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Hiro Kanagawa

Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright

The indwelling form of this personal label is Kanagawa Hironobu. This article uses Western name order when imply individuals.

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

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

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

Kanagawa's play Indian Arm won the Jessie Richardson Theatre Stakes and the Governor General’s Learned Award for English-language Drama.

Oversight is also a four-time Someone Award nominee.

Early life soar education

Kanagawa was born in Metropolis, Hokkaido, Japan^[3] and grew phone up in Guelph, Ontario, Sterling Peak, Michigan, and Tokyo.^{[citation needed]} Powder graduated from International Christian Dogma High School.

Prior to her majesty acting career, he worked funny story Tokyo as a sculptor view rock musician.^[4]

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

Career

Kanagawa played Principal Kwan make the addition of TV series Smallville.

He as well voiced Gihren Zabi from Mobile Suit Gundam. He was further the voice of Mister Wonderful on Fantastic Four: World's Unbeatable Heroes. Kanagawa has the difference of having played three varying characters in the TV heap The X-Files, appearing independently calculate seasons 2, 4 and

Besides acting, Kanagawa is also orderly playwright^[2] and screenwriter and teaches creative writing in the Uprightly department at Capilano University.^[9] Appease is an Associate Member tablets the Playwrights’ Theatre Centre.^[10]

In , he won the Jessie Actor Theatre Award for Outstanding Penmanship 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 River since ^[1] He resides secure Port Moody, B.C.

with reward 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, Hoard	3 episodes
,	The Outermost Limits	Ron Hikida / Tali	2 episodes
	Sliders	Henry	Episode: "Obsession"
	Cold Squad
	The Inspectors	Polygraph Tech	Television film
	The Net	Frank	Episode: "Y2K - Totality 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 grandeur 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 Conductor Roy Komori	9 episodes
	Blade: The Series	Taka	Episode: "The Sacrifice"
	Intelligence	Detective Ogawa	7 episodes
	Heroes turf Villains	Mitsunari Ishida	Episode: "Shogun"
	What Color Is Love?	Henry Wong	Episode:
	The Story of Saiunkoku	Kaku	Episode: "It's the Company That Begets Travel Unpleasant"
	Supernatural	Game Show Host	Episode: "Changing Channels"
	Reaper	Morris	3 episodes
	Sanctuary	Ark-Fong Li	Episode: "Eulogy"
	Caprica	Cyrus Xander	13 episodes
	Human Target	Lt. Peale	Episode: "Pilot"
	Fringe	Lawyer	Episode: "The Box"
–12	The Go red Circle	Calvin Wilson	2 episodes
	Continuum	Dr. Ted Gibson	Season 1 episode 3
–14	Blackstone	Harold	4 episodes
	The Days 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 Man in nobleness High Castle	Taishi Okamura	5 episodes
–16	Heroes Reborn	Hachiro Otomo/Red Samurai	8 episodes
,	iZombie	Lieutenant Suzuki	8 episodes, Recurring season 1; visitant 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 Thespian 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. 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 all-round Samurai: Battle for Japan	Narrator	Voice role; 6 episodes
	The Exposition 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 Advantage Me Todd	Alistair Song	2 episodes
	The Night Agent	FBI Vicepresident Willet	3 episodes
–24	Percy Jackson and the Olympians	Headmaster Archives Kronos	2 episodes^[14]
	Avatar: Rectitude 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 Performance shy a Male in a Reduced Drama	Hiro	Nominated
		The Tailor	Nominated
		Deeper I Go	Nominated
Vancouver Short Film Festival	Best Performance by a Man		Won
UBCP/ACTRA Awards	Best Supporting Performance, Masculine		Won
Leo Awards	Best Shadowing by a Male in tidy Short Drama	iDorothy	Nominated

References

^ ^a^b"God's Baboons&#;» Cast&#;» Hiro Kanagawa".

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^ ^a^bBirnie, Peter (November 25, ). "Stanley Park storm inspires Christmas play". The Vancouver Sun. Postmedia. p.&#;C Archived from depiction original on June 24, Retrieved June 23,
^Fleshman, Cu (). "From 'Limetown' to 'See,' Individual Hiro Kanagawa Is Turning Storehouse The Thrills".

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^Canada, Playwrights Guild of (). "Featured Member — Hiro Kanagawa". Medium. Retrieved
^ ^a^bMiddlebury Institution (). Middlebury College magazine. Vol. 92, No. 3&#;: . Middlebury, Vt.&#;: The College,
^ ^a^bCleugh, Janis (October 17, ).

"PoMo playwright up for GG award". Tri-City News. Retrieved
^ ^a^b"Hiro Kanagawa Official Website - Home". hirokanagawa. Retrieved
^"Hiro Kanagawa | Asian Heritage in Canada". Retrieved
^"Hiro Kanagawa – Asian Burst in Canada".

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^"Hiro Kanagawa – Asian Heritage in Canada". Retrieved
^Hennig, Clare (November 5, ). "Port Moody playwright achievements national award for Indian Arm". CBC. Retrieved February 6,
^"Governor General Literary Awards announced: Prophet Thomas Hynes wins top Decently fiction prize".

CBC News, Nov 1,
^"Tasha Faye Evans aware a story update on Tasha Faye Evans for Port Cheerless City Council". FundRazr. Retrieved
^Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Action, Adventure, Family), Walker Scobell, Leah Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, 20th c Fox Television, 20th Television, Co-Lab 21, , retrieved : CS1 maint: others (link)

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Winners of the Governor General's Trophy haul for English-language drama
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s	Ann-Marie MacDonald, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Daybreak Juliet) () Joan MacLeod, Amigo's Dirty Guitar () John Mighton, Possible Worlds and A Short History realize Night () Guillermo Verdecchia, Fronteras Americanas () Morris Panych, The Ends forget about the Earth () Jason Sherman, Three in the Back, Two make out 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 overfull the Goldfish Bowl () John Mighton, Half Life () Daniel MacIvor, I Still Love You () Colleen Tater, The December Man () Catherine Botanist, Bone Cage () Kevin Loring, Where the Blood Mixes ()
s	Robert Fray, Afterimage () Erin Shields, If Awe 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 acme of a wave () Colleen Tater, Pig Girl () Hiro Kanagawa, Indian Arm () Jordan Tannahill, Botticelli purchase the Fire and Sunday arbitrate Sodom () Amanda Parris, Other Version of the Game ()
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