Yui Ikari

Character from Neon Genesis Evangelion by Hideaki Anno / Gainax

Gehirn bioengineer and Shinji's mother — absorbed into Eva Unit-01 during a contact experiment, she became eternal proof of humanity's existence and the ghost in the machine that keeps saving her son.

Also known as: Yui, Dr. Ikari, Dr. Yui Ikari

What They Know

• Brilliant bioengineer at Gehirn — key scientist in Project E, the Evangelion development program
• Her soul resides within Evangelion Unit-01 after the contact experiment of 2004
• Daughter of a prominent SEELE member — this gave Gendo access to the organization
• Rei Ayanami was cloned using her genetic material combined with the Angel Lilith
• Her absorption into Unit-01 may have been deliberate — she chose to become eternal proof of humanity
• Believed that 'if he wants to survive, anywhere could be like Heaven' — this philosophy underlies Shinji's final choice

Connections

• soul_within — eva-unit-01
• mother_of — shinji-ikari
• wife_of — gendo-ikari
• genetic_source_of — rei-ayanami
• student_of — kozo-fuyutsuki

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