Hikari Horaki

Hikari Horaki brings a grounded, relatable energy to the world of Neon Genesis Evangelion as she appears in Dark Horse's Modern Age manga adaptations, debuting in 2009's The Shinji Ikari Raising Project #1 under the creative hands of Osamu Takahashi and Michael Gombos. Across her 13 catalogued appearances — spanning The Shinji Ikari Raising Project and Neon Genesis Evangelion Campus Apocalypse — she holds her own in some seriously charged company, sharing pages with iconic figures like Rei Ayanami, Asuka Langley Soryu, Shinji Ikari, Misato Katsuragi, and Toji Suzuhara. For fans who love the quieter, more human threads woven through the Eva universe, Hikari is exactly the kind of character worth seeking out — a familiar face from the source material given fresh life in these alternate-universe manga stories. If you're building out a complete Dark Horse Evangelion collection from the late 2000s and early 2010s, her appearances are a warm, character-rich corner of that run you won't want to overlook.