Rei Ayanami

Pilot Assigned to Evangelion Unit 0



The first girl selected to become a pilot of Evangelion. She is called "First Children." Her career and genetic background have been erased from the records. She goes to Tokyo-3 municipal Jr. High school with Shinji and Asuka, but she doesn't have any friends other than these two.

She started training for EVA since the E-project was in its early stages. So, she transferred to the school when she was in her 7th grade. 1 week before Shinji arrives at NERV she was wounded by the accident during a boot-up experiment, so at the beginning of the story, she was hospitalized. It is suspected that the cause of the accident is that her mind was not stable enough to control Evangelion Unit 0.

She is quiet, and she never becomes emotional. She completes her duties perfectly. But, in front of Gendoh, she acts like a Jr. High kid.

In the 5th episode, Ritsuko revealing comments about Gendoh and Rei.

She lives in an apartment by herself. It's a pretty bad environment. The area around the apartment is still under construction, and the noise is terrible.

She likes to wear white underwear.

She can't eat meat.

Her reason to be a pilot is "the bond with people".

There is not enough information about her.

Her thoughts during the compatibility test with Unit 1(?)...
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Mountains, Heavy Mountains, Changes in time 

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Sky, Blue sky, something invisible, something visible

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The sun, Only one thing

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Water, something feels good, commander Ikari...


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Flowers, many same things, many unnecessary things

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Sky, Red Red sky

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Red color, I don't like red 

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Streaming water, BLOOD

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Smell of blood, A female who doesn't bleed

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Human which was created from red soil

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A human which was created from male and female


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Cities, something human created

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EVA, something human created

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What's human?

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Something the God created

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A human is created by a human

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What's in myself is life, mind,

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The container of mind, the entry plug. That is the place for the spirit.

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Who is this?  This is me  Who am I?   What's me What's me..

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I am me.  This object is me.  The form which creates me.  A Visible me

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But I feel it's not like me.  Very strange.

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I feel like my body's melting   

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I start losing my identity

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My shape starts to disappear  

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I feel someone other than me


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Is someone there?  If I go forward?

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Ikari kun?  I know her, Officer Katsuragi 

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Dr. Akagi

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Everyone

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Classmates

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Pilot of unit 2

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Commander Ikari

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Who are you?  Who are you...

"...It smells like Ikari-kun"

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