Affiliation(s): NERV

Rank: Commander

Age: 48

Birthday: April 29, 1967

Known relatives: Shinji Ikari (son), Yui Ikari (wife, deceased)

Gendou Ikari, formerly Gendou Rokubungi, is the Commander of NERV and is responsible for research and development of Project E and the Human Instrumentality Project. He is the father of Shinji Ikari, the Third Child and pilot of Evangelion Unit-01. He is also the guardian of Rei Ayanami, the First Child and pilot of Evangelion Unit-00 and the only person Rei reliably interacts with at the start of the series.