
There, Shinji is asked to pilot Unit-01 and fight the Angel. She then brings him down into the GeoFront and Nerv Headquarters, and then to Eva-01's cage to meet his father. On the way, Shinji encounters the 3rd Angel, Sachiel, and is rescued by Misato Katsuragi. In 2015, Shinji is summoned to Tokyo-3 by his father Gendo, now the Commander of Nerv. A year or so later, while still very young, he was abandoned by his father and sent away to live with his teacher.Īrrival in Tokyo-3 and "Hedgehog's Dilemma" Main Articles: Episode 01, Episode 02, Episode 03, Episode 04 At the age of 3, he witnessed his mother's "death" in her Contact Experiment with Eva-01. He was born in 2001, in the year after Second Impact. Shinji is the only child of his father Gendo Ikari and mother Yui. Shinji as an Infant Main Article: Episode 21 He initially lives with Misato Katsuragi although they are later joined by Asuka Langley Soryu. After his mother's apparent death, he was abandoned by his father and lived for 11 years with his "sensei," until he was summoned to Tokyo-3 to pilot Eva-01 against the impending Angel threat. He is the son of "deceased" Gehirn bioengineer Yui Ikari and Nerv Commander (formerly Chief of Gehirn) Gendo Ikari. Much of the story of Evangelion centers around Shinji's personal struggles, both with piloting Eva and with his relationships with others. Shinji Ikari is the main protagonist of Neon Genesis Evangelion and the designated pilot of Evangelion Unit-01.

(German): Hannes Maurer, Christian Zeiger (Netflix) Yui Ikari (mother), Gendo Ikari (father), (Rebuild): Third Boy, Specimen "BM-03" ( 3.0, among Wille)
