Masako Ikeda

Masako Ikeda

Known for
Acting
Born
January 1, 1939
Died
March 3, 2026 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

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

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Filmography

2018
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!! poster

Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!

Movie · as Mother of Ultra (voice)

2018
Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story poster

Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story

TV · as MC · 205 eps

2012
Space Brothers poster

Space Brothers

TV · as Sharon Kaneko (voice) · 99 eps

2011
Escape Game ZERO poster

Escape Game ZERO

Movie

2011
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life poster

Nichijou: My Ordinary Life

TV · as Narration (voice) · 1 ep

2009
Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring poster

Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring

Movie · as Maetel (voice)

2009
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables poster

Hello Anne: Before Green Gables

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 39 eps

2006
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet poster

The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet

Movie · as Maetel (voice)

2006
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy poster

Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy

Movie · as Mother of Ultra (voice)

2006
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga poster

Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga

TV · as Mother of Ultra (voice) · 3 eps

2004
Monster poster

Monster

TV · as British Couple (voice) · 1 ep

2002
Yukikaze poster

Yukikaze

TV · as Jackson Lynn · 5 eps

2001
Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign poster

Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign

Movie

2000
Maetel Legend poster

Maetel Legend

Movie · as Maetel

2000
Maetel Legend poster

Maetel Legend

TV · 2 eps

1999
Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs poster

Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs

TV · as Maetel · 6 eps

1998
DNA Sights 999.9 poster

DNA Sights 999.9

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1998
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy poster

Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy

Movie · as Maetel (voice)

1998
Queen Emeraldas poster

Queen Emeraldas

TV · 4 eps

1996
X poster

X

Movie · as Tooru

1996
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius poster

The Heroic Elegy of Confucius

Movie · as Nanzi (voice)

1995
Romeo's Blue Skies poster

Romeo's Blue Skies

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 33 eps

1994
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor  OVA poster

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA

TV · as Mrs. Kogure (voice) · 10 eps

1992
Silent Möbius 2 poster

Silent Möbius 2

Movie · as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)

1991
Silent Möbius poster

Silent Möbius

Movie · as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)

1991
Kayoko's Diary poster

Kayoko's Diary

Movie · as Yoshi Nakane (voice)

1991
Seven Days War 2 poster

Seven Days War 2

Movie

1991
I'm All Yours poster

I'm All Yours

Movie · as Sakurako Mamiya (voice)

1991
Kitty-Cat Fantasia poster

Kitty-Cat Fantasia

Movie · as Saeko Kimura (voice)

1991
Miracle Psychicer Seizan poster

Miracle Psychicer Seizan

TV · as (Voice) · 5 eps

1990
The Story of Perrine poster

The Story of Perrine

Movie

1989
Ranma ½ poster

Ranma ½

TV · as Nodoka Saotome

1988
Fairy King poster

Fairy King

Movie · as Queen Mab (voice)

1987
Phoenix: Space Chapter poster

Phoenix: Space Chapter

Movie · as Hi no tori

1987
Phoenix: Yamato Chapter poster

Phoenix: Yamato Chapter

Movie · as Phoenix

1987
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth poster

Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth

Movie · as Sumiko Fudou (voice)

1986
Phoenix: Karma Chapter poster

Phoenix: Karma Chapter

Movie · as Phoenix (voice)

1986
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light poster

Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light

Movie · as Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)

1986
The Story of Pollyanna poster

The Story of Pollyanna

TV · as Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice) · 51 eps

1985
The Dagger of Kamui poster

The Dagger of Kamui

Movie · as Oyaruru (voice)

1984
Ultraman Story poster

Ultraman Story

Movie · as Mother of Ultra

1984
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature poster

Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature

Movie · as Yoko Ishigami (voice)

1983
Harmagedon poster

Harmagedon

Movie · as Michiko Azuma (voice)

1983
Aura Battler Dunbine poster

Aura Battler Dunbine

TV · as Silky Mau · 49 eps

1982
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils poster

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

Movie · as (voice)

1982
Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's Story poster

Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's Story

Movie

1982
Patalliro! poster

Patalliro!

TV · as Etrange (voice), エトランジェ

1981
Adieu Galaxy Express 999 poster

Adieu Galaxy Express 999

Movie · as Maetel (voice)

1981
Queen Millennia poster

Queen Millennia

TV · as Cleopatra · 42 eps

1980
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass poster

Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass

Movie · as Maetel (voice)

1980
Toward the Terra poster

Toward the Terra

Movie · as Mother Eliza (voice)

1980
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas poster

Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas

Movie · as Maetel (voice)

1980
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!! poster

Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!

Movie · as Maetel (voice)

1980
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils poster

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

TV · as Nils' Mother (voice) · 52 eps

1979
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie poster

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

Movie · as Maetel (voice)

1979
Maegami Tarou poster

Maegami Tarou

Movie · as ツバメトビ

1979
Aim for the Ace! The Movie poster

Aim for the Ace! The Movie

Movie · as Reika Ryuuzaki (voice)

1979
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!! poster

Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!

Movie · as Maetel (voice)

1979
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber poster

Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber

Movie

1978
Galaxy Express 999 poster

Galaxy Express 999

TV · as Maetel (voice) · 113 eps

1978
Shin Aim for the Ace! poster

Shin Aim for the Ace!

TV · as Reika Ryuzaki / Madame Butterfly (voice) · 25 eps

1978
The Story of Perrine poster

The Story of Perrine

TV · as Marie Paindavoine · 53 eps

1973
Aim for the Ace! poster

Aim for the Ace!

TV · as Reika Ryûzaki · 26 eps

1972
Pinocchio: The Series poster

Pinocchio: The Series

TV · as Fairy, Kenken · 52 eps

1968
若い川の流れ poster

若い川の流れ

Movie

1967
Aruhi watashi wa poster

Aruhi watashi wa

Movie

1967
The Top of Mount Fuji poster

The Top of Mount Fuji

Movie