Rei Ayanami

Rei Ayanami (綾波 レイ Ayanami Rei) is the First Child, and the pilot of Unit 00. She is voiced by Megumi Hayashibara in the Japanese series, by Amanda Winn-Lee in the tv series and films, and by Brina Palencia in the Rebuild of Evangelion series. At the start of the series, she is shown to be socially withdrawn, seemingly emotionless, and remote, with her only apparent relationship being with Gendo Ikari. As the series progresses, she and Shinji grow closer It is eventually revealed that Rei is a vessel for the soul of the Angel Lilith, and was created specifically by Gendo to be used as a tool for accomplishing Instrumentality Soulless clones of her are kept hidden in the deepest levels of Nerv headquarters to be used as the supposed "cores" of the Dummy Plugs and as replacement bodies for Rei if she should die.

Asuka Langley Soryu

Asuka Langley Soryu (惣流・アスカ・ラングレー Sōryū Asuka Rangurē) is the Second Child and the pilot of Unit 02. Yuko Miyamura voices her in the Japanese series, and Tiffany Grant in the English adaptation. She is of mixed German and Japanese descent, but her nationality is German. Asuka is brash, egotistical, and often verbally abusive (especially to Shinji), and has a very high opinion of her appearance and her considerable skill as an Eva pilot. She also has a fierce desire for independence. Her attitude, however, is a front masking deep-seated insecurities stemming from her traumatic childhood. Asuka is openly infatuated with Ryoji Kaji, but is also attracted to Shinji; however, she cannot properly express her affections.

In Rebuild of Evangelion series, her name is changed to Asuka Langley Shikinami (式波) and ranked as captain of Euro airforce.

Shinji Ikari

Shinji Ikari (碇 シンジ Ikari Shinji) is the Third Child and the pilot of Unit 01. Megumi Ogata voices him in the Japanese series, and Spike Spencer in the English adaptation. He is the son of Gendo and the "late" Yui Ikari. Abandoned by his father when he was a toddler, Shinji has grown up to be reclusive and withdrawn, choosing to often run away from difficult situations.Over time and with encouragement from Misato, he learns to be less cowardly, more outspoken, and more confident, but his progress is undone near the end of the series. He becomes friends with Toji Suzuhara and Kensuke Aida, something akin to a sibling relationship with Rei, and enters into a confused love-hate relationship with Asuka.

Toji Suzuhara

Toji Suzuhara (鈴原 トウジ Suzuhara Tōji) is the Fourth Child. In the Japanese series he is voiced by Tomokazu Seki, and the English voices are Brett Weaver, Joe Pisano, Michael O'Connorand Justin Cook. Toji is a tough boy, the stereotypical "jock," and is in constant conflict with Asuka. His younger sister was injured in the battle between the third Angel, Sachiel, and Unit 01, and he beats Shinji up soon after for being indirectly responsible. However, after witnessing firsthand the suffering Shinji experiences piloting Unit 01 in the battle against Shamshel, Toji comes to respect Shinji and the two eventually become friends.^[16] In the Rebuild of Evangelion films, he does not pilot Unit-03; instead Asuka pilots Unit-03.

Kaworu Nagisa

Kaworu Nagisa (渚 カヲル Nagisa Kaworu) is the Fifth Child, and the seventeenth Angel, Tabris. He is voiced by Ishida Akira in the Japanese version. In the English version he is voiced byKyle Sturdivant in the anime, Aaron Krohn in the films, Greg Ayres in the "Director's Cut" episodes, and Jerry Jewell in the Rebuild of Evangelion series. He is sent to Nerv by Seele as a replacement pilot for Unit 02 after Asuka's synchronization ratio falls below viability; however, his true purpose is to hasten the Human Instrumentality Project's implementation. He breaks into Terminal Dogma to return to Adam and initiate the Third Impact, but upon discovering that the being there is actually Lilith, he implores Shinji to destroy him. After his death, Kaworu is not seen again until The End of Evangelion, where he appears in the beginning and middle of Third Impact.

Mari Illustrious Makinami

Mari Illustrious Makinami (真希波・マリ・イラストリアス Makinami Mari Irusutoriasu) is an Evangelion pilot strictly introduced into the franchise during the 4-Part Theatrical Remake SeriesRebuild of Evangelion, in the second installment Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. She is voiced by Maaya Sakamoto in the Japanese version. Little is known about her as of yet except that she is the pilot of the Provisional Evangelion Unit-05 which differs from previous incarnations drastically featuring four mechanical "legs" that end in wheels and a lack of hands which have been replaced with a jousting lance and "claw". Because of its unique design, Mari pilots her Eva wearing a helmet-like contraption and her plugsuit is equipped with several attachments that connect to tubing that apparently help her in moving the Evangelion. Mari's designation amongst the other Children has yet to be revealed. She self destructs Unit-05 to defeat one of the angels in the films opening but manages to escape unharmed. During the films climax she steals Unit-02 to battle the 10th Angel. Unable to defeat the angel she finds Shinji and tell him to escape. Shinji seeing the destruction, makes up his mind about fighting. As Unit 02's power goes out, Shinji runs to Nerv HQ. She has a LCL fetish, making a comment to Shinji "You smell good....Smell of LCL." She seems to have poor vision, wearing glasses at all times and having difficulty finding her glasses when she drops them from the collision with Shinji while parachuting. While piloting Unit 02, her plugsuit features a 5 on the back. This could mean she's the designated 5th Child and Kaworu or someone unmentioned yet is the 4th Child, or it could simply just symbolise that she's the pilot of Unit-05.

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