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
2026
- Moto Kasouken no Onna as Shiori Yoshioka
2025
- HR Hero as Hori Manami
- Midsummer, Grasping Love as Manatsu Umino
- 城山羊の会「勝手に唾が出てくる甘さ」
2024
- Until I Destroyed My Husband's Other Family as Kisaragi Minori
- Miss Target as Asakura Sumire
- Luca on the Road as [Ikko's ex-lover's girlfriend]
- The Women in the Lakes
- Travel Your Life!
- Black Jack as Patient with Lion's Face Disease
2023
- What Will You Do, Ieyasu? as Onna Oonezumi
- Tokumei! as Todo Sayuri
- Kyrie as Ikko's Ex-boyfriend's Girlfriend
- Ice Cream Fever as Yu Takashima
- Fafner: Behind the Line
- Alone Together
- I SCREAM FEVER as Yu Takashima
2022
- CONNECTED: The Homebound Detective as Saika Sakamoto
- Teen Regime as Yamaguchi Saki
- Nighttime Warbles as Yuko
- Whisper of the Heart as [Shizuku's Senior]
- All Because of Me
- Youkai Sharehouse: The False Prince on a White Horse as Iwa Yotsuya
- The Little Star
- The Grandfather’s Clock
2021
- The Great Haruko as Kikuchi Izumi
- Shrieking in the Rain as Hanako
- Mukou no Hate as Ikematsu Ritsuko
- Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring! as Sharon (voice)
- Stolen Love, High School Teacher as Hanako Tanaka
- Will You Still Pledge Me Your Faithful Love? as Jun Sumisu
- 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
- Fafner: The Beyond as Maya Tomi(voice)
- Death Office as Nishikawa
- Sherlock: Untold Stories as Teiko Akabane
- The Good Wife as Yuna Ogawa
- Take Away Love, Summer as Sorano Anzu
- Cheers to Miki Clinic as Yuzuki Yukari
- Farewell Song as TV Reporter
- Dying Eye as Narumi Murakami
- Rikon na Futari
- Life Finds A Way as Doctor
2018
- Nisekoi: False Love as Kyoko Nichihara
- Holiday Love as Rina Izutsu
- Fun House
- The Sacrament as Matsumoto
2017
- Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~
- Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero? as Momo Minamikawa (voice)
- Quartet
- My High School Business as Yuriko Kosaka
- Gukoroku - Traces of Sin as Reiko Yamamoto
- Memoirs of a Murderer as Minako Kawakita
- Opening Night as Marika Hara
2016
- Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories as Midori
- A Girl & Three Sweethearts as Bride
- Same Old, Same Old as Aoba Harada
- Blue
- What Happens Before War? as Narration
2015
- Fafner Exodus as Maya Tōmi (voice)
2014
2013
- Penance as Kaori
2012
- Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
- Penance as Kaori
- Cold Bloom as Shoko
2011
- CSI: Crime Scene Talks
- Un-Go as Kazamori Sasa (voice)
2010
- My Husband is a Cartoonist
- Space Battleship Yamato as M. Nishina
- Fafner: Heaven and Earth as Maya Tomi (voice)
2009
2008
- Amuri in Star Ocean as Purmo Allen
2006
2005
- Noroi: The Curse as Self
- Paradise Kiss as Miwako Sakurada (voice)
- Sugar Sugar Rune as Chocolat Meilleure
- Reincarnation as Yuka Morita
- Junji Inagawa's Shivering Horror
2004
- Fafner as Maya Tomi
- Gekidan Engimono
2002
2000
- Sayoko is Back as Masako Hanamiya