Marika Matsumoto, also credited as Maika Matsumoto, is a Japanese actress and voice actress born on September 12, 1984, in Tokyo. She began her entertainment career in 2000 and gained early public recognition from 2001 to 2003 as the mascot character Mini Stop-chan for the Ministop convenience store chain in Japan.

Matsumoto's voice acting career includes several notable anime roles. She is best known for her long-running portrayal of Maya Tōmi in the mecha anime franchise Fafner in the Azure, beginning with the 2004 television series and reprising the role in subsequent films and series including Fafner: Heaven and Earth (2010), Fafner Exodus (2015), and Fafner The Beyond. This role represents a significant recurring collaboration across multiple productions. In 2005, she voiced lead characters in two anime series: Chocolat Meilleure in the magical girl series Sugar Sugar Rune and Miwako Sakurada in the fashion drama Paradise Kiss. She also played Kazamori Sasa in the 2011 mystery anime Un-Go and provided the voice of the Mythical Pokémon Diancie in Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014).

In video games, Matsumoto is recognized as the voice of Rikku in the critically acclaimed Square Enix title Final Fantasy X (2001). She continued voicing the same character in Final Fantasy X-2 (2003), the crossover title Kingdom Hearts II (2005), and later World of Final Fantasy (2016), demonstrating a consistent association with this character across multiple major gaming releases.

Beyond voice work, Matsumoto has an extensive career in live-action Japanese film and television. She appeared as Shiho Matsuki in Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003) and has taken roles in dramas such as Holiday Love, Junjo Kirari, and Quartet, as well as films including Reincarnation (2006) and Memoirs of a Murderer (2017). In 2019, she received the New Wave Award at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival for her contributions to cinema.