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.
Filmography
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
2018
as Mother of Ultra (voice)
Escape Game ZERO
2011
Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring
2009
as Maetel (voice)
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)
Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign
2001
Maetel Legend
2000
as Maetel
DNA Sights 999.9
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
1998
as Maetel (voice)
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
1996
as Nanzi (voice)
X
1996
as Tooru
Silent Möbius 2
1992
as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
Kitty-Cat Fantasia
1991
as Saeko Kimura (voice)
I'm All Yours
1991
as Sakurako Mamiya (voice)
Seven Days War 2
1991
Kayoko's Diary
1991
as Yoshi Nakane (voice)
Silent Möbius
1991
as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
The Story of Perrine
1990
Fairy King
1988
as Queen Mab (voice)
Phoenix: Space Chapter
1987
as Hi no tori
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
1987
as Sumiko Fudou (voice)
Phoenix: Yamato Chapter
1987
as Phoenix
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
1986
as Phoenix (voice)
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light
1986
as Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)