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