Affiliation(s): NERV<br /> Rank: Commander<br /> Age: 48<br /> Birthday: April 29, 1967<br /> Known relatives: Shinji Ikari (son), Yui Ikari (wife, deceased)<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> (Source: Wikipedia)<br /><br />