Nahoko Kinoshita is a Japanese actress and voice actress born on November 13, 1980, in Osaka Prefecture. She began her career in the performing arts after joining the Haiyuza Troupe in the year 2000. Her early work included performances in stage productions such as Neal Simon Memoirs in 2001, Tomodachi and Kamome in 2002, and Tartuffe in 2004.

In the realm of voice acting, Kinoshita is known for her role as Sharla in the 2003-2004 NHK anime television series Mujin Wakusei Survive. She also contributed her voice to the Japanese dub of the 2006 animated film Azur et Asmar, produced by Studio Ghibli, where she played the role of a jin.

Beyond animation, Kinoshita has appeared in live-action films. Her film credits include the lead role of Kasumi Akiyama in House of Souls, a film that was showcased at the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival, and a role in the 2024 film Fugu to Tako to Bokura no Mirai. Her career also includes a period focused on raising children, after which she resumed her professional activities as a freelancer based in the Kansai region in 2017. In 2024, she founded and now produces her own theater unit, Aya-na-shi.