Emi Wada - Wikipedia

Emi Wada
Born	Emiko Noguchi (1937-03-18) 18 March 1937 (age 87) Kyoto, Japan
Spouse	Ben Wada (1957-2011)

Emi Wada (和田惠美, Wada Emi, born 18 March 1937, in Kyoto Prefecture) is a Japanese costume designer.

She created costumes for the Akira Kurosawa film Ran, which earned her an Academy Award for costume design, the Peter Greenaway film Prospero's Books, and the Zhang Yimou films, Hero and House of Flying Daggers. She designed costumes for operas, including the 2006 premiere performance of Tan Dun's The First Emperor^[1] and for ballets, including The Peony pavilion by Fei Bo (National Ballet of China, 2008).

Recent works

Hero (2002)
House of Flying Daggers (2005)
Mongol (2007)

External links

Emi Wada official site

Notes

^ Emi Wada IMDB entry; accessed 18 February 2015.

v t e Academy Award for Best Costume Design
1948–1956	1948 (Black and white): Roger K. Furse / (Color): Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska 1949 (bw): Edith Head and Gile Steele / (c): Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes and William Travilla 1950 (bw): Edith Head, Charles LeMaire / (c): Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling 1951 (bw): Edith Head /(c): Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff 1952 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Charles LeMaire, Emile Santiago 1954 (bw): Edith Head / (c): Sanzo Wada 1955 (bw): Helen Rose / (c): Charles LeMaire 1956 (bw): Jean Louis / (c): Irene Sharaff
1957–1958	1957: Orry-Kelly 1958: Cecil Beaton
1959–1960	1959 (bw): Orry-Kelly / (c): Elizabeth Haffenden 1960 (bw): Edith Head and Edward Stevenson / (c): Bill Thomas and Arlington Valles
1961–1966	1961 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Irene Sharaff 1962 (bw): Norma Koch / (c): Mary Wills 1963 (bw): Piero Gherardi / (c): Renié, Vittorio Nino Novarese and Irene Sharaff 1964 (bw): Dorothy Jeakins / (c): Cecil Beaton 1965 (bw): Julie Harris / (c): Phyllis Dalton 1966 (bw): Irene Sharaff / (c): Joan Bridge and Elizabeth Haffenden
1967–1980	1967: John Truscott 1968: Danilo Donati 1969: Margaret Furse 1970: Vittorio Nino Novarese 1971: Yvonne Blake and Antonio Castillo 1972: Anthony Powell 1973: Edith Head 1974: Theoni V. Aldredge 1975: Milena Canonero and Ulla-Britt Söderlund 1976: Danilo Donati 1977: John Mollo 1978: Anthony Powell 1979: Albert Wolsky 1980: Anthony Powell
1981–2000	1981: Milena Canonero 1982: Bhanu Athaiya and John Mollo 1983: Marik Vos-Lundh 1984: Theodor Pištěk 1985: Emi Wada 1986: Jenny Beavan and John Bright 1987: James Acheson 1988: James Acheson 1989: Phyllis Dalton 1990: Franca Squarciapino 1991: Albert Wolsky 1992: Eiko Ishioka 1993: Gabriella Pescucci 1994: Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner 1995: James Acheson 1996: Ann Roth 1997: Deborah Lynn Scott 1998: Sandy Powell 1999: Lindy Hemming 2000: Janty Yates
2001–2020	2001: Catherine Martin and Angus Strathie 2002: Colleen Atwood 2003: Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor 2004: Sandy Powell 2005: Colleen Atwood 2006: Milena Canonero 2007: Alexandra Byrne 2008: Michael O'Connor 2009: Sandy Powell 2010: Colleen Atwood 2011: Mark Bridges 2012: Jacqueline Durran 2013: Catherine Martin 2014: Milena Canonero 2015: Jenny Beavan 2016: Colleen Atwood 2017: Mark Bridges 2018: Ruth E. Carter 2019: Jacqueline Durran 2020: Ann Roth
2021–present	2021: Jenny Beavan 2022: Ruth E. Carter 2023: Holly Waddington
Black and White / Color separate (1948–1956, 1959–1966)

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