Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
January 1, 1939
Died
March 3, 2026 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
- いけだ まさこ
- イケダ マサコ
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.
Known For
Acting
7.0
Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!
2018
8.1
Space Brothers
2012
8.4
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
2011
8.4
Hello Anne: Before Green Gables
2009
8.5
Monster
2004
6.9
Yukikaze
2002
6.2
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
1998
6.0
X: The Movie
1996
8.7
Romeo's Blue Skies
1995
7.2
Kayoko's Diary
1991
4.7
Silent Möbius
1991
8.6
Ranma ½
1989
6.9
Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth
1987
4.8
Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
1984
4.9
Harmagedon
1983
7.0
Adieu Galaxy Express 999
1981
8.4
Queen Millennia
1981
6.1
Toward the Terra
1980
7.7
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1980
6.8
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979
7.7
Galaxy Express 999
1978
7.8
The Story of Perrine
1978