Marika Matsumoto
- Acting
- September 12, 1984 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Potentials · Rika Tsuchiya
- Emily to Maria · Emily
- Backstage Pass
- Lunacy · Narrator (Voice)
- Moto Kasouken no Onna · Shiori Yoshioka
- 城山羊の会「勝手に唾が出てくる甘さ」
- Midsummer, Grasping Love · Manatsu Umino
- HR Hero · Hori Manami
- Noroi: The Curse - Deleted Scenes
- Luca on the Road · [Ikko's ex-lover's girlfriend]
- Until I Destroyed My Husband's Other Family · Kisaragi Minori
- Black Jack · Patient with Lion's Face Disease
- The Women in the Lakes
- Miss Target · Asakura Sumire
- Travel Your Life!
- Tokumei! · Todo Sayuri
- Kyrie · Ikko's Ex-boyfriend's Girlfriend
- Ice Cream Fever · Yu Takashima
- Alone Together
- I SCREAM FEVER · Yu Takashima
- Fafner: Behind the Line
- What Will You Do, Ieyasu? · Onna Oonezumi
- The Grandfather’s Clock
- Nighttime Warbles · Yuko
- Whisper of the Heart · [Shizuku's Senior]
- All Because of Me
- Youkai Sharehouse: The False Prince on a White Horse · Iwa Yotsuya
- Teen Regime · Yamaguchi Saki
- CONNECTED: The Homebound Detective · Saika Sakamoto
- The Little Star
- Stolen Love, High School Teacher · Hanako Tanaka
- Shrieking in the Rain · Hanako
- Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring! · Sharon (Voice)
- Will You Still Pledge Me Your Faithful Love? · Jun Sumisu
- Tokyo, aidano, koidano
- Mukou no Hate · Ikematsu Ritsuko
- The Great Haruko · Kikuchi Izumi
- Meikyō Shisui: Bu no KAMIWAZA
- A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi · Marika Matsumoto
- Youkai Sharehouse · Iwa Yotsuya
- Path of the Dragons · Mayumi Kirishima
- Throw It Away, Adachi · Yōko
- Pareto's Miscalculation: Caseworker Murder Case
- Kyojo · Aiko Tazawa（田澤 愛子）
- Death Office · Nishikawa
- Sherlock: Untold Stories · Teiko Akabane
- Take Away Love, Summer · Sorano Anzu
- Farewell Song · TV Reporter
- Life Finds A Way · Doctor
- Fafner: The Beyond · Maya Tomi (Voice)
- Rikon na Futari
- Dying Eye · Narumi Murakami
- The Good Wife · Yuna Ogawa
- Cheers to Miki Clinic · Yuzuki Yukari
- Nisekoi: False Love · Kyoko Nichihara
- The Sacrament · Matsumoto
- Holiday Love · Rina Izutsu
- Fun House
- Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero? · Momo Minamikawa (Voice)
- My High School Business · Yuriko Kosaka
- Memoirs of a Murderer · Minako Kawakita
- Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~
- Opening Night · Marika Hara
- Traces of Sin · Reiko Yamamoto
- Quartet
- Same Old, Same Old · Aoba Harada
- Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories · Midori
- A Girl & Three Sweethearts · Bride
- Blue
- What Happens Before War? · Narration
- Fafner Exodus · Maya Tōmi (Voice)
- Oh, Love Hotel
- Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction · Diancie (Voice)
- Pokémon: Diancie - Princess of the Diamond Domain
- Penance · Kaori
- Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon · Maria Nakayama
- Cold Bloom · Shoko
- Penance · Kaori
- Un-Go · Kazamori Sasa (Voice)
- CSI: Crime Scene Talks