Rei Ayanami (Japanese: 綾波 レイ, Hepburn: Ayanami Rei) is a fictional character from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, created by Gainax. She is the First Child and pilot of a giant mecha named Evangelion Unit 00.

Why is Rei's last name Ayanami?

Character notes. Like many of Evangelion's characters, Ayanami's surname comes from a Japanese World War II naval vessel, the Fubuki-class destroyer Ayanami. Her first name comes from the character Rei Hino of the anime and manga series Sailor Moon.

What is Rei real name?

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What is Rei's gender?

Rei is a biological teenage girl with a very androgynous appearance, having short light-brown hair with much longer styled bangs that cover the right side of her face, and empty dark-brown eyes.

Who is Rei's soul?

Rei is a cloned body (albino - pale skin/hair, red eyes) with the soul of a Source of Life (Lilith). This is why Kaworu tells her "You're just like me.." They both have human/Lilim forms, but their souls are that of Sources of Life who gave birth to Angels and Lilim, respectively.

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Is Rei a clone?

Many Reis. Rei Ayanami is a clone. There are multiple versions of her grown in test tubes in the basement, though only three appear in the main series (not counting the toast-chomping Rei in the final episode's alternate reality sequence). Rei III is born looking identical to Rei II at the time of her death.

Who is Rei's mother Evangelion?

Creation. Rei Ayanami was the product of Gendo Ikari and Kozo Fuyutsuki attempt to retrieve Yui Ikari from Eva-01 using her salvaged remains.

Are Rei and kaworu related?

When examined closely, though, Rei and Kaworu are closely related to a deeper exploration of two New Age concepts: the soul and the ego. Through Rei and Kaworu's own exploration of their egos and souls, Shinji reaches self-actualization.

Is Rei a human?

Rei is not a naturally-born human, but rather a clone made from the DNA of Yui Ikari and the Angel Lilith. Therefore, she does not have a mother, and her "source" Yui's soul inhabits Shinji's Unit-01.

Is Rei Half Korean?

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Is Rei Furuya evil?

Personality. Rei Furuya is a cheerful and generous man, seemingly indulgent to the point of even bringing a plate of sandwiches to Mouri Detective Agency bought with his money. In more serious situations, he appears to be patient, calm and calculating.

Is Rei a girl Kakegurui?

An anime-original character Rei Batsubami (×喰 零, Batsubami Rei) is an androgynous girl who arranges matches for the Momobami clan, preferring to stay out of gambling herself.

Does Shinji have a sister?

Shinji and Rei are biologically half-siblings since they share their mother (with a different biological father), and while Gendo has no biological relationship with Rei, she's his step-daughter since she's his wife's daughter.

What mental illness does Asuka have?

In the last episodes, Asuka completely loses her self-confidence. She develops a deep disgust with herself and suffers from separation anxiety.

How tall is Shinji?

Shinji Ikari

Shinji's character design features him being unusually short for his age at an estimated 4'9", given that both his parents were certainly tall by Japanese standards, with Yui being five and a half feet tall and Gendo being six feet tall.

Is kaworu a Adam?

Kaworu is "born from Adam", and describes Adam as being the "Mother of us all". As Kaworu is the vessel for Adam's soul, that paradoxically makes him his own mother as well as of all Angels.

Who is Shinji's love interest?

Throughout the majority of the manga, Shinji appears to be attracted to Rei Ayanami, and their relationship is far more developed than in the anime. After the battle against Ramiel, Shinji offers support to an injured Rei to walk to the rescue team, in a similar way it is implied at the end of Evangelion 1.0.

Why is Reis hair blue?

Anno also suggested that Rei's eye color be red, a feature he believed would give her more personality and distinguish her design from those of the other characters. Her hair color changed to blue, similarly to the main character from Aoki Uru, the movie sequel to The Wings of Honneamise (1987) which was never made.

Was Shinji supposed to be a girl?

Shinji was supposed to be a girl, but they changed her into being a boy because GunBuster and Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water both had female protagonists.

Why does Gendo get eaten?

He intended to use Third Impact to bring his wife Yui Ikari back to life. However, he realizes that his efforts are in vain and that he ignored the real wishes of Yui. She intended to bring about a brighter future for their son Shinji, whom Gendo has sacrificed in order to bring her back.

Is Rei Ayanami a God?

Beginning of the show she is a clone with thesoul of a dead/de-powered god/deity. End of the show she is a god with original Yui soul(which was in Unit 01)/Rei (Liliths soul).

What is Eva Unit 00?

Evangelion Unit-00 (エヴァンゲリオン 零号機, "Zerogōki") is the first functional Evangelion unit created, serving as the prototype for the rest of the Evangelion series. It is piloted by Rei Ayanami.

Why is Shinji the third child?

"Children" is a term used to refer to the 14 year old pilots of the Evangelions. The term is used even for a single pilot, hence Shinji Ikari is the "Third Children". The original Japanse dub of the series intentionally used "children" plural, and it is not a translation error.