born gendo rokubungi (六分儀, meaning sextant), virtually nothing is known about his childhood or young adulthood. during his study at university, he meets yui ikari, with whom he started a relationship. through yui, he is introduced to professor kozo fuyutsuki. fuyutsuki takes a dislike to gendo, as he carries unspoken romantic feelings for yui, and he suspects that gendo has an ulterior motive in pursuing a relationship with her; namely her connections to the shadowy organisation seele. gendo and yui are married at the beginning of the 21st century, wherein he changes his surname to ikari. late in 2000, gendo, in company of seele's chairman, keel lorenz, visits the katsuragi expedition on antarctica to oversee the adam recovery project. gendo and his team then leave antarctica, a few days before second impact. in 2001, in the wake of second impact, yui and gendo's son shinji is born.