to be the most manipulative among the editors depicted. Upon realizing that coercing Hiramaru to work is not suitable for an efficient or long-running series, he bribes the author with expensive items or information regarding Aoki Ko. This strategy aims to get Hiramaru back to work and settle the debts incurred from purchasing those items. Yoshida maintains this arrangement for an extended period (spanning the 200 chapters of Otters 11), even threatening to sever ties with Shueisha if Hiramaru fails to secure another serialization after Otters 11 is canceled.
Yoshida's logic and rationality are central to his character. He deduces that Niizuma Eiji was responsible for the artwork in +Natural and worries that Hiramaru's manga will decline in quality if he asks Aoki Ko out and faces rejection, anticipating that Hiramaru will most likely be turned down. However, this reasoning has its limits; Yoshida is greatly surprised when Aoki accepts Hiramaru's proposal, although this event subsequently alleviates most of Hiramaru's negativity and leads to a drop in his manga quality.