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.
Known For
Queen Millennia
Cleopatra
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Nils' Mother (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Maetel (voice)
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
Sumiko Fudou (voice)
Romeo's Blue Skies
Narrator (voice)
Galaxy Express 999
Maetel (voice)
X: The Movie
Tooru
Space Brothers
Sharon Kaneko (voice)
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Filmography
Acting (66)
Movies (42)
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
2018as Mother of Ultra (voice)
Escape Game ZERO
2011
Galaxy Express 999 - Beyond the Diamond Ring
2009as Maetel (voice)
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
2006as Mother of Ultra (voice)
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
2006as Maetel (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign
2001
Maetel Legend
2000as Maetel
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
1998as Maetel (voice)
DNA Sights 999.9
1998as Narrator (voice)
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
1996as Nanzi (voice)
X: The Movie
1996as Tooru
Silent Möbius 2
1992as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
Silent Möbius
1991as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
Kayoko's Diary
1991as Yoshi Nakane (voice)
Kitty-Cat Fantasia
1991as Saeko Kimura (voice)
Seven Days War 2
1991
The Story of Perrine
1990
Fairy King
1988as Queen Mab (voice)
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
1987as Sumiko Fudou (voice)
Phoenix: Yamato Chapter
1987as Phoenix
I'm All Yours
1987as Sakurako Mamiya
Phoenix: Space Chapter
1987as Hi no tori
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light
1986as Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
1986as Phoenix (voice)
Ultraman Story
1984as Mother of Ultra
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
1984as Yoko Ishigami (voice)
Harmagedon
1983as Michiko Azuma (voice)
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1982as (voice)
Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's Story
1982
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
1981as Maetel (voice)
Toward the Terra
1980as Mother Eliza (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
1980as Maetel (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas
1980as Maetel (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!
1980as Maetel (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979as Maetel (voice)
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!
1979as Maetel (voice)
Aim for the Ace! The Movie
1979as Reika Ryuuzaki (voice)
Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber
1979
Maegami Tarou
1979as ツバメトビ
若い川の流れ
1968
Aruhi watashi wa
1967
The Top of Mount Fuji
1967Television (24)
Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
2018as MC
Space Brothers
2012as Sharon Kaneko (voice)
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
2011as Narration (voice)
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
2009as Narrator
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
2006as Mother of Ultra (voice)
Monster
2004as British Couple (voice)
Yukikaze
2002as Jackson Lynn
Maetel Legend
2000
Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs
1999as Maetel
Queen Emeraldas
1998
Romeo's Blue Skies
1995as Narrator (voice)
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
1994as Mrs. Kogure (voice)
Miracle Psychicer Seizan
1991as (Voice)
The Story of Pollyanna
1986as Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice)
Chiisana Tabi
1983as Self - Letter Reader (voice)
Aura Battler Dunbine
1983as Silky Mau
Patalliro!
1982as エトランジェ
Queen Millennia
1981as Cleopatra
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1980as Nils' Mother (voice)
Galaxy Express 999
1978as Maetel (voice)
The Story of Perrine
1978as Marie Paindavoine
Shin Aim for the Ace!
1978as Reika Ryuzaki / Madame Butterfly (voice)
Aim for the Ace!
1973as Reika Ryûzaki
Pinocchio: The Series
1972as Fairy
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