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Shinji Ikari is the main character of Neon Genesis Evangelion. His father is Gendou Ikari, who left him at a young age to the care of a private tutor after Shinji's mother, Yui, had passed away, and went on to continue his work at the research program Gehirn, which later on became the special agency Nerv.
In the beginning of Evangelion, Shinji, now fourteen years old, is summoned by his father to meet him in the Nerv headquarters at Tokyo-3. He arrives only to find out that his father does not wish to meet him because of several years of separation, but because he has a use for him - he commands him to pilot Evangelion Unit 01. According to the Marduk Institute, which is responsible for the selection of Evangelion pilots, he is the 'Third Children'.
The voice talent playing Shinji in the original Japanese version is Megumi Ogata (female). In the English-dubbed version Shinji is played by Spike Spencer.
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