Gendo (Rokubungi) Ikari Age: 48 Occupation: NERV Commander First Appearance: Episode 1 ["Angel Attack"] Gendo is the commanding officer of NERV. Seemingly, he and his son, Shinji, do not have a mutual father-son relationship with each other. Voice (Japanese): Fumihiko Tatsuki Voice (English): Tristan MacAvery
	Kohzou Fuyutsuki Age: 58 Occupation: NERV Vice Commander First Appearance: Episode 1 ["Angel Attack"] Fuyutsuki takes command of NERV whenever Gendo is on assignment. Voice (Japanese): Motomu Kiyokawa Voice (English): Guil Lunde
	Maya Ibuki Age: Unknown (early twenties) Occupation: NERV Operator First Appearance: Episode 1 ["Angel Attack"] One of three NERV operators who survey battle and damage reports on the EVAs during combat. She learned almost all of her computer skills from Ritsuko. Voice (Japanese): Miki Nagasawa Voice (English): Kendra Benham
	Ryoji Kaji Age: 30 Occupation: NERV First Appearance: Episode 8 ["Asuka Comes to Japan"/"Asuka Strikes!"] Kaji is in charge of NERV's Special Investigation Department. He's also Misato's ex-boyfriend. Voice (Japanese): Koichi Yamadera Voice (English): Aaron Krohn
	Toji Suzuhara Age: 14 Occupation: Student First Appearance: Episode 3 ["The Phone that Never Rings"/"A Transfer"] Toji is one of Shinji's friends in Tokyo-3 High School. In the original Japanese dialogue, he speaks with an Osakan dialect. Voice (Japanese): Tomokazu Seki Voice (English): Joe Pisano
	Kensuke Aida Age: 14 Occupation: Student First Appearance: Episode 3 ["The Phone that Never Rings"/"A Transfer"] Another of Shinji's friends, Kensuke is a military fanatic who always brings his video camera with him wherever he goes. Voice (Japanese): Tetsuya Iwanaga Voice (English): Kurt Stoll
	Hikari Horaki Age: 14 Occupation: Student First Appearance: Episode 3 ["The Phone that Never Rings"/"A Transfer"] Hikari is the main representative of Shinji's high school class. She is sometimes thought of as Asuka's only friend in school. Voice (Japanese): Junko Iwao Voice (English): Carol Amerson
	Keel Lorentz Age: Unknown Occupation: SEELE Leader First Appearance: Episode 2 ["Unfamiliar Ceiling"/"The Beast"] Keel Lorentz is the leader of SEELE, the mysterious organization that owns NERV. Although he believes Gendo Ikari is a major component to the Human Complement/Instrumentality Program, he often questions Ikari's use of the Evangelions in battling Angels. Voice (Japanese): Mugihito (Makoto Terada) Voice (English): Richard Peeples
	Yui Ikari Age: 27 at time of death in 2004 Occupation (at time of death): EVA-01 Test Pilot First Appearance: Episode 21 ["The Birth of NERV"/"He Was Aware that He Was a Child"] Shinji has very little memory of his mother because she died when he was only four years old. Yui's body, mind and soul had accidentally fused with EVA-01 in its first testing. Voice (Japanese): Megumi Hayashibara Voice (English): Kim Sevier
	Naoko Akagi Age: Unknown (late thirties) at time of death in 2010 Occupation (at time of death): GEHIRN Technical Programmer First Appearance: Episode 21 ["The Birth of NERV"/"He Was Aware that He Was a Child"] Ritsuko's mother. She developed the MAGI supercomputer that resides in NERV Central Dogma. Naoko mysteriously committed suicide before NERV was formed in 2010. Voice (Japanese): Mika Doi Voice (English): Laura Chapman
	Sohryu Kyoko Zeppelin Age: Unknown (late twenties) at time of death Occupation (at time of death): EVA-02 Test Pilot First Appearance: ??? Asuka's mother. Kyoko went insane while testing EVA-02 and eventually committed suicide, which traumatized Asuka at an early age. Voice (Japanese): Maria Kawamura Voice (English): ???
	Pen-Pen Age: Unknown First Appearance: Episode 2 ["Unfamiliar Ceiling"/"The Beast"] Pen-Pen is a penguin who lives in Misato's apartment along with Shinji and Asuka. Misato thinks of him as more of a roommate than a pet. Voice (Japanese): Megumi Hayashibara (I'm not kidding :-) )

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