 She graduated with a degree in English Literature from Tokyo Woman's Christian University.She married Kon Ichikawa on 10 April 1948, and died on 18 February 1983 of breast cancer.It was after Ichikawa's marriage to Wada that the two began collaborating, first on "Design of a Human Being" ("Ningen moyo") and "Endless Passion" ("Hateshinaki jonetsu") in 1949.