List of Famous people with last name Wada
Ayaka Wada
Ayaka Wada is a Japanese idol signed to YU-M Entertainment. She was a first generation member and the leader of Angerme as well as the leader of Hello! Project.
Kōji Wada
Kōji Wada was a Japanese actor.
Tet Wada
Tet Wada is a global actor working in Asia, Europe and North America. Wada was born in Tokyo.
Kazuo Wada
Kazuo Wada was a Japanese businessman, the effective founder and chairman of the defunct multinational supermarket and department store chain Yaohan. He took over his parents' small grocery chain in the 1950s and spent the next four decades growing Yaohan into a global company with annual sales of 500 billion yen at its peak. However, Yaohan was unable to sustain its heavy loss and debt burden during the 1997 Asian financial crisis and declared bankruptcy. Almost penniless, Wada spent his later life running a consultancy for young Japanese entrepreneurs.
Yutaka Wada
Yutaka Wada is a retired Japanese baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers. He previously worked as a hitting coach for the Hanshin Tigers prior to the 2012 season. After the team failed to make the 2011 play-offs, team manager Akinobu Mayumi was fired, and Yutaka Wada was giving the position to replace him less than a week later. He is notable for various accomplishments, which include the following:
- 1500 games played
- 1500 hits
- 24 game hitting streak from opening game (1997)
- 3 straight seasons with playing every game
- Golden Glove
- All star player
Maki Wada
Maki Wada is a Japanese track and field sprinter. She competed in the 4 × 100 meters relay at the 2009 World Championships without qualifying for the final.
Yoichi Wada
Yoichi Wada is a former president and representative director of the Japanese video game and publishing company Square Enix as well as its subsidiary Taito. He is also the former chairman of the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA), the former chairman of the Digital Content Use Promotion Conference, former president of Shinra Technologies and a former member of Japanese Brand and Contents Council. He is a current outside director of Metaps.
Shū Wada
Ryō Wada
Ryō Wada is a Japanese screenwriter and historical novelist. Two of his novels have been adapted to films, The Floating Castle and Land of Stealth.
Kaoru Wada
Kaoru Wada is a Japanese music composer and arranger. He has composed the scores for many anime series including Strange Dawn, Inuyasha, Princess Tutu, Samurai 7, D.Gray-man, and Casshern Sins.