Gendo Ikari. What can be said here that hasn't been said already. I think I can sum him up in a phrase Larry Zybysko (of WCW) constantly says of Jimmy Hart, Gendo is "the master of the game of human chess." Gendo pulls everybody's strings. The only person he fails to control in the series is Yui and the third Rei. Gendo is the father of Shinji Ikari and was the husband of Yui Ikari. The two married after college and were both members of SEELE. Gendo was on the Katsuragi expedition but left early, knowing what was to occur. He recruited Kozo Fuyutski into a new UN organization known as Gehirn, later renamed NERV. Gendo changed drastically after Yui's death. He was having an affair with Dr. Naoko Akagi, designer of the Magi super computer. He used her in order to get it completed. He used his wife's DNA along with the DNA of Lillith to create Rei. He cherishes Rei unlike his own son. Gendo brings his son back to Tokyo-3 when he needed a pilot for Evangelion Unit-01. Gendo used Ritsuko Akagi. Gendo uses everyone. Gendo is responsible for a plan to keep scientists from creating a robot which would rival the EVA, sabotaging it and discouraging futher attempts to replace the EVAs. Gendo's greatest wish for Human Completion to occur so he can return to his wife Yui. In the end, though, he cannot bring himself to join Yui and is eaten by Unit-01. His last words were "I'm sorry, Shinji." We may never know if he really meant it.