Masako Ikeda
Acting
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Masako Ikeda
Harmagedon
1983
Filmography
Acting (42)
2018
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!as Mother of Ultra (voice)
7.1
2011
2009
Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ringas Maetel (voice)
2006
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planetas Maetel (voice)
2006
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedyas Mother of Ultra (voice)
5.0
2000
Maetel Legendas Maetel
1998
DNA Sights 999.9as Narrator (voice)
6.0
1998
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasyas Maetel (voice)
6.5
1996
The Heroic Elegy of Confuciusas Nanzi (voice)
10.0
1996
Xas Tooru
6.2
1992
Silent Möbius 2as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
4.9
1991
Kitty-Cat Fantasiaas Saeko Kimura (voice)
2.0
1991
I'm All Yoursas Sakurako Mamiya (voice)
3.6
1991
1991
Kayoko's Diaryas Yoshi Nakane (voice)
7.2
1991
Silent Möbiusas Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
5.0
5.0
1988
Fairy Kingas Queen Mab (voice)
6.8
1987
Phoenix: Space Chapteras Hi no tori
5.5
1987
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birthas Sumiko Fudou (voice)
7.1
1987
Phoenix: Yamato Chapteras Phoenix
6.0
1986
Phoenix: Karma Chapteras Phoenix (voice)
6.4
1986
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Lightas Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)
4.0
1984
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Natureas Yoko Ishigami (voice)
5.1
1984
Ultraman Storyas Mother of Ultra
6.4
1983
Harmagedonas Michiko Azuma (voice)
5.2
1982
The Wonderful Adventures of Nilsas (voice)
7.6
1981
Adieu Galaxy Express 999as Maetel (voice)
7.0
1980
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!as Maetel (voice)
7.3
1980
Toward the Terraas Mother Eliza (voice)
6.2
1980
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldasas Maetel (voice)
7.5
1980
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glassas Maetel (voice)
6.8
1979
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!as Maetel (voice)
8.8
1979
Aim for the Ace! The Movieas Reika Ryuuzaki (voice)
5.8
1979
Galaxy Express 999: The Movieas Maetel (voice)
6.9
1979
Maegami Tarouas ツバメトビ
1968
1967