Sugiuchi Masao
Sugiuchi Masao (杉内 雅男, born 1920) is a Nihon Ki-in professional Go player who reached 9-dan in 1959.
Sugiuchi is called Go no Kami-sama (literally the 'God of Go') for his ultra-serious attitude. He is married to Sugiuchi Kazuko (née Honda) who is also a professional go player (8-dan).
He won the the Tokyo Shinbun Cup in 1962 and the Hayago Meijin in 1959. He unsuccessfully challenged Takagawa Kaku for the Honinbo title twice in 1954 and 1958, and Kobayashi Koichi for the Tengen in 1976.
He and his wife attended the seventh U.S. Go Congress in Rochester, NY, in 1991.