On 24 April 2017 Suntory Sunbirds announced that Yanagida would leave the team at the Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament and transfer overseas as a professional contract player.

[5] On 21 June 2017 he announced that he would play overseas in Deutsche Volleyball-Bundesliga to Volleyball Bisons Buhl.

On 26 July 2018 he announced on his social media that he would be signing a one-year contract with Cuprum Lubin for his debut in the Polish volleyball league, PlusLiga.

[10] On 2 March 2020 he became a special advisor to the total body care brand "Doctor Air".

Masahiro Yanagida contributed to the winning of the 2022 Emperor's Cup and was named MVP of the tournament.