Ikari Gendou
Ikari Gendou is Shinji's father and the Supreme Commander of NERV. He and his
son lived apart for at least a decade, after Gendou abandoned him when his wife,
Ikari Yui died. His family name was Rokubungi, until he married Yui, and took
her last name. Gendou oversees all NERV operations. He is a ruthless man, and
will have whatever it takes done, to make sure the Angels are defeated,
including forcing his own son to kill another child. (When Shinji refused to
destroy Eva Unit-04, the 13th Angel, because there was a child his age inside
it, Gendou had the dummy plug activated, and Unit-01 ripped Unit-04 to bits.
The pilot, the Fourth Child, survived.) Gendou is definetely a Grade-A jerk,
and I don't think there's a person in the world who blames Shinji for hating
him. Shinji doesn't really hate him of course, he just resents him. Gendou
resents Shinji for resenting him. He treats Ayanami Rei like his own child,
and rescued her during the testing accident of Unit-00 nearly burning his
hands off to open up the burning-hot ejected entry plug she was in.
Continue to Fuyutsuki Kouzou
Back to Eva page
Back to anime page
Back to index
Mail me!
Since May 31st, 1998