
Masako Ikeda
Actress
Born: January 1, 1939 (87 years old)
Died: March 3, 2026
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.
Filmography (34)
- Romeo's Blue Skies (1995, ★ 8.7)
- Hello Anne: Before Green Gables (2009, ★ 8.4)
- Queen Millennia (1981, ★ 8.4)
- Space Brothers (2012, ★ 8.1)
- Ranma ½ (1989, ★ 8.6)
- Monster (2004, ★ 8.5)
- Galaxy Express 999 (1978, ★ 7.8)
- The Story of Perrine (1978, ★ 7.9)
- Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011, ★ 8.4)
- Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979, ★ 6.8)
- Kayoko's Diary (1991, ★ 7.2)
- Ultraman Story (1984, ★ 6.1)
- Adieu Galaxy Express 999 (1981, ★ 7)
- Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!! (2018, ★ 7)
- Phoenix: Space Chapter (1987, ★ 5.5)
- Phoenix: Yamato Chapter (1987, ★ 5.6)
- DNA Sights 999.9 (1998, ★ 5.4)
- Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy (1998, ★ 6.2)
- Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth (1987, ★ 7)
- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1980, ★ 7.7)
- X: The Movie (1996, ★ 6)
- Phoenix: Karma Chapter (1986, ★ 6)
- Aim for the Ace! The Movie (1979, ★ 5.6)
- Toward the Terra (1980, ★ 6.1)
- Pinocchio: The Series (1972, ★ 6)
- Aim for the Ace! (1973, ★ 6.2)
- Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs (1999, ★ 7)
- Yukikaze (2002, ★ 6.9)
- The Story of Pollyanna (1986, ★ 6.5)
- Silent Möbius (1991, ★ 4.7)