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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Luca on the Road as [Ikko's ex-lover's girlfriend]
- 2024 · Until I Destroy My Husband's Family as Kisaragi Minori
- 2024 · The Women in the Lakes as
- 2024 · Travel Your Life! as
- 2023 · Kyrie as Ikko's Ex-boyfriend's Girlfriend
- 2023 · Ice Cream Fever as Yu Takashima
- 2023 · I SCREAM 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 · Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring! as Sharon (voice)
- 2021 · The Great Haruko as Kikuchi Izumi
- 2020 · A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi as Marika Matsumoto
- 2020 · Youkai Sharehouse as Iwa Yotsuya
- 2019 · Farewell Song as TV Reporter
- 2019 · Life Finds A Way as Doctor
- 2018 · Nisekoi: False Love as Kyoko Nichihara
- 2018 · The Sacrament as Matsumoto
- 2018 · Fun House as
- 2017 · My High School Business as Yuriko Kosaka
- 2017 · Memoirs of a Murderer as Minako Kawakita
- 2017 · Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~ as
- 2017 · Opening Night as Marika Hara
- 2017 · Traces of Sin as Reiko Yamamoto
- 2016 · Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories as Midori
- 2016 · A Girl & Three Sweethearts as Bride
- 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
- 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 · Final Fantasy X: Eternal Calm as Rikku
- 2025 · 奪い愛、真夏 as Manatsu Umino
- 2025 · HR Hero as Hori Manami
- 2024 · Black Jack as Patient with Lion's Face Disease
- 2024 · Miss Target as Asakura Sumire
- 2023 · Tokumei! as Todo Sayuri
- 2023 · Alone Together as
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Sherlock: Untold Stories as Teiko Akabane(赤羽 汀子)
- 2019 · Take Away Love, Summer as Sorano Anzu
- 2019 · Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor - The Beyond as Maya Tomi(voice)
- 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 · Holiday Love as Rina Izutsu
- 2017 · Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero? as Momo Minamikawa (voice)
- 2017 · Quartet as
- 2016 · Same Old, Same Old as Aoba Harada
- 2016 · Blue as
- 2016 · What Happens Before War? as Narration
- 2015 · Fafner Exodus as Maya Tōmi (voice)
- 2014 · Oh, Love Hotel as
- 2012 · Penance as Kaori
- 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)
- Future · The Nonfiction as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Season of the Sun as
- 2000 · Sayoko is Back as Masako Hanamiya