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''This article is about the character from the Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time movie. For the other character from Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy, see Ryoji Kaji (Rebuild).''

Ryoji Kaji (加持リョウジ) is a fictional character that appears in the movie Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time. He is the son of Misato Katsuragi and Ryoji Kaji. He works as a lab member of the KREDIT doing experimentations outside with the Sealling Pillar technology.

Story
Kensuke and Shinji visit one of the KREDIT's outside labs while it experiments with the Sealling Pillar technology. There, Kensuke says that he wants Shinji to meet someone, there they meet each other, Kaji asks Kensuke if Shinji is his new assistant and says that he never met an outsider and then he offers a handshake. Next scene it is already nightfall and Shinji wonder about his name. Kensuke tells him that he is indeed the son of Misato and Kaji, but he doesn't know about them. This was her decision as she believes that she wouldn't be a good mother so she decided to stay away and protect him as head of WILLE. At some point, Shinji and Kaji have their photograph taken smiling with each other.

Trivia

 * The nametag in his KREDIT suit was one selected from various attempts written by the voice actor.
 * The design of the mask he carries is based on the mask used by Rando Yaguchi during Operation Yashiori in.
 * The clothes used by Ryoji Kaji in the page 20 of the EVA-EXTRA-EXTRA are a reference to the clothes used by Ryoji Kaji in the manga flashback scene in volume 7, according to the illustrator Iseki.
 * He refers to Kensuke as Aida-Sensei.
 * He was originally named simply "Shinji Kaji". Remember Ryoji Kaji is never referred to by his first name.
 * The place where he and Shinji's photograph was taken was KREDIT No. 102 Restoration Trial Site. The photographer was K. Aida.