Cast & creator
Masako Ikeda
Best known for Ranma ½, Monster, Space Brothers
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.
Also known as: いけだ まさこ, イケダ マサコ
42
film credits
27
television credits
68
1967–2018 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (69)
Showing 69 of 69 credits
Ranma ½
Nodoka Saotome
1989
Monster
British Couple (voice)
2004
Space Brothers
Sharon Kaneko (voice)
2012
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Narration (voice)
2011
Galaxy Express 999
Maetel (voice)
1978
Romeo's Blue Skies
Narrator (voice)
1995
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Nils' Mother (voice)
1980
Pinocchio: The Series
Fairy
1972Pinocchio: The Series
Kenken
1972
The Story of Perrine
Marie Paindavoine
1978
Aura Battler Dunbine
Silky Mau
1983
Patalliro!
Etrange (voice)
1982Patalliro!
エトランジェ
1982
Queen Millennia
Cleopatra
1981
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
Narrator
2009
The Story of Pollyanna
Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice)
1986
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
Mrs. Kogure (voice)
1994
Aim for the Ace!
Reika Ryûzaki
1973
Queen Emeraldas
1998
X
Tooru
1996
Yukikaze
Jackson Lynn
2002
Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs
Maetel
1999
Shin Aim for the Ace!
Reika Ryuzaki / Madame Butterfly (voice)
1978
Maetel Legend
2000
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
Maetel (voice)
1981
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
Mother of Ultra (voice)
2006
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
Mother of Ultra (voice)
2018
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Maetel (voice)
1979
Harmagedon
Michiko Azuma (voice)
1983
Miracle Psychicer Seizan
(Voice)
1991
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
Sumiko Fudou (voice)
1987
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
Maetel (voice)
1998
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
Maetel (voice)
2006
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!
Maetel (voice)
1979
Galaxy Express 999: Claire of Glass
Maetel (voice)
1980
DNA Sights 999.9
Narrator (voice)
1998
Seven Days War 2
1991
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
(voice)
1982
Escape Game ZERO
2011
Ultraman Story
Mother of Ultra
1984
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
Yoko Ishigami (voice)
1984
Silent Möbius
Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
1991
Toward the Terra
Mother Eliza (voice)
1980
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler Emeraldas
Maetel (voice)
1980
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
Phoenix (voice)
1986
Aim for the Ace! The Movie
Reika Ryuuzaki (voice)
1979
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
Nanzi (voice)
1996
Kayoko's Diary
Yoshi Nakane (voice)
1991
I'm All Yours
Sakurako Mamiya (voice)
1991
Maetel Legend
Maetel
2000
Phoenix: Yamato Chapter
Phoenix
1987
Fairy King
Queen Mab (voice)
1988
Phoenix: Space Chapter
Hi no tori
1987
Silent Möbius 2
Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
1992
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light
Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)
1986
Kitty-Cat Fantasia
Saeko Kimura (voice)
1991
Maegami Tarou
ツバメトビ
1979
Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!
Maetel (voice)
1980
若い川の流れ
1968
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
Mother of Ultra (voice)
2006
Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's Story
1982
The Story of Perrine
1990
Aruhi watashi wa
1967
Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
MC
2018Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
Creator
2018
Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond Ring
Maetel (voice)
2009
Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign
2001
The Top of Mount Fuji
1967