Wada (Japanese surname)
Wada (written: 和田 lit. "harmonious rice paddy") is a Japanese family name.[1] Notable people of Japanese ancestry with the surname include:
- Akiko Wada (born 1950), singer
- Atsuki Wada (和田 篤紀, born 1993), Japanese footballer
- Ayaka Wada (born 1994), singer, member and leader of girl group S/mileage
- Ben Wada (1930-2011), TV producer
- Wada Ei (1857-1929) textile worker and memoirist during the Meiji Era
- Eiiti Wada (born 1931), computer science professor
- Eiko Wada (和田 映子, born 1939), Japanese swimmer
- Wada Eisaku (和田 英作, 1874–1959), Japanese painter
- Emi Wada (born 1937), costume designer
- George Wada (born 1978), anime producer
- Hana Wada (和田 はな, born 2002), Japanese shogi player
- Hiroo Wada, politician
- Juhn Atsushi Wada (born 1924), Japanese-Canadian neurologist
- Jujiro Wada (ca. 1872-1937), adventurer and entrepreneur
- Jun Wada (born 1973), footballer
- Kaoru Wada (born 1962), singer and composer
- Kazuo Wada (和田 一夫, 1929–2019), Japanese businessman
- Kikuo Wada (born 1951), wrestler
- Kazuhiro Wada (born 1972), baseball player
- Kōji Wada (born 1974-2016), singer and songwriter
- Wada Koremasa (1536–1571), retainer during the Sengoku Period
- Makoto Wada (born 1936), graphic designer, illustrator, essayist, and film director
- Masahiro Wada (born 1965), footballer
- Masamune Wada (born 1974)), politician and TV announcer
- Masato Wada (born 1979), actor and singer
- Miho Wada, Japanese-New Zealand jazz musician
- Minoru Wada, Japanese American World War II hero
- Wada Nei (1787-1840), mathematician of the Edo Period
- Ryo Wada (和田 凌, born 1995), Japanese footballer
- Sanzo Wada (1883–1967), painter and costume designer
- Shinji Wada (1950-2011), manga artist
- Shizuo Wada, musician
- Shoko Wada (born 1952), handball player
- Takahiro Wada (born 1971), wrestler
- Takao Wada (born 1953), racing driver
- Takeo Wada (1882–1944), mathematician
- Takumi Wada (born 1981), footballer
- Takuya Wada (born 1990), footballer
- Teruko Wada (born 1969), attorney and Girl Scouts leader
- Tet Wada (born 1973), actor
- Tsuyoshi Wada (born 1981), baseball player
- Yasuhiro Wada (Honda) (born 1951), executive (General Manager of Honda Motor Motorsports Division)
- Yoichi Wada (born 1959), executive (CEO of Square Enix)
- Yoshi Wada (1943–2021), sound installation artist and musician
- Yoshie Wada (1906-1977), novelist and critic
- Yoshihiko Wada (born 1940), artist
- Wada Yoshimori (1147-1213), samurai of the Kamakura Period
- Yutaka Wada (born 1962), baseball player and manager
- Yuzo Wada (born 1980), footballer
References
- Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 572. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.
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