Hiro Nakamura (The Best Heroes Character)

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Hiro was one of the last main characters to be created by Tim Kring; he was added to the plot after Kring’s wife noticed none of the existing main characters were happy about their powers. During a panel session, Kring explained that he developed Hiro as a comic book geek “trapped in a life that was kind of not of his making”. Thus, viewers were introduced to Hiro as an office worker in a sea of cubicles.

Hiro is one of only two characters to appear in every episode of the series, although he appeared as a child (portrayed by child actor Garrett Masuda) during a flashback in “Company Man”.

There are several “Star Trek” references with regards to Hiro. Hiro describes his power as ‘like Star Trek’ a few times. In the Corinthian Casino in Las Vegas, Hope derogatorily calls him “Sulu.” George Takei, who played the character of Sulu on Star Trek, plays Hiro’s father. In addition, the license plate on the car belonging to Hiro’s father in one episode reads: “NCC 1701” in reference to the Starship Enterprise.

Hiro claims to have mastered Battōjutsu (Japanese swordsmanship art of drawing/attacking from a sword’s sheath) in Tohoku (the earliest known location for the style), as opposed to Kendo (a more common Japanese swordsmanship style) when asked by Ando in the episode “Five Years Gone”. The title character of Rurouni Kenshin is noted to have studied and mastered the same art at several points in that storyline.

Comments

agentsarah6 posted over 2 years ago: Definitely one of the best characters from day one on the show.

Sixwings posted over 2 years ago: He has a sword!

J*Rea posted over 2 years ago: I want a Hiro Tshirt

adlithium posted over 2 years ago: George Takei is his dad! Awesome!

truelove posted over 2 years ago: Yay! Masi Oka is really happy that George Takei plays his father! George Takei is a real legend. I’m a Star Trek fan, believe me, I know. :D I love Hiro!