Marika Matsumoto
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~
2017
Series
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
2012
Series
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
2011
Series
My Husband is a Cartoonist
2010
Series
Fafner
Maya Tomi
2004
Series
Fafner
Toomi Maya (voice)
2004
Series
Sugar Sugar Rune
Chocolat Meilleure
2005
Series
Kyojo
Aiko Tazawa（田澤 愛子）
2020
Series
Until I Destroyed My Husband's Other Family
Kisaragi Minori
2024
Series
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Midori
2016
Series
Fafner Exodus
Maya Tōmi (voice)
2015
Series
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
Onna Oonezumi
2023
Series
Un-Go
Kazamori Sasa (voice)
2011
Series
Paradise Kiss
Miwako Sakurada (voice)
2005
Series
CONNECTED: The Homebound Detective
Saika Sakamoto
2022
Series
Oh, Love Hotel
2014
Series
Junjo Kirari
2006
Film
Noroi: The Curse
Self
2005
Series
Quartet
2017
Series
Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero?
Momo Minamikawa (voice)
2017
Series
Fafner: The Beyond
Maya Tomi(voice)
2019
Series
Penance
Kaori
2012
Series
Sherlock: Untold Stories
Teiko Akabane
2019
Film
Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
Diancie (voice)
2014
Series
The Good Wife
Yuna Ogawa
2019
Series
A Girl & Three Sweethearts
Bride
2016
Series
Throw It Away, Adachi
Yōko
2020
Film
Space Battleship Yamato
M. Nishina
2010
Series
Sayoko is Back
Masako Hanamiya
2000
Series
Holiday Love
Rina Izutsu
2018
Series
Youkai Sharehouse
Iwa Yotsuya
2020
Series
Moto Kasouken no Onna
Shiori Yoshioka
2026
Series
Teen Regime
Yamaguchi Saki
2022
Series
Luca on the Road
[Ikko's ex-lover's girlfriend]
2024
Series
Season of the Sun
2002
Series
The Great Haruko
Kikuchi Izumi
2021
Series
Will You Still Pledge Me Your Faithful Love?
Jun Sumisu
2021
Series
Path of the Dragons
Mayumi Kirishima
2020
Series
Take Away Love, Summer
Sorano Anzu
2019
Series
My High School Business
Yuriko Kosaka
2017
Series
Tokumei!
Todo Sayuri
2023
Series
Death Office
Nishikawa
2019
Series
HR Hero
Hori Manami
2025
Series
Travel Your Life!
2024
Film
Reincarnation
Yuka Morita
2005
Series
Lunacy
Narrator (voice)
2026
Series
Miss Target
Asakura Sumire
2024
Series
A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi
Marika Matsumoto
2020
Series
Midsummer, Grasping Love
Manatsu Umino
2025
Series
Cheers to Miki Clinic
Yuzuki Yukari
2019
Series
Meikyō Shisui: Bu no KAMIWAZA
2021
Film
Kyrie
Ikko's Ex-boyfriend's Girlfriend
2023
Film
Fafner: Behind the Line
2023
Film
Fafner: Heaven and Earth
Maya Tomi (voice)
2010
Film
Farewell Song
TV Reporter
2019
Series
Dying Eye
Narumi Murakami
2019
Film
Nisekoi: False Love
Kyoko Nichihara
2018
Series
Gekidan Engimono
2004
Series
Mukou no Hate
Ikematsu Ritsuko
2021
Film
Shrieking in the Rain
Hanako
2021
Film
Memoirs of a Murderer
Minako Kawakita
2017
Series
Bocho Mania 09
2009
Series
Emily to Maria
Emily
2026
Series
Amuri in Star Ocean
Purmo Allen
2008
Film
Traces of Sin
Reiko Yamamoto
2017
Film
Whisper of the Heart
[Shizuku's Senior]
2022
Film
Junji Inagawa's Shivering Horror
2005
Film
Penance
Kaori
2013
Series
Pareto's Miscalculation: Caseworker Murder Case
2020
Film
Opening Night
Marika Hara
2017
Series
Rikon na Futari
2019
Film
Nighttime Warbles
Yuko
2022
Film
Ice Cream Fever
Yu Takashima
2023
Series
Stolen Love, High School Teacher
Hanako Tanaka
2021
Film
The Women in the Lakes
2024
Film
Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring!
Sharon (voice)
2021
Film
城山羊の会「勝手に唾が出てくる甘さ」
2025
Film
Black Jack
Patient with Lion's Face Disease
2024
Film
Youkai Sharehouse: The False Prince on a White Horse
Iwa Yotsuya
2022
Film
All Because of Me
2022
Series
Tokyo, aidano, koidano
2021
Film
The Potentials
Rika Tsuchiya
2026
Film
The Little Star
2022
Film
Pokémon: Diancie - Princess of the Diamond Domain
2014
Series
The Nonfiction
Narrator (voice)
Film
Cold Bloom
Shoko
2012
Film
The Grandfather’s Clock
2022
Film
The Sacrament
Matsumoto
2018
Film
Final Fantasy X: Eternal Calm
Rikku
2002
Film
Same Old, Same Old
Aoba Harada
2016
Film
I SCREAM FEVER
Yu Takashima
2023
Film
Blue
2016
Film
Fun House
2018
Noroi: The Curse - Deleted Scenes
2024
Film
Life Finds A Way
Doctor
2019
Film
What Happens Before War?
Narration
2016
Film
Alone Together
2023
Film
松本まりか : えくぼ日記
2002
Film
Backstage Pass
2026