Marika Matsumoto
Born: 1984-09-12 in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- HR Hero as Hori Manami
- Midsummer, Grasping Love as Manatsu Umino
2024
- Until I Destroyed My Husband's Other Family as Kisaragi Minori
- The Women in the Lakes
- Black Jack as Patient with Lion's Face Disease
- Luca on the Road as [Ikko's ex-lover's girlfriend]
- Travel Your Life!
- Miss Target as Asakura Sumire
2023
- What Will You Do, Ieyasu? as Onna Oonezumi
- Ice Cream Fever as Yu Takashima
- Kyrie as Ikko's Ex-boyfriend's Girlfriend
- I SCREAM FEVER as Yu Takashima
- Alone Together
- Fafner: Behind the Line
- Tokumei! as Todo Sayuri
2022
- Whisper of the Heart as [Shizuku's Senior]
- Night, Birds Scream as Yuko
- Youkai Sharehouse: The False Prince on a White Horse as Iwa Yotsuya
- The Little Star
- CONNECTED: The Homebound Detective as Saika Sakamoto
- Teen Regime as Yamaguchi Saki
- All Because of Me
2021
- Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring! as Sharon (voice)
- Shrieking in the Rain as Hanako
- The Great Haruko as Kikuchi Izumi
- Mukou no Hate as Ikematsu Ritsuko
- Will You Still Pledge Me Your Faithful Love? as Jun Sumisu
- Stolen Love, High School Teacher as Hanako Tanaka
- Meikyō Shisui: Bu no KAMIWAZA
- Tokyo, aidano, koidano
2020
- Kyojo as Aiko Tazawa（田澤 愛子）
- Youkai Sharehouse as Iwa Yotsuya
- A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi as Marika Matsumoto
- Throw It Away, Adachi as Yōko
- Path of the Dragons as Mayumi Kirishima
- Pareto's Miscalculation: Caseworker Murder Case
2019
- Farewell Song as TV Reporter
- Sherlock: Untold Stories as Teiko Akabane（赤羽 汀子）
- Life Finds A Way as Doctor
- Fafner: The Beyond as Maya Tomi(voice)
- The Good Wife as Yuna Ogawa
- Death Office as Nishikawa
- Take Away Love, Summer as Sorano Anzu
- Cheers to Miki Clinic as Yuzuki Yukari
- Dying Eye as Narumi Murakami
- Rikon na Futari
2018
- Nisekoi: False Love as Kyoko Nichihara
- Holiday Love as Rina Izutsu
- The Sacrament as Matsumoto
- Fun House
2017
- Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~
- Traces of Sin as Reiko Yamamoto
- Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero? as Momo Minamikawa (voice)
- Opening Night as Marika Hara
- Quartet
- My High School Business as Yuriko Kosaka
- Memoirs of a Murderer as Minako Kawakita
2016
- Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories as Midori
- Blue
- Same Old, Same Old as Aoba Harada
- A Girl & Three Sweethearts as Bride
- What Happens Before War? as Narration
2015
- Fafner Exodus as Maya Tōmi (voice)
2014
- Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction as Diancie (voice)
- Oh, Love Hotel
2013
- Penance as Kaori
2012
- Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
- Cold Bloom as Shoko
- Penance as Kaori
2011
- CSI: Crime Scene Talks
- Un-Go as Kazamori Sasa (voice)
2010
- Space Battleship Yamato as M. Nishina
- My Husband is a Cartoonist
- Fafner: Heaven and Earth as Maya Tomi (voice)
2009
2008
- Amuri in Star Ocean as Purmo Allen
2006
2005
- Noroi: The Curse as Self
- Sugar Sugar Rune as Chocolat Meilleure
- Reincarnation as Yuka Morita
- Paradise Kiss as Miwako Sakurada (voice)
- Junji Inagawa's Shivering Horror
2004
- Fafner as Maya Tomi
2002
2000
- Sayoko is Back as Masako Hanamiya