Hiro Nakamura

Power - Chronokinesis. Hiro has the ability to manipulate the space-time continuum. This gives him the power to freeze time and to transport to any location instantly. Not only can he transport himself through physical space, but he cant transport himself through time. This ability seems limitless as he has traveled half-way across the world as well as through several centuries.

"Coolness" factor - 9/10. This is a rating of how "cool" it would be to actually possess this power. Hiro's ability to not only teleport himself instantly to any location and to stop time but to actually travel through time makes this power perhaps the coolest natural ability of any of the evolved humans. If used properly, this makes Hiro perhaps the most powerful evolved human second only to Peter.

"Kick Ass" factor - 9/10. This is a rating of if two evolved humans were to get into a fight, and their powers were used to the utmost of their potential, who would win. Hiro's power to actually stop time would trump almost any other evolved human's power. He could simply stop time, walk up to them, and cut their head off. He could do even one better and go back in time and make sure that particular person was never born.

Weaknesses and Limitations - Hiro's greatest weakness is his own self doubt. Although he has one of the most powerful abilities of any evolved human, he is limited in his use of it by his own mental blocks. Throughout Season 1, we saw Hiro struggle to learn to control his power. On a few occasions he refused to travel through time for fear of not knowing where he would actually end up.

Hiro only seems to be able to teleport objects and people if he is actually touching them.

Thus far, there seems to be only three known serious limitations to Hiro's power. Like other evolved humans, Hiro's power will not work against the Haitian. The other limitation we have seen for Hiro is that he is unable to freeze Peter in time. This is probably an effect of Peter also being able to control the space-time continuum. The third limitation is that it takes serious concentration on Hiro's part to use his powers and he was prevented from using them by Adam Monroe by giving him Opium.

Nearest Famous Superhero -You know, there really isn't one. The closest you are going to get is a very geeky and weak Silver Surfer. Silver Surfer has the ability to manipulate time and space thanks to his power cosmic. Hiro is nowhere near that level, but then again, I've never known Silver Surfer to be able to completely and utterly stop time either. There really aren't too many famous superheros who come anywhere near Hiro's power level simply because his power is too great. There are many who can transport instantly anywhere but very few who have the mastery of time that our Hiro does.


How I see this Character evolving -Hiro is the heart and soul of the Heroes series. I do not think it would be a stretch to say he is perhaps most people favorite character. He has a lovable attitude and a nerdy quality that fans of this genre can really appreciate. He is equipped with one of the more powerful abilities and thus has the potential for some great storytelling.

I have stated in other post that I believe the writer's will take Hiro down a darker path. I have mixed feelings on this one as I really do love how full of life and spirit Hiro is. We have seen glimpses of what Hiro can become both as "Dark" Hiro and what he did to Adam Monroe at the end of Season two. Up until that point, I would say Hiro was the Compass that guided Heroes. His actions were always noble and with the best intentions.

As far as Power's go, I don't see how they can increase Hiro's power much more than they have.
He has been show to have almost limitless control over space and time. If anything, they will need to restrict his power going forward, as to not let him go back in time and fix anything he wants to fix.