Masako Ikeda
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.
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Movies (32)
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
as Mother of Ultra (voice)
2018
Escape Game ZERO
2011
Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring
as Maetel (voice)
2009
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
as Maetel (voice)
2006
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
as Mother of Ultra (voice)
2006
Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign
2001
Maetel Legend
as Maetel
2000
DNA Sights 999.9
as Narrator (voice)
1998
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
as Maetel (voice)
1998
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
as Nanzi (voice)
1996
X: The Movie
as Tooru
1996
Silent Möbius 2
as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
1992
Kitty-Cat Fantasia
as Saeko Kimura (voice)
1991
Seven Days War 2
1991
Kayoko's Diary
as Yoshi Nakane (voice)
1991
Silent Möbius
as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
1991
The Story of Perrine
1990
Fairy King
as Queen Mab (voice)
1988
Phoenix: Space Chapter
as Hi no tori
1987
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
as Sumiko Fudou (voice)
1987
Phoenix: Yamato Chapter
as Phoenix
1987
I'm All Yours
as Sakurako Mamiya
1987
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
as Phoenix (voice)
1986
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light
as Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)
1986
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
as Yoko Ishigami (voice)
1984
Ultraman Story
as Mother of Ultra
1984
Harmagedon
as Michiko Azuma (voice)
1983
Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's Story
1982
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
as (voice)
1982
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
as Maetel (voice)
1981
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!
as Maetel (voice)
1980
Toward the Terra
as Mother Eliza (voice)
1980
TV Shows (18)
Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
as MC
2018
Space Brothers
as Sharon Kaneko (voice)
2012
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
as Narration (voice)
2011
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
as Narrator
2009
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
as Mother of Ultra (voice)
2006
Monster
as British Couple (voice)
2004
Yukikaze
as Jackson Lynn
2002
Maetel Legend
2000
Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs
as Maetel
1999
Queen Emeraldas
1998
Romeo's Blue Skies
as Narrator (voice)
1995
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
as Mrs. Kogure (voice)
1994
Miracle Psychicer Seizan
as (Voice)
1991
Ranma ½
as Nodoka Saotome
1989
The Story of Pollyanna
as Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice)
1986
Aura Battler Dunbine
as Silky Mau
1983
Patalliro!
as Etrange (voice)
1982
Queen Millennia
as Cleopatra
1981