Masako Ikeda
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
Monster
Ranma ½
Romeo's Blue Skies
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Space Brothers
Galaxy Express 999
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Queen Millennia
Patalliro!
Aura Battler Dunbine
Yukikaze
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
Pinocchio: The Series
Queen Emeraldas
The Story of Perrine
The Story of Pollyanna
Aim for the Ace!
X: The Movie
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
Maetel Legend
Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
Shin Aim for the Ace!
Harmagedon
Toward the Terra
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
Silent Möbius