Hana Wada

[5] Wada won the 46th Women's Amateur Meijin tournament [ja],[2][4][6] and finished second in girl's division of the 35th All-Japan Junior High School Student Championships [ja] in 2014 as a twelve-year-old first grade junior high school student.

[7][8] Wada's plan to become a women's professional shogi player, however, was put on hold when she moved to Houston with her parents due to her father's work.

[4][9] After returning to Japan, she won the 27th All-Japan Girl's High School Invitational Tournament [ja] in January 2019 as second year high school student.

[10] Wada qualified for the rank of women's professional 2-kyū in July 2020 after being promoted to training group B2.

Wada's older sister Aki is also a women's professional shogi player, and the two are the fourth pair of sisters to be awarded women's professional shogi player status.