Nationality Japanese Role Actor Name Tet Wada | Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Occupation Actor | |
Website TET WADA Official Web Site | ||
Tet Wada (born January 20, 1973) is an actor active in Asia, Europe and North America. Wada was born in Tokyo and is currently represented by CAJ.
Contents
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Television
- Radio
- Television Commercials
- Print Advertisements
- Editorial
- Runway
- Management
- Filmography
- References
Early life
Wada was born in Minato-ku, Tokyo. He moved to the United States without his family at the age of 18 and obtained a degree in international marketing from Baruch College in New York City.
Career
After graduating, Wada worked in a marketing role at Donna Karan New York's headquarters. While he was a student, Wada worked as a researcher and house model for leather designer Anton, whose celebrity clients include Aerosmith, Lenny Kravitz, Sting and Alicia Keys. New York-based modeling agency Q Models saw Wada and signed him on as its first Asian model. Wada was initially not interested in modeling and continued to work at Donna Karan, but his strong Asian features and cool persona shot him to modeling fame, and Wada resigned from his marketing job. Wada became the first Japanese male model to be featured in Vogue Paris. He was cast with top model Daria Werbowy in a widely talked about photograph of the two kissing. Wada solidified his reputation as a leading Asian fashion artist and collaborated with world famous photographers including Michael Thompson, Terry Richardson, Markus Klinko and Greg Lotus. Wada also acted in numerous TV shows and movies in the U.S. and a film he had a leading role in screened at the 2012 New York Asian Film Festival. Starting in 2012, Wada formally shifted his career focus to Asia. After shooting a film in Japan, he spent 6 months in Taiwan as a main cast member of the television series Chocolat. (Chocolat is scheduled to air in Japan, Taiwan and other Asian countries in 2013.) Wada has appeared in multiple advertisement campaigns for global brands including SONY, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, SK-II, L'Oreal, Subaru, Evian, Bacardi, KOOL Cigarettes, Uniqlo, and GAP. He was booked by Uniqlo at the onset of the brand’s expansion into the U.S. and European markets and appeared in its campaigns for four years. He is now appearing in ads for Asian brands and is modeling for the Diane Shampoo Series in 2013- co-starring with Yuriko Yoshitaka.
Personal life
Television
Radio
Television Commercials
Print Advertisements
Editorial
Becomes the first Japanese male model to be featured in French Vogue. Madonna was on the cover of the issue. He was photographed kissing Canadian supermodel Daria Werbowy (photographer: Terry Richardson).
Runway
Management
Wada moved to the United States in 1991 and relocated to New York City in 1997. He moved back to Japan in 2012. He was represented by Q Models (New York & Los Angeles) from 2001-2011 and is currently represented by CAJ (2012–present).