Marika Matsumoto
Known for Acting · 94 credits
- Born
- 1984-09-12 (age 41)
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- 松本真理香 · 마츠모토 마리카 · ماریکا ماتسوموتو
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
TV Shows (56)
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
2012
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
2011
Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~
2017
Sugar Sugar Rune
2005
as Chocolat Meilleure
My Husband is a Cartoonist
2010
Un-Go
2011
as Kazamori Sasa (voice)
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
2023
as Onna Oonezumi
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
as Midori
Fafner
2004
as Maya Tomi / Toomi Maya (voice)
Junjo Kirari
2006
Fafner Exodus
2015
as Maya Tōmi (voice)
Fafner: The Beyond
2019
as Maya Tomi(voice)
Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero?
2017
as Momo Minamikawa (voice)
Paradise Kiss
2005
as Miwako Sakurada (voice)
Kyojo
2020
as Aiko Tazawa（田澤 愛子）
Oh, Love Hotel
2014
Until I Destroyed My Husband's Other Family
2024
as Kisaragi Minori
Quartet
2017
Sherlock: Untold Stories
2019
as Teiko Akabane
A Girl & Three Sweethearts
2016
as Bride
A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi
2020
as Marika Matsumoto
Penance
2012
as Kaori
The Good Wife
2019
as Yuna Ogawa
Luca on the Road
2024
as [Ikko's ex-lover's girlfriend]
My High School Business
2017
as Yuriko Kosaka
The Great Haruko
2021
as Kikuchi Izumi
Death Office
2019
as Nishikawa
Youkai Sharehouse
2020
as Iwa Yotsuya
CONNECTED: The Homebound Detective
2022
as Saika Sakamoto
Path of the Dragons
2020
as Mayumi Kirishima
Teen Regime
2022
as Yamaguchi Saki
Amuri in Star Ocean
2008
as Purmo Allen
Throw It Away, Adachi
2020
as Yōko
Cheers to Miki Clinic
2019
as Yuzuki Yukari
Sayoko is Back
2000
as Masako Hanamiya
Tokumei!
2023
as Todo Sayuri
Will You Still Pledge Me Your Faithful Love?
2021
as Jun Sumisu
Holiday Love
2018
as Rina Izutsu
HR Hero
2025
as Hori Manami
Bocho Mania 09
2009
Mukou no Hate
2021
as Ikematsu Ritsuko
Dying Eye
2019
as Narumi Murakami
Season of the Sun
2002
The Nonfiction
as Narrator (voice)
Miss Target
2024
as Asakura Sumire
Rikon na Futari
2019
Stolen Love, High School Teacher
2021
as Hanako Tanaka
Travel Your Life!
2024
Midsummer, Grasping Love
2025
as Manatsu Umino
Pareto's Miscalculation: Caseworker Murder Case
2020
Moto Kasouken no Onna
2026
as Shiori Yoshioka
Take Away Love, Summer
2019
as Sorano Anzu
Gekidan Engimono
2004
Lunacy
2026
as Narrator (voice)
Tokyo, aidano, koidano
2021
Meikyō Shisui: Bu no KAMIWAZA
2021
Movies (38)
Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
2014
as Diancie (voice)
Noroi: The Curse
2005
as Self
Space Battleship Yamato
2010
as M. Nishina
Memoirs of a Murderer
2017
as Minako Kawakita
Kyrie
2023
as Ikko's Ex-boyfriend's Girlfriend
Farewell Song
2019
as TV Reporter
Gukoroku - Traces of Sin
2017
as Reiko Yamamoto
Reincarnation
2005
as Yuka Morita
Fafner: Heaven and Earth
2010
as Maya Tomi (voice)
Penance
2013
as Kaori
Shrieking in the Rain
2021
as Hanako
The Women in the Lakes
2024
Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring!
2021
as Sharon (voice)
Whisper of the Heart
2022
as [Shizuku's Senior]
Fafner: Behind the Line
2023
Nisekoi: False Love
2018
as Kyoko Nichihara
Final Fantasy X: Eternal Calm
as Rikku
Black Jack
2024
as Patient with Lion's Face Disease
All Because of Me
2022
Nighttime Warbles
2022
as Yuko
Ice Cream Fever
2023
as Yu Takashima
Youkai Sharehouse: The False Prince on a White Horse
2022
as Iwa Yotsuya
Cold Bloom
2012
as Shoko
Opening Night
2017
as Marika Hara
城山羊の会「勝手に唾が出てくる甘さ」
2025
I SCREAM FEVER
2023
as Yu Takashima
The Sacrament
2018
as Matsumoto
Junji Inagawa's Shivering Horror
2005
Fun House
2018
Same Old, Same Old
2016
as Aoba Harada
The Little Star
2022
Life Finds A Way
2019
as Doctor
Blue
2016
Pokémon: Diancie — Princess of the Diamond Domain
2014
Alone Together
2023
What Happens Before War?
2016
as Narration
The Grandfather’s Clock
2022
松本まりか : えくぼ日記
2002
About Marika Matsumoto
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 Sakurad… With 94 credits spanning from 2000 to 2026, Marika Matsumoto has appeared in 38 films and 56 TV shows.
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Most Popular Marika Matsumoto Movies
- Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014) — as Diancie (voice)
- Noroi: The Curse (2005) — as Self
- Space Battleship Yamato (2010) — as M. Nishina
- Memoirs of a Murderer (2017) — as Minako Kawakita
- Kyrie (2023) — as Ikko's Ex-boyfriend's Girlfriend
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