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