Masako Ikeda
Actor
Born January 1, 1939 in Tokyo, Japan
Masako Ikeda (池田 昌子, Ikeda Masako; 1 January 1939 – 3 March 2026) was a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Tokyo, Japan. She is most known for the roles of Reika "Madame Butterfly" Ryuuzaki in Aim for the Ace!, Nodoka Saotome in Ranma ½, Maetel in Galaxy Express 999, Michiko in Harmagedon, and for being the Japanese voice-over actress of Audrey Hepburn. Ikeda died from an intracerebral hemorrhage on 3 March 2026 at the age of 87.
Filmography
Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
MC
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
Mother of Ultra (voice)
Space Brothers
Sharon Kaneko (voice)
Escape Game ZERO
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Narration (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring
Maetel (voice)
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
Narrator
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
Maetel (voice)
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
Mother of Ultra (voice)
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
Mother of Ultra (voice)
Monster
British Couple (voice)
Yukikaze
Jackson Lynn
Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign
Maetel Legend
Maetel
Maetel Legend
Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs
Maetel
DNA Sights 999.9
Narrator (voice)
Queen Emeraldas
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
Maetel (voice)
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
Nanzi (voice)
X: The Movie
Tooru
Romeo's Blue Skies
Narrator (voice)
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
Mrs. Kogure (voice)
Silent Möbius 2
Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
Kitty-Cat Fantasia
Saeko Kimura (voice)
Miracle Psychicer Seizan
(Voice)
I'm All Yours
Sakurako Mamiya (voice)
Seven Days War 2
Kayoko's Diary
Yoshi Nakane (voice)
Silent Möbius
Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
The Story of Perrine
Ranma ½
Nodoka Saotome
Fairy King
Queen Mab (voice)
Phoenix: Space Chapter
Hi no tori
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
Sumiko Fudou (voice)
Phoenix: Yamato Chapter
Phoenix
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
Phoenix (voice)
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light
Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)
The Story of Pollyanna
Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice)
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
Yoko Ishigami (voice)
Ultraman Story
Mother of Ultra
Harmagedon
Michiko Azuma (voice)
Aura Battler Dunbine
Silky Mau
Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's Story
Patalliro!
Etrange (voice)
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
(voice)
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
Maetel (voice)
Queen Millennia
Cleopatra
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!
Maetel (voice)
Toward the Terra
Mother Eliza (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas
Maetel (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
Maetel (voice)
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Nils' Mother (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!
Maetel (voice)
Aim for the Ace! The Movie
Reika Ryuuzaki (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Maetel (voice)
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber
Maegami Tarou
ツバメトビ
Shin Aim for the Ace!
Reika Ryuzaki / Madame Butterfly (voice)
Galaxy Express 999
Maetel (voice)
The Story of Perrine
Marie Paindavoine
Aim for the Ace!
Reika Ryûzaki
Pinocchio: The Series
Fairy
若い川の流れ
Aruhi watashi wa
The Top of Mount Fuji