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

Ranma ½

as Nodoka Saotome

Monster

as British Couple (voice)

Nichijou: My Ordinary Life

as Narration (voice)

Galaxy Express 999: The Movie

as Maetel (voice)

X: The Movie

as Tooru

Devilman - Volume 1: The Birth

as Sumiko Fudou (voice)

Queen Millennia

as Cleopatra

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

as Nils' Mother (voice)

Adieu Galaxy Express 999

as Maetel (voice)

Galaxy Express 999

as Maetel (voice)