Shinji Ikari Friends

Asuka Langley Soryu is the Second Child and pilot of EVA Unit-02. She's a child-prodigy who was raised from a young age to be an Eva pilot.

One of the test types EVAs created from Lilith by Yui Ikari.

Although estranged, Shinji reluctantly agrees to help his father rid of the Angels.

Hikari Horaki is the class president of Shinji's class in New Tokyo-3 and best friend of Asuka Langley Soryu.

Kaworu is the fifth children and the seventeenth Angel, Tabris.

Kensuke Aida is a classmate of Shinji Ikari that always has a camera and loves to film everything. He desperately wanted to be an Eva pilot.

Makinami Mari Illustrious is a mysterious girl who is a secret operative that was the pilot of Eva Unit-05, and sneaked into Japan to infiltrate NERV for a yet unknown purpose.

Mana Kirishima is originally from the videogame Shinseiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend. She later appears in the manga Shinj Ikari Raising Project.

Maya is a computer technician who works in Nerv's HQ.

Misato Katsuragi is the chief tactical officer at NERV's Japan Branch in Tokyo-3, and Shinji Ikari's self-appointed guardian. She's the only survivor of the Second Impact. She aims to defeat the Angels and save humanity.

Pen-Pen is a warm region penguin and pet of Misato Katsuragi.

Rei Ayanami is the enigmatic first child and the pilot of Eva Unit 00. She also shares a small relationship with Shinji

Ritsuko is the lead scientist of NERV. A fake blond, and college friend of Misato Katsuragi and Kaji. She followed the path of her mother. In both science and lovers.

Though a triple agent who works for Seele, Nerv, and the Japanese Ministry of the Interior, Kaji states that his real mission is to find the truth. In college, he had an intimate relationship with Misato and is still quite a ladies' man. Asuka is deeply infatuated with him.

Shigeru Aoba is a member of the staff of the NERV center.

Touji Suzuhara is a classmate of Shinji Ikari that hated him at first for being an Eva Pilot. He was then selected as the pilot of Eva Unit-03.

Shinji Ikari's late mother and the wife of Gendo Ikari. Yui died in 2004 as a result of her Contact Experiment with Eva-01, but lives as a soul within the Eva as eternal proof of humanity's existence.