Kyoko Soryu Zeppelin

Asuka's mother and Gehirn scientist

Asuka's mother and Gehirn scientist. Due to the failure of the Eva contact experiment, she suffered mental contamination, became a vegetable, and ultimately died by hanging.

Trivia

  • Name and face never appear in the series, only depicted as silhouette.
  • Became a vegetable due to mental contamination and is said to have died by hanging during hospitalization.
  • Most of her soul remains in the core of Eva Unit-02.
  • Manga version depicts divorce history and relationship with husband.
  • During hospitalization, carried around a doll mistaking it for Asuka.

Alternate names

Kyoko Sohryu Zeppelin Soryu Kyoko Kyoko Zeppelin

Tags

Neon Genesis Evangelion Evangelion Gehirn scientist mental contamination vegetable Asuka's mother mixed race German

Profile

Species
Human
Gender
Female
Birth year
1974

Appearance

Overall appearance
Appears in the series only by name and silhouette, with her face never revealed. Long hair with a slight perm at the ends.
Distinguishing features
  • long hair
  • perm at the ends
Iconic items
  • Girl doll (mistaken for daughter Asuka during hospitalization)

Personality and abilities

Core personality
Excellent scientist
Detailed personality
A calm and excellent scientist, half-German and half-Japanese. Deeply involved in the Eva contact experiment, but became a vegetable due to mental contamination and is said to have committed suicide in the end.
Keywords
  • scientist
  • calm
  • excellent
  • mental contamination
  • mixed race
Talents
  • science and technology
  • Evangelion research
  • contact experiment
Skills
  • bioengineering
  • psychoanalysis
  • EVA development research
Motivation
Research on human instrumentality through successful EVA contact experiment, future of daughter Asuka
Habits
Due to illness, mental state fluctuated, and during hospitalization, she was in a delusional state mistaking her daughter's doll for the real Asuka.

History

Backstory
Kyoko Soryu Zeppelin is a female scientist of mixed German-Japanese descent, affiliated with Gehirn, and deeply involved in the Evangelion contact experiment. The experiment failed, causing mental contamination, rendering her a vegetable. Later hospitalized, in an unstable mental state, she mistook her daughter's doll for Asuka, became mentally cornered, and died by hanging. Most of her soul remained in the core of Eva Unit-02, deeply linked to Asuka's mental state.
Debut date
circa 1995
Work title
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Media type
Anime

Eva initial contact experiment

Significant event
Eva initial contact experiment
Description
Kyoko Soryu conducts contact experiment with Evangelion Unit-02, but fails and develops mental contamination.

Insanity and vegetating due to mental contamination

Significant event
Insanity and vegetating due to mental contamination
Description
After experiment failure, mind gradually collapses, hospitalized. Mistook daughter's doll for Asuka herself.

Death by hanging

Significant event
Death by hanging
Description
During hospitalization, committed suicide by hanging. Most of her soul remained in Eva Unit-02.

Relationships

Soryu Asuka Langley

Mother

Daughter. Kyoko's soul remains in the core of Eva Unit-02, mentally connected.

Gehirn

Gehirn: scientist

Media appearances

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Anime / Supporting

1995 TV series

Voice cast and creators

Maria Kawamura

Voice actor
Maria Kawamura
Language
Japanese
Version or series
TV series
Notes
Voice only, silhouette only appearance

Hideaki Anno

Creator name
Hideaki Anno
Role
Original author

Gainax

Creator name
Gainax
Role
Animation studio

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