BBC - Heroes - Characters & Cast (2024)

Season 1

In Season 1, Hiro found he had the ability to manipulate space and time, and teleported to New York. He came across a comic book called 9th Wonders! in which he appeared. Intrigued, he went to see Isaac Mendez, the artist, but found him dead. Hiro was arrested and discovered he had travelled not only through space, but through time as well - and was in the future. Just as he worked this out, he witnessed a cataclysmic explosion and jumped back in time to save himself. Having had a glimpse of the future, Hiro decided that he must save the world by preventing the explosion, five years later he worked out that the key to saving the world was saving the cheerleader. At the end of Season 1, with Claire safe, Hiro managed to stab Sylar. But before he collapsed, Sylar hurled Hiro at a building.

Season 2

Hiro landed in 17th-century Japan. He had the unfortunate task of turning Takezo Kensei, a drunken Englishman, into a hero worthy of the tales. Living his dream in feudal Japan, Hiro fell in love with Kensei's girl, Yaeko. This threw a spanner in the works and the two friends soon became bitter enemies. In the middle of a fearsome fight, just before the gunpowder went off, Hiro went to save Kensei, who refused his help. Hiro had to save his own life and left Kensei for dead. Hiro didn't realise that Kensei's power's could heal any injury, and Kensei spent the next four hundred years seeking his revenge. Now known as Adam Monroe, he was the man responsible for Kaito Nakamura's death. Hiro had a score to settle and imprisoned Adam in Kaito's coffin to live out his days.

Season 3

Arthur attacked Hiro, regressing his memory to his 10 year old self. To regain his memory, he took Claire back 16 years, where he got to spend time with his dying mother Ishi. Her healing powers cured his memory loss and gave him the catalyst intended for baby Claire. But Arthur cornered Hiro and Claire on the roof terrace, and took both the catalyst and Hiro's powers, leaving him dangling from a flag pole, lost in time. Hiro was saved from death by a super-charged Daphne, and managed to destroy the formula once and for all. In Volume 4, Hiro went on a quest to regain his lost powers. Baby Matt Parkman restored his time manipulation, but it soon looked like the return of his power had come at a cost. He froze time to rescue those in Building 26, but each time he used his power he suffered ill effects, headaches, nosebleeds, until he finally passed out.

Season 4

Hiro and Ando had set themselves up as on-call Heroes, without much success. As his powers faltered, Hiro finally admitted to Ando that he was dying, his abilities too much for his body to take. When Hiro accidentally travelled back to a carnival fourteen years before, Samuel made him realise that he could use his ability to right the wrongs in his life. He tried to stop a colleague from committing suicide, and accepted his own fate along the way. Hiro then finally admitted to Kimiko that he was dying, and vanished right in front of her. He reappeared in Peter's apartment, and then awoke in hospital. He helped Emma realise her new abilities and then vanished to save Charlie. After he arrived in Texas, Hiro started a chain of events that would save the life of his beloved Charlie. However, the tables turned when Samuel tricked Hiro by kidnapping Charlie and making Hiro return to his family. To save Charlie Samuel asked Hiro to retrieve a film reel from Mohinder, who he'd killed. Having done this Hiro also saved Mohinder's life and had him stored safely away in a Psychiatric Hospital. Now that Hiro had completed his task he ordered Samuel to give Charlie back. But that wasn't part of Samuel's plan and instead he used Damian's powers of mind manipulation on Hiro. But it all backfired when Hiro started spouting strange words and disappeared. He was finally reunited with Ando six-weeks later. Using comic books, Ando cracked Hiro's code and they both set off for Florida to discover more. Hiro lead Ando to a psychiatric hospital where they released Mohinder. Ando cured Hiro's scrambled mind and they teleported back to safety. However, Hiro's tumour finally overcame him and he was left fighting for his life in hospital. Having seen his mother in his dreams, he began to recover. While in hospital he discovered Charlie was still alive but had been living in a different era. Now an old woman, he knew she was happy and that they would never be together. Arriving at the Carnival in the nick of time, Hiro teleported the Family away from Samuel, depriving him of his power and saving New York.