Masako Ikeda
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
TV
Ranma ½
as Nodoka Saotome
1989
TV
Monster
as British Couple (voice)
2004
TV
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
as Narration (voice)
2011
Movie
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
as Maetel (voice)
1979
Movie
X: The Movie
as Tooru
1996
Movie
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
as Sumiko Fudou (voice)
1987
TV
Queen Millennia
as Cleopatra
1981
TV
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
as Nils' Mother (voice)
1980
Movie
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
as Maetel (voice)
1981
TV
Galaxy Express 999
as Maetel (voice)
1978
Movie
Harmagedon
as Michiko Azuma (voice)
1983
Movie
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
as Mother of Ultra (voice)
2018
Movie
Toward the Terra
as Mother Eliza (voice)
1980
TV
Space Brothers
as Sharon Kaneko (voice)
2012
TV
Romeo's Blue Skies
as Narrator (voice)
1995
Movie
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
as Yoko Ishigami (voice)
1984
Movie
Silent Möbius
as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
1991
TV
The Story of Perrine
as Marie Paindavoine
1978
Movie
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
as Maetel (voice)
1998
TV
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
as Narrator
2009
Movie
Kayoko's Diary
as Yoshi Nakane (voice)
1991
TV
Pinocchio: The Series
as Fairy
1972
TV
Pinocchio: The Series
as Kenken
1972
TV
Yukikaze
as Jackson Lynn
2002
