Ships
- IJN Kinu Captain from 12 December 1942 · Relieved on 22 March 1943
Yoshio Uehara was a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy who commanded the light cruiser Kinu from 12 December 1942 to 22 March 1943.
The sources used here do not record his date or place of birth or anything about his family.
He graduated from the Naval Academy at Etajima in its 45th class, and before this command he had been captain of the fleet oiler Erimo.
He took command on 12 December 1942. In the three months he held her she finished a refit at Singapore and worked between Surabaya, Makassar and Ambon in the Netherlands East Indies. He was relieved on 22 March 1943.
He was later promoted rear admiral.