Yushi Kawata: 2 books

Shinji! Rei! Asuka! And of course...Kaworu! The elite four students of the National Defense Middle School...otherwise known as NERV! They're training to prevent the "New Century Apocalypse"...but will all their training help them when they're demoing dating sims on the main stage at Tokyo's...

Mysterious invaders are threatening Earth...so recruit a group of elite schoolkids to play videogames that secretly train them for the real fight that lies ahead! Does this plan sound familiar? Well, they'd better get a new plan, because the elite schoolkids are Shinji, Rei, Asuka, and Kaworu, and they're too busy playing games to ever get in the fricking robot!