English Voice: Tristan MacAvery
Seiyuu: Fumihiko Tachiki
Gendo is Shinji's father and commander of NERV. Prior to his appointment he was the Chief of Research at the U.N Artificial Evolution Labratories. Upon the death of his wife Yui, Gendo completely devoted himself to the Human Instrumentality Project - a plan to force the next step in human evolution using knowledge gained from the Angels. Though the project has the support of SEELE, Gendo's motives for pursuing it are different from SEELE's. His relationship with Shinji is extremely strained and formal, and the two have shared only a handful of words since their reunion.
Gendo is one man at war with God. His heart is a vacuum inhospitable to the humanity he drives methodically from those around him. Divine judgment is at hand, and the visionary Gendo will not rest until man is no longer subject to Sacred Law. NERV is the club in his raised fist.