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