Ritsuko Akagi

Ritsuko Akagi brings her unmistakable presence to Dark Horse's Modern Age manga adaptations of the beloved Evangelion universe, debuting in 2009's Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project #1 under the hands of Osamu Takahashi and Michael Gombos. Across her appearances in both The Shinji Ikari Raising Project and Neon Genesis Evangelion Campus Apocalypse, she moves through stories populated by iconic figures like Shinji Ikari, Rei Ayanami, Misato Katsuragi, and Asuka Langley Soryu — a cast that signals just how deeply embedded she is in the Evangelion tapestry. Her catalog presence may be compact at 12 appearances, but for fans of Dark Horse's Evangelion line, she's a familiar and meaningful face in these reimagined takes on a phenomenon that defined a generation.