Wada (Japanese surname)

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
 * Atsuki Wada (和田 篤紀), Japanese footballer
 * Ayaka Wada (和田 彩花), Japanese singer, member and leader of girl group S/mileage
 * Ben Wada (和田 勉), Japanese TV producer
 * Wada Ei (和田 英), textile worker and memoirist during the Meiji Era
 * Ei Wada (和田 永), Japanese musician and artist
 * Eiiti Wada (和田 英一), Japanese computer science professor
 * Eiko Wada (和田 映子), Japanese swimmer
 * Wada Eisaku (和田 英作), Japanese painter
 * Emi Wada (和田 惠美), Japanese costume designer
 * George Wada (和田 丈嗣), Japanese anime producer
 * Hana Wada (和田 はな), Japanese shogi player
 * (和田 博雄), Japanese politician
 * Juhn Atsushi Wada (1924–2023), Japanese-Canadian neurologist
 * Jujiro Wada (和田 重次郎), Japanese adventurer and entrepreneur
 * Jun Wada (和田 潤), Japanese footballer
 * Kaoru Wada (和田 薫), Japanese composer and arranger
 * Kazuhiro Wada (和田 一浩), baseball player
 * Kazuo Wada (和田 一夫), Japanese businessman
 * Kikuo Wada (和田 喜久夫), Japanese wrestler
 * Kōji Wada (和田 光司), Japanese singer and songwriter
 * Wada Koremasa (和田 惟政), retainer during the Sengoku Period
 * Makoto Wada (和田 誠), Japanese graphic designer, illustrator, essayist, and film director
 * Masahiro Wada (和田 昌裕), Japanese footballer
 * Masamune Wada (和田 政宗), Japanese politician and TV announcer
 * Masato Wada (和田 正人), actor and singer
 * Miho Wada, Japanese-New Zealand jazz musician
 * Minoru Wada, Japanese American World War II hero
 * Wada Nei (和田 寧), mathematician of the Edo Period
 * Ryo Wada (和田 凌), Japanese footballer
 * Ryō Wada (和田 竜), Japanese screenwriter and historical novelist
 * Sanzo Wada (和田 三造), Japanese painter and costume designer
 * Shinji Wada (和田 慎二), Japanese manga artist
 * Shizuo Wada (和田静男), Japanese musician
 * Shoko Wada (和田 祥子), Japanese handball player
 * Takahiro Wada (和田 貴広), Japanese wrestler
 * Takao Wada (和田 孝夫), Japanese racing driver
 * Takeo Wada (和田 健雄), Japanese mathematician
 * Takumi Wada (和田 拓三), Japanese footballer
 * Takuya Wada (和田 拓也), Japanese footballer
 * Teruko Wada (和田 照子), attorney and Girl Scouts leader
 * Tet Wada (born 1973), actor
 * Tsuyoshi Wada (和田 毅), Japanese baseball player
 * Yasuhiro Wada (Honda) (和田 康裕), executive (General Manager of Honda Motor Motorsports Division)
 * Yoichi Wada (和田 洋一), executive (CEO of Square Enix)
 * Yoshi Wada (1943–2021), sound installation artist and musician
 * Yoshie Wada (和田 芳恵), Japanese novelist and critic
 * Yoshihiko Wada (和田 義彦), Japanese painter
 * Wada Yoshimori (和田 義盛), samurai of the Kamakura Period
 * Yutaka Wada (和田 豊), Japanese baseball player and manager
 * Yuzo Wada (和田 雄三), Japanese footballer