綾波レイ

Rei Ayanami is a fictional character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series and its eponymous franchise created by the anime studio Gainax. In the anime series, Rei is an introverted girl chosen as the enigmatic pilot of Evangelion Unit-00, one of a series of giant mechas called Evangelions. She is called the First Child among the Evangelion pilots. At the beginning of the series, Rei is a mysterious figure whose unusual behavior astonishes her peers. As the series progresses, she becomes more involved with the people around her, particularly her classmate and fellow Evangelion pilot, Shinji Ikari. She is revealed to be a clone of his mother, Yui Ikari, and Lilith, a large being known as an Angel. Rei appears in the franchise's animated feature films and related media, video games, the original net animation Petit Eva: Evangelion@School, the Rebuild of Evangelion films, and the manga adaptation by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.