Yua Shinkawa: Japanese Actress and Model Biography

Yua Shinkawa (新川優愛) is a Japanese actress and fashion model. Born on December 28, 1993, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, she stands 166 cm tall, has blood type O, and belongs to the Capricorn star sign. She is represented by the talent agency T-PROJECT and has been associated with Avex Trax.

Yua Shinkawa portrait photograph — Yua Shinkawa

Career

Shinkawa has maintained an active career in both television dramas and feature films in Japan. Her film credits include appearances in Blue Spring Ride (2014) as Shuko Murao, Zenin, Kataomoi (2016), Megami Sama (2017), My Teacher, My Love (2018), and What Happened to Our Nest Egg!? (2021) as Mayumi Goto.

In television, she has appeared in numerous drama series across major Japanese networks. Notable credits include GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (2012), Water Polo Yankees (2014), IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius (2016), Guilty: Kono Koi wa Tsumi Desuka (2020), The Grand Family (2021), and more recent projects such as 95 (2024) and Yomei 3Kagetsu no Sare Otto (2026).