Wada was a partner of Ichikawa in his professional and private lives, writing almost all the scripts for Ichikawa's works through his life and supporting his life for nearly 40 years.
和田は40年近くにわたって市川の生活を支えるかたわら、生涯でほとんどの市川作品の脚本を手がけるという、文字通り公私における市川のパートナーだった。