Actor
Masako Ikeda
Born 1939 · 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.
Acting
Ranma ½
Nodoka Saotome · 1989
Monster
British Couple (voice) · 2004
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Narration (voice) · 2011
Queen Millennia
Cleopatra · 1981
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Nils' Mother (voice) · 1980
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Maetel (voice) · 1979
Romeo's Blue Skies
Narrator (voice) · 1995
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
Sumiko Fudou (voice) · 1987
Galaxy Express 999
Maetel (voice) · 1978
Space Brothers
Sharon Kaneko (voice) · 2012
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
Maetel (voice) · 1981
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
Narrator · 2009
X: The Movie
Tooru · 1996
Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
MC · 2018
The Story of Perrine
Marie Paindavoine · 1978
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
Mother of Ultra (voice) · 2018
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!
Maetel (voice) · 1979
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
Nanzi (voice) · 1996
Toward the Terra
Mother Eliza (voice) · 1980
Kayoko's Diary
Yoshi Nakane (voice) · 1991
Yukikaze
Jackson Lynn · 2002
Shin Aim for the Ace!
Reika Ryuzaki / Madame Butterfly (voice) · 1978
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
Mother of Ultra (voice) · 2006
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas
Maetel (voice) · 1980