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