Masataka Yanagida (born 4 June 1979, in Tokyo) is a Japanese racing driver.
The son of successful racing driver Haruhito Yanagida, a runner-up in the Japanese Touring Car Championship, Masataka began his career in karting in 1993.
He finished seventh in the F3 standings and fourth in the GT300 class in Japanese GT, where he raced with Yuji Ide.
He moved up to the GT500 class of Super GT in 2005, finishing fifth in the standings, sharing with Michael Krumm.
[citation needed] He made his World Touring Car Championship debut at the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan at Okayama for the Wiechers-Sport team.