It’s Asuka.

Asuka Langley is the name of the female character in the Japanese animation "Neon Genesis Evangelion". She is of both German and Japanese descent, and although she grew up in Germany, she is an American citizen. She is only one-quarter Japanese, so she looks European. She was born and raised in Germany, although her nationality is American. Asuka's native language is German, and in the anime and manga, she tends to use German curse words. Asuka was also a child prodigy and earned a college degree as a teenager.

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Asuka in the movie version Q (48 photos) Gray is the name of the female character in the Japanese animation "Neon Genesis Evangelion", and is listed with Rei Ayanami. The heroine of the work. Asuka is the second qualified person and the pilot of Unit 2. She is of both German and Japanese descent, and although she grew up in Germany, she is an American citizen. Her feelings for Shinji (Shenji) cannot be described. She always stimulates him with words such as "Are you an idiot?" Love letters, but all were rejected.

Origin of the name

The name Soryu comes from the Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu in World War II, and her German name Langley comes from the American Second World War aircraft carrier Soryu. It came from the USS Langley aircraft carrier during the World War. But her mother's name came from the Nazi aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin. The name Asuka comes from the protagonist Sunahime Asuka in the work "Super Shoujo Asuka" by Japanese manga artist Wada Shinji. Asuka's mother's name also comes from the character Kyoko Aoi in this manga. "あす" in Japanese means tomorrow, and "きょう" means today.

The scene where Asuka's mother goes crazy and mistakes the doll for Asuka seems to be modeled after Miyazaki Hayao's comic "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind". Hideaki Anno had previously participated in the production of the animation Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and had expressed his desire to create a side story with the supporting character Kushana, but this idea was later rejected by Hayao Miyazaki.

The surname "Shikiha" in the new theatrical version comes from the name of the following ship: Shikiha (first generation) of the old Japanese Navy destroyer "Shikiha type" (Shikiha's pronunciation is the same as Shikiha) , the Shikiha (second generation) of the "Fubuki-type destroyer special type II", also known as the "Ayanami type", and the "あやなみ (aka Ayanami's kana) type frigate" of the Maritime Self-Defense Force frigate. Shikiwa’s kana writing).

Real age

Even though Asuka was born on December 4, 2001, she is often treated as 14 years old in anime and manga. Based on this date of birth, she is actually 13 years old for most of the story (the setting is 2015). Additionally, in the video game Neon Genesis Evangelion 2, Asuka graduated from college at the age of 14, meaning she could not have been born in 2001.