Nakagawa graduated from the College of Arts, Rikkyo University and studied filmmaking at New Cinema Workshop. She enrolled in the Graduate Program in Body Expression and Cinematic Arts, Graduate School of Contemporary Psychology, Rikkyo University and She is Alone is her thesis film. After graduating, Nakagawa entered the Graduate School of Film and New Media at Tokyo University of the Arts. Her short film Projection (2017), produced as a class assignment, screened at the Fajr International Film Festival. She is currently still attending the school.