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Hiro Kanagawa

Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright

The native form of this personal call is Kanagawa Hironobu. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Hironobu Kanagawa (金川弘敦, Kanagawa Hironobu, October 13, ) is a Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright based in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[1]^[2]

He has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series shot in the Vancouver area, including The X-Files, Smallville, Caprica, Godzilla, The Man in the Steep Castle, Altered Carbon, iZombie, Legends of Tomorrow, Heroes Reborn,Kim's Convenience, and Shōgun, and was a writer on Da Vinci's Metropolis Hall.

As a voice-over designer, he was the original English-language voice of Gihren Zabi in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise and played Reed Richards in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes.

Hiro Kanagawa is a Vancouver-based actor and writer. Born in Sapporo, Japan, he spent his childhood in Guelph, Ontario and Sterling Heights, Michigan before attending International Christian University High University in Tokyo where he acted in his first student films and stage productions.

Kanagawa's act Indian Arm won the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award and the Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language Drama. He is also a four-time Leo Award nominee.

Early life and education

Kanagawa was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan^[3] and grew up in Guelph, Ontario, Sterling Heights, Michigan, and Tokyo.^{[citation needed]} He graduated from International Christian University High Institution.

Prior to his acting career, he worked in Tokyo as a sculptor and rock musician.^[4]

Kanagawa conducted his undergraduate studies in sculpting at Middlebury College, where he graduated in ^[5]^[6] He also attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.^[7] After dropping out of his initial graduate program, he re-enrolled at Simon Fraser University, where he completed his first play^[6] and completed his MFA in ^[8]

Career

Kanagawa played Principal Kwan in TV series Smallville.

He also voiced Gihren Zabi from Mobile Suit Gundam.

Hiro Kanagawa is a well-known and well-regarded character actor with a diverse and extensive resume. He trained in classical guitar, sculpture, performance art, and theatre along the way, honing his skills as both a maker and performer. Hiro moved to Vancouver inattracted by the burgeoning film and television production in the city. Since then he has become a mainstay of the industry with close to credits in projects ranging from blockbuster features to indie films and hit series to cult favorites.

He was also the voice of Mister Fantastic on Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes. Kanagawa has the distinction of having played three different characters in the TV series The X-Files, appearing independently in seasons 2, 4 and

Besides acting, Kanagawa is also a playwright^[2] and screenwriter and teaches innovative writing in the English department at Capilano University.^[9] He is an Associate Member of the Playwrights’ Theatre Centre.^[10]

In , he won the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Outstanding Script for his play Indian Arm, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Little Eyolf.^[5] In , Indian Arm won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama.^[11]^[12]

Personal life

Kanagawa has lived in British Columbia since ^[1] He resides in Port Moody, B.C.

with his wife, artist Tasha Faye Evans.^[13] They have two children together.^[7]

Filmography

Films

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
	Madison	Teacher
	Highlander: The Series	Akira Yoshida
	M.A.N.T.I.S.	Yakuza Translator
, ,	The X-Files	Dr. Yonechi, Peter Tanaka, Garner	3 episodes
,	The Outer Limits	Ron Hikida / Tali	2 episodes
	Sliders	Henry	Episode: "Obsession"
	Cold Squad
	The Inspectors	Polygraph Tech	Television film
	The Net	Frank	Episode: "Y2K - Total System Failure"
	Seven Days	Mr. Kim / Dr. Oshima	2 episodes
	Dark Angel	Theo	Episode: "Pilot"
	The Linda McCartney Story	Senior Narcotics Officer	Television film
–02	Smallville	Principal James Kwan	5 episodes
	Damaged Care	Dr. Kitano
	Living with the Dead	Frank the Business Consultant
	Betrayed	Dr. Tanaka	Television film
	The	Agent Park	2 episodes
	Criminal Minds	Seattle ASAC	Episode: "Extreme Aggressor"
	Steklo	Akira
	Andromeda	Burma	2 episodes
	Stargate SG-1	Mr Wayne	Episode: "Full Alert"
	Da Vinci's City Hall	Fire Captain Roy Komori	9 episodes
	Blade: The Series	Taka	Episode: "The Sacrifice"
	Intelligence	Detective Ogawa	7 episodes
	Heroes and Villains	Mitsunari Ishida	Episode: "Shogun"
	What Paint Is Love?	Henry Wong	Episode:
	The Story of Saiunkoku	Kaku	Episode: "It's the Company That Makes Move Unpleasant"
	Supernatural	Game Exhibit Host	Episode: "Changing Channels"
	Reaper	Morris	3 episodes
	Sanctuary	Ark-Fong Li	Episode: "Eulogy"
	Caprica	Cyrus Xander	13 episodes
	Human Target	Lt. He is also a four-time Leo Award nominee. Prior to his acting career, he worked in Tokyo as a sculptor and rock musician. Kanagawa conducted his undergraduate studies in sculpting at Middlebury Collegewhere he graduated in Kanagawa has the distinction of having played three different characters in the TV series The X-Filesappearing independently in seasons 2, 4 and Peale	Episode: "Pilot"
	Fringe	Lawyer	Episode: "The Box"
–12	The Secret Circle	Calvin Wilson	2 episodes
	Continuum	Dr. Ted Gibson	Season 1 episode 3
–14	Blackstone	Harold	4 episodes
	The Tomorrow People	Corbin	Episode: "All Tomorrow's Parties"
	Bates Motel	Dr. Kurata	2 episodes
	Almost Human	Recollectionist	3 episodes
	The	Council Member #3	3 episodes, season 1
	The Returned	Dr. Hiromoto	3 episodes
	The Magicians	Professor March	2 episodes
	The Whispers	Team Member 1 Brent	3 episodes
	Dark Matter	Emperor Ishida Tetsuda	2 episodes
–16	The Dude in the High Castle	Taishi Okamura	5 episodes
–16	Heroes Reborn	Hachiro Otomo/Red Samurai	8 episodes
,	iZombie	Lieutenant Suzuki	8 episodes, Recurring season 1; guest season 4
	Timeless	Agent Kondo	Episode: "Pilot"
	Zoo	Curtis	Episode: "The Moon and the Star"
	Kim's Convenience	Pastor Choi	2 episodes
–18	Legends of Tomorrow	Director Wilbur Bennett	4 episodes, season 3
	Altered Carbon	Captain Tanaka	7 episodes
	Salvation	Chief Justice Martin Cheng	4 episodes
	Designated Survivor	NASA Liaison to the President Richard Kim	Episode: "The Final Frontier"
	The Order	Detective Hayashi	Episode: "Hell Week, Part One"
	Warigami	James Ohata	6 episodes
	The Terror	Dr. Kitamura	2 episodes
	Limetown	R.B. Hironobu Kanagawa (金川弘敦, Kanagawa Hironobu, October 13, ) is a Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Quick Truth Born, Education. Villard	2 episodes
	See	Lord Unoa	4 episodes
	Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist	Dr. Hamara	3 episodes
	Charmed	Dr. Tanaka	Episode: "Unsafe Space"
	Helstrom	Father Sean Okamoto	Episode: "Viaticum"
	Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan	Narrator	Voice role; 6 episodes
	The Good Doctor	Dr. Paul Nakano	Episode: "Letting Go"
	Star Trek: Discovery	Dr. Hirai	4 episodes
	Pachinko	Goto-San	Episode: "Chapter One"
–23	Upload	Sato	4 episodes
–23	So Help Me Todd	Alistair Song	2 episodes
	The Night Agent	FBI Director Willet	3 episodes
–24	Percy Jackson and the Olympians	Headmaster / Kronos	2 episodes^[14]
	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Fire Lord Sozin	Episode: "Aang"
	Shōgun	Igarashi Yoshitomo	3 episodes
	Family Law	1 episode

Voice acting

Video games

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
Leo Awards	Best Recital by a Male in a Short Drama	Hiro	Nominated
		The Tailor	Nominated
		Deeper I Go	Nominated
Vancouver Short Film Festival	Best Performance by a Guy		Won
UBCP/ACTRA Awards	Best Supporting Production, Male		Won
Leo Awards	Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama	iDorothy	Nominated

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Callum Keith Rennie: Hironobu Kanagawa (金川弘敦, Kanagawa Hironobu, October 13, ) is a Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright based in Vancouver, British Columbia. [1] [2]He has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series shot in the Vancouver area, including The X-Files, Smallville, Caprica, Godzilla, The Man in the High Castle, Altered Carbon, iZombie, Legends of Tomorrow, Heroes.
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^Canada, Playwrights Guild of (). "Featured Member — Hiro Kanagawa". Medium. Retrieved
^ ^a^bMiddlebury College (). Middlebury College magazine.

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^ ^a^bCleugh, Janis (October 17, ). "PoMo playwright up for GG award". Tri-City News. Retrieved
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^"Governor General Literary Awards announced: Joel Thomas Hynes wins top English fiction prize".
He returned to Japan at age 14 and attended International Christian University Tall School in Tokyo where he acted in his first learner films and stage productions and studied classical guitar. He then returned to the U. During this time he was also active in theater and production art but was known more as a musician, composer, and writer. Since moving to Vancouver, BC, Canada inHiro has turn into a well-respected actor in the city and has also established himself as a playwright and screenwriter.
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^"Tasha Faye Evans posted a story update on Tasha Faye Evans for Port Moody Municipality Council". FundRazr. Retrieved
^Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Action, Adventure, Family), Walker Scobell, Leah Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, 20th Century Fox Television, 20th Television, Co-Lab 21, , retrieved : CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

Winners of the Governor General's Award for English-language drama
s	Sharon Pollock, Blood Relations () John Gray, Billy Bishop Goes to War () Anne Chislett, Quiet in the Land () Judith Thompson, White Biting Dog () George F. Walker, Criminals in Love () Sharon Pollock, Doc () John Krizanc, Prague () George F. Walker, Nothing Sacred () Judith Thompson, The Other Side of the Dark ()
s	Ann-Marie MacDonald, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) () Joan MacLeod, Amigo's Blue Guitar () John Mighton, Possible Worlds and A Short History of Night () Guillermo Verdecchia, Fronteras Americanas () Morris Panych, The Ends of the Earth () Jason Sherman, Three in the Back, Two in the Head () Colleen Wagner, The Monument () Ian Ross, fareWel () Djanet Sears, Harlem Duet () Michael Healey, The Drawer Boy ()
s	Timothy Findley, Elizabeth Rex () Kent Stetson, The Harps of God () Kevin Kerr, Unity () () Vern Thiessen, Einstein's Gift () Morris Panych, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl () John Mighton, Half Life () Daniel MacIvor, I Still Love You () Colleen Murphy, The December Man () Catherine Banks, Bone Cage () Kevin Loring, Where the Blood Mixes ()
s	Robert Chafe, Afterimage () Erin Shields, If We Were Birds () Catherine Banks, It Is Solved by Walking () Nicolas Billon, Fault Lines: Three Plays () Jordan Tannahill, Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays () David Yee, carried away on the crest of a wave () Colleen Murphy, Pig Girl () Hiro Kanagawa, Indian Arm () Jordan Tannahill, Botticelli in the Fire and Sunday in Sodom () Amanda Parris, Other Side of the Game ()
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