Ninagawa Yuki, born in Yokohama, is a Japanese actress, filmmaker and painter. She is a daughter of the poet Mizuno Akiyoshi and elder sister of the actress/singer Ninagawa Miho.

Ninagawa's acting debut was a role in the 1978 rock opera "Salome". In films, she appeared in "Kurutta Kajitsu" in 1981, winning a best new actress award at the Yokohama Film Festival. She had leading roles in "Himeyuri Monument" (1982), "Modori Gawa" (1983), and "Hitodenashi No Koi" (1992), as well as appearing on the TV program “Kiryuin Hanako No Shogai”. In theatre, Ninagawa appeared in her uncle Ninagawa Yukio's modern adaptation of the Kabuki masterpiece "Kanadehon Chushingura". In 2004, she wrote, directed, and starred in the film "Barameraba", based on a short story by Suzuki Seijun.

Her graphic exhibition "Baramekutoki" won an Art of The Year Award from the Japan Information Culturology Society and was hosted by the Tokyu Bunkamura gallery in 2008. In 2010, her exhibition on the theme “Strange & Enchanting” was hosted as Yuki Ninagawa Drawing Exhibition: Baramandara at Ueno and Daimaru Shinsaibashi. Her work was used as the title visual for the TV-TOKYO 45th anniversary special drama "Nene―Onna Taikouki" and appeared on the cover of Wacoal PR magazine. Her works were seen at Shibuya Tokyu Bunkamura art gallery in June 2012. Ninagawa is a member of the Japan Inter Design Forum as well as an art council board member of the Regional Culture Tax Accountants Fund.

Ninagawa Yuko is married to Inose Naoki, a Japanese former politician and writer, since 2018.

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