Megumi Ogata

Beyond Shinji Ikari in Evangelion, Ogata voices Yugi Mutou and his darker counterpart in the Toei adaptation of Yu-Gi-Oh!, as well as Kurama in YuYu Hakusho and Sailor Uranus in the Sailor Moon franchise. These roles span multiple decades of major anime lead performances.

Ogata's most famous role is Shinji Ikari, the reluctant teenage Eva pilot at the heart of Neon Genesis Evangelion, across the original television series, film compilations and the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy. Her performance captures Shinji's anxiety, self-doubt and slow emotional growth, and it remains the role she is most closely associated with in a career spanning more than three decades.

Yes, Ogata voices both Makoto Naegi and Nagito Komaeda within the Danganronpa game series. It's part of a career that extends beyond television anime into video game voice work.

Yes, Ogata performs music under the stage name em:ou, alongside her acting career. It's a separate creative outlet from her anime voice work.

More recently, Ogata has voiced Yuta Okkotsu in Jujutsu Kaisen, one of the modern shonen franchise's central characters. It shows her continuing to take on major roles well into a career that began in 1992.