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'''Tokyo, Japan''' is the capital of and the largest prefecture in the nation, with a population of over twelve million.  Although severely damaged during World War II, Tokyo has risen to become the technological, cultural, and economic center of modern Japanese society.  It is the home of [[Hiro Nakamura]] and [[Ando Masahashi]].
'''Tokyo, Japan''' is the capital of and the largest prefecture in the nation, with a population of over twelve million.  Although severely damaged during World War II, Tokyo has risen to become the technological, cultural, and economic center of modern Japanese society.  It is the home of [[Hiro Nakamura]], [[Ando Masahashi]], [[Miko Otomo]], and others.


==Notable Locations==
==Notable Locations==
* Akihabara, the location of the ''Batsu-Batsu'' Gaming Convention
* [[Aoyama Cemetery]]
* [[Aoyama Cemetery]]
* [[Bowl-A-Rama]]
* [[Bowl-A-Rama]]
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* [[Hiro's apartment]]
* [[Hiro's apartment]]
* [[Hiro and Ando's lair]]
* [[Hiro and Ando's lair]]
* The [[karaoke bar]]
* The [[karaoke bar]] (in Shinjuku)
* The Korakuen amusement park, next to the Tokyo Dome
* Meiji Jingu Stadium, home of the [[Tokyo Swallows]]
* Meiji Museum, home of the [[Kensei]] Tapestries
* [[Miko Otomo's apartment|Miko's apartment]]
* [[Museum of Cultural History]]
* [[Museum of Cultural History]]
* Narita Airport
* [[Sam's Comics (Tokyo)|Sam's Comics]]
* [[Sam's Comics (Tokyo)|Sam's Comics]]
* Shinjuku Bunka Cinema
* A [[Tokyo building]]
* A [[Tokyo building]]
* The [[Tokyo subway]]
* The [[Tokyo subway]]
* [[Wikipedia:Ueno Park|Ueno Park]]
* [[Yamagato Fellowship]]
* [[Yamagato Fellowship]]
* [[Yamagato Industries]]
* [[Yamagato Industries]]
* [[Yamagato Tower]]


==Notable Residents==
==Notable Residents==
* [[Miyoki Akayawa]]
* [[Miyoki Akayawa]]
* Armed guards: [[Armed guard (I)|1]] · [[Armed guard (II)|2]]
* [[Reiko Asakawa]]
* [[Reiko Asakawa]]
* [[Tatsuya Atsumi]]
* [[Tatsuya Atsumi]]
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* A [[biker gang]]
* A [[biker gang]]
* A [[Tokyo bouncer|bouncer]]
* A [[Tokyo bouncer|bouncer]]
* [[Chanting monk (I)|Chanting monk]]
* Chanting monks: [[Chanting monk (I)|1]] · [[Chanting monk (II)|2]]
* [[Chanting monk (II)|Chanting monk]]
* A [[Yamagato cubicle employee|cubicle dweller]]
* A [[Yamagato cubicle employee|cubicle dweller]]
* [[Dai]]
* [[Dai]]
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* The [[Nakamura]] family ([[Kaito]], [[Ishi]], [[Kimiko]], and [[Hiro]])
* The [[Nakamura]] family ([[Kaito]], [[Ishi]], [[Kimiko]], and [[Hiro]])
* [[Old monk]]
* [[Old monk]]
* [[Hachiro Otomo]]
* [[Miko Otomo]]
* [[Tami Oyoki]]
* [[Tami Oyoki]]
* [[Ren Shimosawa]]
* A [[spitball boy]] and [[spitball girl|girl]]
* A [[spitball boy]] and [[spitball girl|girl]]
* [[Taro]]
* [[Taro]]
* A [[Yamagato employee]]
* A [[Yamagato employee]]
* A [[Yamagato guard]]
* A [[Yamagato Tower employee]]


==Notable Visitors==
==Notable Visitors==
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* [[Edgar]]
* [[Edgar]]
* [[Fortune teller]]
* [[Fortune teller]]
* [[M. F. Harris]]
* [[Erica Kravid]]
* [[Lydia]]
* [[Lydia]]
* [[Adam Monroe]] (interred at [[Aoyama Cemetery]])
* [[Adam Monroe]] (interred at [[Aoyama Cemetery]])
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==About==
==About==
===[[Genesis]]===
Tokyo is the capital of [[Japan]]. It is a global city that serves as the financial capital of Asia and one of the financial centers of the world. Originally known as Edo, Tokyo received its current name, which means "Eastern Capital", when Emperor Meiji moved the capital to Tokyo from Kyoto in 1868. The greater metropolitan area of Tokyo is the world's most populous. Tokyo also offers world-class dining, nightlife, and shopping, and is home to a large number of multinational companies.
While at [[Yamagato Industries|his job]], [[Hiro]] [[space-time manipulation|stops time]] for a second. He and his friend [[Ando]] visit a karaoke bar and discuss the possibility of Hiro having a special [[power]]. Later, Hiro rides the [[Tokyo subway|subway]], sees an advertisement for [[New York City]], and and suddenly finds himself there.
 
===[[Don't Look Back]]===
As [[NYPD detective]]s questions Hiro, they call [[Ando]] in Tokyo, who says Hiro has been missing for five weeks.
 
After witnessing the [[explosion]], Hiro teleports back to the [[Tokyo subway]].
 
===[[Graphic Novel:The Crane]]===
[[Hiro]] teleports back into the Tokyo subway after the explosion. He visits [[Hiro Nakamura's apartment|his apartment]], thinking about what he had witnessed and decides what he must do.
 
===[[One Giant Leap]]===
To convince [[Ando]] of his powers, Hiro shows him a [[prophetic]] ''[[9th Wonders!|comic book]]'' and saves a [[Japanese schoolgirl|schoolgirl]]. This convinces Ando and they leave Tokyo.
 
===[[Six Months Ago]]===
Hiro, realizing he [[time travel|traveled]] too far back in time, calls Ando at [[Yamagato Industries]], but Hiro from the past picks up instead.
 
Later, as [[Charlie]] and Hiro attempt to kiss, Hiro is teleported to the roof of the [[Yamagato Industries]] building where there is an calisthenics class going on.  
 
===[[The Fix]]===
[[Kaito's assistant]] offers [[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] first-class airline tickets back to Tokyo, but they refuse.
 
===[[How to Stop an Exploding Man]]===
When [[Ando]] attempts to battle [[Sylar]] at [[Isaac's loft]], [[Hiro]] rescues him by [[Space-time manipulation|teleporting]] back to [[Yamagato Industries|their office]] in Tokyo. After giving him the [[Kensei sword]] to ensure his return, Hiro returns to [[New York City]].
 
===[[Graphic Novel:Heroism Is Found in the Heart, Part 1]]===
[[Ando]] and [[Kimiko]] work late into the night at [[Yamagato]]. As Ando walks Kimiko home, they are confronted by a threatening [[Tokyo bikers|group of bikers]].
 
===[[Graphic Novel:Heroism Is Found in the Heart, Part 2]]===
[[Fumio Fukazawa]] and his [[biker gang]] chase [[Ando]] and [[Kimiko]] through the streets of Tokyo, but are scared off by the fearsome [[Kaito Nakamura]].
 
===[[Episode:Fight or Flight|Fight or Flight]]===
[[Ando]] visits a [[Tatsuya Atsumi|curator]] at the [[Museum of Cultural History]], and together they restore and examine [[Hiro's scrolls]] from [[1671]].
 
===[[Episode:Cautionary Tales|Cautionary Tales]]===
In [[1990]], [[Kaito]] and Hiro see past versions of themselves at [[Ishi's funeral]] at [[Aoyama Cemetery]].
 
In [[March 2007]], [[Hiro]] eulogizes his father, [[Kaito Nakamura]], at [[Aoyama Cemetery]].
 
===[[Episode:Powerless|Powerless]]===
[[Hiro]] teleports [[Adam]] away from [[Odessa, Texas]] and afterwards, Adam is seen entombed at [[Aoyama Cemetery]] in a newly dug, unmarked grave, near the plots of Hiro's parents.
 
===[[Graphic Novel:The Ten Brides of Takezo Kensei]]===
As [[Adam]] "[[regeneration|dies]]" over and over again while buried alive, he remembers the [[Takezo Kensei's wives|ten wives]] he has had during the course of his more than 350 years. He believes that his newest bride will be coming to find him soon.
 
===[[Graphic Novel:Past Experience]]===
[[Kimiko Nakamura]] remembers her childhood, and later remembers [[Kaito's funeral|her father's funeral]]. She succeeds to the presidency of [[Yamagato Fellowship]] and settles disputes as the new CEO of [[Yamagato Industries]].
 
===[[Graphic Novel:Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, Part 2]]===
[[Daphne Millbrook]] goes to [[Yamagato Industries]] to blackmail [[Yoji Hayata]]. She [[enhanced speed|flees]] from [[Hayata's goons]] and escapes the building. Two weeks later, she learns of [[Kaito Nakamura]]'s death, and leaves from [[Harajuko Station]].
 
===[[The Second Coming]]===
Hiro is now the CEO of [[Yamagato Industries]], and he receives a DVD from his family lawyer.
The DVD has a message on it that Hiro's father recorded prior to his death, and on it Kaito says that it is Hiro's destiny to protect a [[formula]] that could destroy the world. Hiro becomes excited...until Kaito explains that it is Hiro's duty to ''never'' open the safe in his office.  Hiro, however, opens the safe, despite his father's warning.  In the safe is half of the formula.  Unfortunately, the formula is stolen by Daphne.
That night, Hiro and Ando walk through the streets of Tokyo, discussing the intensity of the situation.  Hiro teleports himself into the future, and everyone is running frantically through the streets.  Through the chaos, he notices on a stairwell above, a [[Hiro Nakamura (exposed future)|future version of his self]] and a [[Ando Masahashi (exposed future)|future version of Ando]] are arguing over the formula.  Future Hiro refuses to give Future Ando his half of the formula, and pulls out a sword.  After this, Ando shocks Hiro with a [[Ando's ability|red burst of lightning]], apparently killing him.  Future Ando takes the half of the formula and walks away.  Hiro is stunned by this, and then is even more astounded as he watches to Tokyo skyline crumble, right in front of him. Quickly teleporting back to the present time, he tells Ando that they have to get the formula back.
 
===[[The Butterfly Effect]]===
After a team of private detectives find one of Daphne's finger prints at Yamagoto, Hiro and Ando teleport to Paris, France to try to find her.
 
===[[It's Coming]]===
[[Ando]] and [[Hiro]] [[Space-time manipulation|teleport]] to a bowling alley in Tokyo, Japan. Hiro sees a chicken & waffles poster and follows a waiter to a nearby table. Hiro asks why Ando is so old, then looks at himself in a mirror and thinks he looks old as well. Ando asks him how old he thinks he is and Hiro says 10.
 
Hiro eats [[waffles]] as Ando tries to explain that Hiro’s 28. Hiro is happy to hear he doesn’t have to go to school any more and shoots spitballs at nearby girls. Ando tries to explain Hiro's [[power]] and tells him to try to use it. Hiro says it’s stupid, but concentrates, and time slows down momentarily. Hiro returns time to normal and is impressed, and tries again, totally freezing time. He aims the two girls shooting spitballs at each other the runs around the bowling alley playing pranks. Once he’s done, he restores time to normal and all of the pranks go off. Ando says they have a lot of work to do.
 
Ando tries to explain to Hiro how to teleport. Hiro teleports away and appears behind Ando, then does it again. Ando says now he needs to teleport both of them and suggest they go to [[Charles Deveaux's rooftop]] or [[Odessa, Texas]]. Instead Hiro teleports them to a comic book store and starts going through the racks.
 
===[[A Clear And Present Danger]]===
[[Hiro]] takes [[Ando]] to a fire station and explains that it's now their [[lair]]. He presents Ando with a new spandex costume and explains that superheroes must hide their identity. Ando figures that Hiro wants to live through him, and his [[Ability supercharging|power]] is worthless. Hiro disagrees and says it's his destiny to be a superhero. Ando disagrees and Hiro reveals the [[Ando-cycle]], complete with a communications link to their "lair". Hiro can track his location with a GPS implant, and injects Ando with the implant. He explains he has a GPS as well, and the system is keyed to the password of someone he cares about. Ando insists he has had enough and rides away on the Ando-cycle.
 
Hiro tracks Ando and calls him, trying to apologize. Ando say that he's fighting crime but Hiro pinpoints his location on the computer and discovers he's at a [[strip club]]. Ando has no interest in helping people, but he hears the sounds of an attack at Hiro's end. He gets on his motorcycle and heads back to the lair, as [[Danko's team|men]] in black take an unconscious Hiro out.
 
Back at the lair, Ando tries to come up with Hiro's password, guessing "[[Kaito]]" and "[[Kensei]]", before finally entering his own name, successfully gaining access. Hiro's location is displayed at an airfield.
 
===[[Graphic Novel:Rebellion, Part 3]]===
[[Micah]] says that he found government operations in Tokyo working to round up "[[evolved humans|specials]]".
 
===[[Orientation]]===
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===[[Jump, Push, Fall]]===
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===[[Graphic Novel:Stolen Fate]]===
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===[[Episode:Upon This Rock|Upon This Rock]]===
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Scenes that take place in Tokyo are filmed primarily in Los Angeles's "Little Tokyo", around Astronaut Ellison South Onizuka Street and 1st Street.
* Scenes that take place in Tokyo are filmed primarily in Los Angeles's "Little Tokyo", around Astronaut Ellison South Onizuka Street and 1st Street.
* Shinjuku (where the [[karaoke bar]] is located) is a special ward of Tokyo. Shinjuku's tourism ambassador is Godzilla.


==Memorable Quotes==
==Memorable Quotes==
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Image:1x10yamagatoroof.JPG|Workers in Tokyo exercise on the roof of [[Yamagato Industries|their building]].
Image:1x10yamagatoroof.JPG|Workers in Tokyo exercise on the roof of [[Yamagato Industries|their building]].
Image:Tokyo skyline.jpg|The skyline darkens outside the windows of Yamagato.
Image:Tokyo skyline.jpg|The skyline darkens outside the windows of Yamagato.
Image:Miko's window.jpg|[[Miko's apartment]] has circular windows with views of Tokyo.
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Latest revision as of 08:11, 6 November 2015

Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo, Japan
Language(s) Spoken: Japanese
Wikipedia Article

Tokyo, Japan is the capital of and the largest prefecture in the nation, with a population of over twelve million. Although severely damaged during World War II, Tokyo has risen to become the technological, cultural, and economic center of modern Japanese society. It is the home of Hiro Nakamura, Ando Masahashi, Miko Otomo, and others.

Notable Locations

Notable Residents

Notable Visitors

About

Tokyo is the capital of Japan. It is a global city that serves as the financial capital of Asia and one of the financial centers of the world. Originally known as Edo, Tokyo received its current name, which means "Eastern Capital", when Emperor Meiji moved the capital to Tokyo from Kyoto in 1868. The greater metropolitan area of Tokyo is the world's most populous. Tokyo also offers world-class dining, nightlife, and shopping, and is home to a large number of multinational companies.

Trivia

  • Scenes that take place in Tokyo are filmed primarily in Los Angeles's "Little Tokyo", around Astronaut Ellison South Onizuka Street and 1st Street.
  • Shinjuku (where the karaoke bar is located) is a special ward of Tokyo. Shinjuku's tourism ambassador is Godzilla.

Memorable Quotes

"We are not special! We are Japanese!"

- Ando Masahashi (to Hiro) (Genesis)


"Japanese people very lucky."

- Ando (to Ernie) (Better Halves)

Gallery

  • Sylar's map pinpoints Tokyo.
    Sylar's map pinpoints Tokyo.
  • Ando and Hiro discuss teleportation in the streets of Tokyo.
    Ando and Hiro discuss teleportation in the streets of Tokyo.
  • Tokyo has many subway stations.
    Tokyo has many subway stations.
  • Hiro rides the subway home.
    Hiro rides the subway home.
  • Workers in Tokyo exercise on the roof of their building.
    Workers in Tokyo exercise on the roof of their building.
  • The skyline darkens outside the windows of Yamagato.
    The skyline darkens outside the windows of Yamagato.
  • Miko's apartment has circular windows with views of Tokyo.
    Miko's apartment has circular windows with views of Tokyo.


World Locations edit
U.S. Locations

Arlington, VA • Austin, TX • Baltimore, MD • Baudelaire, FL • Bozeman, MT • Cainan, GA • Carbondale, IL • Chicago, IL • Colorado Springs, CO • Cook Lake, VA • Costa Verde, CA • Dallas, TX • Fort Lee, NJ • Hartsdale, NY • Hyde Park, NY • Kermit, TX • Lake Mead, NV • Las Vegas, NV • Lawrence, KS • Long Beach, CA • Los Angeles, CA • Memphis, TX • Miami, FL • Midian, CO • Midland, TX • Nevada desert • Newark, NJ • New Orleans, LA • New York, NY • Odessa, TX • Philadelphia, PA • Port Washington, NY • Poughkeepsie, NY • Primm, NV‎ • Richmond, VA • Rochester, NY • Russellville, AR‎ • San Jose, CA • Searsmont, ME • St. Louis, MO • Tappen, NJ • Utah • Virginia Beach, VA • Washington, DC

International Locations

Angola • Arctic Circle • Berlin, Germany • Botswana • Cairo, Egypt • Canada • Chennai, India • Coatepeque, Guatemala • Cork, Ireland • England • Haiti • Japan • Kanyakumari, India • Kiso Mountain, Japan • Lake Ramsey, ON • Lima, Peru • London, England • Mexico • Montréal, QC • Moscow, Russia • New Delhi, India • Odessa, Ukraine • Otsu, Japan • Paris, France • Pátzcuaro, Mexico • Port-au-Prince, Haiti • Saint-Félicien, QC • San Cristóbal, Honduras • Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic • St. Pierre, QC • Tokyo, Japan • Yanqing, China • Zulia, Venezuela

See Also: Places • Graphic Novel Locations
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