Tada is a Japanese surname. It has also been used as a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname Akifumi Tada (born 1964), Japanese anime music composer and video game composer Aoi Tada (born 1981), Japanese singer and voice actress Asami Tada (born 1988), Japanese gravure idol Chimako Tada (1930–2003), Japanese poet Daisuke Tada (born 1982), Japanese football goalkeeper Etsuko Tada (born 1989), Japanese professional boxer Hayao Tada (1882–1948), general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War Hiroshi Tada (born 1929), Japanese aikido teacher Hiroshi Tada (performer), performer of a Japanese style of top spinning known as koma-mawashi Joni Eareckson Tada (born 1949) American, author, radio host, and evangelical Christian Kaoru Tada (1960–1999), Japanese manga artist Kageyoshi Tada (died 1950), Japanese physician Kenzo Tada (1889–a. 1930), Japanese dirt track motorcycle racer Tada Kasuke (died 1687), Japanese farmer and rebel Tada Mitsuyori (1501–1563), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period , Japanese alpine skier Ryosuke Tada (born 1992), Japanese football defender Seigo Tada (1922–1997), founder of Goju-Ryu Seigokan Karatedo Takayuki Tada (born 1988), Japanese football midfielder Given name Tada Keelalay (born 1984), Thai football defender Japanese-language surnames