Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Language(s) Spoken:	Japanese
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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.

Notable Locations

• Aoyama Cemetery
• Bowl-A-Rama
• The city streets
• Harajuko Station
• Hiro's apartment
• The karaoke bar
• Museum of Cultural History
• Sam's Comics
• A Tokyo building
• The Tokyo subway
• Yamagato Fellowship
• Yamagato Industries
• Hiro and Ando's lair

Notable Residents

• Tatsuya Atsumi
• A biker gang
• A bouncer
• Chanting monk
• Chanting monk
• A cubicle dweller
• Dai
• Kin Egami
• Flashback monk
• Fumio Fukazawa
• Yoji Hayata
• Hayata's goons
• Jiro
• Karaoke singers
• Ando Masahashi
• The Nakamura family (Kaito, Ishi, Kimiko, and Hiro)
• Old monk
• A spitball boy and girl
• Taro
• A Yamagato employee

Notable Visitors

• Adam Monroe (interred at Aoyama Cemetery)
• Daphne Millbrook

About

Genesis

While at his job, Hiro 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 subway, sees an advertisement for New York City, and and suddenly finds himself there.

Don't Look Back

As NYPD detectives 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 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 comic book and saves a schoolgirl. This convinces Ando and they leave Tokyo.

Six Months Ago

Hiro, realizing he 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 teleporting back to 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 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.

Fight or Flight

Ando visits a curator at the Museum of Cultural History, and together they restore and examine Hiro's scrolls from 1671.

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.

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 "dies" over and over again while buried alive, he remembers the 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 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 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. However, Hiro finds that owning a company is not nearly as exciting as saving the world. Ando, though, is very much impressed by his success. Hiro receives a DVD from his family lawyer, and Hiro explains to Ando that his father recorded a message for him before he died. On the DVD, 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 swiped out of Hiro's hands by Daphne. Hiro confronts Daphne, and demands that she give him back the formula, but she punches him out, causing time to unfreeze, and she runs away. That night, Hiro and Ando walk through the streets of Tokyo, discussing the intensity of the situation. Hiro decides that he must travel into the future to see if the world will be destroyed, for his self. Hiro teleports himself into the future, and everyone is running frantically through the streets. Through the chaos, he notices on a stairwell above, a future version of his self and a 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 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

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It's Coming

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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.

Memorable Quotes

"We are not special! We are Japanese!"

- Ando Masahashi (to Hiro) (Genesis)

"Japanese people very lucky."

- Ando (to Ernie) (Better Halves)

Gallery

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