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.

Initially, he is assigned a room of his own, saying that he is fine living alone, but Misato takes him in to stay with her and Pen Pen. After the unpleasant surprise of discovering how messy and sloppy Misato is (And an extremely embarassing encounter with Pen Pen in the bathroom), Shinji settles in, having been assigned most of the chores in the house. He shows that he is actually very independent and fully capable of taking care of himself, and can cook as well.

When Asuka arrives, the personality clashes between the three of them cause a healthy amount of tension. Asuka bullies Shinji and bosses him around quite often, even yelling at him in school when he fails to cook lunch due to his studies.

Psychology

Shinji has issues. Elaborate here.

Shinji in the Manga

The Manga version of Shinji Ikari is significantly different from his Anime depiction. In the Manga, Shinji has the same issues with his abandonment, but is a much more violent and troubled youth, sometimes even turning physically violent.(He even attempts to strike Gendo, something his Anime counterpart would never have done). He is also something of a smart-aleck who voices his opinion more often, even mentally thinking of Asuka as a "bitch", depicting an intensity of hatred towards her unseen in the Anime. The Shinji in the Anime is a much more submissive individual who "does what he is told".

Fan opinion of Shinji in the Manga is mixed, with some preferring this version because he has more of a "back-bone", or in other words more like a typical hero. However, other fans feel that removing Shinji's "neurotic 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