Masako Ikeda
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.
66 acting credits
Acting · 66
Monster
2004
Ranma ½
1989
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
2011
Romeo's Blue Skies
1995
Space Brothers
2012
Galaxy Express 999
1978
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
1994
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1980
Queen Millennia
1981
Aura Battler Dunbine
1983
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
2009
Patalliro!
1982
Pinocchio: The Series
1972
The Story of Perrine
1978
Yukikaze
2002
The Story of Pollyanna
1986
Queen Emeraldas
1998
Aim for the Ace!
1973
Maetel Legend
2000
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
2006
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
2018
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979
Shin Aim for the Ace!
1978
Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs
1999
X: The Movie
1996
Miracle Psychicer Seizan
1991
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
1998
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
1981
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
2006
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
1987
Harmagedon
1983
Toward the Terra
1980
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!
1979
Aim for the Ace! The Movie
1979
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas
1980
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
1984
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
1980
I'm All Yours
1987
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
1986
Silent Möbius
1991
DNA Sights 999.9
1998
Phoenix: Space Chapter
1987
Silent Möbius 2
1992
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1982
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light
1986
Phoenix: Yamato Chapter
1987
Ultraman Story
1984
Fairy King
1988
Kitty-Cat Fantasia
1991
Seven Days War 2
1991
Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
2018
Aruhi watashi wa
1967
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!
1980
Maegami Tarou
1979
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
2006
Kayoko's Diary
1991
若い川の流れ
1968
Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring
2009
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber
1979
Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign
2001
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
1996
Escape Game ZERO
2011
The Top of Mount Fuji
1967
Maetel Legend
2000
Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's Story
1982
The Story of Perrine
1990