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The Birthday of Rei Ayanami
Publisher	Japan King Records
Release Date	Japan March 30, 2001
Media Type	Audio CD
Author	Kouji Asano, Takashi Tokuhara

Evangelion: The Birthday of Rei Ayanami is a compilation album of music from Neon Genesis Evangelion, released on March 30, 2001 by King Records and the twelfth music album released in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. The Birthday of Rei Ayanami has only been released in Japan. It peaked at #45 in the Oricon albums chart upon release. The cover art is drawn by Evangelion character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. The album was produced by Kouji Asano and Takashi Tokuhara.

The album features background music and instrumental tracks related to Rei Ayanami as one of the three pilot protagonists of Evangelion, including new recordings of "A Cruel Angel's Thesis", "Fly Me to the Moon" and "Soul's Refrain" performed by Rei's seiyu Megumi Hayashibara as "Rei Ayanami versions" of these songs.

The Birthday of Rei Ayanami was released on March 30, 2001 in Japan, Megumi Hayashibara's 34th birthday. Though almost Evangelion characters have the same birthday as their voice actors, Rei's canonical birthday remains unconfirmed.

Track Listing

The Birthday of Rei Ayanami
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Zankoku na Tenshi no These (A.D. 2001 mix)"	Megumi Hayashibara	4:45
2.	"Rei I (A-1)"		2:59
3.	"Hedgehog's Dilemma (B-1)"		2:51
4.	"Rei II (B-20)"		2:57
5.	"Fly Me to the Moon (Ayanami Version)"	Megumi Hayashibara	4:33
6.	"Do you love me? (A-4)"		2:20
7.	"HOSTILITY RESTRAINED (A-13C)"		1:39
8.	"Good, or Don't Be (OP-2D Type)"		1:26
9.	"Tamashii No Refrain (Aqua Groove Mix)"	Megumi Hayashibara	5:29
10.	"Hajimari e no Touhi (M-4)"		4:58
11.	"Heisoku no Kakudai (M-9)"		6:52
12.	"Yume no Sukima (M-4) (piano version)"		1:33
13.	"Thanatos — If I Can't Be Yours (instrumental)"		7:15
14.	"Fly Me to the Moon (instrumental)"		4:33
Total length:			54:18

Audio Releases

Arranged Albums: Evangelion Symphony | Evangelion Vox | Evangelion Wind Symphony No.1 | Evangelion Wind Symphony No.2 | Evangelion PianoForte #1 | The world! Evangelion Jazz night =The Tokyo III Jazz club= | ShiroSAGISU OUTTAKES FROM EVANGELION (VOl.1) | Shin Godzilla vs Evangelion Symphony

Compilation Albums: The Day of Second Impact | Evangelion: The Birthday of Rei Ayanami | Refrain of Evangelion | Evangelion: Decade | Neon Genesis Evangelion Soundtrack 25th Anniversary Box | Evangelion Finally

Soundtrack Albums: Neon Genesis Evangelion OST I | Neon Genesis Evangelion OST II | Neon Genesis Evangelion OST III | Evangelion Death | End of Evangelion (Soundtrack) | S² Works | Music from Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Original Soundtrack | Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Original Soundtrack | Music from Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo | Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo Original Soundtrack | Music from "Shin Evangelion" Evangelion: 3.0+1.0

Studio Albums: Neon Genesis Evangelion Addition | Neon Genesis Evangelion Classical Volume | Refrain, The Songs Were Inspired by Evangelion | Evangelion Extreme

Theme Songs: A Cruel Angel's Thesis | Fly Me to the Moon | Soul's Refrain | Thanatos -If I can't be yours- | Komm, süsser Tod | Beautiful World | Sakura Nagashi | One Last Kiss

Other: After the End | Animate Voice Cassette