Marika Matsumoto
Marika Matsumoto (松本 まりか, Matsumoto Marika, born September 12, 1984) is a Japanese actress. From 2001 and 2003, she was known as "Mini Stop-chan", acting as the mascot for the Ministop convenience store chain commercials in Japan. She is the owner of a unique voice and has held a recital with upcoming star Satoshi Tsumabuki. Since November 2005, she has been on the A&G Radio Show: Anisupa! segment Anisupa Kōnin Akujo Queen. Her major roles in anime include Maya Tōmi in Fafner in the Azure, Chocolat Meilleure in Sugar Sugar Rune, Miwako Sakurada in Paradise Kiss, Kazamori Sasa in Un-Go and Diancie in Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction. In video games, she provides the voice of Rikku in Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, and Kingdom Hearts II. In live-action films, she portrayed herself in the Kōji Shiraishi-directed horror film The Curse, and Yuka Morita in the Takashi Shimizu film Reincarnation.
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- 2024 · Until I Destroy My Husband's Family as Kisaragi Minori
- 2024 · Black Jack as Patient with Lion's Face Disease
- 2024 · The Women in the Lakes as
- 2023 · Kyrie as Ikko's Ex-boyfriend's Girlfriend
- 2023 · Ice Cream Fever as Yu Takashima
- 2023 · What Will You Do, Ieyasu? as Onna Oonezumi
- 2022 · Night, Birds Scream as Yuko
- 2022 · Whisper of the Heart as [Shizuku's Senior]
- 2022 · All Because of Me as
- 2022 · Youkai Sharehouse: The False Prince on a White Horse as Iwa Yotsuya
- 2021 · Shrieking in the Rain as Hanako
- 2021 · The Great Haruko as Kikuchi Izumi
- 2020 · Youkai Sharehouse as Iwa Yotsuya
- 2019 · Sherlock: Untold Stories as Teiko Akabane(赤羽 汀子)
- 2019 · Farewell Song as TV Reporter
- 2019 · Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor - The Beyond as Maya Tomi(voice)
- 2018 · Nisekoi: False Love as Kyoko Nichihara
- 2017 · Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero? as Momo Minamikawa (voice)
- 2017 · Memoirs of a Murderer as Minako Kawakita
- 2017 · Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~ as
- 2017 · Traces of Sin as Reiko Yamamoto
- 2017 · Quartet as
- 2016 · Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories as Midori
- 2016 · A Girl & Three Sweethearts as Bride
- 2015 · Fafner Exodus as Maya Tōmi (voice)
- 2014 · Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction as Diancie (voice)
- 2013 · Penance as Kaori
- 2012 · Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon as
- 2012 · Cold Bloom as Shoko
- 2012 · Penance as Kaori
- 2011 · Un-Go as Kazamori Sasa (voice)
- 2011 · CSI: Crime Scene Talks as
- 2010 · Space Battleship Yamato as M. Nishina
- 2010 · My Husband is a Cartoonist as
- 2006 · Junjo Kirari as
- 2005 · Reincarnation as Yuka Morita
- 2005 · Junji Inagawa's Shivering Horror as
- 2005 · Paradise Kiss as Miwako Sakurada (voice)
- 2005 · Noroi: The Curse as Self
- 2005 · Sugar Sugar Rune as Chocolat Meilleure
- Future · The Nonfiction as Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · 奪い愛、真夏 as Manatsu Umino
- 2025 · HR Hero as Hori Manami
- 2024 · Luca on the Road as [Ikko's ex-lover's girlfriend]
- 2024 · Miss Target as Asakura Sumire
- 2024 · Travel Your Life! as
- 2023 · Tokumei! as Todo Sayuri
- 2023 · Alone Together as
- 2023 · I SCREAM FEVER as Yu Takashima
- 2023 · Fafner: Behind the Line as
- 2022 · Teen Regime as Yamaguchi Saki
- 2022 · CONNECTED: The Homebound Detective as Saika Sakamoto
- 2022 · The Little Star as
- 2021 · Stolen Love, High School Teacher as Hanako Tanaka
- 2021 · Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring! as Sharon (voice)
- 2021 · Will You Still Pledge Me Your Faithful Love? as Sumisu Jun
- 2021 · Tokyo, aidano, koidano as
- 2021 · Mukou no Hate as Ikematsu Ritsuko
- 2021 · Meikyō Shisui: Bu no KAMIWAZA as
- 2020 · A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi as Marika Matsumoto
- 2020 · Path of the Dragons as Mayumi Kirishima
- 2020 · Throw It Away, Adachi as Yōko
- 2020 · Pareto's Miscalculation: Caseworker Murder Case as
- 2020 · Kyojo as Aiko Tazawa(田澤 愛子)
- 2019 · Death Office as Nishikawa
- 2019 · Take Away Love, Summer as Sorano Anzu
- 2019 · Life Finds A Way as Doctor
- 2019 · Rikon na Futari as
- 2019 · Dying Eye as Narumi Murakami
- 2019 · The Good Wife as Yuna Ogawa
- 2019 · Cheers to Miki Clinic as Yuzuki Yukari
- 2018 · The Sacrament as Matsumoto
- 2018 · Holiday Love as Rina Izutsu
- 2018 · Fun House as
- 2017 · My High School Business as Yuriko Kosaka
- 2017 · Opening Night as Marika Hara
- 2016 · Same Old, Same Old as Aoba Harada
- 2016 · Blue as
- 2016 · What Happens Before War? as Narration
- 2014 · Oh, Love Hotel as
- 2010 · Fafner: Heaven and Earth as Maya Tomi (voice)
- 2009 · Bocho Mania 09 as
- 2008 · Amuri in Star Ocean as Purmo Allen
- 2004 · Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor as Maya Tomi
- 2004 · Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor as Toomi Maya (voice)
- 2002 · 太陽の季節 as
- 2000 · Sayoko is Back as Masako Hanamiya
- Future · Final Fantasy X: Eternal Calm as Rikku