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Shinji Ikari

Shinji Ikari

碇 シンジ
Third Child

❓ Shinji Ikari Full Character Profile

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How old is this character?
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14

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When is this character's birthday?
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June 6, 2001

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How tall is this character?
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155 cm (5'1")

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What is this character's blood type?
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A

📜 About Shinji Ikari

Age: 14 Birthday: June 6, 2001 Height: 155 cm (5'1") Blood type: A Father: Gendo Ikari Mother: Yui Ikari Guardian: Misato Katsuragi Shinji Ikari is the Third Child ("Third Children" in Japanese), who pilots Unit 01. He is the son of Gendo and the late Yui Ikari. Abandoned by his father, Gendo, when he was a toddler, Shinji often ran away from difficult situations. As a pilot, he panics easily and reacts very poorly to unexpected events. Over time and with encouragement from Misato, he learns to be less cowardly, more outspoken, and more confident.

💬 Comments (5)

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BebopBountyHunter
I've been analyzing Shinji Ikari's fighting style frame by frame and there are techniques they only use once that foreshadow their entire power development. The animation team buried clues years in advance that nobody caught.
SeiyuuFanboy
The voice actor for Shinji Ikari has said in interviews that they played the character with a specific hidden emotion that's never directly stated in the dialogue. Once you know what that emotion is, every scene plays completely differently.
MonsterMangaFan
Most discussions about Shinji Ikari miss the crucial background detail from the official databook. Their stated age and actual experience don't line up, which suggests there's a hidden period in their backstory that was never explicitly shown but explains everything.
KonosubaBaka
The detail most people miss about Shinji Ikari is hidden in the source material's early chapters. There are foreshadowing clues that completely recontextualize their motivations once you know the ending. Re-reading those scenes hits completely different.
NenBeastTamer
Shinji Ikari's design isn't just aesthetic—every element references their core conflict. The creators embedded their entire character arc into visual details that most viewers never catch on first watch. That level of storytelling craft is rare.