Masamitsu Tsuchida

{{Short description|Japanese Go player}}

{{Infobox go player

| fullname=Masamitsu Tsuchida

| kanji=土田　正光

| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1944|8|1}}

| birth_place={{flagicon|Japan}} Gifu Prefecture, Japan

| residence={{flagicon|Japan}} Nagoya, Japan

| teacher=Kitani Minoru

| rank=9 dan

| turnedpro=1961

| affiliation=Nihon Ki-in

}}

{{nihongo|Masamitsu Tsuchida|土田 正光|Tsuchida Masamitsu|born 1944}} is a professional Japanese 9 dan Go player.{{cite web |url=http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000037.htm |title=Masamitsu Tsuchida's professional record |publisher=Nihon Ki-in |accessdate=2010-02-08}}

In 1961, Tsuchida became a pupil at the dojo of Minoru Kitani, and reached 9 dan in 1979.{{cite web |url=http://gobase.org/studying/articles/mioch/kitani/ |title=Kitani's pupils |publisher=GoBase.org |accessdate=2010-02-08}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gogameworld.com/gophp/playerinfo.php?name=Tsuchida%20Masamitsu |title=Masamitsu Tsuchida's entry |publisher=GoGameWorld.com |accessdate=2010-02-08}} His pupils at the Nihon Ki-in have included Hideki Matsuoka, Masaki Ogata and Yoshika Mizuno.{{cite web |url=http://senseis.xmp.net/?TsuchidaMasamitsu |title=Masamitsu Tsuchida's profile |publisher=Sensei's Library |accessdate=2010-02-08}} Tsuchida is an affiliate of the Nihon Ki-in in Nagoya, Japan.