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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 *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese singer, member and leader of girl group S/mileage *, Japanese TV producer *, textile worker and memoirist during the Meiji Era *, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rice Paddy
A paddy field is a flooded field of arable land used for growing semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro. It originates from the Neolithic rice-farming cultures of the Yangtze River basin in southern China, associated with pre-Austronesian and Hmong-Mien cultures. It was spread in prehistoric times by the expansion of Austronesian peoples to Island Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia including Northeastern India, Madagascar, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The technology was also acquired by other cultures in mainland Asia for rice farming, spreading to East Asia, Mainland Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Fields can be built into steep hillsides as terraces or adjacent to depressed or steeply sloped features such as rivers or marshes. They require a great deal of labor and materials to create and need large quantities of water for irrigation. Oxen and water buffalo, adapted for life in wetlands, are important working animals used extensively in paddy field farm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiro Wada
is a retired Japanese professional baseball player. He played mostly as an outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons and the Seibu Lions of the Nippon Professional Baseball league in a career spanning 18 years. Following retirement in 2015, he has become a color commentator for Dragons broadcasts for the NHK. Early career Playing for Tohoku Fukushi University, Wada was MVP of the Sendai Big Six University League as a senior and won the batting title. He hit .429 for Kobe Seiko in the industrial leagues, then in 1996 was drafted in the fourth round of the Japanese draft by the Seibu Lions. Professional career Seibu Lions He hit .190 in 1997 when he first played for Seibu and was 0/1 in the 1997 Japan Series. In 1998, Wada hit .333 in 36 games for Seibu and split his time between catching and the outfield. He went 0/2 in the 1998 Japan Series. In 1999, he batted .271 while again seeing limited time behind the plate, with Tsutomu Ito starting. In 1998, Wada began playing semiregula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryō Wada
is a Japanese screenwriter and historical novelist. Two of his novels have been adapted to films, ''The Floating Castle'' and ''Mumon: The Land of Stealth, Land of Stealth''. Life He was born in Osaka but raised in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Asaminami in Hiroshima. As a child he was an avid reader of SF novels, in particular ''Nerawareta Gakuen'', but in high school he became more interested in films after watching ''The Terminator''. After graduating from Waseda University he worked for three years as an assistant director for a television production company. In 2003 his original screenplay won the "Kido Award" sponsored by the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan to train and educate new screenwriters. In 2007 he made his debut as a fiction writer by turning his winning script into the historical novel which sold over two million copies. The novel was adapted into a film in 2012 with Wada writing the script. In 2013 Wada published the two-volume historical novel , whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryo Wada
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward and is currently a free agent. Club career Wada was born in Tochigi Prefecture on 5 July 1995. After graduating from Hannan University, he joined J3 League club FC Ryukyu in 2018. Wada joined J1 League side Sagan Tosu in January 2021 after a trial, despite having made no appearances for Kagoshima United the previous season. On 4 February 2022, Wada joined A-League club Brisbane Roar as a loan player. He took a month to gain enough match fitness to play, then only made 4 appearances. On 24 January 2024, Wada joined Hong Kong Premier League club Rangers A Ranger is typically someone in a military/paramilitary or law enforcement role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called “ranging”. The term most often refers to: * Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and .... However, he left the club only within a month on 12 February 2024. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wada Nei
, also known as Wada Yasushi, was a Japanese mathematician in the Edo period. His birth name was Kōyama Naoaki; but he changed his name to Wada Nei, by which he became more widely known. Life and work Wada studied under the patronage of the hereditary in the court of the emperor. Wada became a student of Kusaka Sei, who had been a student of Ajima Chokuyen. Wada extended Ajima Chokuyen's development of an integral calculus within the Enri (, "circle principle") context. He worked on the computation of minimum and maximum values (roughly by equating the first derivative to 0) and gave reasoning and insight to the computation method that was given without explanation by Seki Takakazu about 100 years earlier. He was also the first Japanese mathematician to study roulettes. Selected works Wada's published writings are few. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minoru Wada
Minoru Wada was a kibei, an American citizen who was educated in Japan, who served as an Imperial Japanese Army junior officer and was taken prisoner on Mindanao by members of the US Army in 1945. He provided Marine bomber crews with vital intelligence and led the aircraft in a highly-successful attack on the headquarters of the Japanese 100th Division. He was motivated by a desire to minimize the loss of life through aiding to effect a swift end to the Pacific War. Events Minoru Wada was born in the United States, but was a student in Japan when war erupted with the USA. He was a Second Lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army transport section, at the time of his capture. After being taken prisoner in the Philippines, Lt. Wada expressed his strong reservations about the Japanese decision to embark upon a course of war, and further stated a willingness to go to any length, including the sacrifice of his own life, in order to help bring an end to the war, and thus reduce the suffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miho Wada
Miho Wada is a Japanese-born jazz musician from New Zealand. She plays flute and both alto and tenor saxophone, and is a founding member of Miho's Jazz Orchestra, which has toured internationally. She has been nicknamed "the flute ninja" for her fast playing style. Early life Born in Japan, Wada began taking piano lessons at the age of four. In 1995, Wada's father – an enthusiastic fan of New Zealand rugby and yachting – decided to move the family to Burnside, Christchurch in New Zealand. When Wada's parents hired a new piano teacher for her, their chosen instructor also happened to play flute, which was how Wada first took an interest in the instrument. Career After earning a Bachelor of Music degree, Wada moved to London, England, to pursue further study at the Trinity College of Music. In 2007, Wada was selected to attend a Swiss summer academy for classical flute held by virtuoso flautist Sir James Galway. Despite being excited at the opportunity, Wada found herself f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masato Wada
is a Japanese actor and singer. He is known for his role as Sengoku Kiyosumi in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musical series, Tenimyu (and making a cameo in the ''Prince of Tennis'' live action film adaptation). He is also part of a young men's stage acting troupe, D-BOYS, which perform in various skit-like performances. He starred as Nobuo Akagi/Akiba Red in the 2012 Super Sentai parody series ''Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger''. Career He has appeared in a various number of TV shows. Wada portrayed the real-life Keijiro Yamashita, in the TV drama special, ''The Hit Parade'',Hit Parade Official Site starring fellow members |
Masamune Wada
is a Japanese politician serving his first term in the House of Councillors (Japan), House of Councillors representing the Miyagi at-large district. He was elected to the House in the 2013 Japanese House of Councillors election, July 2013 as a member of Your Party. Upon the party's dissolution in November 2014 he joined the Party for Japanese Kokoro, Party for Future Generations. He was promoted to Secretary-General of the party in September 2015; the party changed its name to Party for Japanese Kokoro in December 2015. In November 2016 he left the party and joined the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party's parliamentary group, but did not officially join the LDP. He joined the LDP on September 24, 2017, and was elected as a candidate from the proportional district in the 25th ordinary election for the House of Councillors held in July 2019. Wada graduated with a degree in political science from Keio University's Faculty of Law in 1997. Prior to entering p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiro Wada
is a former Japanese football player and manager. His sons Atsuki Wada and Tomoki Wada are also footballer. Playing career Wada was born in Kobe on January 21, 1965. After graduating from Juntendo University, he joined Matsushita Electric (later ''Gamba Osaka'') in 1987. He played as regular player as left side back and left midfielder from first season. In 1990, the club won the champions 1990 Emperor's Cup first major title in club history. However his opportunity to play decreased from 1994. In July 1995, he moved to his local club Vissel Kobe in Japan Football League. He played as regular player and the club was promoted to J1 League in 1997. However he could hardly play in the match from 1997 and he retired end of 1998 season. Coaching career Vissel Kobe After the retirement from football, Wada remained as the coaching staff of Vissel Kobe. In 2009, he was appointed as the senior team caretaker after the resignation of Caio Júnior. Wada managed the team for five games i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Wada
(10 April 1936 – 7 October 2019) was a Japanese illustrator, essayist, and film director. Biography Wada was born in Osaka on 10 April 1936. He attended Tama Art University, where he won the Japan Advertising Art Award in 1957. As an illustrator, Wada drew many cartoons and caricatures for Shinichi Hoshi and Haruki Murakami. He designed more than 2,000 covers for the magazine ''Shūkan Bunshun'' from 1972 to 2017 and provided illustrations for the book review section of the ''Mainichi Shimbun'' from 1992 to 2018. Being a passionate film fan, he started his career as a film director in 1984. He won the award for best director at the 31st Blue Ribbon Awards for ''Kaitō Ruby''. Since 1972, Wada was married to Remi Hirano, the granddaughter of Henry Pike Bowie. They had two sons: Sho and Ritsu. Their eldest son Sho is the guitarist and vocalist of Triceratops and is married to actress Juri Ueno. Wada died on 7 October 2019 at the hospital in Tokyo. He was 83 years old. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wada Koremasa
was samurai and senior retainer of the Ashikaga Shogunate. The Wada clan were a powerful ninja family in the Kōka ikki, Kōka ''ikki'' in Kōka District, Shiga, Kōka District until Koremasa was granted land in Settsu Province in 1568 as a reward for his support for Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga. Nobunaga held him in high regard. Koremasa was appointed as the lord of Takatsuki castle and given part of the Settsu province. He secured an audience between Oda Nobunaga and the Jesuit Missionary Luís Fróis, and was a staunch supporter of the Catholic Church throughout his life. Koremasa fought against Ikeda clan, Ikeda clan and died during the battle of Shiraigawara in 1571, being killed by Araki Murashige. References Samurai 1536 births 1571 deaths People from Ibaraki, Osaka {{samurai-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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