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Yamagato Industries
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Purpose:	Business

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Yamagato Industries (山形 Yamagato) is the company that Hiro and Ando work for as programmers in Tokyo, Japan.

At some point after Claire Bennet outed herself as an evo, Renautas bought Yamagato.

Notable Employees

Dai (works for Yamagato Fellowship)
Kin Egami
Yoji Hayata
Jiro
Kenjiro (head of maintenance)
Ando Masahashi
Hiro Nakamura
Kaito Nakamura (former Chief Executive Officer, former President of Yamagato Fellowship, Deceased)
Kimiko Nakamura (Chief Executive Officer, President of Yamagato Fellowship, former Executive Vice President of Yamagato Industries)
Rosetti
Tadashi (former employee)
Taro
A unnamed cubicle employee
Another unnamed employee

Notable Visitors

About

Season One

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Yamagato Industries: Season One History.

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Season Two

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Yamagato Industries: Season Two History.

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Now CEO of Yamagato, Hiro opens a recording of his father, informing him of a secret formula and to keep it safe. As soon as he finds the formula, a speedster rushes in and steals it. Despite Hiro's best efforts to stop time and stop the thief, she gets away. To decide whether or not to go after the formula, Hiro time travels from Yamagato to the future.

The Butterfly Effect

Hiro hires a detective to find out who stole the formula. When he learns her name is Daphne Millbrook, he takes Ando along with him and teleports to Daphne's apartment in Paris.

Season Four

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Yamagato Industries: Season Four History.

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Webisode:Dark Matters, Part 5

The Yamagato logo is included on the board that Quentin Frady creates.

June 13th, Part One

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Notes

The employees have scheduled workout times on the roof of their building. This is common practice throughout Japan, called calisthenics.
In The Crane, the company's name is spelled differently — Yamagoto Industries.
Yamagato produces software which auto translates most of the entries on Hiro's blog.
Kaito keeps a satellite office in the Kirby Plaza building. (Four Months Later...)
Quentin Frady's clue board has the Yamagato logo on it. (Dark Matters, Part 5)

Trivia

The clock in Hiro's cubicle consists of kanji, Chinese characters, that represent the text "One", "Two", etc. instead of the numerical values "1", "2", etc. Modern clocks in Japan typically show the latter.
Hiro is a programmer with a level 3 security clearance. His ID number is 651283461132, and he is referred to as "a lowly office drone". (The Crane)
Part of the Heroes Evolutions experience, yamagatofellowship.org is the real-life website for Yamagato Industries which is headed by Kaito Nakamura.
After returning from America, Ando has placed an American flag on his desk. (Kindred)
The kanji for "Yamagato" (山形) translates approximately to "mountain shape" or "shape of mountain".
According to Pinehearst's file on Kaito, Yamagato's address is 100 Yamagato Industries Way. Tadashi and Hiro also say that Yamagato's address is 614 Kaminaka Street (Acceptance). Ultimately, it is unknown how many buildings/offices Yamagato Industries owns.
According to the episode commentary for The Second Coming, scenes that took place in Hiro's office were filmed on the 51st floor of the Arco building.
According to Heroes Interactive, scenes from Acceptance that took place on the roof of Yamagato were shot on the roof of the Sunset Gower Studios parking garage.
According to Saving Charlie, Hiro and Ando's cubicles are on the 16th floor of Yamagato. (Chapter 3)

Gallery

Hiro's desk at Yamagato Industries is immaculate.
In an office full of cubicles...
...Hiro shouts "Yatta!"
According to The Crane, Hiro throws away his security card before leaving for New York City with Ando.
Employees have a workout session on the roof of Yamagato Industries.
Hiro accidentally "jumps" to work while kissing Charlie.
Ando and a co-worker observe Kimiko in her office.
Ando and Kimiko appear startled by a group of bikers outside Yamagato.

Bowl-A-Rama • Sam's Comics • Copy Kingdom • Copy Kingdom Headquarters • Dale's shop • Dial-A-Hero • Ditko • Doyle's Marionette Theatre • Drug store • First Federal Bank of New York • Gray & Sons • Gutierrez and Sons • Harbor Watch Shop • Harry's Used Cars • Hotspur Car Rental • Jittetsu Arms • Kenjutsu Martial Arts Dojo • Los Angeles convenience store • Memphis convenience store • Mexican shop • Moviehaus • New York Federal Bank • Olympic Coin Laundry • Pinky's Sportsbook • Primatech Paper Co. • Renautas Headquarters • Ridgway Jewelry • Yamagato Industries • Yamagato Tower

Other Places: Education & Research • Hotels • Law Enforcement • Medical • Miscellaneous • Offices • Political • Residences • Restaurants • Storage Facilities • Transportation • Graphic Novel Businesses

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-| caption = Programmers' cubicles at '''Yamagato Industries'''
 | location = Tokyo, Japan
 | purpose = Business
 | lastepisode = [[Episode:Six Months Ago|Six Months Ago]]
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+{{Asian Text|wide}}
-'''Yamagato Industries''' is the company that [[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] work for as programmers in [[Tokyo, Japan]].
+'''Yamagato Industries''' (山形 ''Yamagato'') is the company that [[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] work for as programmers in [[Tokyo, Japan]].
+At some point after [[Claire Bennet]] outed herself as an [[evo]], [[Renautas]] bought Yamagato.
 ==Notable Employees==
+* [[Dai]] (works for [[Yamagato Fellowship]])
-* [[Hiro's boss]]
+* [[Kin Egami]]
+* [[Yoji Hayata]]
+* [[Jiro]]
+* [[Kenjiro]] (head of maintenance)
 * [[Ando Masahashi]]
 * [[Hiro Nakamura]]
+* [[Kaito Nakamura]] (former Chief Executive Officer, former President of [[Yamagato Fellowship]], Deceased)
-* [[Kaito Nakamura]]
+* [[Kimiko Nakamura]] (Chief Executive Officer, President of [[Yamagato Fellowship]], former Executive Vice President of Yamagato Industries)
-* [[Kimiko Nakamura]]
+* [[Rosetti]]
+* [[Tadashi]] (former employee)
+* [[Taro]]
+* A [[Yamagato cubicle employee|unnamed cubicle employee]]
+* Another [[Yamagato employee|unnamed employee]]
+==Notable Visitors==
+* [[Hayata's goons]]
+* [[Daphne Millbrook]]
+* [[Tokyo detective]]
+* [[Hachiro Otomo]]
 ==About==
-===[[Genesis]]===
+===[[Season One]]===
+{{season summary|season=One}}
-[[Hiro]] first discovers his powers in his cubicle and rushes to tell [[Ando]], excitedly running about the cubicles. He is scolded by [[Hiro's boss|his boss]].
+{{sectstub}}
-===[[Don't Look Back]]===
-After [[teleportation|teleporting]] to an future [[New York, NY|New York]], Hiro phones Yamagato to talk to his friend [[Ando]], still in the present.
-===[[Graphic Novel:The Crane]]===
+===[[Season Two]]===
+{{season summary|season=Two}}
-Hiro, wanting to live up to his grandfather's [[family|legacy]], throws away his Yamagato ID badge.
+{{sectstub}}
-===[[One Giant Leap]]===
-At the office, Hiro tries to convince Ando of his powers and shows him [[9th Wonders!|the comic]] from the future. They decide to leave their jobs and begin their mission.
-===[[Nothing to Hide]]===
+===[[The Second Coming]]===
+Now CEO of Yamagato, [[Hiro]] opens a recording of [[Kaito|his father]], informing him of a secret [[formula]] and to keep it safe. As soon as he finds the formula, [[Daphne|a speedster]] [[super speed|rushes in]] and steals it. Despite Hiro's best efforts to [[space-time manipulation|stop time]] and stop the thief, she gets away. To decide whether or not to go after the formula, Hiro [[space-time manipulation|time travels]] from Yamagato to [[exposed future|the future]].
-In [[Charles Deveaux's apartment]], [[Peter]] reads the ''[[:Image:New York Telegraph.JPG|New York Telegraph]]'', which reports that Yamagato's stock is down to 215 and an eighth.
-===[[Six Months Ago]]===
+===[[The Butterfly Effect]]===
-Hiro tries to call Ando at work, and instead encounters himself from six months ago. Later, Hiro accidentally [[teleportation|teleports]] to the current-day roof of Yamagato.
+[[Hiro]] hires [[Tokyo detective|a detective]] to find out who stole [[the formula]]. When he learns her name is [[Daphne Millbrook]], he takes [[Ando]] [[ability extension|along with him]] and [[Space-time manipulation|teleport]]s to [[Daphne's apartment]] in [[Paris]].
-===[[Distractions]]===
-[[Kimiko Nakamura|Hiro's sister]] tells Hiro that Yamagato is financially failing. Hiro devises a way to help [[Kaito|his father]] realize that Kimiko is capable of taking over the business.
-===[[How to Stop an Exploding Man]]===
+===[[Season Four]]===
+{{season summary|season=Four}}
-Hiro returns [[Ando]] to Yamagato after rescuing him from [[Sylar]] gives him Kensei's sword as a promise that he will return.
+{{sectstub}}
+===[[Webisode:Dark Matters, Part 5]]===
+The Yamagato logo is included on the [[Quentin's board|board]] that [[Quentin Frady]] creates.
+===[[Episode:June 13th, Part One|June 13th, Part One]]===
+{{sectstub}}
 ==Notes==
 * The employees have scheduled workout times on the roof of their building. This is common practice throughout Japan, called calisthenics.
-* According to "[[Graphic Novel:The Crane|The Crane]]", the company is spelled differently: Yamagoto Industries.
+* In ''[[Graphic Novel:The Crane|The Crane]]'', the company's name is spelled differently &mdash; Yamagoto Industries.
+* Yamagato produces software which auto translates most of the entries on [[Hiro's blog]].
+* Kaito keeps a satellite office in the [[Kirby Plaza building]]. (''[[Four Months Later...]]'')
+* [[Quentin Frady]]'s [[Quentin's board|clue board]] has the Yamagato logo on it. (''[[Dark Matters, Part 5]]'')
 ==Trivia==
-* The Japanese symbols on the clock in Hiro's cubicle represent the text "One", "Two", etc. instead of the numerical values "1", "2", etc.  Modern clocks in Japan typically show the latter.
+* The clock in Hiro's cubicle consists of kanji, Chinese characters, that represent the text "One", "Two", etc. instead of the numerical values "1", "2", etc.  Modern clocks in Japan typically show the latter.
 * Hiro is a programmer with a level 3 security clearance. His ID number is 651283461132, and he is referred to as "a lowly office drone". (''[[Graphic Novel:The Crane|The Crane]]'')
-* Part of the [[Heroes 360]] experience, [http://www.yamagatofellowship.org/ yamagatofellowship.org] is the real-life website for Yamagato Industries which is headed by [[Kaito Nakamura]].
+* Part of the [[Heroes Evolutions]] experience, [http://www.yamagatofellowship.org/ yamagatofellowship.org] is the [[yamagatofellowship.org|real-life website]] for Yamagato Industries which is headed by [[Kaito Nakamura]].
+* After returning from America, [[Ando]] has placed an American flag on his desk. (''[[Kindred]]'')
+* The kanji for "Yamagato" (山形) translates approximately to "mountain shape" or "shape of mountain".
+* According to [[Pinehearst's file]] on [[Kaito]], Yamagato's address is 100 Yamagato Industries Way. [[Tadashi]] and [[Hiro]] also say that Yamagato's address is 614 Kaminaka Street {{epp|403}}. Ultimately, it is unknown how many buildings/offices Yamagato Industries owns.
+* According to the [[episode commentary]] for ''[[The Second Coming]]'', scenes that took place in Hiro's office were filmed on the 51st floor of the Arco building.
+* According to [[Heroes Interactive:Acceptance|Heroes Interactive]], scenes from ''[[Acceptance]]'' that took place on the roof of Yamagato were shot on the roof of the [[Wikipedia:Sunset Gower Studios|Sunset Gower Studios]] parking garage.
+* According to ''[[Saving Charlie]]'', Hiro and Ando's cubicles are on the 16th floor of Yamagato. (Chapter 3)
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
 Image:1x01hirosdesk.JPG|[[Hiro]]'s desk at Yamagato Industries is immaculate.
+Image:Cubicle dwellers at Yamagato.jpg|In an office full of cubicles...
-Image:Ando.jpg|Ando works at Yamagato.
-Image:Comic realized yatta.jpg|Hiro [[Yatta|shouts]] in the middle of his office.
+Image:Comic realized yatta.jpg|...Hiro shouts "[[Yatta!]]"
-Image:1x01hirosboss.JPG|[[Hiro's boss]] drags Hiro out of the office.
 Image:Hiro's Yamagato security card.JPG|According to ''[[Graphic Novel:The Crane|The Crane]]'', Hiro throws away his security card before leaving for [[New York City]] with [[Ando]].
 Image:1x10yamagatoroof.JPG|Employees have a workout session on the roof of Yamagato Industries.
 Image:1x10hiroyamagotaworkout.JPG|Hiro accidentally "[[Space-time manipulation|jumps]]" to work while kissing [[Charlie]].
+Image:You're No Superhero.jpg|Ando and a [[Yamagato cubicle employee|co-worker]] observe [[Kimiko]] in her office.
+Image:Heroism is Found in the Heart, Part 1.jpg|Ando and Kimiko appear startled by a [[Tokyo bikers|group of bikers]] outside Yamagato.
 </gallery>
+==See Also==
+* {{seealsodisambig|Yamagato}}
+* For the gallery owned by Yamagato Industries, see '''[[Yamagato Fellowship]]'''.
+* For the [[Heroes Evolutions]] website about Yamagato Fellowship, see '''[[yamagatofellowship.org]]'''.
 {{business}}
-[[Category: Businesses]]
 [[Category:Galleries]]
+[[Category:Renautas]]

Yamagato Industries: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 20:53, 3 November 2015

Contents

Notable Employees

Notable Visitors