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.
2018Kyoto Romance: An Eternal StoryTV showas MC · Creator · 205 episodes2018Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!Movieas Mother of Ultra (voice)2012Space BrothersTV showas Sharon Kaneko (voice) · 99 episodes
2011Escape Game ZEROMovie2011Nichijou: My Ordinary LifeTV showas Narration (voice) · 1 episodes
2009Galaxy Express 999: Beyond the Diamond RingMovieas Maetel (voice)2009Hello Anne: Before Green GablesTV showas Narrator · 39 episodes
2006The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned PlanetMovieas Maetel (voice)
2006Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari SagaTV showas Mother of Ultra (voice) · 3 episodes
2006Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's TragedyMovieas Mother of Ultra (voice)2004MonsterTV showas British Couple (voice) · 1 episodes
2002YukikazeTV showas Jackson Lynn · 5 episodes
2001Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow SignMovie
2000Maetel LegendTV show2 episodes
2000Maetel LegendMovieas Maetel
1999Harlock Saga - The Ring of the NibelungsTV showas Maetel · 6 episodes
1998DNA Sights 999.9Movieas Narrator (voice)
1998Queen EmeraldasTV show4 episodes1998Galaxy Express 999: Eternal FantasyMovieas Maetel (voice)
1996The Heroic Elegy of ConfuciusMovieas Nanzi (voice)1996XMovieas Tooru1995Romeo's Blue SkiesTV showas Narrator (voice) · 33 episodes
1994The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVATV showas Mrs. Kogure (voice) · 10 episodes
1992Silent Möbius 2Movieas Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
1991Kitty-Cat FantasiaMovieas Saeko Kimura (voice)
1991Miracle Psychicer SeizanTV showas (Voice) · 5 episodes
1991I'm All YoursMovieas Sakurako Mamiya (voice)
1991Seven Days War 2Movie
1991Kayoko's DiaryMovieas Yoshi Nakane (voice)1991Silent MöbiusMovieas Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
1990The Story of PerrineMovie1989Ranma ½TV showas Nodoka Saotome
1988Fairy KingMovieas Queen Mab (voice)
1987Phoenix: Space ChapterMovieas Hi no tori1987Devilman - Volume 1: The BirthMovieas Sumiko Fudou (voice)
1987Phoenix: Yamato ChapterMovieas Phoenix
1986Phoenix: Karma ChapterMovieas Phoenix (voice)
1986Saint Elmo - Apostle of LightMovieas Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)
1986The Story of PollyannaTV showas Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice) · 51 episodes1984Bagi, the Monster of Mighty NatureMovieas Yoko Ishigami (voice)
1984Ultraman StoryMovieas Mother of Ultra1983HarmagedonMovieas Michiko Azuma (voice)
1983Aura Battler DunbineTV showas Silky Mau · 49 episodes
1982Miracle of Love: Doctor Norman's StoryMovie
1982Patalliro!TV showas Etrange (voice) · as エトランジェ · 49 episodes
1982The Wonderful Adventures of NilsMovieas (voice)1981Adieu Galaxy Express 999Movieas Maetel (voice)1981Queen MillenniaTV showas Cleopatra · 42 episodes
1980Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother?!!Movieas Maetel (voice)1980Toward the TerraMovieas Mother Eliza (voice)
1980Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Traveler EmeraldasMovieas Maetel (voice)
1980Galaxy Express 999: Claire of GlassMovieas Maetel (voice)1980The Wonderful Adventures of NilsTV showas Nils' Mother (voice) · 52 episodes
1979Galaxy Express 999: Can You Live Like a Warrior!!Movieas Maetel (voice)
1979Aim for the Ace! The MovieMovieas Reika Ryuuzaki (voice)1979Galaxy Express 999: The MovieMovieas Maetel (voice)
1979Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner ChamberMovie
1979Maegami TarouMovieas ツバメトビ
1978Shin Aim for the Ace!TV showas Reika Ryuzaki / Madame Butterfly (voice) · 25 episodes1978Galaxy Express 999TV showas Maetel (voice) · 113 episodes1978The Story of PerrineTV showas Marie Paindavoine · 53 episodes
1973Aim for the Ace!TV showas Reika Ryûzaki · 26 episodes
1972Pinocchio: The SeriesTV showas Fairy · as Kenken · 52 episodes
1968若い川の流れMovie
1967Aruhi watashi waMovie
1967The Top of Mount FujiMovie