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|image = File:Iwakura yasuo.jpeg

|image = File:Iwakura yasuo.jpeg

|gender = Male

|gender = Male

|age =  

|age = 45

|family = [[Iwakura Miho]], [[Iwakura Mika]], [[Iwakura Lain]]

|family = [[Miho Iwakura]], [[Mika Iwakura]], [[Lain Iwakura]]

|affiliation = [[Tachibana Laboratories]]

|navi = [[Iwakura Yasuo's NAVI]]

|affiliation = [[Tachibana General Laboratories]]

|navi = [[Yasuo's NAVI]]

|debut = [[Layer 01]]

|debut = [[Layer 01]]

|featuredin = [[Anime]], [[Game]]

|featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]], [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|Game]]

|location = [[Lain's house]], [[Shibuya]]}}

|location = [[Lain's House]], [[Shibuya]]

[[wikipedia:Barry Stigler|Gil Starberry]] (English), [[Marcelo Armand|Marcelo Armand]] (Spanish)}}

[[File:Lain isn't scared!.jpeg|left|thumb|Lain asks for a new NAVI in [[Layer 01|''Weird'']].]]

[[File:Lain isn't scared!.jpeg|left|thumb|Lain asks for a new NAVI in [[Layer 01|''Weird'']].]]

'''Iwakura Yasuo''' (岩倉 康男 ''Iwakura Yasuo'') is the surrogate father of [[Iwakura Lain]].  

'''Iwakura Yasuo''' (岩倉 康男 ''Iwakura Yasuo'') is the surrogate father of [[Lain Iwakura]].  

He's a [[Tachibana Laboratories]] employee, seen working on [[IPv7]] with [[Masami Eiri]] in a flashback. He is proficient with computers and has a high-end [[NAVI]] with multiple screens at home.

He's a [[Tachibana General Laboratories]] employee, seen working on [[Protocol 7]] with [[Masami Eiri]] in a flashback. He is proficient with computers and has a high-end [[NAVI]] with multiple screens at home.

In [[Layer 01]] Lain approaches him -- a rare occurrence, according to Yasuo -- and asks for a new [[NAVI]]. He is amused by and encourages his daughter's new-found interest for NAVIs and the [[Wired]], approving her request due to her own machine being rapidly outdated and that she should not be afraid of the growing societal emphasis on the Wired. He asks Lain why she is interested, and she replies that she has to meet a [[Chisa Yomoda|friend]].

In [[Layer 01]] Lain approaches him -- a rare occurrence, according to Yasuo -- and asks for a new [[NAVI]]. He is amused by and encourages his daughter's new-found interest for NAVIs and [[the Wired]], approving her request due to her own machine being rapidly outdated and that she should not be afraid of the growing societal emphasis on the Wired. He asks Lain why she is interested, and she replies that she has to meet a [[Chisa Yomoda|friend]].

In the next episode, Yasuo tell Lain that her NAVI has arrived, and Miho says to clean up quickly due to the hardware blocking the way. Yasuo offers to set the NAVI up for Lain after dinner, commenting that the new model is so powerful that he would like to use it himself. His daughter asks if he can set it up now, surprising him, but he complies. Just before Lain begins using her [[Lain's NAVI|NAVI]], he warns her not to use it too much with kids, championing the importance of more 'advanced' communication systems in more mature relationships. His daughter does not reply, instead addressing her NAVI, and Yasuo says that she can show off her new NAVI to her friends.  

In the next episode, Yasuo informs Lain that her NAVI has arrived, and Miho says to clean up quickly due to the hardware blocking the way. Yasuo offers to set the NAVI up for Lain after dinner, commenting that the new model is so powerful that he would like to use it himself. His daughter asks if he can set it up now, surprising him, but he complies. Just before Lain begins using her [[Lain's NAVI|NAVI]], he warns her not to use it too much with kids, championing the importance of more 'advanced' communication systems in more mature relationships. His daughter does not reply, instead addressing her NAVI, and Yasuo says that she can show off her new NAVI to her friends.  

In [[Layer 03]] he interrupts Lain before she can read her mail, asking her if she has gotten used to her NAVI. When she doesn't respond he asks if there's something wrong. She shows him her [[Psyche|new device]] and asks if he knows what it is. He responds coldly that he doesn't know.

In [[Layer 03]] he interrupts Lain before she can read her mail, asking her if she has gotten used to her NAVI. When she doesn't respond he asks if there's something wrong. She shows him her [[Psyche|new device]] and asks if he knows what it is. He responds coldly that he doesn't know.

In the [[Layer 04|next layer]] he is first seen watching Lain's flurry of activity on her NAVI. He confirms to Miho over dinner that Lain is acting "weird". Later in the episode he confronts Lain and warns her that the Wired is just a communications platform, and should not be mixed up with the real world. Lain responds firmly, saying that "The border is not so well-defined. Soon, I'll be able to enter it and I'll be metamorphisized completely with full range and motion," and when he says that even the newest commercial NAVI cannot simulate reality, his daughter states that she can because she modified it. Yasuo asks if that is because of her Psyche chip, and Lain assures that she will always be herself.  

In the [[Layer 04|next layer]] he is first seen watching Lain's flurry of activity on her NAVI. He confirms to Miho over dinner that Lain is acting "weird". Later in the episode he confronts Lain and warns her that the Wired is just a communications platform, and should not be mixed up with the real world. Lain responds firmly, saying that "The border is not so well-defined. Soon, I'll be able to enter it and I'll be metaphorized completely with full range and motion," and when he says that even the newest commercial NAVI cannot simulate reality, his daughter states that she can because she modified it. Yasuo asks if that is because of her Psyche chip, and Lain assures that she will always be herself.  

[[File:Ghostly Yasuo discussing the Wired with Lain.jpeg|left|thumb|"Yasuo" discusses the Wired with Lain in [[Layer 05|''Distortion'']].]]

[[File:Ghostly Yasuo discussing the Wired with Lain.jpeg|left|thumb|"Yasuo" discusses the Wired with Lain in [[Layer 05|''Distortion'']].]]

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