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{{short description|Japanese photographer and director (born 1972)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mika Ninagawa
| image = Ninamika.jpg
| alt = Head and shoulders shot of Mika Ninagawa
| caption = Mika Ninagawa in July 2012
| native_name = 蜷川実花
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|10|18}}
| birth_place = [[Tokyo]], Japan
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| nationality =
| other_names =
| occupation = Photographer, film director
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| website = {{URL|ninamika.com}}
}}

{{nihongo|'''Mika Ninagawa'''|蜷川実花|Ninagawa Mika|born October 18, 1972}} is a Japanese [[photographer]] and [[Film director|director]], known for her brightly colored [[photograph]]s of flowers, goldfish, and landscapes.

==Biography==
Daughter of acclaimed theatre director [[Yukio Ninagawa]], she first came to prominence in the late 1990s as part of Japan's 'Girly Photo' movement (in which amateurs took photos of daily objects). Her work was first exhibited outside Japan in 1997 at the Parisian concept store [[Colette (boutique)]], and in 2001 she received the 26th [[Kimura Ihei Award]] (Japan's most prestigious photography award).<ref name="Mika Ninagawa: In Conversation">[https://www.artsy.net/article/phillips-mika-ninagawa-conversation Mika Ninagawa: In Conversation]</ref>

In 2014, she was appointed as an executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2020.<ref name="Mika Ninagawa: Self-image">[https://www.haramuseum.or.jp/en/hara/exhibition/288/ Mika Ninagawa: Self-image]</ref>

==Work==
Ninagawa has enjoyed significant commercial success in [[fashion]] and [[advertising]]. She made her debut as a full-length film director in 2007 with ''[[Sakuran]]''. In September 2010, her [[music video]] for the [[AKB48]] song "[[Heavy Rotation (song)|Heavy Rotation]]" was released. She directed the [[live action]] film adaptation of the [[manga]] ''[[Helter Skelter (manga)|Helter Skelter]]'' in 2012. In 2020, her web series directorial debut was with [[Netflix|Netflix's]] ''[[Followers (Japanese TV series)|Followers]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/followers-japanese-original-series-launches-globally-on-netflix-on-february-27-2020|title=FOLLOWERS, JAPANESE ORIGINAL SERIES LAUNCHES GLOBALLY ON NETFLIX ON FEBRUARY 27, 2020|last=|first=|date=December 4, 2019|website=Netflix|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225072415/https://media.netflix.com/en/press-releases/followers-japanese-original-series-launches-globally-on-netflix-on-february-27-2020|archive-date=February 25, 2020|access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref>

Alongside photographers like [[Hiromix]] and [[Yurie Nagashima]] they were important figures in a 90s photographic movement. This movement, influenced by cultural changes, point & shoot cameras, and 'Purikura' (Print Club) culture, featured Japanese teenagers, especially girls, creating a new visual style.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hiromix: Shaping the Identity of 90s Japanese Female Youth |url=https://sabukaru.online/articles/hiromix-shaping-the-identity-of-90s-japanese-female-youth |website=Sabukaru Online |access-date=15 June 2024}}</ref>

==Awards==
*1996: Grand Prize, 9th Shashin Hitotsubo Ten
*1996: New Cosmos of Photography Excellence Award, Canon <ref name="Canon">[https://global.canon/en/newcosmos/gallery/selected-artists/mika-ninagawa/index.html New Cosmos of Photography]</ref>
*1998: Photo Encouragement Award, Konica <ref name="photoguide.jp"> [http://photoguide.jp/w/index.php?title=PhotoAwards&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop Photoguide.jp]</ref>
*2001: The 26th [[Kimura Ihei Award]], Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co. <ref name="Asahi">[https://web.archive.org/web/20050524175551/http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200505200139.html Asahi.com (archived)]</ref>
*2006: [[Ohara Museum of Art]] Prize
*2012: [[Kaneto Shindo]] Award 2012

==Photography==
* [[Shikao Suga]]'s ''"Aitai"'' album cover and artist photo (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/gallery/news/86772/|script-title=ja:スガシカオ新シングル「アイタイ」ジャケ写＆詳細発表|date=March 15, 2013|website=natalie.mu|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203103307/https://natalie.mu/music/news/86772|archive-date=December 3, 2018|url-status=|access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rockinon.com/news/detail/79640|script-title=ja:スガシカオ、ニューシングル『アイタイ』の詳細を発表|date=March 15, 2013|website=rockinon.com|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203103103/https://rockinon.com/news/detail/79640|archive-date=December 3, 2018|url-status=|access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>

===Exhibitions===
*Into Fiction/Reality, Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima, Japan, Apr 13 - May 26, 2019<ref name="tomio koyama gallery">[http://tomiokoyamagallery.com/en/news/artists-info/ninagawa_iwaki_2019/ Tomio Koyama Gallery]</ref>
*Taichung World Flora Exposition, Taichung, Taiwan, Nov 03, 2018 - Apr 24, 2019<ref name="businessinsder">[https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181119005255/en/Taichung-World-Flora-Expo-Displays-%E2%80%9CJadeite-Cabbage%E2%80%9D businessinsider.com]</ref>
*Hotel Anteroom Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, Jul 14, 2016 - Present<ref name="ninamika.com">[http://www.ninamika.com/en/exhibition/anteroom.html Ninamika.com]</ref>
*Mika Ninagawa: Self-image, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Jan 24 – May 10, 2015<ref name="HaraMuseum">[https://www.haramuseum.or.jp/en/hara/exhibition/288/ Hara Museum of Art]</ref>
*Mika's daydreaming theater<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ninamika.com/exhibition/daydreaming-theater.html|title=Daydreaming theater exhibition|website=ninamika.com|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312000944/http://www.ninamika.com/exhibition/daydreaming-theater.html|archive-date=March 12, 2019|url-status=|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://japigozzicollection.com/pigozzi-artist.php?i=Ninagawa-Mika&lang=en&bio=en&m=119|title=Mika Ninagawa Biography|website=japigozzicollection.com|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref>
# Parco Factory, Shibuya Tokyo, Japan, March 20, 2008 - April 7, 2008
# Sapporo Parco, Sapporo, Japan, April 25, 2008 - May 11, 2008
# Nagoya Parco, Nagoya, Japan, May 17, 2008 - June 2, 2008
# Sendai Parco, Sendai, Japan, August 21, 2008 - September 15, 2008

==Filmography==

===Movies===
*''[[Sakuran]]'' (2007)
*''[[Helter Skelter (manga)|Helter Skelter]]'' (2012)
*''[[Diner (2019 film)|Diner]]'' (2019) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/318660|title=窪田正孝、斎藤工、小栗旬ら「Diner」で殺し屋役、藤原竜也が息巻く特報も公開|date=February 5, 2019|website=natalie.mu|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205010450/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/318660|archive-date=February 5, 2019|url-status=|access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref>
*''[[No Longer Human|Ningen Shikkaku]]'' (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0105313|script-title=ja:小栗旬、太宰治役で減量蜷川実花監督と「人間失格」誕生秘話映画化|date=December 3, 2018|website=cinematoday.jp|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203001402/https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0105313|archive-date=December 3, 2018|url-status=|access-date=December 2, 2018}}</ref>
* ''[[xxxHolic (film)|xxxHolic]]'' (2022)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/454609|title= 神木隆之介と柴咲コウのW主演で「xxxHOLiC」実写映画化、監督は蜷川実花|access-date= November 23, 2021|work= Natalie}}</ref>

===TV and Web TV Series===
*''[[Followers (Japanese TV series)|Followers]]'' (2020, [[Netflix]])

=== Music videos ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Music video
! Artist
! Notes
|-
| 2007
| {{nihongo|"Ashita Tenki ni Naare"|明日天気になぁれ}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0060855&ch=0 |title=ゆず明日天気になぁれ |publisher=Space Shower |accessdate=January 3, 2014}}</ref>
| [[Yuzu (band)|Yuzu]]
|
|-
| 2010
| "[[Heavy Rotation (song)|Heavy Rotation]]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0081533&ch=0 |title=AKB48 ヘビーローテーション |publisher=Space Shower |accessdate=January 3, 2014}}</ref>
| [[AKB48]]
| Also produced CD jacket.
|-
| 2011
| {{nihongo|"Yobisute Fantasy"|呼び捨てファンタジー}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0088368&ch=0 |title=AKB48 呼び捨てファンタジー |publisher=Space Shower |accessdate=January 3, 2014}}</ref>
| AKB48 Team B
| Found on the "[[Ue kara Mariko]]" single.
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2012
| {{nihongo|"Hanabi"|花火}}
| Sandaime J Soul Brothers
| Also produced CD jacket.
|-
| "[[Sugar Rush (AKB48 song)|Sugar Rush]]"<ref name="mynavi20121031">{{cite web|url=http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2012/10/31/037/|title=AKB48、全世界挿入歌「Sugar Rush」初披露 -映画『シュガー・ラッシュ』|publisher=Mynavy News|date=2012-10-31|accessdate=2012-11-08|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name="natalie20121031">{{cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/79131|title=AKB48、ディズニー映画曲「Sugar Rush」で世界デビュー|publisher=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|date=2012-10-31|accessdate=2012-11-08|language=Japanese}}</ref>
| AKB48
| Soundtrack for the [[Disney]] film ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]''.
|-
| {{nihongo|"Powder Snow (Eien ni Owaranai Fuyu)"|Powder Snow ～永遠に終わらない冬～}}
| Sandaime J Soul Brothers
| Also produced CD jacket.
|-
| rowspan="5"| 2013
| "[[Girl on Fire (song)|Girl on Fire]]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0093410&ch=0 |title=ALICIA KEYS GIRL ON FIRE DIRECTED BY MIKA NINAGAWA |publisher=Space Shower |accessdate=January 3, 2014}}</ref>
| [[Alicia Keys]]
| Special video produced for Japan.
|-
| "[[Pink Spider]]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0093616&ch=0 |title=倖田來未ピンクスパイダー（Short Ver.） |publisher=Space Shower |accessdate=January 3, 2014}}</ref>
| [[Kumi Koda]]
| Also produced associated UULA short drama.
|-
| "[[Sayonara Crawl]]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0094675&ch=0 |title=AKB48 さよならクロール |publisher=Space Shower |accessdate=January 3, 2014}}</ref>
| AKB48
|
|-
| {{nihongo|"Issen Ichibyō"|一千一秒}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0094312&ch=0 |title=EXILE TAKAHIRO 一千一秒 |publisher=Space Shower |accessdate=January 3, 2014}}</ref>
| [[Exile (Japanese band)|Exile]] Takahiro
|
|-
| {{nihongo|"Ame nochi Harelujah"|雨のち晴レルヤ}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0097471&ch=0 |title=ゆず雨のち晴レルヤ |publisher=Space Shower |accessdate=January 3, 2014}}</ref>
| Yuzu
|
|-
| 2015
| "[[Kaguya (song)|Kaguya]]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0105739&ch=0 |title=NEWS KAGUYA |publisher=Space Shower |accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref>
| [[News (band)|News]]
|
|-
| 2016
| "[[Kimi wa Melody]]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceshowertv.com/search/detail.cgi?mu=0113455&ch=0 |title=AKB48 ミュージックビデオサーチ |publisher=Space Shower |accessdate=March 21, 2015}}</ref>
| [[AKB48]]
|
|-
| 2017
| "[[Flame of Love]]"
| [[Lee Tae-min|Taemin]]
|
|-
|}

==Books==
*''ピンク・ローズ・スウィート : 蜷川実花写真集. Pink Rose Suite.'' Tokyo, Japan: Editions Treville, 2001. {{ISBN|9784309904177}}.
*''A Piece of Heaven.'' Tokyo, Japan: Editions Treville, 2002. {{ISBN|4-309-90493-9}}. Color photographs.
*''Liquid Dreams.'' Tokyo, Japan: Editions Treville, 2003. {{ISBN|4-309-90556-0}}. Color photographs.
*''On Happiness - Contemporary Japanese Photography.'' with Midori Mitamura and Toshihiro Komatsu, eds. Tokyo, Japan: Editions Treville, 2003. {{ISBN|9784309905518}}. Color Photographs.
*''Acid Bloom.'' Portland, Ore.: [[Nazraeli Press]], 2004. {{ISBN|1-59005-066-5}}. Color photographs.
*''Floating Yesterday.'' Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha, 2005. {{ISBN|4-06-213075-0}}. Color photographs.
*''Mika's daydreaming theater'' Tokyo, Japan: Shueisha, 2008 {{ISBN|4087712222}} {{ISBN|978-4087712223}}. Color Photographs. <ref>{{Cite book|title=Ninagawamosogekijyo ~Mika's Daydreaming Theater~|isbn=978-4087712223|language=Japanese|author1=蜷川実花|date=March 2008|publisher=集英社 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://najad.blog20.fc2.com/blog-entry-219.html|title=蜷川実花 - 蜷川妄想劇場 -mika's daydreaming theater-|date=June 1, 2008|website=najad.blog20.fc2.com|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311105323/http://najad.blog20.fc2.com/blog-entry-219.html|archive-date=March 11, 2019|url-status=|access-date=March 11, 2019}}</ref>
*''Fever - Mizu Natsuki.'' Bangkok, Thailand: Hankyu Communications, 2008. ISBN 978-4484085081. Color Photographs
*''Ninagawa Baroque.'' Tokyo, Japan: Artbeat Publishers, 2010. {{ISBN|9784902080308}}.
*''Mika Ninagawa.'' New York : [[RCS MediaGroup|Rizzoli]], 2010. {{ISBN|9780847833979}}. Color Photographs

==Other projects==
Ninagawa was involved in the interior design of the Bar & Cafè on the Bund cafe and bar in Shanghai, China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shanghairose.com/about|title=shanghairose|work=shanghairose.com|accessdate=3 March 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218230447/http://shanghairose.com/about/|archivedate=18 February 2015}}</ref>

Ninagawa was involved in designing the external livery of a new ''[[Genbi Shinkansen]]'' excursion train scheduled to be operated in Japan by [[JR East]] from spring 2016.<ref name="ajw20160113">{{cite web|url= http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201601130007|title= Stunning Shinkansen, dubbed 'world's fastest art exhibition,' hits the rails|date= 13 January 2016|work= Asia & Japan Watch|publisher= The Asahi Shimbun Company|location= Japan|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160113021542/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201601130007|archivedate= 2016-01-13|accessdate= 13 January 2016|url-status= dead}}</ref>

She appears alongside fellow movie director Yūichi Fukuda, in a scene as a couple, in TV Tokyo's 2019 special 2-day drama starring [[Shun Oguri]] and [[Tsuyoshi Muro]], ''Futatsu no Sokoku'' (Two homelands).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thetv.jp/news/detail/183658/|script-title=ja:ムロツヨシ、小栗旬からのドッキリに「何してるの!?」福田雄一＆蜷川実花のサプライズ登場に動揺|date=March 20, 2019|website=thetv.jp|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320115218/https://thetv.jp/news/detail/183658/|archive-date=March 20, 2019|url-status=|access-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Refbegin}}
*Yamauchi Hiroyasu ({{nihongo2|山内宏泰}} "Hiroyasu Yamauchi"), "Mika Ninagawa", in [[Kōtarō Iizawa]], ed., ''Nihon no shashinka 101'' ({{nihongo2|日本の写真家101}}, 101 Japanese photographers). Tokyo: Shinshokan, 2008. {{ISBN|978-4-403-25095-8}}. P.202. {{in lang|ja}}
{{refend}}
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://ninamika.com}} {{in lang|ja}}
* [http://ameblo.jp/ninamika/ Official blog] {{in lang|ja}}

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