Masako Ikeda
Acting • Born 1939-01-01 – Died 2026-03-03
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.
Filmography
67 credits
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Movie • 1979
Maetel (voice)
X: The Movie
Movie • 1996
Tooru
Silent Möbius
Movie • 1991
Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
Harmagedon
Movie • 1983
Michiko Azuma (voice)
Kayoko's Diary
Movie • 1991
Yoshi Nakane (voice)
Ultraman Story
Movie • 1984
Mother of Ultra
Aruhi watashi wa
Movie • 1967
若い川の流れ
Movie • 1968
Seven Days War 2
Movie • 1991
Maegami Tarou
Movie • 1979
ツバメトビ
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
Movie • 1986
Phoenix (voice)
Phoenix: Yamato Chapter
Movie • 1987
Phoenix
Phoenix: Space Chapter
Movie • 1987
Hi no tori
DNA Sights 999.9
Movie • 1998
Narrator (voice)
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
Movie • 2006
Maetel (voice)
Escape Game ZERO
Movie • 2011
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
Movie • 1981
Maetel (voice)
Galaxy Express 999 - Beyond the Diamond Ring
Movie • 2009
Maetel (voice)
The Top of Mount Fuji
Movie • 1967
Silent Möbius 2
Movie • 1992
Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
Movie • 1980
Maetel (voice)
Aim for the Ace! The Movie
Movie • 1979
Reika Ryuuzaki (voice)
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Movie • 1982
(voice)
I'm All Yours
Movie • 1987
Sakurako Mamiya
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
Movie • 2018
Mother of Ultra (voice)
Kitty-Cat Fantasia
Movie • 1991
Saeko Kimura (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
Movie • 1998
Maetel (voice)
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
Movie • 2006
Mother of Ultra (voice)
Fairy King
Movie • 1988
Queen Mab (voice)
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
Movie • 1984
Yoko Ishigami (voice)
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
Movie • 1987
Sumiko Fudou (voice)
Toward the Terra
Movie • 1980
Mother Eliza (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!
Movie • 1979
Maetel (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas
Movie • 1980
Maetel (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!
Movie • 1980
Maetel (voice)
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
Movie • 1996
Nanzi (voice)
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light
Movie • 1986
Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber
Movie • 1979
Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's Story
Movie • 1982
Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign
Movie • 2001
Maetel Legend
Movie • 2000
Maetel
Romeo's Blue Skies
TV • 1995
Narrator (voice)
Pinocchio: The Series
TV • 1972
Fairy
Pinocchio: The Series
TV • 1972
Kenken
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
TV • 1980
Nils' Mother (voice)
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
TV • 2009
Narrator
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
TV • 1994
Mrs. Kogure (voice)
Queen Millennia
TV • 1981
Cleopatra
Space Brothers
TV • 2012
Sharon Kaneko (voice)
Aim for the Ace!
TV • 1973
Reika Ryûzaki
Ranma ½
TV • 1989
Nodoka Saotome
Aura Battler Dunbine
TV • 1983
Silky Mau
Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs
TV • 1999
Maetel
Monster
TV • 2004
British Couple (voice)
Patalliro!
TV • 1982
Etrange (voice)
Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
TV • 2018
MC
Yukikaze
TV • 2002
Jackson Lynn
Patalliro!
TV • 1982
エトランジェ
The Story of Pollyanna
TV • 1986
Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice)
Galaxy Express 999
TV • 1978
Maetel (voice)
Shin Aim for the Ace!
TV • 1978
Reika Ryuzaki / Madame Butterfly (voice)
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
TV • 2006
Mother of Ultra (voice)
The Story of Perrine
TV • 1978
Marie Paindavoine
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
TV • 2011
Narration (voice)
Miracle Psychicer Seizan
TV • 1991
(Voice)
Maetel Legend
TV • 2000
Queen Emeraldas
TV • 1998