Masako Ikeda
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.
Known for
- Ranma ½ (1989)
- Monster (2004)
- Space Brothers (2012)
- Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011)
- Romeo's Blue Skies (1995)
- Galaxy Express 999 (1978)
- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1980)
- Pinocchio: The Series (1972)
- Pinocchio: The Series (1972)
- Aura Battler Dunbine (1983)
- The Story of Perrine (1978)
- Hello Anne: Before Green Gables (2009)
- Queen Millennia (1981)
- Patalliro! (1982)
- Patalliro! (1982)
- The Story of Pollyanna (1986)
- The Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA (1994)
- Aim for the Ace! (1973)
- Queen Emeraldas (1998)
- X (1996)