Masako Ikeda
Acting
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.
TV Shows(24)
Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
MC
2018
Space Brothers
Sharon Kaneko (voice)
2012
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Narration (voice)
2011
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
Narrator
2009
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
Mother of Ultra (voice)
2006
Monster
British Couple (voice)
2004
Yukikaze
Jackson Lynn
2002
Maetel Legend
2000
Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs
Maetel
1999
Queen Emeraldas
1998
Romeo's Blue Skies
Narrator (voice)
1995
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
Mrs. Kogure (voice)
1994
Miracle Psychicer Seizan
(Voice)
1991
Ranma ½
Nodoka Saotome
1989
The Story of Pollyanna
Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice)
1986
Aura Battler Dunbine
Silky Mau
1983
Patalliro!
Etrange (voice)
1982
Queen Millennia
Cleopatra
1981
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Nils' Mother (voice)
1980
Shin Aim for the Ace!
Reika Ryuzaki / Madame Butterfly (voice)
1978
Galaxy Express 999
Maetel (voice)
1978
The Story of Perrine
Marie Paindavoine
1978
Aim for the Ace!
Reika Ryûzaki
1973
Pinocchio: The Series
Fairy
1972
Movies(42)
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
Mother of Ultra (voice)
2018
Escape Game ZERO
2011
Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring
Maetel (voice)
2009
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
Maetel (voice)
2006
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
Mother of Ultra (voice)
2006
Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign
2001
Maetel Legend
Maetel
2000
DNA Sights 999.9
Narrator (voice)
1998
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
Maetel (voice)
1998
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
Nanzi (voice)
1996
X: The Movie
Tooru
1996
Silent Möbius 2
Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
1992
Kitty-Cat Fantasia
Saeko Kimura (voice)
1991
Seven Days War 2
1991
Kayoko's Diary
Yoshi Nakane (voice)
1991
Silent Möbius
Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
1991
The Story of Perrine
1990
Fairy King
Queen Mab (voice)
1988
Phoenix: Space Chapter
Hi no tori
1987
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
Sumiko Fudou (voice)
1987
Phoenix: Yamato Chapter
Phoenix
1987
I'm All Yours
Sakurako Mamiya
1987
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
Phoenix (voice)
1986
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light
Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)
1986
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
Yoko Ishigami (voice)
1984
Ultraman Story
Mother of Ultra
1984
Harmagedon
Michiko Azuma (voice)
1983
Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's Story
1982
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
(voice)
1982
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
Maetel (voice)
1981
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!
Maetel (voice)
1980
Toward the Terra
Mother Eliza (voice)
1980
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas
Maetel (voice)
1980
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
Maetel (voice)
1980
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!
Maetel (voice)
1979
Aim for the Ace! The Movie
Reika Ryuuzaki (voice)
1979
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Maetel (voice)
1979
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber
1979
Maegami Tarou
ツバメトビ
1979
若い川の流れ
1968
Aruhi watashi wa
1967
The Top of Mount Fuji
1967