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.
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Movies (43)
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
2018 · Mother of Ultra (voice)
Escape Game ZERO
2011
Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring
2009 · Maetel (voice)
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
2006 · Maetel (voice)
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
2006 · Mother of Ultra (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign
2001
Maetel Legend
2000 · Maetel
DNA Sights 999.9
1998 · Narrator (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
1998 · Maetel (voice)
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
1996 · Nanzi (voice)
X
1996 · Tooru
Silent Möbius 2
1992 · Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
Kitty-Cat Fantasia
1991 · Saeko Kimura (voice)
I'm All Yours
1991 · Sakurako Mamiya (voice)
Seven Days War 2
1991
Kayoko's Diary
1991 · Yoshi Nakane (voice)
Silent Möbius
1991 · Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
The Story of Perrine
1990
Fairy King
1988 · Queen Mab (voice)
Phoenix: Space Chapter
1987 · Hi no tori
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
1987 · Sumiko Fudou (voice)
Phoenix: Yamato Chapter
1987 · Phoenix
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
1986 · Phoenix (voice)
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light
1986 · Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)
The Dagger of Kamui
1985 · Oyaruru (voice)
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
1984 · Yoko Ishigami (voice)
Ultraman Story
1984 · Mother of Ultra
Harmagedon
1983 · Michiko Azuma (voice)
Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's Story
1982
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1982 · (voice)
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
1981 · Maetel (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!
1980 · Maetel (voice)
Toward the Terra
1980 · Mother Eliza (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas
1980 · Maetel (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
1980 · Maetel (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!
1979 · Maetel (voice)
Aim for the Ace! The Movie
1979 · Reika Ryuuzaki (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979 · Maetel (voice)
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber
1979
Maegami Tarou
1979 · ツバメトビ
若い川の流れ
1968
Aruhi watashi wa
1967
The Top of Mount Fuji
1967
TV shows (24)
Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
2018 · MC, Creator
Space Brothers
2012 · Sharon Kaneko (voice)
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
2011 · Narration (voice)
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
2009 · Narrator (voice)
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
2006 · Mother of Ultra (voice)
Monster
2004 · British Couple (voice)
Yukikaze
2002 · Jackson Lynn
Maetel Legend
2000
Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs
1999 · Maetel
Queen Emeraldas
1998
Romeo's Blue Skies
1995 · Narrator (voice)
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
1994 · Mrs. Kogure (voice)
Miracle Psychicer Seizan
1991 · (Voice)
Ranma ½
1989 · Nodoka Saotome
The Story of Pollyanna
1986 · Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice)
Aura Battler Dunbine
1983 · Silky Mau
Patalliro!
1982 · Etrange (voice), エトランジェ
Queen Millennia
1981 · Cleopatra
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1980 · Nils' Mother (voice)
Shin Aim for the Ace!
1978 · Reika Ryuzaki / Madame Butterfly (voice)
Galaxy Express 999
1978 · Maetel (voice)
The Story of Perrine
1978 · Marie Paindavoine
Aim for the Ace!
1973 · Reika Ryûzaki
Pinocchio: The Series
1972 · Fairy, Kenken