# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emi-wada
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:42:18.306Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emi-wada"
name: "Emi Wada"
slug: "emi-wada"
description: "Emi Wada was a Japanese costume designer who worked extensively in stage, screen, and ballet productions. She was born in Kyoto, and attended Kyoto City University of Arts before she married Tsutomu (Ben) Wada at age 20. She was nominated for 13 awards and won six, most notably the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work on Akira Kurosawa's film Ran (1985). Wada died on 13 November 2021, at the age of 84."
tagline: "Japanese costume designer (1937–2021)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/bU2ORQr6YQqQefsLiSDVtLTUAST.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1937-03-18"
deathDate: "2021-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.12639066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905253/"
    handle:    "nm0905253"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kiryu.co.jp/wadaemi/"
sources:
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    title: "和田惠美"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إمي وادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "امى وادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emi_Wada"
    title: "Emi Wada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emi_Wada"
    title: "Emi Wada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "امی وادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emi_Wada"
    title: "Emi Wada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emi_Wada"
    title: "Emi Wada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emi_Wada"
    title: "Emi Wada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ワダ・エミ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emi_Wada"
    title: "Emi Wada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emi_Wada"
    title: "Emi Wada"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emi_Wada"
    title: "Emi Wada"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emi_Wada"
    title: "Emi Wada"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440027"
    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21907"
    title: "Emi Wada"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump