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is a fictional character of the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise. Within the series, she is designated as the Second Child and the pilot of the Evangelion Unit 02. Her surname is romanized as ''Soryu'' in the English manga and ''Sohryu'' in the English version of the TV series, the English version of the movie, and on Gainax's website. Asuka is voiced by Yūko Miyamura in Japanese in all animated appearances and merchandise; Asuka is voiced by Tiffany Grant in English. In the ''Rebuild of Evangelion'' movies, Asuka's surname is changed to . In a ''Newtype'' poll from March 2010, Asuka was voted as the third most popular female anime character from the 1990s. ==Conception== Asuka Langley Soryu is an American whose ethnic background is three-quarters German and a quarter Japanese. Asuka's surname comes from the Japanese World War II aircraft carrier ''Soryu'', her German surname from the American World War II aircraft carrier ''Langley'', and her ''Rebuild'' surname from the Japanese World War II destroyer ''Shikinami''. Her first name comes from ''Asuka Saki'' (砂姫 明日香, ''Saki Asuka''), the main character of the Japanese comic, written by Shinji Wada. Character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto explained that he "first designed an Asuka-type girl as the lead character", but felt it might be too similar to previous anime that he and Anno had worked on, such as Gunbuster and Nadia. He suggested to Anno that they change the lead character to a boy, which would be more in keeping with the robot genre. As Sadamoto and Anno designed the series, Sadamoto came to believe that Asuka would occupy the position of an “'idol' in the Eva world". He also described his belief that the relationship between Asuka and Shinji would be similar to the relationship between Jean and Nadia in the earlier Nadia. Asuka's personality, as well of those for the other characters, was designed so as to be understood at a glance.〔 Yuko Miyamura, Asuka's Japanese voice actress, said "Asuka wasn't the most open-hearted character I've ever met...every time I tried to draw myself in closer synchronization, Asuka would never allow herself to sync with 'me'... One day, I figured out that there was a wall in Asuka's heart".〔pg 166 & 167 of "A Place For Asuka in the Heart", written by Yuko Miyamura in 1997〕〔http://www.evamonkey.com/writings_miyamura01.php translated into English by William Flanagan. This short essay was included as a backpage supplement in the third manga volume released in the US: ''Neon Genesis Evangelion Volume 3'', story and art by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto 1966, English adaptation by Fred Burke, published July 1999 in Canada by Viz Communications. ISBN 1-56931-399-7; it is also included in the June 2004 edition of Volume 4 published by Viz in the United states. ISBN 1-59116-402-8〕 Much later, she stated that work on the series was "very hard" and that at times she had "wanted to erase ''Evangelion.''" Asuka's English voice actress, Tiffany Grant, felt that playing Asuka was "refreshing", as "she says the most horrible things to people, things that you'd like to say to people and can't get away with." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Asuka Langley Soryu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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