Wada (Japanese surname) explained

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
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese singer, member and leader of girl group S/mileage
• , Japanese TV producer
• , textile worker and memoirist during the Meiji Era
• , Japanese musician and artist
• , Japanese computer science professor
• , Japanese swimmer
• , Japanese painter
• , Japanese costume designer
• , Japanese anime producer
• , Japanese shogi player
• , Japanese politician
• Juhn Atsushi Wada (1924–2023), Japanese-Canadian neurologist
• , Japanese adventurer and entrepreneur
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese composer and arranger
• , baseball player
• , Japanese businessman
• , Japanese wrestler
• , Japanese singer and songwriter
• , retainer during the Sengoku Period
• , Japanese graphic designer, illustrator, essayist, and film director
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese politician and TV announcer
• , actor and singer
• Miho Wada, Japanese-New Zealand jazz musician
• Minoru Wada, Japanese American World War II hero
• , mathematician of the Edo Period
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese screenwriter and historical novelist
• , Japanese painter and costume designer
• , Japanese manga artist
• , Japanese musician
• , Japanese handball player
• , Japanese wrestler
• , Japanese racing driver
• , Japanese mathematician
• , Japanese footballer
• , Japanese footballer
• , attorney and Girl Scouts leader
• Tet Wada (born 1973), actor
• , Japanese baseball player
• , executive (General Manager of Honda Motor Motorsports Division)
• , executive (CEO of Square Enix)
• Yoshi Wada (1943–2021), sound installation artist and musician
• , Japanese novelist and critic
• , Japanese painter
• , samurai of the Kamakura Period
• , Japanese baseball player and manager
• , Japanese footballer

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks . Patrick . Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set . 8 May 2003 . Oxford University Press, USA . 978-0-19-508137-4 . 572 . en.