Masako Ikeda
January 1, 1939 (87 years old) 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2018 · Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story as MC
- 2018 · Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!! as Mother of Ultra (voice)
- 2012 · Space Brothers as Sharon Kaneko (voice)
- 2011 · Escape Game ZERO as
- 2011 · Nichijou: My Ordinary Life as Narration (voice)
- 2009 · Galaxy Express 999 - Beyond the Diamond Ring as Maetel (voice)
- 2009 · Hello Anne: Before Green Gables as Narrator
- 2006 · The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet as Maetel (voice)
- 2006 · Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga as Mother of Ultra (voice)
- 2006 · Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy as Mother of Ultra (voice)
- 2004 · Monster as British Couple (voice)
- 2002 · Yukikaze as Jackson Lynn
- 2001 · Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign as
- 2000 · Maetel Legend as
- 2000 · Maetel Legend as Maetel
- 1999 · Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs as Maetel
- 1998 · DNA Sights 999.9 as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Queen Emeraldas as
- 1998 · Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy as Maetel (voice)
- 1996 · The Heroic Elegy of Confucius as Nanzi (voice)
- 1996 · X: The Movie as Tooru
- 1995 · Romeo's Blue Skies as Narrator (voice)
- 1994 · The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA as Mrs. Kogure (voice)
- 1992 · Silent Möbius 2 as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
- 1991 · Kitty-Cat Fantasia as Saeko Kimura (voice)
- 1991 · Miracle Psychicer Seizan as (Voice)
- 1991 · Seven Days War 2 as
- 1991 · Kayoko's Diary as Yoshi Nakane (voice)
- 1991 · Silent Möbius as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
- 1989 · Ranma ½ as Nodoka Saotome
- 1988 · Fairy King as Queen Mab (voice)
- 1987 · Phoenix: Space Chapter as Hi no tori
- 1987 · Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth as Sumiko Fudou (voice)
- 1987 · Phoenix: Yamato Chapter as Phoenix
- 1987 · I'm All Yours as Sakurako Mamiya
- 1986 · Phoenix: Karma Chapter as Phoenix (voice)
- 1986 · Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light as Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)
- 1986 · The Story of Pollyanna as Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice)
- 1984 · Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature as Yoko Ishigami (voice)
- 1984 · Ultraman Story as Mother of Ultra
- 1983 · Harmagedon as Michiko Azuma (voice)
- 1983 · Aura Battler Dunbine as Silky Mau
- 1982 · Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's Story as
- 1982 · Patalliro! as Etrange (voice)
- 1982 · Patalliro! as エトランジェ
- 1982 · The Wonderful Adventures of Nils as (voice)
- 1981 · Adieu Galaxy Express 999 as Maetel (voice)
- 1981 · Queen Millennia as Cleopatra
- 1980 · Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!! as Maetel (voice)
- 1980 · Toward the Terra as Mother Eliza (voice)
- 1980 · Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas as Maetel (voice)
- 1980 · Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass as Maetel (voice)
- 1980 · The Wonderful Adventures of Nils as Nils' Mother (voice)
- 1979 · Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!! as Maetel (voice)
- 1979 · Aim for the Ace! The Movie as Reika Ryuuzaki (voice)
- 1979 · Galaxy Express 999: The Movie as Maetel (voice)
- 1979 · Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber as
- 1979 · Maegami Tarou as ツバメトビ
- 1978 · Shin Aim for the Ace! as Reika Ryuzaki / Madame Butterfly (voice)
- 1978 · Galaxy Express 999 as Maetel (voice)
- 1978 · The Story of Perrine as Marie Paindavoine
- 1973 · Aim for the Ace! as Reika Ryûzaki
- 1972 · Pinocchio: The Series as Fairy
- 1972 · Pinocchio: The Series as Kenken
- 1968 · 若い川の流れ as
- 1967 · Aruhi watashi wa as
- 1967 · The Top of Mount Fuji as