Tags: Animanga Character, Comics Character.
Rei Ayanami (綾波 レイ Ayanami Rei) is a fictional character from the Japanese media franchise Neon Genesis Evangelion created by Gainax. She is the First Child (First Children in the Japanese version) and pilot of the Evangelion Unit 00. At the beginning of the series Rei is an enigmatic figure whose unusual behavior confounds her peers. As the series progresses she becomes more involved with the people around her particularly her classmate and fellow Eva pilot Shinji Ikari.