Marika Matsumoto
Actor
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.
Filmography
Space Battleship Yamato
as M. Nishina 2010
Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
as Diancie (voice) 2014
Reincarnation
as Yuka Morita 2005
Memoirs of a Murderer
as Minako Kawakita 2017
Nisekoi: False Love
as Kyoko Nichihara 2018
Penance
as Kaori 2013
Traces of Sin
as Reiko Yamamoto 2017
Farewell Song
as TV Reporter 2019
Whisper of the Heart
as [Shizuku's Senior] 2022
Shrieking in the Rain
as Hanako 2021
Night, Birds Scream
as Yuko 2022
Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring!
as Sharon (voice) 2021
Kyrie
as Ikko's Ex-boyfriend's Girlfriend 2023
Fafner: Heaven and Earth
as Maya Tomi (voice) 2010
The Women in the Lakes
2024
Cold Bloom
as Shoko 2012