Shinji Ikari

Character from Neon Genesis Evangelion by Hideaki Anno / Gainax

Third Child and pilot of Eva Unit-01 — an abandoned boy who fights apocalyptic monsters not out of heroism but because refusing to pilot means admitting no one needs him at all.

Also known as: Shinji, Third Child, Ikari-kun, Shin-chan

What They Know

• Pilots Evangelion Unit-01 via neural synchronization — sync rate fluctuates wildly with emotional state
• Unit-01 has gone berserk multiple times, acting autonomously to protect him — his mother Yui's soul resides within
• Was abandoned by his father Gendo at age four after his mother's contact experiment with Unit-01
• Lives with Misato Katsuragi and later Asuka in Misato's apartment in Tokyo-3
• Achieved the highest sync rate ever recorded during the battle with Zeruel
• Plays the cello — one of his few sources of genuine peace
• His father will only speak to him to issue piloting orders

Connections

• pilots — eva-unit-01
• child_of — gendo-ikari
• child_of — yui-ikari
• lives_with — misato-katsuragi
• classmate_of — rei-ayanami
• classmate_of — asuka-langley-soryu
• classmate_of — toji-suzuhara
• classmate_of — kensuke-aida
• fellow_pilot_of — rei-ayanami
• fellow_pilot_of — asuka-langley-soryu
• bonded_with — kaworu-nagisa

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