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Marika Matsumoto

Acting Born Sep 12, 1984 Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

2012

CSI: Crime Scene Talks

2011

Un-Go

as Kazamori Sasa (voice)

Full filmography

  • Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012)
  • CSI: Crime Scene Talks (2011)
  • Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~ (2017)
  • What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023) as Onna Oonezumi
  • Un-Go (2011) as Kazamori Sasa (voice)
  • Junjo Kirari (2006)
  • My Husband is a Cartoonist (2010)
  • Sugar Sugar Rune (2005) as Chocolat Meilleure
  • Fafner (2004) as Maya Tomi
  • Fafner (2004) as Toomi Maya (voice)
  • Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016) as Midori
  • Fafner Exodus (2015) as Maya Tōmi (voice)
  • Oh, Love Hotel (2014)
  • Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero? (2017) as Momo Minamikawa (voice)
  • Paradise Kiss (2005) as Miwako Sakurada (voice)
  • Until I Destroyed My Husband's Other Family (2024) as Kisaragi Minori
  • Kyojo (2020) as Aiko Tazawa（田澤 愛子）
  • Fafner: The Beyond (2019) as Maya Tomi(voice)
  • A Girl & Three Sweethearts (2016) as Bride
  • Quartet (2017)
  • Youkai Sharehouse (2020) as Iwa Yotsuya
  • Sherlock: Untold Stories (2019) as Teiko Akabane
  • Luca on the Road (2024) as [Ikko's ex-lover's girlfriend]
  • Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014) as Diancie (voice)