Masako Ikeda
Acting
Born 1939-01-01
Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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.
Known For
Popular credits
Ranma ½
Nodoka Saotome
Monster
British Couple (voice)
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Narration (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Maetel (voice)
X: The Movie
Tooru
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
Sumiko Fudou (voice)
Queen Millennia
Cleopatra
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Nils' Mother (voice)
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
Maetel (voice)
Galaxy Express 999
Maetel (voice)
Harmagedon
Michiko Azuma (voice)
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
Mother of Ultra (voice)
Toward the Terra
Mother Eliza (voice)
Space Brothers
Sharon Kaneko (voice)
Romeo's Blue Skies
Narrator (voice)
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
Yoko Ishigami (voice)
Silent Möbius
Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
The Story of Perrine
Marie Paindavoine
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
Maetel (voice)
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
Narrator