Evangelion General Characters

Rei Ayanami

Japanese Seiyuu: Megumi Hayashibara
English Voice Actor: Amanda Winn Lee

First Child and pilot of Eva Unit 0. 14 year old socially-withdrawn (introverted) girl. She turns out to be a clone, and is widely theorised to be a clone of Yui Ikari or a hybrid of Yui Ikari and the angel Lilith. Another popular theory is that she is a clone of Yui Ikari, but containing the soul of Lilith. These theories have been created due to fact that she is seen to have generated an AT field promptly before Kaoru Nagisa was killed. Also because she is seen merging and becoming Lilith in the End of Evangelion movie. Three clones of Rei play a significant part in the series, and are referred to as Rei I, II and III. Rei I dies at the hands of Ritsuko's mother, after Rei I called her an old hag, and revealed to her that she was being used by Gendo. Rei II dies to protect Shinji from being infected by an Angel.

Asuka Langley Soryu

Japanese Seiyuu: Yuko Miyamura
English Voice Actor: Tiffany Grant

Second Child, pilots Eva Unit 2. 14 year old girl from Germany, but with an American father and a half German, half Japanese mother. Obsessed with being the best. Has a crush on Kaji Ryoji. Her mother was the head pilot of NERV Germany's Evangelion project, she went mentally insane after a test and she pretended that Asuka's doll was really her daughter. She hangs herself and the doll, and from that day, Asuka promised to herself to never cry again.

Shinji Ikari

Japanese Seiyuu: Megumi Ogata
English Voice Actor: Spike Spencer

Third Child. Pilot of Eva Unit 1. 14 year old socially-inept boy who hates his father, Gendo Ikari. His mother is Yui Ikari. See also Shinji Ikari

Toji Suzuhara

Japanese Seiyuu: Tomokazu Seki
English Voice Actor: Brett Weaver (one of several)

Fourth Child. 14 years old. Seen as a bully towards the beginning, but later revealed to be sweet and very caring for his sister. In the same day he becomes a pilot, his Evangelion, Unit 03 is taken over by Bardial (13th Angel) and destroyed by Unit 01's Dummy Plug. He is killed (in the English translation, severely injured, losing an arm and a leg) in this. Only chose to pilot the Evangelion to get his sister better hospital care (in the NERV hospital).

Misato Katsuragi

Japanese Seiyuu: Kotono Mitsuishi
English Voice Actor: Allison Keith

29 year old operation officer at NERV and roomate to Shinji. Chose to have Shinji move in with her rather than letting him live alone. She has a scar on her chest from the trauma she suffered during the Second Impact, in which her father sealed her inside a capsule to save her. She becomes mute and non-social for a long time after that event, but apparently tries to make up for that in college when she meets Ritsuko.

Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu

Japanese Seiyuu: Maria Kawamura
English Voice Actor:

Asuka's mother, head of the German Evangelion Project, developed Unit 02, the first production type (of which three were produced, 02-German, 03-American, 04-American). She was mentally unstable, which was why her husband left her, and committed suicide. Her soul is entrapped in Eva Unit 02.

Dr. Katsuragi

Japanese Seiyuu:
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Misato's father, leader of the Katsuragi Expedition to Antarctica, killed during the Second Impact, saving 14 year old Misato (placing her in what looks like an Entry Plug).

Yui Ikari

Japanese Seiyuu: Megumi Hayashibara
English Voice Actor: Amanda Winn Lee (Death and Rebirth)

Shinji's mother. Proclaimed dead in 2004, after she disappeared during an experiment known as Project E (the project to resurrect the original Adam). There was no body to be recovered so her grave contains nothing.

Gendou Ikari

Japanese Seiyuu: Fumihiko Tachiki
English Voice Actor: Tristan MacAvery

Shinji's father and commander of NERV. 48 years old. Formerly known as Gendou Rokubungi, he took his wife's surname when he married her. Cunning manipulator, he is distrusted by SEELE.

Kaji Ryoji

Japanese Seiyuu: Kouichi Yamadera
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Officially employed as special inspector at NERV, but secretly works for SEELE investigating NERV's true intentions. Once seriously dated Misato, but they had long broken up. After he came to NERV, they slowly got back together out of desperation despite Misato's hatred for him.

Killed by an unknown assailant, rumors that it is Misato, or an agent of NERV/SEELE (Though most doubt it is Misato, just a coincidence it shows her name on the door before he dies, and that she was handed back her gun). He remarks that his last assignment, to kidnap the Sub-Commander, was colored red, the color of blood. The Sub-Commander even remarks that this will cost him his life. Referred to as the useless bell that doesn't ring by SEELE. Probably Gendo or Gendo's agent, since he commonly meets with Gendo after assignments. Killed because he finally betrayed SEELE and NERV enough to have them both want him dead.

Kensuke Aida

Japanese Seiyuu: Tetsuya Iwanaga
English Voice Actor: Kurt Stoll

Best friend of Toji Suzuhara. 14 year old military geek.

Hikari Horaki

Japanese Seiyuu: Junko Iwao
English Voice Actor:

14-year old girl. A friend of Asuka, she is in love with Toji Suzuhara, and is the class president.

Ritsuko Akagi

Japanese Seiyuu: Yuriko Yamaguchi
English Voice Actor: Sue Ulu

NERV head technician. 30 years old. Close associate to Misato Katsuragi. Had a fling with Gendou Ikari. Bleaches her black hair blond.

Naoko Akagi

Japanese Seiyuu: Mika Doi
English Voice Actor:

Ritsuko's mother. Creator of MAGI computer system and former GEHIRN head technician. The MAGI computer is built on three opposing principles from the life of it's creator: Naoko as a scientist (Melchior), Naoko as a mother (Balthasar), and Naoko as a woman (Casper). These three aspects are in constant conflict, and together they delegate to form the MAGI's answer. It is speculated that her soul in contained within the triple computer system. After Rei I called her an "old hag", and said that her lover, the widowed Gendo Ikari, called her that, Naoko murdered Rei I and then killed herself, at the GeoFront control station, atop the primary MAGI system by plunging to her death.

Maya Ibuki

Japanese Seiyuu: Miki Nagasawa
English Voice Actor: Kendra Benham

Technician at Nerv. 24 year old woman. Very Good with computers. Works very closely with Ritsuko, and is possibly in love with her. In her completion sequence, Ritsuko-Rei-Lilith types "I love you" into the laptop keyboard.

Kouzou Fuyutsuki

Japanese Seiyuu: Motomu Kiyakawa
English Voice Actor: Guil Lunde

Once a professor at Kyoto University, taught the talented Yui Ikari and bailed Gendo out of jail, works closely with Yui. Sub-Commander at NERV, essentially Gendou's right-hand man. 58 years old.

Makoto Hyuga

Japanese Seiyuu: Hiro Yuuki
English Voice Actor: Brian Granveldt

First Lieutenant at NERV and a computer technician. Also secretly loves Misato. In his completion sequence, he is in ecxtasy over Misato-Rei-Lilith.

Shigeru Aoba

Japanese Seiyuu: Takehito Koyasu
English Voice Actor: Jason Lee

Lieutanant. Plays Guitar. Nihilist. In his completion sequence, he cowers in fright from Rei-Lilith, because he does not want completion.

Pen Pen

Japanese Seiyuu: Megumi Hayashibara
English Voice Actor:
This is a non-speaking role

Misato's pet warm water penguin. He lives in a custom refrigerator, and takes warm baths, and likes going to hot springs.

Kaworu Nagisa

Japanese Seiyuu: Akira Ishida
English Voice Actor:

Fifth Child, replacement pilot for Unit 02 sent by SEELE to NERV, after Unit 02's pilot's Synchronization Ratio falls below usability. He is also 14 years old (as are all pilots and candidates). Possibly gay, as he has an obsession with showering and sleeping with Shinji, also he states that he loves him, and that he was born to meet him. See 17th Angel. Some Romaji purists insist that his name should be rendered "Kaoru" and not "Kaworu". However, Gainax refers to him as "Kaworu", and this name can be clearly seen on display screens in the series and on the mass-production Dummy Plugs in End of Evangelion.

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