Acting
Masako Ikeda
Also Known As: いけだ まさこ, イケダ マサコ
Birth Date
January 1, 1939
Death Date
March 3, 2026
(passed away at 87)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
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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.
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Ranma ½
Nodoka Saotome
1989
Monster
British Couple (voice)
2004 • 1 episode
Galaxy Express 999
Maetel (voice)
1978 • 113 episodes
Space Brothers
Sharon Kaneko (voice)
2012 • 99 episodes
Romeo's Blue Skies
Narrator (voice)
1995 • 33 episodes
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
Narration (voice)
2011 • 1 episode
Queen Millennia
Cleopatra
1981 • 42 episodes
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Nils' Mother (voice)
1980 • 52 episodes
Pinocchio: The Series
Fairy
1972 • 52 episodes
The Story of Perrine
Marie Paindavoine
1978 • 53 episodes
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
Narrator
2009 • 39 episodes
Aura Battler Dunbine
Silky Mau
1983 • 49 episodes
The Story of Pollyanna
Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice)
1986 • 51 episodes
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Tooru
1996
Patalliro!
Etrange (voice)
1982
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
Mrs. Kogure (voice)
1994 • 10 episodes
Aim for the Ace!
Reika Ryûzaki
1973 • 26 episodes
Queen Emeraldas
1998 • 4 episodes
Yukikaze
Jackson Lynn
2002 • 5 episodes
Harmagedon
Michiko Azuma (voice)
1983