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Marika Matsumoto

Actor

Marika Matsumoto

Born September 12, 1984 in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan39 films

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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Nisekoi: False Love posterFirst watchNisekoi: False Love20187.4as Kyoko NichiharaRaku Ichijo (Kento Nakajima) is an only son and a high school student. His father is the leader of yakuza group Shuei-gumi. Raku Ichijo doesn't like to fight and he studies hard.View film

Essential films

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Space Battleship Yamato poster6.4Space Battleship Yamato2010Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction poster6.7Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction2014Reincarnation poster6.1Reincarnation2005Memoirs of a Murderer poster6.8Memoirs of a Murderer2017

Filmography

39 films as actor
  1. 2026The PotentialsRika Tsuchiya
  2. 2026Backstage Pass
  3. 2025城山羊の会「勝手に唾が出てくる甘さ」
  4. 2024Noroi: The Curse - Deleted Scenes
  5. 2024Black JackPatient with Lion's Face Disease
  6. 2024The Women in the Lakes
  7. 2023KyrieIkko's Ex-boyfriend's Girlfriend
  8. 2023Ice Cream FeverYu Takashima
  9. 2023I SCREAM FEVERYu Takashima
  10. 2023Fafner: Behind the Line
  11. 2022The Grandfather’s Clock
  12. 2022Nighttime WarblesYuko
  13. 2022Whisper of the Heart[Shizuku's Senior]
  14. 2022All Because of Me
  15. 2022Youkai Sharehouse: The False Prince on a White HorseIwa Yotsuya
  16. 2022The Little Star
  17. 2021Shrieking in the RainHanako
  18. 2021Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring!Sharon (voice)
  19. 2019Farewell SongTV Reporter
  20. 2019Life Finds A WayDoctor
  21. 2018Nisekoi: False LoveKyoko Nichihara
  22. 2018The SacramentMatsumoto
  23. 2018Fun House
  24. 2017Memoirs of a MurdererMinako Kawakita
  25. 2017Opening NightMarika Hara
  26. 2017Traces of SinReiko Yamamoto
  27. 2016Same Old, Same OldAoba Harada
  28. 2016Blue
  29. 2016What Happens Before War?Narration
  30. 2014Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of DestructionDiancie (voice)
  31. 2014Pokémon: Diancie - Princess of the Diamond Domain
  32. 2013PenanceKaori
  33. 2012Cold BloomShoko
  34. 2010Fafner: Heaven and EarthMaya Tomi (voice)
  35. 2010Space Battleship YamatoM. Nishina
  36. 2005ReincarnationYuka Morita
  37. 2005Junji Inagawa's Shivering Horror
  38. 2002松本まりか : えくぼ日記
  39. 2002Final Fantasy X: Eternal CalmRikku