Yua Shinkawa

Yua Shinkawa (新川 優愛, Shinkawa Yua, born December 28, 1993 in Saitama) is a Japanese actress and model.^[1][2]

Yua Shinkawa
新川 優愛
Shinkawa in May 2024
Born	(1993-12-28) 28 December 1993 (age 31) Saitama, Japan
Occupations	Actress gravure model
Years active	2007–present
Agent	Gekidan Tohai
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Children	1
Website	tohai.co.jp

Career

Shinkawa made her screen debut in the television drama Chōnan no Kekkon in 2008, and made her film debut in the 2010 film Matataki in which Keiko Kitagawa played the lead role.^[2] In 2010, she won the Miss Magazine 2010.^[3][4] Next year, she won the Miss Seventeen 2011. She was one of four winners chosen from 7,157 applicants.^[5] Then she started model activities as an exclusive model in the Seventeen magazine. On October 30, 2013, she debut as a singer with her first single de-light.^[6] This song was used as the ending theme in the tokusatsu drama Shōgeki Gōraigan!! aired on TV Tokyo, and it reached 45th in Oricon chart.^[7]

In May 2015, it was announced that she would graduate from Seventeen,^[8] then subsequently contracted with the Non-no magazine. She appeared on the cover of the August 2015 issue of Non-no.^[9] From October 2015, she will play the heroine in the NTV's midnight drama Seishun Tantei Haruya.^[10]

Personal life

On August 9, 2019, Shinkawa's agency announced that she had married her non-celebrity partner.^[11][12]

On November 17, 2022, she announced that she was expecting the couple's first child, who is due around May next year.^[13] And on May 10, 2023, she gave birth to the couple's first child.^[14]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Piecing Me Back Together	Makiko Kirino (teen)		[2]
2011	Ike! Danshi Kōkō Engekibu	Mai Katsuragi		[15]
2012	Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu	Sakura Hibino		[16]
2014	Blue Spring Ride	Shūko Murao		[17]
2016	Unrequited Love	Mana		[citation needed]
2017	Megamisama			[citation needed]
2018	My Teacher, My Love	Shūka Saimon		[citation needed]
2021	What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?	Mayumi Gotō		[18]
2022	The Way of the Househusband	Kasumi		[19]

Television dramas

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008	Chōnan no Kekkon: Hanayome wa Batsuichi! Toshiue! Komochi!?	Aki Ōyama		[citation needed]
2010	Atsuizo! Nekogaya!!			[20]
2011	Hitori Janai	Nami Tachibana		[citation needed]
	Asu no Hikari o Tsukame	Moeko Sasaki		[21]
	Ore no Sora Keiji-hen	Arisa Ijūin	Episode 5	[22]
	Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters	Reika Saotome		[23]
2012	Toshi Densetsu no Onna	Risa Toyama	Episode 4	[24]
	Ataru		Episode 6	[25]
	Papadoru	Chiemi	Episode 5-6	[26]
	GTO	Anko Uehara		[27]
2013	35-sai no Koukousei	Mitsuki Kudō		[28]
	Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu no Tokubetsu-hen 2013	Arisa Takeuchi		[29]
	Shōgeki Gōraigan!!	Hitomi Kai		[30]
	Jinsei Gokko	Mako		[31]
2014	Yoru no Sensei	Kaede Tachibana		[32]
	Keiji	Miyako Akiba		[33]
	Water Polo Yankees	Rei Fujisaki		[34]
	Shinano no Colombo Jiken File 2	Yūko Noya		[35]
2015	Ōedo Sōsamō 2015: Onmitsu Dōshin, Aku o Kiru!	Okitsu		[36]
	Zeni no Sensō	Akane Madoka		[37]
	Kekkon ni Ichiban Chikakute Tōi Onna	Yuri Sudō		[38]
	Risk no Kamisama	Chinami Hōjō		[39]
	Koinaka	Kazuha Sawada		[40]
	Seishun Tantei Haruya	Miwa Nōmi		[10]
2016	Gu.ra.me!	Yūko Tachibana		[citation needed]
	IQ246	Hitomi Hōmonji		[citation needed]
2017	School Counselor	Nao Oomiya		[citation needed]
2018	Sick's Spec Saga			[citation needed]
	Itsumademo Shiroi Hane	Rumi Kizaki		[citation needed]
2020	Guilty	Sayaka Ogino		[citation needed]
	Detective Yuri Rintaro	Ruriko Kusaka		[41]
2021	The Grand Family			[42]
2022	Come Come Everybody	Sayoko Fujii		[43]

Bibliography

Magazines

• Seventeen, Shueisha 1967-, as an exclusive model from 2011 to 2015^[8]
• Non-no, Shueisha 1971-, as an exclusive model from since 2015^[9]

Discography

Singles

• de-light (Avex Marketing, 30 October 2013) EAN 4988064487837^[6]

Awards

• Miss Magazine 2010: Won^[3]
• Miss Seventeen 2011: Won^[5]