Minami Tsukui

Minami Tsukui (佃井 皆美, Tsukui Minami, born December 18, 1987, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan)^[1] is a Japanese actress who is formerly affiliated with Japan Action Enterprise. She is best known for her role as the character Yoko Minato/Kamen Rider Marika, from the Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Gaim.

Tsukui graduated from Japan Action Enterprise's 37th class. Her skills are jazz dancing, hip-hop, and sewing. Tsukui's hobbies are theater appreciation and aroma. Her favorite food is natto rice, fried chicken, hamburger, cheese, peach,^[2] and chocolate. While she was played as a villain, Tsukui wanted to be a heroine.^[2][3] After leaving Juken Sentai Gekiranger, she thinks that she is not suitable for the role of Lingshi, but a subsequent suit actor was not in charge, Kamen Rider Gaim producer Naomi Takebe requested that she was both responsible for the suit actor after transformation and before the transformation.^[2][3] While synchronized by JAE's Satoshi Fujita, Tsukui served as Hopper Dopant in Kamen Rider W served with Fujita, and in Kamen Rider Gaim her after transformation of her role is played by her as well, such as the role as Kamen Rider Marika she had.^[4] She and Fujita were physiques such as the size of the belt is the same but not almost the same, he said that it is better for her is a small thigh but also thin face.^[4] As of 2021, she is currently a freelancer.

• Official profile at Japan Action Enterprise (PDF) (in Japanese)