Masako Ikeda
Acting · 87 years old
Tokyo, Japan
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
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
Nanzi (voice)
Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
MC
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!
Maetel (voice)
Romeo's Blue Skies
Narrator (voice)
Ranma ½
Nodoka Saotome
Monster
British Couple (voice)
Shin Aim for the Ace!
Reika Ryuzaki / Madame Butterfly (voice)
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
Mother of Ultra (voice)
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
Narrator
Queen Millennia
Cleopatra
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Narration (voice)
Space Brothers
Sharon Kaneko (voice)
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
(voice)
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
Mrs. Kogure (voice)
Aura Battler Dunbine
Silky Mau
Patalliro!
Etrange (voice)
Patalliro!
エトランジェ
The Story of Perrine
Marie Paindavoine
Galaxy Express 999
Maetel (voice)
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Nils' Mother (voice)