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Name:
Shinji Ikari
Birthday: June 6th
Age: 14
Blood type: A
Family: Gendou Ikari, Yui Ikari
Status: Third child - Pilot of Eva Unit-01
First appears: Episode 1
Seiyuu: Megumi Ogata
The main character of the series, Shinji is the third child, and the pilot of
Evangelion Unit-01. He is a rather shy character, and doesn't speak to many
people. He doesn't get along too well with his father either, and so he lives
with Misato instead. He doesn't have many friends; mainly just Touji and Kensuke
at school, and Asuka at home (although she sometimes seems to take too much joy
in pounding him to be a friend!). He also seems to like Rei a lot, which might
have something to do with her relation to his mother. Despite his inexperience,
he has a high-synchronization rate with his Evangelion, which results in his
being the main force in most battles around Tokyo-3. In the movie, he becomes
the central figure of third impact, and the choice is given to him as to the
fate of the world...
Name: Rei
Ayanami
Birthday: Unknown
Age: 14
Blood type: Blue pattern
Family: None
Status: First child - Pilot of Eva Unit-00
First appears: Episode 1
Seiyuu: Megumi Hayashibara
Rei is the first child, and the pilot of Evangelion Unit-00, the prototype. She
is a quiet girl that keeps to herself, and while Asuka mistakes this for her
being stuck-up, she actually just doesn't know what emotions are. She learns
about her own emotions through the series, and in the 23rd episode, just before
she self-destructs her Eva, she even cries! The only person Rei really speaks to
is Gendou Ikari, who created her - Rei is cloned partly from Yui Ikari, and
partly from Lilith, the second angel; hence her blue pattern bloodtype. In third
impact, however, she abandons her loyalty to Gendou and instead gives the choice
of the world's future to his son, Shinji. Three clones of Rei appear throughout
the series - the first being the child Rei, who is killed by Naoko Akagi - the
second is the one throughout most of the series, and who gives her life to
defeat the 16th angel - the third is the Rei seen thereafter. She is a dedicated
eva pilot, simply because, in her words, 'I have nothing else'.
Name: Asuka
Langley Soryuu
Birthday: December 4th
Age: 14
Blood type: O
Family: Kyouko Zeppelin Soryuu
Status: Second child - Pilot of Eva Unit-02
First appears: Episode 8
Seiyuu: Yuko Miyamura
Asuka is the third child, and pilot of the first official Evangelion, Unit-02.
She is a bright girl (at 14 she'd completed University!), with fiery red hair
and a temper to match. First appearing in episode 8, she quickly becomes popular
with her classmates; however she's grudgingly tolerated Touji and Kensuke, who
know her true temper. Shinji develops a strange relationship with her - she
kicks him around, and he takes it ^^ After a short time and several failed
missions, she begins to fall into extreme depression, which is linked to her sad
past and her mother's suicide. She eventually has a mental breakdown and can no
longer pilot her Evangelion, which is temporarily piloted by the fifth child
Kaoru. In the movie she finally awakes from her coma, realizes her mother is
still with her, and fights like never before - going out in a blaze of glory
against the SEELE Evas. She is revived (?) by Shinji following third impact.
Name:
Kaoru Nagisa
Birthday: September 13th
Age: 14
Blood type: Blue pattern
Family: None known
Status: Tabris, the 17th angel; also the fifth child and pilot
of Eva Unit-02
First appears: Episode 24
Seiyuu: Akira Ishida
Kaoru Nagisa's time in the series is very short; he appears in episode 24, and
is killed in that same episode. The mysterious boy is sent from SEELE to Tokyo-3
as the fifth child, a replacement pilot for Unit-02 after Asuka's mental
breakdown. He becomes close friends with Shinji, and is found to have an
incredible synchronization rate, but shortly it's discovered that he is not who
he seemed to be... he is the 17th angel, Tabris! He takes control of Unit-02 and
breaks into Central Dogma, but soon finds that what he is searching for (Adam)
is not there, and that Lilith instead is kept below NERV. Finally Shinji catches
up with him in Unit-01, and reluctantly destroys his friend as the final angel.
Name: Touji
Suzahara
Birthday: December 26th
Age: 14
Blood type: Unknown
Family: Younger sister (name unknown)
Status: Fourth child - Pilot of Eva Unit-03
First appears: Episode 3
Seiyuu: Tomokazu Seki
Touji is a boy in Shinji's class at school - basically the class brawn, but as
the series progresses we get to see his soft side too. He is liked by Hikari,
although he is seemingly oblivious to her attentions. His main friend is
originally just Kensuke, although both boys become close friends with Shinji
shortly after his arrival, forming the "Three Stooges" ^^ He is also
later chosen as the fourth child and pilot of Evangelion Unit-03, but he only
accepts so that his injured sister can be transferred to NERV's private
hospital. His time as an Eva pilot is short, as his Eva is possessed by an angel
during its activation, and is destroyed by Unit-01 on the dummy-plug system,
leaving Touji crippled.
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