Acting
Marika Matsumoto
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
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
2011
Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~
2017
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
2012
Fafner
2004
My Husband is a Cartoonist
2010
Sugar Sugar Rune
2005
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
Until I Destroyed My Husband's Other Family
2024
Kyojo
2020
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
2023
CONNECTED: The Homebound Detective
2022
Fafner Exodus
2015
Season of the Sun
2002
Noroi: The Curse
2005
Junjo Kirari
2006
Un-Go
2011
Paradise Kiss
2005
Penance
2012
Quartet
2017
Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero?
2017
Fafner: The Beyond
2019
Oh, Love Hotel
2014
Fafner: Behind the Line
2023
Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
2014
Youkai Sharehouse
2020
Sherlock: Untold Stories
2019
The Good Wife
2019
A Girl & Three Sweethearts
2016
Sayoko is Back
2000
Space Battleship Yamato
2010
Throw It Away, Adachi
2020
Moto Kasouken no Onna
2026
Luca on the Road
2024
Meikyō Shisui: Bu no KAMIWAZA
2021
Holiday Love
2018
A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi
2020