Wada (written: 和田 lit. "harmonious rice paddy") is a Japanese family name. 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 , samurai of the Kamakura Period , Japanese baseball player and manager , Japanese footballer
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