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Masao Tsuchida

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Masao Tsuchida
Personal information
Born (1953-09-09) 9 September 1953 (age 73)
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportBadminton
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
World Cup
Silver medal – second place1980 KyotoMen's singles
Silver medal – second place1979 TokyoMen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place1980 KyotoMen's doubles
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place1976 HyderabadMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place1976 HyderabadMen's team

Masao Tsuchida (土田 証雄, Tsuchida Masao; born 9 September 1953) is a retired male badminton player from Japan.[1]

Career

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He competed at the 1980 IBF World Championships in men's singles and lost to Liem Swie King in quarterfinals.

Achievements

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World Cup

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Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
1980 Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan Indonesia Liem Swie King 6–15, 10–15 Silver Silver [2]

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
1979 Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Japan Yoshitaka Iino Indonesia Ade Chandra
Indonesia Christian Hadinata
8–15, 3–15 Silver Silver [3][4]
1980 Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan Japan Yoshitaka Iino Denmark Flemming Delfs
Denmark Steen Skovgaard
10–15, 10–15 Bronze Bronze [5]

Asian Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1976 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India Japan Mika Ikeda China Fang Kaixiang
China He Cuiling
18–15, 8–15, 6–15 Bronze Bronze

International tournaments

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
1979 Denmark Open Japan Yoshitaka Iino England David Eddy
England Eddy Sutton
15–9, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [6][7]

References

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  1. ↑ Czich faces Japanese Ace. Ottawa Citizen.
  2. ↑ "Liem proves too strong for Japan's Tsuchida". The Straits Times. 21 January 1980. Retrieved 12 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "Dane Nets Badminton Cup". The New York Times. 21 January 1979. Retrieved 12 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Lene routs Japan's Horie in Champions Cup shuttle tournament". The Straits Times. 21 January 1979. p. 23. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Delfs clears first round hurdle". New Nation. 7 March 1980. Retrieved 12 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "Japanese fail to achieve hat-trick". The Straits Times. 13 March 1979. Retrieved 12 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "Delf wins title in straight sets". New Nation. 12 March 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
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