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
- Lunacy as Narrator (voice)
- Emily to Maria as Emily
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
- Luca on the Road as [Ikko's ex-lover's girlfriend]
- Miss Target as Asakura Sumire
- Travel Your Life!
- The Women in the Lakes
- 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
- Fafner: Behind the Line
- Ice Cream Fever as Yu Takashima
- Alone Together
- I SCREAM FEVER as Yu Takashima
2022
- CONNECTED: The Homebound Detective as Saika Sakamoto
- Teen Regime as Yamaguchi Saki
- Whisper of the Heart as [Shizuku's Senior]
- All Because of Me
- Nighttime Warbles as Yuko
- 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
- 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
- Tokyo, aidano, koidano
- Meikyō Shisui: Bu no KAMIWAZA
- Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring! as Sharon (voice)
- Shrieking in the Rain as Hanako
2020
- Kyojo as Aiko Tazawa（田澤 愛子）
- Youkai Sharehouse as Iwa Yotsuya
- A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi as Marika Matsumoto
- Path of the Dragons as Mayumi Kirishima
- Throw It Away, Adachi as Yōko
- Pareto's Miscalculation: Caseworker Murder Case
2019
- Fafner: The Beyond as Maya Tomi(voice)
- Sherlock: Untold Stories as Teiko Akabane
- The Good Wife as Yuna Ogawa
- Cheers to Miki Clinic as Yuzuki Yukari
- Death Office as Nishikawa
- Dying Eye as Narumi Murakami
- Rikon na Futari
- Farewell Song as TV Reporter
- Take Away Love, Summer as Sorano Anzu
- Life Finds A Way as Doctor
2018
- Holiday Love as Rina Izutsu
- Nisekoi: False Love as Kyoko Nichihara
- The Sacrament as Matsumoto
- Fun House
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
- Memoirs of a Murderer as Minako Kawakita
- Gukoroku - Traces of Sin as Reiko Yamamoto
- 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
- What Happens Before War? as Narration
- Blue
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
- Sugar Sugar Rune as Chocolat Meilleure
- Paradise Kiss as Miwako Sakurada (voice)
- Noroi: The Curse as Self
- Reincarnation as Yuka Morita
- Junji Inagawa's Shivering Horror
2004
- Fafner as Maya Tomi
- Gekidan Engimono
2000
- Sayoko is Back as Masako Hanamiya