---
title: "Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend"
description: "A shy female character, Mana Kirishima, starts at Shinji Ikari's school and immediately admits to finding him cute. Gradually, a relationship unfolds and they e"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/76/111776.jpg"
---

# Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend

![Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend](https://t.vndb.org/cv/76/111776.jpg)

**Alternative Title:** 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン鋼鉄のガールフレンド

**Aliases:** Iron Maiden, Neon Genesis Evangelion - Girlfriend of Steel

**Developer:** Gainax

**Release date:** Jul 11, 1997

**Platform:** Windows, macOS, PSP, PS1, PS2, SAT

**Language:** English, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional)

**Rating:** 6.3/10 (434 votes)

## Description
A shy female character, Mana Kirishima, starts at Shinji Ikari's school and immediately admits to finding him cute. Gradually, a relationship unfolds and they end up going on a date. It turns out, however, that she is one of three test pilots for the TRIDENT units, a new competitor to the Evangelions, similar to Jet Alone; thus the name Girlfriend of Steel.

[Edited from [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlfriend_of_Steel)]

## Characters
### Ikari Shinji (碇 シンジ)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 157cm
- **Birthday:** 6 June
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Pressure Suit
- **Personality:** Reserved, Naive, Emotional
- **Role:** Son, Mecha Pilot, Middle School Student

### Kirishima Mana (霧島 マナ)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Measurements:** Height: 150cm, Weight: 40kg
- **Birthday:** 11 April
- **Hair:** Brown
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Sundress
- **Role:** Spy, Soldier, Transfer Student, Middle School Student
- **Subject of:** Confinement
- **Eyes:** Teal
- **Personality:** Cheerful
- **Engages in:** Naked (Not Sexually Involved)
- **Voiced by:** Hayashibara Megumi

### Souryuu Asuka Langley (惣流・アスカ・ラングレー)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 4 December
- **Hair:** Twin Tails
- **Clothes:** School Uniform
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Personality:** Tsundere, Selfish, Arrogant, Possessive, Talkative, Childishly Violent
- **Role:** Childhood Friend, Classmate, Mecha Pilot, Multiracial
- **Voiced by:** Miyamura Yuuko

### Aida Kensuke (相田 ケンスケ)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Classmate

### Akagi Ritsuko (赤木 リツコ)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Traits:** 

### Aoba Shigeru (青葉 シゲル)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Traits:** 

### Asari Keita (浅利 ケイタ)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Body:** Teen, Freckles
- **Subject of:** Bullying, Hospitalization
- **Role:** Soldier, Mecha Pilot
- **Clothes:** Military Uniform, Jumpsuit

### Ayanami Rei (綾波 レイ)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Pressure Suit
- **Personality:** Stoic, Taciturn
- **Role:** Mecha Pilot, Middle School Student
- **Voiced by:** Hayashibara Megumi

### Fuyutsuki Kouzou (冬月 コウゾウ)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Birthday:** 9 April
- **Role:** Commander

### Horaki Hikari (洞木 ヒカリ)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Role:** Classmate, Middle School Student

### Hyuuga Makoto (日向 マコト)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Traits:** 

### Ibuki Maya (伊吹 マヤ)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Traits:** 

### Ikari Gendou (碇 ゲンドウ)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Birthday:** 29 April
- **Hair:** Brown, Sideburns
- **Clothes:** Gloves, Military Uniform, Sunglasses
- **Role:** Father, Commander
- **Personality:** Strict, Cold-hearted
- **Engages in:** Human Subject Research

### Kaji Ryouji (加持 リョウジ)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Traits:** 

### Katsuragi Misato (葛城 ミサト)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 8 December
- **Role:** Major
- **Voiced by:** Mitsuishi Kotono

### Musashi Lee Strasberg (ムサシ・リー・ストラスバーグ)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Soldier
- **Voiced by:** Yuuki Hiro

### Old Teacher (老教師)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Teacher

### Pen Pen (ペンペン)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Bird
- **Body:** Claw, Feathers, Beak

### Suzuhara Touji (鈴原 トウジ)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Classmate

### Toku-san (徳さん)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Shopkeeper

## Shops
- [Official Website](http://www.cyberfront.co.jp/title/girlfriend_1st/)

## Releases
### Japanese
- **1997-07-11**: Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend - [Official website](http://www.gainax.co.jp/soft/koutetsu/index.html), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=14368)
- **1998-02-13**: Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend - [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=14368)
- **1998-03-26**: Shinseiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend - [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=5591), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70bel), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/704hc)
- **1998-04-16**: Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend- - [Official website](http://www.gainax.co.jp/soft/koutetsu/index.html), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/7056g), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70dgp)
- **2006-03-30**: Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend - Special Edition - [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70178s)
- **2006-09-15**: Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend  - Special Edition - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20081206055339/http://www.generation-x.co.jp/soft/koutetsu_pc/), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=8275), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/701ium)
- **2007-03-15**: Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend - Special Edition Best Hit Selection - [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/701s16)
- **2009-04-09**: Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend - Special Edition Portable - Limited Edition - [Official website](http://www.cyberfront.co.jp/title/girlfriend_1st/), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70376m)
- **2009-04-09**: Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend - Special Edition Portable - Regular Edition - [Official website](http://www.cyberfront.co.jp/title/girlfriend_1st/), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70376l)

### Korean
- **1997-10**: Sinsegi Evangelion Gangcheolui Girlfriend
- **1999-11**: Sinsegi Evangelion Gangcheolui Girlfriend

### Chinese (traditional)
- **1998-03-10**: Xin Shiji Fuyin Zhanshi Gangtie GIRL FRIEND - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20001203033600/http://www9.waei.net/gamedetail.php?P_ID=199)
- **2008-01-05**: Xinshiji Fuyin - Zhanshi Gangtie Lianren Xinzhang

### Chinese (simplified)
- **1999-11**: Xinshiji Fuyinzhanshi: Gangtie de Nüyou - [Official website](http://web.archive.org/web/20030822130926/http://www.zx-soft.com.cn/soft/xsjfyzs.htm)
- **2007-07-18**: Xinshiji Fuyinzhanshi: Gangtie Nüyou - Powered Up Special Edition - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20070828050531/http://www.gamebridge.com.cn/product/online/detail.asp?id=1123)
- **2009-05-01**: Xinshiji Fuyinzhanshi: Gangtie de Nüpengyou - Special Edition Portable - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20090505045903/http://bbs.duowan.com/viewthread.php?tid=13948856&extra=&page=1)
- **2017-11-08**: Xinshiji Fuyinzhanshi: Gangtie de Nüyou - [Official website](https://store.cubejoy.com/html/en/store/goodsdetail/detail219.html)

### English
- **2003-06-20**: Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend - [Official website](https://archive.org/details/evangelion-ironmaiden1)
- **2015-12-18**: Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel Special Edition - [Official website](https://pearsehillock.blogspot.com/2015/12/neon-genesis-evangelion-girlfriend-of_18.html)
- **2023-06-04**: Shinseiki Evangelion - Koutetsu no Girlfriend -Portable- - [Official website](https://github.com/tehmugi/patches_release/tree/main/Evangelion%20-%20Girlfriend%20of%20Steel%20-portable-)

### Russian
- **2006-02-05**: Stal'naja podruzhka - [Official website](https://evanotend.com/girlfriend-of-steel/)

### Spanish
- **2006-05-24**: Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend - [Official website](http://visualnovelindex.blogspot.com.es/2010/07/traducciones-realizadas-y-en-proceso.html)

### Italian
- **2006-08-18**: Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend - [Official website](http://gosita.altervista.org/)
- **2010-03-28**: Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend - Special Edition - [Official website](http://gosita.altervista.org/)

## Tags
ADV, Military, Post Apocalyptic Earth, Science Fiction, Male Protagonist, Modern Tsundere Heroine, No Sexual Content, Future Japan, Spy Heroine, Map Movement, Dramatic Love Triangle, Interactive Adventure Game, Espionage, Mecha, Mecha Pilot Heroine, Mecha Pilot Protagonist, Heroine with Catsuit, Middle School, Checkpoints, Few Choices, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Based on an Anime, Flat Tints Only

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