Name
Masako Ikeda
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1939-01-01
Deathday
2026-03-03 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
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
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Tetsuro believed he was freeing the Earth from the clutches of the Metanoid Empire’s tyr...
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Two years after the events of Galaxy Express 999, Earth has become a battlefield, and Tets...
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In a futuristic Tokyo, a secret war is being waged against horrific demonic invaders dubbe...
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The Giant Artificial Brain Gilbaris is trying to eliminate all intellectual life forms thr...
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Kayoko is a young girl in 1940, just starting first grade. Nothing can prepare her for 194...
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In the future, one can achieve immortality by obtaining a mechanized body. Orphaned, young...
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In 1984 the Japanese government approved gene recombination experiments. Baggy is Tezuka...
- 1979 Galaxy Express 999: The Movie as Maetel (voice)
- 1996 X as Tooru
- 1991 Silent Möbius as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
- 1983 Harmagedon as Michiko Azuma (voice)
- 1991 Kayoko's Diary as Yoshi Nakane (voice)
- 1984 Ultraman Story as Mother of Ultra
- 1967 Aruhi watashi wa
- 1968 若い川の流れ
- 1991 Seven Days War 2
- 1979 Maegami Tarou as ツバメトビ
- 1986 Phoenix: Karma Chapter as Phoenix (voice)
- 1987 Phoenix: Yamato Chapter as Phoenix
- 1987 Phoenix: Space Chapter as Hi no tori
- 1998 DNA Sights 999.9 as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet as Maetel (voice)
- 2011 Escape Game ZERO
- 1981 Adieu Galaxy Express 999 as Maetel (voice)
- 2009 Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring as Maetel (voice)
- 1967 The Top of Mount Fuji
- 1992 Silent Möbius 2 as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
- 1980 Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass as Maetel (voice)
- 1979 Aim for the Ace! The Movie as Reika Ryuuzaki (voice)
- 1982 The Wonderful Adventures of Nils as (voice)
- 1991 I'm All Yours as Sakurako Mamiya (voice)
- 2018 Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!! as Mother of Ultra (voice)
- 1991 Kitty-Cat Fantasia as Saeko Kimura (voice)
- 1998 Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy as Maetel (voice)
- 2006 Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy as Mother of Ultra (voice)
- 1988 Fairy King as Queen Mab (voice)
- 1984 Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature as Yoko Ishigami (voice)
- 1987 Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth as Sumiko Fudou (voice)
- 1980 Toward the Terra as Mother Eliza (voice)
- 1979 Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!! as Maetel (voice)
- 1980 Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas as Maetel (voice)
- 1980 Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!! as Maetel (voice)
- 1996 The Heroic Elegy of Confucius as Nanzi (voice)
- 1986 Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light as Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)
- 1979 Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber
- 1982 Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's Story
- 2001 Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign
- 2000 Maetel Legend as Maetel
- 1990 The Story of Perrine
- 1995 Romeo's Blue Skies ( 33 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1972 Pinocchio: The Series ( 52 episodes ) as Fairy
- 1972 Pinocchio: The Series ( 52 episodes ) as Kenken
- 1980 The Wonderful Adventures of Nils ( 52 episodes ) as Nils' Mother (voice)
- 2009 Hello Anne: Before Green Gables ( 39 episodes ) as Narrator
- 1994 The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA ( 10 episodes ) as Mrs. Kogure (voice)
- 1981 Queen Millennia ( 42 episodes ) as Cleopatra
- 2012 Space Brothers ( 99 episodes ) as Sharon Kaneko (voice)
- 1973 Aim for the Ace! ( 26 episodes ) as Reika Ryûzaki
- 1989 Ranma ½ ( 0 episode ) as Nodoka Saotome
- 1983 Aura Battler Dunbine ( 49 episodes ) as Silky Mau
- 1999 Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs ( 6 episodes ) as Maetel
- 2004 Monster ( 1 episode ) as British Couple (voice)
- 1982 Patalliro! ( 0 episode ) as Etrange (voice)
- 2018 Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story ( 1 episode ) as MC
- 2002 Yukikaze ( 5 episodes ) as Jackson Lynn
- 1982 Patalliro! ( 49 episodes ) as エトランジェ
- 1986 The Story of Pollyanna ( 51 episodes ) as Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice)
- 1978 Galaxy Express 999 ( 113 episodes ) as Maetel (voice)
- 1978 Shin Aim for the Ace! ( 25 episodes ) as Reika Ryuzaki / Madame Butterfly (voice)
- 2006 Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga ( 3 episodes ) as Mother of Ultra (voice)
- 1978 The Story of Perrine ( 53 episodes ) as Marie Paindavoine
- 2011 Nichijou: My Ordinary Life ( 1 episode ) as Narration (voice)
- 1991 Miracle Psychicer Seizan ( 5 episodes ) as (Voice)
- 2000 Maetel Legend ( 2 episodes )
- 1998 Queen Emeraldas ( 4 episodes )
