English Voice: Allison Keith
Seiyuu: Kotono Mutsuishi
Responsible for the strategic command of the Evas, NERV's Operations Chief Misato Katsuragi is a vibrant soul. As a child, she despised her father for constantly abandoning her and her mother. But when she accompanied her father's Antarctica research expedition, which resulted in the cataclysm known as Second Impact, Misato was saved by her father and was the expedition's sole survivor. The horror that she saw during Second Impact left her mute for a few years. During college, she became good friends with Ritsuko and fell in love with Kaji. Drinking and making love with Kaji may show Misato's dirty and indulgent side, but she's a competent commander and has a really good and caring heart. She shares an apartment with Shinji and Asuka and acts as their guardian.
Misato wages a private war on doubt and terror. To give herself a set goal, she swore to avenge herself against the Angels. In the awful confusion of the battles against them, she is NERV's unsung weapon. It is her courage, her sense of duty, and, ultimately, her humanity that holds together the battered minds and souls that defend mankind.