
Masako Ikeda
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.
TV Shows(26)

Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
MC

Space Brothers
Sharon Kaneko (voice)

Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Narration (voice)

Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
Narrator

Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
Mother of Ultra (voice)

Monster
British Couple (voice)

Yukikaze
Jackson Lynn

Maetel Legend

Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs
Maetel

Queen Emeraldas

Romeo's Blue Skies
Narrator (voice)

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
Mrs. Kogure (voice)

Miracle Psychicer Seizan
(Voice)

Ranma ½
Nodoka Saotome

The Story of Pollyanna
Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice)

Aura Battler Dunbine
Silky Mau

Patalliro!
Etrange (voice)

Patalliro!
エトランジェ

Queen Millennia
Cleopatra

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Nils' Mother (voice)