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Actor
Masako Ikeda
Acting
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Movies: 42Series: 24Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 90497
IMDb ID: nm0407433
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1939
Died: March 3, 2026
Age: 87
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1967 - 2018
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 7.4
Wikidata: Q1306474
Also known as
いけだ まさこ • イケダ マサコ
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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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Movie credits linked with Masako Ikeda.
7.0
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
as Mother of Ultra (voice)
2018 Movie
Escape Game ZERO
2011 Movie
Galaxy Express 999 - Beyond the Diamond Ring
as Maetel (voice)
2009 Movie
The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
as Maetel (voice)
2006 Movie
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga - SAGA 1: Arb's Tragedy
as Mother of Ultra (voice)
2006 Movie
Galaxy Express 999: The Rainbow Sign
2001 Movie
Maetel Legend
as Maetel
2000 Movie
5.4
DNA Sights 999.9
as Narrator (voice)
1998 Movie
6.2
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
as Maetel (voice)
1998 Movie
10.0
The Heroic Elegy of Confucius
as Nanzi (voice)
1996 Movie
6.0
X: The Movie
as Tooru
1996 Movie
4.5
Silent Möbius 2
as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
1992 Movie
1.0
Kitty-Cat Fantasia
as Saeko Kimura (voice)
1991 Movie
Seven Days War 2
1991 Movie
7.2
Kayoko's Diary
as Yoshi Nakane (voice)
1991 Movie
4.7
Silent Möbius
as Fuyuka Liqueur (voice)
1991 Movie
5.0
The Story of Perrine
1990 Movie
7.0
Fairy King
as Queen Mab (voice)
1988 Movie
5.5
Phoenix: Space Chapter
as Hi no tori
1987 Movie
7.0
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
as Sumiko Fudou (voice)
1987 Movie
5.6
Phoenix: Yamato Chapter
as Phoenix
1987 Movie
3.4
I'm All Yours
as Sakurako Mamiya
1987 Movie
6.0
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
as Phoenix (voice)
1986 Movie
4.0
Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light
as Fū the Alien (voice) / Yūki's Mother (voice)
1986 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Masako Ikeda.
10.0
Kyoto Romance: An Eternal Story
as MC • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.1
Space Brothers
as Sharon Kaneko (voice) • 99 eps
2012 Series
8.4
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
as Narration (voice) • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.4
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
as Narrator • 39 eps
2009 Series
8.5
Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Hikari Saga
as Mother of Ultra (voice) • 3 eps
2006 Series
8.5
Monster
as British Couple (voice) • 1 eps
2004 Series
6.9
Yukikaze
as Jackson Lynn • 5 eps
2002 Series
7.0
Maetel Legend
2 eps
2000 Series
7.0
Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelungs
as Maetel • 6 eps
1999 Series
4.4
Queen Emeraldas
4 eps
1998 Series
8.7
Romeo's Blue Skies
as Narrator (voice) • 33 eps
1995 Series
8.0
The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA
as Mrs. Kogure (voice) • 10 eps
1994 Series
Miracle Psychicer Seizan
as (Voice) • 5 eps
1991 Series
8.6
Ranma ½
as Nodoka Saotome
1989 Series
6.5
The Story of Pollyanna
as Ruth Wetherby Carew (voice) • 51 eps
1986 Series
8.0
Aura Battler Dunbine
as Silky Mau • 49 eps
1983 Series
8.0
Patalliro!
as Etrange (voice)
1982 Series
8.4
Queen Millennia
as Cleopatra • 42 eps
1981 Series
7.7
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
as Nils' Mother (voice) • 52 eps
1980 Series
8.5
Shin Aim for the Ace!
as Reika Ryuzaki / Madame Butterfly (voice) • 25 eps
1978 Series
7.8
Galaxy Express 999
as Maetel (voice) • 113 eps
1978 Series
7.8
The Story of Perrine
as Marie Paindavoine • 53 eps
1978 Series
6.2
Aim for the Ace!
as Reika Ryûzaki • 26 eps
1973 Series
6.0
Pinocchio: The Series
as Fairy • 52 eps
1972 Series