Marika Matsumoto
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: September 12, 1984
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Amuri in Star Ocean
Amuri in Star Ocean (星の海のアムリ, Hoshi no Umi no Amuri) is a three-part animated OVA by Studio Hibari, written and directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani with character designs by MA@YA. The soundtrack was composed by Mina Kubota and the theme song "Ya-chaouyo!" was composed by Dance Man.
Travel Your Life!
A collab drama between the travel guide book “Chikyu no Arukikata” and four celebrities, who visit various places across the four episodes. Each episode will focus on a different actor and destination.
My Husband is a Cartoonist
The 82nd NHK Asadora is Gegege no Nyobo. The story is based on a 2008 autobiography by Mura Nunoe, the wife of Gegege no Kitaro mangaka Mizuki Shigeru. The story revolves around the life of the married couple, told from the perspective of Mura. --Tokyograph
Kyojo
Kimichika Kazama is an instructor at a police academy. He is keenly observant and watches over his students. He is calm as an instructor and has charisma, but strict. Students with various backgrounds attend the police academy with their own reasons of becoming police officers. They feel pressure having to follow the strict rules and have anxiety about getting kicked out of the academy. How many students will graduate among the 90 students? What is the real purpose of Kimichika Kazama giving hardship to the students?
Kyrie
Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak. However, her singing voice shakes the hearts of those who listen to her. It is a hymn of compassion played by Luca and the people.
Same Old, Same Old
Focusing on the lives (and a few deaths) of three filmmakers, Rikiya Imaizumi (Their Distance, Sad Tea) tackles weighty themes in this new ensemble drama set in Tokyo and Fukushima. Director Kajiwara, struggling to earn a living from film, gets an offer to do a music video. But it doesn’t go well and he finds himself in an unexpected situation. Actress Aoba witnesses her filmmaker boyfriend's suicide and decides to hide his body. Gardener Taro plans to close the family business he inherits from his father, but receives a phone call one night from the self-declared girlfriend of his estranged twin, Jiro.
Tokyo, aidano, koidano
Oh, Love Hotel
My High School Business
Rosuke Narumi works at a trading company and he is pretty good at his job. He dates Satoko Matsubara. The trading company has a business relationship with a private high school experiencing some difficulties. One day, Rosuke Narumi is appointed as the principle of the private high school. Rosuke Narumi soon discovers how different the work environment is from his previous job. So the school can run in the black, Rosuke Narumi implements cost cutting measures. School staff members including Chihiro Mashiba oppose his plan.
Junjo Kirari
The 74th NHK Asadora Drama is Junjo Kirari, which means something along the lines of "pure-hearted Kirari." The story is set in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture in the era around the Second World War. When the story opens in 1928, the heroine, Sakurako, is a very active seven-year-old girl. Indeed, even in the first episode she exhibits her confidence and enthusiasm. But above all else, Sakurako is interested in becoming a jazz pianist, and music features extensively in the plot.
Filmography
as Shiori Yoshioka
as Manatsu Umino
as Hori Manami
as [Ikko's ex-lover's girlfriend]
as Kisaragi Minori
as Patient with Lion's Face Disease
as Asakura Sumire
as Todo Sayuri
as Ikko's Ex-boyfriend's Girlfriend
as Yu Takashima
as Yu Takashima
as Onna Oonezumi
as Yuko
as [Shizuku's Senior]
as Iwa Yotsuya
as Yamaguchi Saki
as Saika Sakamoto
as Hanako Tanaka
as Hanako
as Sharon (voice)
as Jun Sumisu
as Ikematsu Ritsuko
as Kikuchi Izumi
as Marika Matsumoto
as Iwa Yotsuya
as Mayumi Kirishima
as Yōko
as Aiko Tazawa（田澤 愛子）
as Nishikawa
as Teiko Akabane
as Sorano Anzu
as TV Reporter
as Doctor
as Maya Tomi(voice)
as Narumi Murakami
as Yuna Ogawa
as Yuzuki Yukari
as Kyoko Nichihara
as Matsumoto
as Rina Izutsu
as Momo Minamikawa (voice)
as Yuriko Kosaka
as Minako Kawakita
as Marika Hara
as Reiko Yamamoto
as Aoba Harada
as Midori
as Bride
as Narration
as Maya Tōmi (voice)
as Diancie (voice)
as Kaori
as Shoko
as Kaori
as Kazamori Sasa (voice)
as Maya Tomi (voice)
as M. Nishina
as Purmo Allen
as Yuka Morita
as Miwako Sakurada (voice)
as Self
as Chocolat Meilleure
as Maya Tomi
as Toomi Maya (voice)
as Masako Hanamiya
as Rikku
as Narrator (voice)