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. 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.

Marika Matsumoto
松本 まりか
Born	(1984-09-12) September 12, 1984 (age 40)[1] Tokyo, Japan[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Agent	Ken-On
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]

Filmography

Live-action film

List of acting performances in film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Source
2005	Trilogia: Existence		Yasuo Toda	Lead role; anthology film	[2]
	Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims		Kankurō Kudō		[2]
	Noroi: The Curse	Herself	Kōji Shiraishi		[2]
2006	Reincarnation	Yuka Morita	Takashi Shimizu		[3]
	My Grandfather's Clock		Kōji Kobayashi		[2]
2007	Serebu ga Kekkonshitai 13 no Akuma	Miho	Takeyuki Morikaku		[2]
2008	Hikari sasu Umi, Boku no Fune		Naoki Hashimoto		[2]
2010	Space Battleship Yamato		Takashi Yamazaki		[2]
2013	Cold Bloom	Shoko	Atsushi Funahashi		[2]
2017	Memoirs of a Murderer	Minako Kawakita	Yu Irie		[2]
	Opening Night	Marika Hara	Mai Sakai		[2]
	Same Old, Same Old	Aoba Harada	Rikiya Imaizumi		[2]
	Let Go of My Teen Days		Hana Matsumoto		[2]
	Gukoroku: Traces of Sin	Reiko Yamamoto	Kei Ishikawa		[2]
	Tornado Girl		Hitoshi Ōne		[2]
2018	Nisekoi	Kyoko	Hayato Kawai		[4]
	The Sacrament	Matsumoto	Isora Iwakiri		[2]
2019	Farewell Song	TV reporter	Akihiko Shiota		[5]
2021	Shrieking in the Rain	Hanako	Eiji Uchida	Lead role	[6]
2022	Yokai Housemate: Is He Prince Charming?	Oiwa-san	Keisuke Toyoshima		[7]
	The Way of the Househusband: The Cinema	Koharu	Tōichirō Rutō		[8]
	It's All My Fault	Rika Matsushita	Yūsaku Matsumoto		[9]
	Nighttime Warbles	Yūko	Hideo Jojo		[10]
	Whisper of the Heart		Yūichirō Hirakawa		[11]
2023	Ice Cream Fever	Yū Takashima	Tetsuya Chihara		[12]
	Kyrie		Shunji Iwai		[13]
2024	The Women in the Lakes	Kayo Toyoda	Tatsushi Ōmori	Lead role	[14]

Live-action television

List of acting performances in television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2000	Rokubanme no Sayoko			[2]
	Aoi	Senhime	Eps. 22 and 23; Taiga drama	[2][15]
	Himitsu Club o-daiba.com	Ayano Itakura		[2]
2001	Kabushiki Kaisha o-daiba.com	Ayano Itakura		[2]
2002	Taiyo no Kisetsu			[2]
2003	Aka-chan wo Sagase!			[2]
2005	Tiger & Dragon		Ep. 3	[2]
2006	Junjō Kirari	Kaoruko Takano	Asadora	[2]
2007	Hotaru no Hikari	Suzuko Murota		[2]
2010	GeGeGe no Nyōbō	Setsuko	Asadora	[2]
2012	Penance	Kaori	Ep. 1; miniseries	[2]
2014	Reverse Edge: Ōkawabata Tanteisha	Mami Iikura	Ep. 9	[2]
2016	A Girl & Three Sweethearts		Ep. 2	[2]
	Shōjo no Miru Yume	Mizuho Kanazawa	TV movie	[2]
	Midnight Diner	Midori	Ep. 5	[2]
2017	Quartet	Ema Ōhashi	Ep. 10	[2]
	My High School Business	Yuriko Kōsaka		[2]
2018	Holiday Love	Rina Izutsu		[2]
	Caseworker's Diary	Azusa Maruyama	Eps. 9 and 10	[2]
	Black Scandal	Sara Fujisaki		[2]
	CSI: Crime Scene Talks (Season 5)	Anri Ihikura	Ep. 6	[2]
2019	Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (Season 6)	Dr. Maria Nakayama	Ep. 8	[2]
	Sherlock: Untold Stories	Teiko Akabane	Ep. 1	[2]
	Shiyakusho	Miwakio Nishikawa		[2]
	The Good Wife	Yuina Ogawa	Ep. 5	[2]
	Emergency Interrogation Room	Akane Kashimura	Ep. 4	[2]
	Cheers to Miki Clinic	Yukari Yūzuki		[2]
	Dying Eye	Narumi Murakami		[2]
2020	Pareto's Miscalculation	Yoshiko Anzai		[2]
	Path of the Dragons	Mayumi Kirishima		[16]
	Akira Hamura: The Detective Most Unfortunate in the World	Tamaki Noguchi	Ep. 3	[2]
	Throw It Away, Adachi	Yōko	Ep. 7	[2]
	A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi		Ep. 6	[17]
	How to Eliminate My Teacher	Shizuka Maeno		[18]
2020–22	Yokai Housemate	Oiwa-san	2 seasons	[16]
2021	Mukō no Hate	Ritsuko Ikematsu	Lead role	[19]
	Do You Still Swear Love?	Jun Sumisu	Lead role	[20]
2021–22	The Great Haruko	Izumi Kikuchi	2 seasons	[21]
2022	Teen Regime	Saki Yamaguchi	Miniseries	[22]
2023	What Will You Do, Ieyasu?	Onna-ōnezumi	Taiga drama	[15]
2024	Miss Target	Sumire		[23]
	Until I Destroy My Husband's Family	Minori Kisaragi		[24]

TV anime

List of voice performances in TV anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
2004	Fafner in the Azure	Maya Tōmi		[25][26]
2005	Sugar Sugar Rune	Chocola Meilleure		[25]
2005	Paradise Kiss	Miwako Sakurada		[25]
2006	Pururun! Shizuku-Chan	Norrin	Also Aha in 2007	[25]
2008	Mach Girl	Lip	Anime shorts for Speed Racer spin-off	[27]
2011	Un-Go	Kazamori Sasa		[25]
2015	Fafner in the Azure: Exodus	Maya Tōmi		[25][28]

Animated films

List of voice performances in film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
2010	Fafner of the Azure: Heaven and Earth	Maya Tōmi		[25][29]
2014	Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction	Diancie		[25][30][31]
2021	Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure the Movie: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring!	Princess Sharon		[32]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
2001	Final Fantasy X	Rikku	PS2, also HD Remaster in 2013	[33][26]
2003	Final Fantasy X-2	Rikku	PS2, also HD Remaster in 2013	[33][26]
2005	Fafner in the Azure	Maya Tomi		[33]
2005	Kingdom Hearts II	Rikku	PS2, also Final Mix in 2007	[33]
2011	Final Fantasy Type-0	Mutsuki	PSP	[33]
2016	World of Final Fantasy	Rikku		[33]

Other work

List of voice performances in other works

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
2001–03	Mini Stop	Mini Stop-chan	character in commercials