Marika Matsumoto
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
2014
as Diancie (voice)
Noroi: The Curse
2005
as Self
Reincarnation
2005
as Yuka Morita
Space Battleship Yamato
2010
as M. Nishina
Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring!
2021
as Sharon (voice)
Penance
2013
as Kaori
Farewell Song
2019
as TV Reporter
Kyrie
2023
as Ikko's Ex-boyfriend's Girlfriend
Memoirs of a Murderer
2017
as Minako Kawakita
Gukoroku - Traces of Sin
2017
as Reiko Yamamoto
Whisper of the Heart
2022
as [Shizuku's Senior]
Nisekoi: False Love
2018
as Kyoko Nichihara
Shrieking in the Rain
2021
as Hanako
The Women in the Lakes
2024
Black Jack
2024
as Patient with Lion's Face Disease
All Because of Me
2022
Youkai Sharehouse: The False Prince on a White Horse
2022
as Iwa Yotsuya
Ice Cream Fever
2023
as Yu Takashima
Cold Bloom
2012
as Shoko
Fafner: Heaven and Earth
2010
as Maya Tomi (voice)