Marika Matsumoto
Acting · Born 1984-09-12 · age 41 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Titles
Space Battleship Yamato
Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
Reincarnation
Memoirs of a Murderer
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Nisekoi: False Love
Penance
Quartet
Paradise Kiss
Gukoroku - Traces of Sin
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
Farewell Song
A Girl & Three Sweethearts
Penance
Fafner
Un-Go
Kyojo
Whisper of the Heart
Kyrie
Youkai Sharehouse
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
Nighttime Warbles
Shrieking in the Rain
Fafner Exodus
Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring!
My Husband is a Cartoonist
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
Until I Destroyed My Husband's Other Family
Fafner: Heaven and Earth
The Women in the Lakes
Sugar Sugar Rune
Sherlock: Untold Stories
Pokémon: Diancie - Princess of the Diamond Domain
Tokumei!
Cold Bloom
All Because of Me
Ice Cream Fever
The Sacrament
Youkai Sharehouse: The False Prince on a White Horse
Death Office
CONNECTED: The Homebound Detective
Life Finds A Way
Travel Your Life!
Luca on the Road
Black Jack
Fafner: Behind the Line
Fafner: The Beyond
A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi
Take Away Love, Summer
Dying Eye
Stolen Love, High School Teacher
Same Old, Same Old
Amuri in Star Ocean
My High School Business
Junjo Kirari
Teen Regime
The Good Wife
Pareto's Miscalculation: Caseworker Murder Case
Throw It Away, Adachi
Moto Kasouken no Onna