Shinji Ikari

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Age	14
Birthday	06/06/2001
Seiyū	Megumi Ogata

Shinji Ikari is the First Children, designated pilot of Evangelion Unit-01. He is the son of deceased Gehirn bioengineer Yui Ikari and Nerv Commander (formerly Chief of Gehirn) Gendo Ikari.

Past

At the age of four, Shinji lost his mother to the Eva-01 Contact Experiment, which he was present to witness. He was subsequently abandoned by Gendo: forcibly dragged to a train station and left alone to be collected by a new guardian. Gendo's parting words to the distraught Shinji were, somewhat paradoxically, "You musn't run away".

For the next ~11 years, Shinji lived with a person known only as "sensei". During this time, he took up the cello.

Tokyo-3

Shinji has been summoned to Tokyo 3 by Gendo to pilot Eva-01 against the Angels. He lives intially with Misato Katsuragi; they are later joined by Asuka Langley Soryu.

Psychology

Shinji has issues. Elaborate here.

Shinji in the Manga

Although he still has his abandonment issues, this version Shinji is a much more violent and troubled youth than his anime counterpart. (He actually attempts to hit Gendo once, which is something Anime-Shinji would never do!) Mange-Shinji is also something of a smart-aleck and tends to voice his opinion more often (He mentally thinks to himself that Asuka's a "bitch", a word Anime-Shinji never used to describe any of the girls he knew as) as opposed to Anime-Shinji who simply "does what he's told".

Some fans prefer this version of Shinji because he has more of a "back-bone", thus making him more of a hero. However, some fans of Anime-Shinji feel Manga-Shinji's lacking the "necrotic anti-hero" aspect makes him less human and harder to relate to.

Shinji in other Eva-based Manga

The Shinji Ikari Raising Project manga portrays Shinji as acting more like his Manga-counterpart since he's more confident about himself. Shinji here also is something of a pervert, which goes along with Shinji's personality in the possible world sequence of Episode 26 as well as Girlfriend of Steel 2 video game Shinji.

In the Girlfriend of Steel 2 manga, however, Shinji acts mostly like his anime-counterpart, to the point where he doesn't have the perverted side of his personality that the Girlfriend of Steel 2 video game Shinji has.

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Characters

Main characters: Shinji Ikari | Rei Ayanami | Asuka Langley Soryu

Nerv staff: Misato Katsuragi | Gendo Ikari | Ritsuko Akagi | Kozo Fuyutsuki | Ryoji Kaji | Maya Ibuki | Makoto Hyuga | Shigeru Aoba

Classmates: Toji Suzuhara | Kensuke Aida | Hikari Horaki

Other characters: Kaworu Nagisa | Yui Ikari | Naoko Akagi | Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu | Dr. Katsuragi | Mr. Langley | Keel Lorenz | Pen Pen

Rebuild of Evangelion: Asuka Shikinami Langley | Mari Makinami Illustrious | Sakura Suzuhara | Ryoji Kaji (Jr)

Miscellaneous: Minor Characters | Minor Characters (Rebuild) | Extracanonical Characters

Theory and Analysis: Name Origins (Warships) | Designs | Relationships | Profiles

Resources: 2015: The Last Year of Ryohji Kaji