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
Black Jack
Patient with Lion's Face Disease
2024
The Women in the Lakes
2024
Kyrie
Ikko's Ex-boyfriend's Girlfriend
2023
Ice Cream Fever
Yu Takashima
2023
Alone Together
2023
I SCREAM FEVER
Yu Takashima
2023
Fafner: Behind the Line
2023
Night, Birds Scream
Yuko
2022
Whisper of the Heart
[Shizuku's Senior]
2022
All Because of Me
2022
Youkai Sharehouse: The False Prince on a White Horse
Iwa Yotsuya
2022
The Little Star
2022
Shrieking in the Rain
Hanako
2021
Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring!
Sharon (voice)
2021
Mukou no Hate
Ikematsu Ritsuko · (8 episodes)
2021
The Great Haruko
Kikuchi Izumi · (29 episodes)
2021
A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi
Marika Matsumoto · (1 episode)
2020
Pareto's Miscalculation: Caseworker Murder Case
(5 episodes)
2020
Death Office
Nishikawa · (10 episodes)
2019
Farewell Song
TV Reporter
2019
Life Finds A Way
Doctor
2019
Nisekoi: False Love
Kyoko Nichihara
2018
The Sacrament
Matsumoto
2018
Fun House
2018
Memoirs of a Murderer
Minako Kawakita
2017
Opening Night
Marika Hara
2017
Traces of Sin
Reiko Yamamoto
2017
Same Old, Same Old
Aoba Harada
2016
Blue
2016
What Happens Before War?
Narration
2016
Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
Diancie (voice)
2014
Penance
Kaori
2013
Cold Bloom
Shoko
2012
Fafner: Heaven and Earth
Maya Tomi (voice)
2010
Space Battleship Yamato
M. Nishina
2010
Amuri in Star Ocean
Purmo Allen · (3 episodes)
2008
Reincarnation
Yuka Morita
2005
Junji Inagawa's Shivering Horror
2005
Final Fantasy X: Eternal Calm
Rikku
HR Hero
Hori Manami · (11 episodes)
2025
Luca on the Road
[Ikko's ex-lover's girlfriend] · (10 episodes)
2024
Until I Destroy My Husband's Family
Kisaragi Minori · (12 episodes)
2024
Miss Target
Asakura Sumire · (9 episodes)
2024
Travel Your Life!
(12 episodes)
2024
Tokumei!
Todo Sayuri · (11 episodes)
2023
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
Onna Oonezumi · (50 episodes)
2023
Teen Regime
Yamaguchi Saki · (5 episodes)
2022
CONNECTED: The Homebound Detective
Saika Sakamoto · (2 episodes)
2022
Stolen Love, High School Teacher
Hanako Tanaka · (4 episodes)
2021
Will You Still Pledge Me Your Faithful Love?
Sumisu Jun · (10 episodes)
2021
Tokyo, aidano, koidano
(7 episodes)
2021
Meikyō Shisui: Bu no KAMIWAZA
(9 episodes)
2021
Youkai Sharehouse
Iwa Yotsuya · (17 episodes)
2020
Path of the Dragons
Mayumi Kirishima · (10 episodes)
2020
Throw It Away, Adachi
Yōko · (1 episode)
2020
Kyojo
Aiko Tazawa（田澤 愛子） · (2 episodes)
2020
Sherlock: Untold Stories
Teiko Akabane（赤羽 汀子） · (1 episode)
2019
Take Away Love, Summer
Sorano Anzu · (8 episodes)
2019
Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor - The Beyond
Maya Tomi(voice) · (12 episodes)
2019
Rikon na Futari
(2 episodes)
2019
Dying Eye
Narumi Murakami · (6 episodes)
2019
The Good Wife
Yuna Ogawa · (1 episode)
2019
Cheers to Miki Clinic
Yuzuki Yukari · (10 episodes)
2019
Holiday Love
Rina Izutsu · (8 episodes)
2018
Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero?
Momo Minamikawa (voice) · (1 episode)
2017
My High School Business
Yuriko Kosaka · (10 episodes)
2017
Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~
(2 episodes)
2017
Quartet
(1 episode)
2017
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Midori · (1 episode)
2016
A Girl & Three Sweethearts
Bride · (1 episode)
2016
Fafner Exodus
Maya Tōmi (voice) · (26 episodes)
2015
Oh, Love Hotel
(9 episodes)
2014
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
(1 episode)
2012
Penance
Kaori · (1 episode)
2012
Un-Go
Kazamori Sasa (voice) · (11 episodes)
2011
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
(1 episode)
2011
My Husband is a Cartoonist
(156 episodes)
2010
Bocho Mania 09
(10 episodes)
2009
Junjo Kirari
(156 episodes)
2006
Paradise Kiss
Miwako Sakurada (voice) · (12 episodes)
2005
Noroi: The Curse
Self
2005
Sugar Sugar Rune
Chocolat Meilleure · (51 episodes)
2005
Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor
Maya Tomi · (0 episode)
2004
Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor
Toomi Maya (voice) · (25 episodes)
2004
太陽の季節
(11 episodes)
2002
Sayoko is Back
Masako Hanamiya · (12 episodes)
2000
The Nonfiction
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)