Ikari Yui

Japanese name:

碇ユイ

Yui Ikari was a student of genetic engineering at Kyoto University, where she met her future husband Gendo and her mentor and trusted friend Kozo Fuyutsuki. Afterwards, she joined the UN Artificial Evolution Laboratory (the future Gehirn) in Hakone, Japan, and played an integral role in the E Project. She served as the test subject for the Contact Experiment of Unit 01 in 2004, but "disappeared" during testing. Though proclaimed dead, a part of her (her "soul") lives on within Unit 01. Her Japanese voice actress is Megumi Hayashibara, who also voices Rei. Her English voice actresses are Kim Sevier in the series, Amanda Winn-Lee in the films, and Stephanie Young in the Rebuild of Evangelion series.

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