Marika Matsumoto

Marika Matsumoto (40)

1984-09-12 | Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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.

On Movies

  • Black Jack
  • The Women in the Lakes
  • Kyrie
  • Ice Cream Fever
  • I SCREAM FEVER
  • Night, Birds Scream
  • Whisper of the Heart
  • All Because of Me
  • Youkai Share-house: Hakuba no Οujisama ja Νainkai
  • Shrieking in the Rain
  • Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring!
  • Farewell Song
  • Life Finds A Way
  • Nisekoi: False Love
  • The Sacrament
  • Memoirs of a Murderer
  • Opening Night
  • Traces of Sin
  • Same Old, Same Old
  • Blue
  • Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction
  • Penance
  • Cold Bloom
  • Fafner: Heaven and Earth
  • Space Battleship Yamato
  • Reincarnation
  • Junji Inagawa's Shivering Horror
  • Noroi: The Curse

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