Marika Matsumoto

Born: 1984-09-12

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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Noroi: The Curse

as Self
Released: 2005-08-20

A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the...

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Space Battleship Yamato

as M. Nishina
Released: 2010-12-01

In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged...

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Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction

as Diancie (voice)
Released: 2014-07-19

In the underground Diamond Domain, where many Carbink live, the Mythical Pokémon Diancie serves...

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Memoirs of a Murderer

as Minako Kawakita
Released: 2017-06-10

The movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would...

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Reincarnation

as Yuka Morita
Released: 2006-01-07

A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a...

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Nisekoi: False Love

as Kyoko Nichihara
Released: 2018-12-21

Raku Ichijo (Kento Nakajima) is an only son and a high school student. His father is the leader...

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Kyrie

as Ikko's Ex-boyfriend's Girlfriend
Released: 2023-10-13

Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak....

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Shrieking in the Rain

as Hanako
Released: 2021-11-12

At a movie studio in 1988, rookie director Hanako Hayashi is making her directorial debut, the...

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Penance

as Kaori
Released: 2013-05-29

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body...

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Farewell Song

as TV Reporter
Released: 2019-05-31

As they travel around the country, a singer-songwriter duo's love triangle with their roadie...

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Ice Cream Fever

as Yu Takashima
Released: 2023-07-14

Four women of different ages work at or frequent an ice cream shop, each dealing with dreams,...

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Traces of Sin

as Reiko Yamamoto
Released: 2017-02-18

Tanaka is going through a tough time trying to support his younger sister Mitsuko, recently...

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Night, Birds Scream

as Yuko
Released: 2022-12-09

Shinichi debuted as a novelist at a young age, but his career has been stagnant for many years....

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Whisper of the Heart

as [Shizuku's Senior]
Released: 2022-10-14

Shizuku Tsukishima is a 3rd grade middle school student. She likes reading books. Shizuku meets...

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Tropical-Rouge! Precure: The Snow Princess and the Miraculous Ring!

as Sharon (voice)
Released: 2021-10-23

One day, the Tropical-Rouge Pretty Cure receive an amazing invitation from the Land of Snow,...

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The Women in the Lakes

as uncredited
Released: 2024-05-17

A 100-year-old resident of a Lake Biwa nursing home dies mysteriously. Did a respirator keeping...

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Black Jack

as Patient with Lion's Face Disease
Released: 2024-06-30

Adapted from the manga series "Black Jack"

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Soukyuu no Fafner: Behind the Line

as uncredited
Released: 2023-01-20

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Youkai Share-house: Hakuba no Οujisama ja Νainkai

as Iwa Yotsuya
Released: 2022-06-17

Mio Meguro (Fuka Koshiba) continues her dream of becoming a writer, while living with yokai...

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All Because of Me

as uncredited
Released: 2022-08-11

Yuta lives in an orphanage while waiting for her mother to pick her up. One day, Yuta, who...

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Blue

as uncredited
Released: 2016-06-09

A work that spun a story inspired by the world view of the song "You Named Me Blue" by jazz...

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The Sacrament

as Matsumoto
Released: 2018-04-14

Iwakiri is now a third year university student who belongs to a film studies group on campus but...

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Alone Together

as uncredited
Released: 2023-05-13

A state of emergency was declared for the first time under the Law Concerning Special Measures...

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Junji Inagawa's Shivering Horror

as uncredited
Released: 2005-10-25

Six short stories: Chain Mail, Left Behind, Tattoo, Viewfinder's Memory, Guardian Angel, and...

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Opening Night

as Marika Hara
Released: 2017-03-03

Aspiring child actress Nanoka (Nanoka Hara) hopes to follow in her late mother's footsteps and...

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Final Fantasy X: Eternal Calm

as Rikku
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A cinematic cutscene taking place between Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2.

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Same Old, Same Old

as Aoba Harada
Released: 2016-10-27

Focusing on the lives (and a few deaths) of three filmmakers, Rikiya Imaizumi (Their Distance,...

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The Little Star

as uncredited
Released: 2022-01-01

A short film by Kazuaki Kiriya.

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What Happens Before War?

as Narration
Released: 2016-02-10

Short anti-war animation adapting the picture book Sensou no Tsukurikata. It was created by the...

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Cold Bloom

as Shoko
Released: 2012-04-13

Industrial Hitachi City is the location for this post-3.11 drama. Still recovering from the...

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Life Finds A Way

as Doctor
Released: 2019-05-29

Born out of every artist’s creative crisis, the search for the next topic, Hirobumi WATANABE...

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I SCREAM FEVER

as Yu Takashima
Released: 2023-05-09

Miwa lost her mother in a traffic accident and wanders the streets of Shibuya. Trying to sort...

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Nikenme Dou Suru? ~Tsumami no Hanashi~

as uncredited
First aired: 2017-04-09

The hosts explore different neighborhoods and izakayas, discussing various snacks and drinks....

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Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

as uncredited
First aired: 2012-10-18

Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor...

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Sugar Sugar Rune

as Chocolat Meilleure
First aired: 2005-07-02

Chocolat Meilleure is a happy-going and optimistic girl. Together with her friend-cum-rival,...

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CSI: Crime Scene Talks

as uncredited
First aired: 2011-04-13

Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police...

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My Husband is a Cartoonist

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-03-29

The 82nd NHK Asadora is Gegege no Nyobo. The story is based on a 2008 autobiography by Mura...

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Until I Destroy My Husband's Family

as Kisaragi Minori
First aired: 2024-07-08

Kisaragi Minori, who thought she had a happy family with her pure love since they were students...

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Junjo Kirari

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-03-04

The 74th NHK Asadora Drama is Junjo Kirari, which means something along the lines of...

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Un-Go

as Kazamori Sasa (voice)
First aired: 2011-10-14

Un-Go is set in a war-torn Tokyo, in a near-future Japan. In response to Japan sending their...

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What Will You Do, Ieyasu?

as Onna Oonezumi
First aired: 2023-01-08

The drama series depicts the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1,...

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Fafner Exodus

as Maya Tōmi (voice)
First aired: 2015-01-09

2150 A.D. The battle with the Festum, the silicon life-forms from distant outer space, had...

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Quartet

as uncredited
First aired: 2017-01-17

Maki Maki, Sebuki Suzume, Beppu Tsukasa and Iemori Yutaka happen to meet and form a quartet....

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Paradise Kiss

as Miwako Sakurada (voice)
First aired: 2005-10-14

Yukari is a typical high-school student who listens to her parents and attends school everyday....

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Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

as Midori
First aired: 2016-10-21

In an otherwise mundane diner open from midnight to 7 a.m., there is no menu – but the chef...

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The Nonfiction

as Narrator (voice)
First aired:

On-air every Sunday at 2 p.m., Fuji Television’s "The Nonfiction" is a praised documentary...

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Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor

as Maya Tomi
First aired: 2004-07-05

Tatsumiyajima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy...

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Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor

as Toomi Maya (voice)
First aired: 2004-07-05

Tatsumiyajima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy...

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A Girl & Three Sweethearts

as Bride
First aired: 2016-07-11

Sakurai Misaki has not dated in a long time. She has focused on her work as a pâtissier to...

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Animation x Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero?

as Momo Minamikawa (voice)
First aired: 2017-11-10

A series of short animation works focusing on the Para-sport with the aim of delivering the...

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Sherlock: Untold Stories

as Teiko Akabane(赤羽 汀子)
First aired: 2019-10-07

Set in present day Tokyo, Shishio Homare (Dean Fujioka) works as a freelancer crime consultant....

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Youkai Sharehouse

as Iwa Yotsuya
First aired: 2020-08-01

Mio Meguro is a timid person. She is afraid of being hated by others, and this causes her to...

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Luca on the Road

as [Ikko's ex-lover's girlfriend]
First aired: 2024-07-25

A young girl named Ruka, who had been living a wandering life in Osaka, is taken in by Fumi, an...

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Penance

as Kaori
First aired: 2012-01-08

The murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is...

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Oh, Love Hotel

as uncredited
First aired: 2014-11-23

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Kyojo

as Aiko Tazawa(田澤 愛子)
First aired: 2020-01-04

Kimichika Kazama is an instructor at a police academy. He is keenly observant and watches over...

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Throw It Away, Adachi

as Yōko
First aired: 2020-04-17

The chief editor of a woman’s magazine talks to Yumi Adachi about a new idea for the magazine....

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Amuri in Star Ocean

as Purmo Allen
First aired: 2008-05-23

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CONNECTED: The Homebound Detective

as Saika Sakamoto
First aired: 2022-04-03

Ataru Aida lives with his mother and has never moved out of his childhood room. A clean freak...

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The Good Wife

as Yuna Ogawa
First aired: 2019-01-13

Kyoko Hasumi (Takako Tokiwa) is a former lawyer who quit her job to become a housewife and a...

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Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor - The Beyond

as Maya Tomi(voice)
First aired: 2019-05-17

Sequel of Fafner EXODUS.

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My High School Business

as Yuriko Kosaka
First aired: 2017-10-14

Rosuke Narumi works at a trading company and he is pretty good at his job. He dates Satoko...

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Path of the Dragons

as Mayumi Kirishima
First aired: 2020-07-28

Not long after twin brothers Ryuichi and Ryuji were born, they were abandoned by their own...

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Holiday Love

as Rina Izutsu
First aired: 2018-01-26

Azu Takamori is 30-years-old and married to Junpei. They have a 5-year-old daughter. She runs a...

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太陽の季節

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-07-07

Taiyo no Kisetsu is a Japanese drama TV miniseries which first aired on July 7, 2002. It starred...

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Sayoko is Back

as Masako Hanamiya
First aired: 2000-04-08

Nishihama Junior High School is haunted by the legend of Sayoko. Every three years a student is...

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Travel Your Life!

as uncredited
First aired: 2024-01-14

A collab drama between the travel guide book “Chikyu no Arukikata” and four celebrities, who...

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A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi

as Marika Matsumoto
First aired: 2020-11-07

Eight fictional holidays are taken by actor Ryoma Takeuchi. While taking a break from filming,...

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Mukou no Hate

as Ikematsu Ritsuko
First aired: 2021-05-14

Set in the year 1985, an arson-murder case takes place at an apartment in Tokyo. The victim is...

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Teen Regime

as Yamaguchi Saki
First aired: 2022-05-07

In the year 202X, Japan feels a deep sense of stagnation and has been branded by the world as a...

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Will You Still Pledge Me Your Faithful Love?

as Sumisu Jun
First aired: 2021-10-02

After Jun married her husband, she quit her job. She is now a housewife and has been happily...

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Tokumei!

as Todo Sayuri
First aired: 2023-10-16

Hajime Madoka is a special accountant police officer, who has been dispatched from the central...

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Miss Target

as Asakura Sumire
First aired: 2024-04-21

The story centers on Asakura Sumire, a marriage swindler who has seduced many men with her...

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Saikou no Obahan Nakajima Haruko

as Kikuchi Izumi
First aired: 2021-04-10

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Dying Eye

as Narumi Murakami
First aired: 2019-03-16

One night, Amemura Shinsuke, a bartender at a Nishi Azabu bar in Tokyo, is attacked by a male...

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Death Office

as Nishikawa
First aired: 2019-10-17

People who just died first visit the death office. There, the final destinations of the...

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Take Away Love, Summer

as Sorano Anzu
First aired: 2019-08-08

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Black Jack

as Patient with Lion's Face Disease
First aired: 2024-06-30

Adapted from the manga series "Black Jack"

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Pareto's Miscalculation: Caseworker Murder Case

as uncredited
First aired: 2020-03-07

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Cheers to Miki Clinic

as Yuzuki Yukari
First aired: 2019-01-12

Tsukumo Katsumi is a surgeon who lost his job after causing the death of a patient in a medical...

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Stolen Love, High School Teacher

as Hanako Tanaka
First aired: 2021-12-27

Tsuyuko Hoshino, a nurse, meets high school teacher Santa Fuyuno at a café for musicians and...

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Rikon na Futari

as uncredited
First aired: 2019-04-05

Noda Ryusuke is a popular scriptwriter specialising in stories about the perfect married couple...

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Meikyō Shisui: Bu no KAMIWAZA

as uncredited
First aired: 2021-03-19

Top-class martial artists gather together to showcase their fiery talks and demonstrate secret...

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Tokyo, aidano, koidano

as uncredited
First aired: 2021-09-11

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