Masako Ikeda
Acting
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.
As actor 66
Ranma ½
1989
Monster
2004
Galaxy Express 999
1978
Romeo's Blue Skies
1995
Space Brothers
2012
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
2011
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
1994
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1980
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
2009
Miracle Psychicer Seizan
1991
Pinocchio: The Series
1972
Queen Millennia
1981
The Story of Perrine
1978
Patalliro!
1982
Aura Battler Dunbine
1983
The Story of Pollyanna
1986
Yukikaze
2002
X
1996
Shin Aim for the Ace!
1978
Aim for the Ace!
1973
Harmagedon
1983
Queen Emeraldas
1998
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
2018
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979
I'm All Yours
1991
Maetel Legend
2000
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
1981
Ultraman Story
1984
Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs
1999
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas
1980
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
1984
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
2006
DNA Sights 999.9
1998
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
1987
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
1998
Silent Möbius 2
1992
Maetel Legend
2000
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
1986
Escape Game ZERO
2011
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!
1979
Maegami Tarou
1979
Aim for the Ace! The Movie
1979
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1982
Toward the Terra
1980
Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring
2009
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
1980
Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's Story
1982
Silent Möbius
1991
Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign
2001
Fairy King
1988
Kayoko's Diary
1991
Aruhi watashi wa
1967
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!
1980
Phoenix: Yamato Chapter
1987
若い川の流れ
1968
Seven Days War 2
1991
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light
1986
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
1996
Phoenix: Space Chapter
1987
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
2006
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
2006
The Story of Perrine
1990
Kitty-Cat Fantasia
1991
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber
1979
The Top of Mount Fuji
1967
Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
2018