It is named after Yoshida Shōin, a Japanese political scientist of the 19th century.
Yoshida | Tatsuya Yoshida | Shigeru Yoshida | Miwa Yoshida | Akihiko Yoshida | Yoshida Shōin | Takeshi Yoshida | Shoin Junior and Senior High School | Naoki Yoshida | Yoshida Kanetomo | Yoshida Brothers | Sunao Yoshida | Shoin-zukuri | Shoin University | Reiko Yoshida | Osaka Shoin Women's University | Osaka Shoin Women's College | Mariko Yoshida | Kōtarō Yoshida | Chizuko Yoshida | Ayomi Yoshida |
His writing brought some fame, and he became the teacher of several future leaders of modernization (Yoshida Shōin, Katsu Kaishū, Sakamoto Ryōma).