A former businessman, Yoshimoto was also active as a priest of Jodo Shinshu Kibe school, Kyokaishi (teacher to reform a criminal) at a prison, and an interview committeeman of charity.
実業家出身で、浄土真宗木辺派の僧侶、刑務所の教誨師、篤志面接委員としても活躍した。