Yuko Takeuchi was a Japanese actress.

Making her acting debut in the 1998 film Innocent World, Takeuchi gained international recognition for her work in the horror film that hit theaters the same year, The Ring (1998).

She would go on to land recurring roles in the Japanese television series Flower Shop Without Rose, Flashforward, Strawberry Night, Danda Rin, and Queen, and appear in the films Yomigaeri (2003), Mio (2004), Midnight Eagle (2007), and Dog in a Sidecar (2007).

Takeuchi also portrayed the female Japanese Sherlock Holmes in the Hulu and HBO Asia drama Miss Sherlock.

Takeuchi died September 27, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan. She was 40.