Masako Ikeda
Biography
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.
Known For
Monster
Ranma ½
Romeo's Blue Skies
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Space Brothers
Galaxy Express 999
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
All Movies (42)
- Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!2018 · as Mother of Ultra (voice)
- Escape Game ZERO2011
- Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring2009 · as Maetel (voice)
- The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet2006 · as Maetel (voice)
- Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy2006 · as Mother of Ultra (voice)
- Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign2001
- Maetel Legend2000 · as Maetel
- DNA Sights 999.91998 · as Narrator (voice)
- Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy1998 · as Maetel (voice)
- The Heroic Elegy of Confucius1996 · as Nanzi (voice)
- X: The Movie1996 · as Tooru
- Silent Möbius 21992 · as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
- Kitty-Cat Fantasia1991 · as Saeko Kimura (voice)
- I'm All Yours1991 · as Sakurako Mamiya (voice)
- Seven Days War 21991
- Kayoko's Diary1991 · as Yoshi Nakane (voice)
- Silent Möbius1991 · as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
- The Story of Perrine1990
- Fairy King1988 · as Queen Mab (voice)
- Phoenix: Space Chapter1987 · as Hi no tori
- Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth1987 · as Sumiko Fudou (voice)
- Phoenix: Yamato Chapter1987 · as Phoenix
- Phoenix: Karma Chapter1986 · as Phoenix (voice)
- Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light1986 · as Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)
- Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature1984 · as Yoko Ishigami (voice)
- Ultraman Story1984 · as Mother of Ultra
- Harmagedon1983 · as Michiko Azuma (voice)
- Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's Story1982
- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils1982 · as (voice)
- Adieu Galaxy Express 9991981 · as Maetel (voice)
- Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!1980 · as Maetel (voice)
- Toward the Terra1980 · as Mother Eliza (voice)
- Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas1980 · as Maetel (voice)
- Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass1980 · as Maetel (voice)
- Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!1979 · as Maetel (voice)
- Aim for the Ace! The Movie1979 · as Reika Ryuuzaki (voice)
- Galaxy Express 999: The Movie1979 · as Maetel (voice)
- Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber1979
- Maegami Tarou1979 · as ツバメトビ
- 若い川の流れ1968
- Aruhi watashi wa1967
- The Top of Mount Fuji1967
All TV Shows (26)
- Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story2018 · as MC
- Space Brothers2012 · as Sharon Kaneko (voice)
- Nichijou: My Ordinary Life2011 · as Narration (voice)
- Hello Anne: Before Green Gables2009 · as Narrator
- Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga2006 · as Mother of Ultra (voice)
- Monster2004 · as British Couple (voice)
- Yukikaze2002 · as Jackson Lynn
- Maetel Legend2000
- Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs1999 · as Maetel
- Queen Emeraldas1998
- Romeo's Blue Skies1995 · as Narrator (voice)
- The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA1994 · as Mrs. Kogure (voice)
- Miracle Psychicer Seizan1991 · as (Voice)
- Ranma ½1989 · as Nodoka Saotome
- The Story of Pollyanna1986 · as Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice)
- Aura Battler Dunbine1983 · as Silky Mau
- Patalliro!1982 · as Etrange (voice)
- Patalliro!1982 · as エトランジェ
- Queen Millennia1981 · as Cleopatra
- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils1980 · as Nils' Mother (voice)
- Shin Aim for the Ace!1978 · as Reika Ryuzaki / Madame Butterfly (voice)
- Galaxy Express 9991978 · as Maetel (voice)
- The Story of Perrine1978 · as Marie Paindavoine
- Aim for the Ace!1973 · as Reika Ryûzaki
- Pinocchio: The Series1972 · as Fairy
- Pinocchio: The Series1972 · as Kenken