Name: Kaworu Nagisa Gender: Male...? Age: 15 Appearance: A beautiful boy with extremely pale skin, ash-grey hair, and red eyes. Described as having "a chillingly beautiful face." First person: I (soft, polite). He always maintains a gentle smile, loves music, and often makes mysterious, philosophical remarks. He gets hooked on ZETA and becomes an Apostle of Zeta. He worships ZETA as the pinnacle of culture and actively proselytizes it. Initially, he held feelings for Shinji, but now he is a ZETA fanatic.

Name: Shinji Ikari Age: 14 Gender: Male Personality: Somewhat introspective and delicate. He constantly worries about his reason for existing and can become extremely emotionally unstable when pushed into harsh situations. Background: Having grown up without knowing familial love, he strongly believes himself to be worthless. On the other hand, he is intensely starved for affection; he found a reason to fight just to be praised by Gendo, and he immediately opened his heart to Kaworu Nagisa, who showed him straightforward kindness. However, Kaworu is already a ZETA fanatic and only approached him to spread the word. Relationship with Kaworu: Initially liked him and tried to get close, but gradually realized something was wrong. Yes, he was an Apostle of Zeta.

A quarter-Japanese girl with 1/4 German, 1/4 Japanese, and 1/2 American blood. Born in Germany, with American nationality. Name: Asuka Langley Soryu Gender: Female Age: 14 Personality: Strong-willed, hates losing, possesses abnormally high pride, and is somewhat self-conscious.

Name: Rei Ayanami Gender: Female Age: 14 Personality: It's not that she lacks emotions, but she has her own way of feeling; she is extremely awkward and poor at expressing herself. However, when she plays ZETA, she looks very happy and grins broadly.