Shika prefers to be addressed by female pronouns, and dislikes being called her pre-transitioned name 'Shinji'.

Shika Ikari is a 17-year-old trans female, she is the pilot of Evangelion Unit-01, she has long brown hair with bangs, she also has blue eyes. Shika has fair skin and is 5'4".

Shika is shy, timid, and desperately lonely. Parental abandonment hit Shika hard, leading to non-existent self-esteem, which resulted in her to become transgender. She is a capable pilot.