Yui Ikari

Yui Ikari
碇ユイ
Age	27 (at time of "death")
Birthday	03/30/1977
Seiyū	Megumi Hayashibara

Yui Ikari is the mother of Shinji Ikari and the wife of Gendo Ikari, a brilliant bioengineer who worked for Project E at Gehirn. Additionally, she is the daughter of a prominent member of Seele -- and, consequently, a member herself [CI]. She physically died in 2004 as a result of her Contact Experiment with Eva-01, but lives on within the Eva as eternal proof of humanity's existence.

Life

She was a bioengineering student, known on the "grapevine" for having Seele's support, at Kyoto University. It was there that she met her "sensei", Kozo Fuyutsuki. The nature of their academic relationship is unknown -- as Fuyutsuki's specialty was metaphysical biology, which has apparently nothing to do with what Yui was officially studying -- although the two were close and she regarded him as a close friend and confidant. Yui became romantically involved with a mysterious man, several years older than herself, named Gendo Rokubungi, who was constantly the source of shady rumors -- among them that Gendo had approached Yui for nothing but her talent and her affiliation with Seele. Regardless, in Yui's own words, he was "quite a sweet person. It's just that no one knows it."

After Yui (presumably) graduated, she married Gendo, and the latter took on her surname due to Yui's higher social status (if not for personal reasons, as well). He became involved with Seele, joining the Katsuragi Expedition to serve as an auditor, although it's not said was Yui was doing during this time. After Gendo returned, they had a child together, Shinji -- who, if a girl, would have been named Rei. In spite of the post-Second Impact world into which Shinji was born, which Gendo seemed to lament, Yui took an optimistic positive approach to the matter, saying, "if you have the will to live, anywhere can be heaven. Because he is alive. He'll have plenty of chances to find happiness."

Yui took up work at the Artificial Evolution Laboratory in Hakone, Japan, which was really a front for Seele's secret research organization, Gehirn. Her skills in bioengineering were going towards the "Adam Revival Project", more commonly called "Project E". In 2004, Yui volunteered herself as the test subject for the Contact Experiment with the incomplete Eva-01 (a decision she had made in autumn of the previous year). She brought the 4-year-old Shinji to the site of the experiment so that she could "show [him] the bright future". The experiment, ostensibly, was part of Gehirn's research into the creation of artificial souls [CI], but it resulted in a "freak accident" instead, wherein her soul was absorbed into the Eva's core and her body reverted to LCL. Gendo subsequently undertook a "Salvage Operation" that attempted to recreate Yui's body and fix her soul back into it, but this failed, instead resulting in the creation of the first Rei Ayanami.

Agenda

Rough notes to guide this article's expansion:

• Yui wanted to become a green-eyed monster, hence why Gendo couldn't get her out
• Elaborate somewhat her mysterioso dialogue with Fuyutsuki, how Yui was possibly blacklisted... whatever was motivating her to do the CE in the first place
• Yui's incomprehensible agenda (in brief - design all this to point to a conveniently- and intuitively-named T&A page)
• Yui as a character (Saint Yui, our source of inspiration); some of her character relationships
• The linkage between Yui and her Eva-incarnation

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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