Marika Matsumoto

Marika Matsumoto
Marika Matsumoto
	松本まりか
Born	September 12, 1984[1]; Tokyo, Japan[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Agent	A-Team Inc.
Height	160 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]

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

Live-action film

List of acting performances in film
Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Source
2005	Trilogia: Existence		Yasuo Toda	Lead role	[2]
	Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims		Kankurō Kudō		[2]
	Noroi: The Curse	Herself	Kōji Shiraishi		[2]
2006	Reincarnation	Yuka Morita	Takashi Shimizu		[2]
2006	My Grandfather's Clock		Kōji Kobayashi		[2]
2007	Serebu ga Kekkonshitai 13 no Akuma		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		[3]
2018	The Sacrament	Matsumoto	Isora Iwakiri		[2]
2019	Farewell Song	TV reporter	Akihiko Shiota		[4]

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]
	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]
2017	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]
	Yokai Housemate	Oiwa-san		[5]
	Path of the Dragons	Mayumi Kirishima		[5]
	Akira Hamura: The Detective Most Unfortunate in the World	Tamaki Noguchi	Ep. 3	[2]
	Throw It Away, Adachi	Yōko	Ep. 7	[2]
	Ryoma Takeuchi's Filming Break		Ep. 6	[6]
	How to Eliminate My Teacher	Shizuka Maeno		[7]

Anime

List of voice performances in anime
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
2004	Fafner in the Azure	Maya Tōmi		[8][9]
2005	Sugar Sugar Rune	Chocola Meilleure		[8]
2005	Paradise Kiss	Miwako Sakurada		[8]
2006	Pururun! Shizuku-Chan	Norrin	Also Aha in 2007	[8]
2011	Un-Go	Kazamori Sasa		[8]
2015	Fafner in the Azure: Exodus	Maya Tōmi		[8][10]
	Mach Girl	Lip	Anime shorts for Speed Racer spin-off	[11]

Film

List of voice performances in film
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[2]
2010	Fafner of the Azure: Heaven and Earth	Maya Tōmi		[8][12]
2014	Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction	Diancie		[8][13][14]

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	[8][9]
2003	Final Fantasy X-2	Rikku	PS2, also HD Remaster in 2013	[8][9]
2005	Kingdom Hearts II	Rikku	PS2, also Final Mix in 2007	[8]
2011	Final Fantasy Type-0	Mutsuki	PSP	[15]
2016	World of Final Fantasy	Rikku		[15]

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

References

松本まりか｜日本タレント名鑑. Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 November 2018.
"松本まりか - A-Team.Inc（エーチーム）". ateam-japan.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
"ニセコイ". eiga.com. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
"さよならくちびる". eiga.com. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
"35歳の怪演女優・松本まりか。悪女も妖怪も演じきってブレイクのわけ". Joshi-SPA!. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
"竹内涼真主演ドラマ『竹内涼真の撮休』追加キャスト＆主題歌発表新映像も". Cinra.net. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
"松本まりか、田中圭の恋人役で新ドラマ出演決定「甘々なやりとりをします」＜先生を消す方程式。＞". modelpress. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
"GamePlaza-HARUKA- 声優さん出演リスト個別表示：松本まりか". sakura.ne.jp. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
"Seiyuu DB search (ALL)". usagi.org. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
"Fafner Exodus Sequel's 2-Minute Promo Streamed". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
"Mach Go Go Go Gets Mach Girl TV Anime Shorts in Japan". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
"Fafner Voice Actor 'Kohei Kiyasu's World' Gets Anime". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
"1st Pokémon XY Movie's New TV Spots Introduce Guest Voice Cast". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
"Japanese Box Office, September 13-14". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
"Marika Matsumoto - 10 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 20 September 2019. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Official agency profile (in Japanese)
タレントデータバンク松本まりかインタビュー (in Japanese)
Marika Matsumoto at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Marika Matsumoto at IMDb

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[Profile-1] 松本まりか｜日本タレント名鑑. Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 November 2018.

[resume-2] "松本まりか - A-Team.Inc（エーチーム）". ateam-japan.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.

[3] "ニセコイ". eiga.com. Retrieved May 28, 2018.

[4] "さよならくちびる". eiga.com. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[spa-5] "35歳の怪演女優・松本まりか。悪女も妖怪も演じきってブレイクのわけ". Joshi-SPA!. Retrieved September 30, 2020.

[6] "竹内涼真主演ドラマ『竹内涼真の撮休』追加キャスト＆主題歌発表新映像も". Cinra.net. Retrieved September 26, 2020.

[7] "松本まりか、田中圭の恋人役で新ドラマ出演決定「甘々なやりとりをします」＜先生を消す方程式。＞". modelpress. Retrieved October 6, 2020.

[vadb-8] "GamePlaza-HARUKA- 声優さん出演リスト個別表示：松本まりか". sakura.ne.jp. Retrieved 24 January 2017.

[doi2-9] "Seiyuu DB search (ALL)". usagi.org. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[10] "Fafner Exodus Sequel's 2-Minute Promo Streamed". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[11] "Mach Go Go Go Gets Mach Girl TV Anime Shorts in Japan". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[12] "Fafner Voice Actor 'Kohei Kiyasu's World' Gets Anime". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[13] "1st Pokémon XY Movie's New TV Spots Introduce Guest Voice Cast". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[14] "Japanese Box Office, September 13-14". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[btva-15] "Marika Matsumoto - 10 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 20 September 2019. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.