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Masako Ikeda

Acting Born Jan 1, 1939 Tokyo, Japan 24 credits

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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Known for

Ranma ½

as Nodoka Saotome

Monster

as British Couple (voice)

Nichijou: My Ordinary Life

as Narration (voice)

Space Brothers

as Sharon Kaneko (voice)

Full filmography

  • Ranma ½ (1989) as Nodoka Saotome
  • Monster (2004) as British Couple (voice)
  • Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011) as Narration (voice)
  • Galaxy Express 999 (1978) as Maetel (voice)
  • Space Brothers (2012) as Sharon Kaneko (voice)
  • Romeo's Blue Skies (1995) as Narrator (voice)
  • The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA (1994) as Mrs. Kogure (voice)
  • The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1980) as Nils' Mother (voice)
  • Queen Millennia (1981) as Cleopatra
  • Aura Battler Dunbine (1983) as Silky Mau
  • Hello Anne: Before Green Gables (2009) as Narrator
  • Pinocchio: The Series (1972) as Fairy
  • Pinocchio: The Series (1972) as Kenken
  • Patalliro! (1982) as Etrange (voice)
  • Patalliro! (1982) as エトランジェ
  • The Story of Pollyanna (1986) as Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice)
  • The Story of Perrine (1978) as Marie Paindavoine
  • Yukikaze (2002) as Jackson Lynn
  • X: The Movie (1996) as Tooru
  • Queen Emeraldas (1998)
  • Aim for the Ace! (1973) as Reika Ryûzaki
  • Phoenix: Karma Chapter (1986) as Phoenix (voice)
  • Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!! (2018) as Mother of Ultra (voice)
  • Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga (2006) as Mother of Ultra (voice)