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 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.
Acting
- 2026Emily to MariaEmily4 ep.
- 2026LunacyNarrator (voice)12 ep.
- 2026Moto Kasouken no OnnaShiori Yoshioka9 ep.
- 2025Midsummer, Grasping LoveManatsu Umino8 ep.
- 2025HR HeroHori Manami11 ep.
- 2024Luca on the Road[Ikko's ex-lover's girlfriend]10 ep.
- 2024Until I Destroyed My Husband's Other FamilyKisaragi Minori12 ep.
- 2024Miss TargetAsakura Sumire9 ep.
- 2024Travel Your Life!12 ep.
- 2023Tokumei!Todo Sayuri11 ep.
- 2023What Will You Do, Ieyasu?Onna Oonezumi50 ep.
- 2022Teen RegimeYamaguchi Saki5 ep.
- 2022CONNECTED: The Homebound DetectiveSaika Sakamoto2 ep.
- 2021Stolen Love, High School TeacherHanako Tanaka4 ep.
- 2021Will You Still Pledge Me Your Faithful Love?Jun Sumisu10 ep.
- 2021Tokyo, aidano, koidano7 ep.
- 2021Mukou no HateIkematsu Ritsuko8 ep.
- 2021The Great HarukoKikuchi Izumi29 ep.
- 2021Meikyō Shisui: Bu no KAMIWAZA34 ep.
- 2020A Day-Off of Ryoma TakeuchiMarika Matsumoto1 ep.
- 2020Youkai SharehouseIwa Yotsuya17 ep.
- 2020Path of the DragonsMayumi Kirishima10 ep.
- 2020Throw It Away, AdachiYōko1 ep.
- 2020Pareto's Miscalculation: Caseworker Murder Case5 ep.
- 2020KyojoAiko Tazawa（田澤 愛子）2 ep.
- 2019Death OfficeNishikawa10 ep.
- 2019Sherlock: Untold StoriesTeiko Akabane1 ep.
- 2019Take Away Love, SummerSorano Anzu8 ep.
- 2019Fafner: The BeyondMaya Tomi(voice)12 ep.
- 2019Rikon na Futari2 ep.
- 2019Dying EyeNarumi Murakami6 ep.
- 2019The Good WifeYuna Ogawa1 ep.
- 2019Cheers to Miki ClinicYuzuki Yukari10 ep.
- 2018Holiday LoveRina Izutsu8 ep.
- 2017Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero?Momo Minamikawa (voice)1 ep.
- 2017My High School BusinessYuriko Kosaka10 ep.
- 2017Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~2 ep.
- 2017Quartet1 ep.
- 2016Midnight Diner: Tokyo StoriesMidori1 ep.
- 2016A Girl & Three SweetheartsBride1 ep.
- 2015Fafner ExodusMaya Tōmi (voice)26 ep.
- 2014Oh, Love Hotel9 ep.
- 2012PenanceKaori1 ep.
- 2011Un-GoKazamori Sasa (voice)11 ep.
- 2011CSI: Crime Scene Talks1 ep.
- 2010My Husband is a Cartoonist156 ep.
- 2009Bocho Mania 0910 ep.
- 2008Amuri in Star OceanPurmo Allen3 ep.
- 2006Junjo Kirari156 ep.
- 2005Paradise KissMiwako Sakurada (voice)12 ep.
- 2005Sugar Sugar RuneChocolat Meilleure51 ep.
- 2004FafnerToomi Maya (voice)25 ep.
- 2004Gekidan Engimono1 ep.
- 2002Season of the Sun11 ep.
- 2000Sayoko is BackMasako Hanamiya12 ep.
- —The NonfictionNarrator (voice)1 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2024The NonfictionNarrator (voice)1 ep.
- 2022Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero?Momo Minamikawa (voice)1 ep.
- 2019Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~2 ep.
- 2020A Day-Off of Ryoma TakeuchiMarika Matsumoto1 ep.
- 2020Throw It Away, AdachiYōko1 ep.
- 2019Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko DaimonMaria Nakayama1 ep.
- 2019Sherlock: Untold StoriesTeiko Akabane1 ep.
- 2019The Good WifeYuna Ogawa1 ep.
- 2018CSI: Crime Scene Talks1 ep.
- 2017Quartet1 ep.
- 2016Midnight Diner: Tokyo StoriesMidori1 ep.
- 2016A Girl & Three SweetheartsBride1 ep.
- 2012PenanceKaori1 ep.
Also known as: 松本真理香 · 마츠모토 마리카 · ماریکا ماتسوموتو