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| caption = After a long journey, [[Hiro]] acquires the sword.
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| owned = [[Swordsmith]],<br> [[Yaeko]],<br> [[Adam Monroe|Takezo Kensei]],<br> [[Hiro Nakamura]],<br> [[Daniel Linderman]],<br> [[Kaito Nakamura]],<br> [[Ando Masahashi]],<br> [[Hachiro Otomo]],<br> [[Miko Otomo]]<br>[[Tommy Clark]]
| status = in [[Hiro]]'s possession
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[[Hiro Nakamura]] sought and obtained the '''Kensei sword''' believing it to hold the key to focusing his ability. The sword appears to be a [[Japan|Japanese]] katana in style. On its hilt is [[the Symbol]].
[[Hiro Nakamura]] sought and obtained the '''Kensei sword''' believing it to hold the key to focusing his ability. The sword appears to be a [[Japan|Japanese]] katana in style. On its hilt is [[the Symbol]]. Later, the sword proves to be the key to [[Miko Otomo]] [[Miko's ability|entering]] ''[[Evernow]]'' to rescue Hiro. [[Tommy Clark|Hiro's step-son]] later retrieves his father's old sword and uses it to help end the threat of [[Erica Kravid]] forever.


==About==
==About==
===[[Episode:Collision|Collision]]===
===[[Season One]]===
{{season summary|season=one}}
When [[Hiro Nakamura (explosion future)|Future Hiro]] returns to the "present" to give [[Peter Petrelli]] [[the message]], he wears the sword on his back.
===[[Season Two]]===
{{season summary|season=two}}
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===[[Episode:The Second Coming|The Second Coming]]===
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In the future, [[Hiro Nakamura (exposed future)|Hiro]] swings the sword at [[Ando Masahashi (exposed future)|Ando]], but Ando [[ability supercharging|blasts]] Hiro, apparently killing him.


===[[Episode:Better Halves|Better Halves]]===
===[[Episode:The Butterfly Effect|The Butterfly Effect]]===
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While sleeping in a taxi, [[Angela Petrelli]] [[precognitive dreaming|has a dream]] in which she sees a number of heroes brutally murdered; one of them being [[Hiro]] killed by his own sword.
When Peter delivers the message to present-day Hiro, he tells [[Ando Masahashi]] about the sword. When Ando translates, Hiro is definitely impressed and begins miming a swordfight.


===[[Episode:Fallout|Fallout]]===
===[[Episode:Dual|Dual]]===
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Sixteen years in the past, [[Kaito Nakamura]] discovers [[Hiro]] (both the older Hiro from 2007 and the ten-year-old Hiro from 1991) in his office in the [[Deveaux building]], opening his safe to retrieve the [[formula]]. Kaito sends the younger Hiro out of the room, and then accuses the older Hiro of being a spy and a thief. He grabs the Kensei sword (or a replica of it) from a display rack, and attacks Hiro, who uses a breadstick to unsuccessfully defend himself. As Kaito goes for a final strike with the sword, Hiro is rescued by Ando and Daphne, leaving Kaito stunned.
In a hotel room in [[Midland, TX]], [[Isaac Mendez]] slips into a [[Precognition|precognitive]] trance and paints an image of [[Hiro]] [[Hiro and the Dinosaur (painting)|brandishing a sword at a dinosaur]]. Hiro observes that he really needs to find that sword.


===[[Episode:Godsend|Godsend]]===
===[[Episode:Once Upon a Time in Texas|Once Upon a Time in Texas]]===
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Present Hiro travels back in time to Midland, Texas on the day of Charlie's death to change events. After saving her from Sylar, Present Hiro approaches Past Hiro and tells him he is Future Hiro and Past Hiro has to go back in time six months to "save the waitress". Past Hiro accepts this but asks about the sword, aware that Future Hiro possesses it thanks to Peter Petrelli. Present Hiro claims he left it at home and convinces Past Hiro to go back in time.
In the [[Museum of Natural History]] in [[New York City]], [[Hiro]] finds a sword which belonged to the legendary Japanese warlord [[Takezo Kensei]]. Believing it will help him focus his [[powers]], he [[space-time manipulation|slows time]] and steals it from its case. Outside the museum, however, he discovers it is a replica: the real sword is in the possession of the [[Linderman Group]]. When he tells [[Isaac]] and [[Simone]] about it, Simone agrees to arrange a meeting with [[Mr. Linderman]] and gives him [[Hiro and the Dinosaur (painting)|the Dinosaur Painting]] to take with him.


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Later, Present Hiro approaches Past Ando and tells him he's Future Hiro and Ando has to wait there at the diner for Past Hiro. Past Ando accepts this, but like Past Hiro asks about the sword. Present Hiro, exasperated tells him to "forget about the sword!" before convincing him to stay.
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===[[Episode:The Fix|The Fix]]===
In a [[parking garage]], Hiro is determined to steal the sword to focus his powers. Ando points out the Catch-22: he cannot obtain the sword without using his powers. Hiro believes there is a way, and that the sword has many lessons to teach. Ando believes the sword is simply for killing.


===[[Episode:Parasite|Parasite]]===
===[[Episode:Pass/Fail|Pass/Fail]]===
In his delusion after being given a chance to regain his honor, the Kensei sword appears in [[Hiro]]'s hand. He encounters [[Adam Monroe]] wielding the same sword and the two sword fight. With encouragement from the real [[Ando]], Hiro defeats his mental version of Adam and kills him by stabbing him with his sword.
After delivering [[Hiro and the Dinosaur|the painting]], Hiro distracts [[Linderman's curator]] by asking for a shipping slip. While he is away, Hiro searches on the computer in [[Linderman's archives]] for "<span style="font-variant:small-caps;text-transform:lowercase">SWORD, [[Takezo Kensei|KENSEI]]</span>", where the container with the sword comes out of the filing system. As Hiro goes to get the sword from a ladder, the curator switches a security mechanism that locks down the archives. A [[Ando|security guard]] comes, only to knock the curator unconscious. Hiro [[Yatta!|triumphantly]] retrieves the sword, and as security enter the locked room, Hiro and Ando [[Space-time manipulation|teleport]] to the future on the [[Charles Deveaux's rooftop|rooftop of the Deveaux building]], overlooking a wrecked [[New York|New York City]] skyline.


===[[Episode:.07%|.07%]]===
===[[Webisode:Dark Matters, Part 5]]===
[[Quentin Frady]] creates a [[Quentin's board|board]] that includes a [[:Image:Archives_main.jpg|picture]] of the Kensei sword from [[corinthianlasvegas.com]].
[[Hiro]] carries the sword with him to the future, where he encounters [[Hiro Nakamura (explosion future)|Future Hiro]] in [[Isaac Mendez's apartment]]. Both Hiros draw their swords on each another.


===[[Episode:Brave New World (Heroes Reborn)|Brave New World]]===
===[[Graphic Novel:String Theory]]===
While trying to prove to [[Miko Otomo]] that she is Katana Girl from ''[[Evernow]]'', [[Ren Shimosawa]] claims that the Kensei sword is the key to the game and it is kept under the floor in her [[Hachiro Otomo|father]]'s study.
[[Hiro Nakamura (explosion future)|Future Hiro]] uses his sword five years in the [[Timeline:Possible Futures#2011|future]] to threaten an officer. Later, while looking at his [[string web]], he remembers when his former self used the sword to stab [[Sylar]], but to no avail--Sylar [[regeneration|regenerated]] from the stab wound. Finally, Future Hiro returns to [[Isaac's apartment]], and encounters [[Hiro]]; both Hiros draw their weapons.


Later, Miko decides to check out her father's study at Ren's behest. She finds the Kensei sword under the floor; when she unsheathes it, the sword transports her into ''Evernow''.
===[[Episode:Five Years Gone|Five Years Gone]]===
[[Hiro Nakamura (explosion future)|Future Hiro]] and [[Hiro]] discuss the past, both in possession of the sword (a future and a past sword). Hiro is detained by [[Matt Parkman (explosion future)|Future Matt]], where he takes the past sword away from him. Future Hiro, [[Ando]] and [[Peter Petrelli (explosion future)|Future Peter]] break into the Homeland Security building to free Hiro. Future Hiro kills multiple guards then heads to save Hiro. After Future Hiro is killed, [[Mohinder Suresh (explosion future)|Future Mohinder]] gives Hiro the future sword and tells him to leave. Then, Hiro and Ando travel to the present.


===[[Episode:The Hard Part|The Hard Part]]===
===[[Episode:Odessa|Odessa]]===
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After [[space-time manipulation|stopping time]], [[Hiro]] draws his sword to [[Sylar]]'s neck. When bringing his sword back to attack, time resumes speed, where Sylar catches the sword, [[freezing]] it. Hiro and [[Ando]] teleport to [[Isaac's loft]], only to find the sword is broken in two.


===[[Episode:Landslide|Landslide]]===
===[[Episode:Under the Mask|Under the Mask]]===
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With the sword broken, [[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] find [[Jittetsu Arms|a repair shop]] to take the sword to. While there, [[Kaito]] encounters the two and asks to speak to Hiro. Hiro tells his father that the sword was broken while trying to kill [[Sylar]], but Kaito tells him the journey restored his [[ability]], not the sword.


===[[Episode:How to Stop an Exploding Man|How to Stop an Exploding Man]]===
===[[Episode:The Needs of the Many|The Needs of the Many]]===
[[Taylor Kravid]] finds the Kensei sword in its sheath in [[Renautas Headquarters]]. She picks it up and is about to draw it, but before she can, [[Erica Kravid|her mother]] enters the room.
The sword may or may not have been repaired (it's covered), and [[Kaito Nakamura|Kaito]] hands it back to [[Hiro Nakamura|Hiro]] as he leaves to search for [[Ando Masahashi|Ando]]. After [[space-time manipulation|teleporting]] away from [[Sylar]], Hiro and Ando arrive at [[Yamagato Industries]], where Hiro hands his sword over to Ando. Stating "It is not the sword, it is the man. This man is ready," Hiro takes [[Ando's sword]] and teleports to [[Kirby Plaza]] to battle Sylar.


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===[[Episode:The Lion's Den|The Lion's Den]]===
When Hiro arrives in [[Timeline:Pre-eclipse|1671]], [[Fake Kensei|a warrior]] is seen brandishing the sword.
Realizing the mob of ''[[Evernow]]'' players at [[Renautas]] is likely a distraction to allow [[Miko]] to recover the sword, [[Erica]] orders [[Harris]] to transport the sword to her home. Later, having followed Harris to Erica's house, Miko breaks through a window and recovers the sword.


===[[Episode:Four Months Later...|Four Months Later...]]===
===[[Episode:Game Over|Game Over]]===
Miko discovers that the sword is the key to [[Hiro Nakamura]]'s prison inside ''[[Evernow]]''. After learning she will have to sacrifice herself to release Hiro, Miko tries to use the sword to return to the game, but is unable to do so due to [[Phoebe Frady]] [[Umbrakinesis|draining her powers]]. Quentin is able to distract Phoebe long enough for Miko to return to ''Evernow'' where she faces off with her dark self. During a sword fight, Miko decapitates her dark self and uses the Kensei sword as the key to Hiro's prison within the game. Hiro is freed and emerges from the game, but the Kensei sword is apparently lost within the game for good.
Fleeing the burning [[Otsu]] in [[1671]], [[Yaeko]] encounters [[Takezo Kensei]] and takes the sword from him. Though Kensei and [[Hiro]] both impulsively claim ownership over the sword, Yaeko explains that it was [[swordsmith|her father]] who made the sword, so she is the rightful owner of it.


===[[Episode:Lizards|Lizards]]===
===[[Episode:June 13th, Part One|June 13th, Part One]]===
After [[Hiro]] defeats [[Whitebeard]], [[Yaeko]] rushes to give the sword back to [[Kensei]].
After [[Hachiro's ability|trapping]] [[Hiro]] in ''[[Evernow]]'', [[Hachiro Otomo]] steals the Kensei sword from Hiro's office in [[Yamagato Tower]].


===[[Episode:Kindred|Kindred]]===
===[[Send in the Clones]]===
When using ''[[9th Wonders!]]'' to figure out what her final mission is, [[Miko Otomo|Miko]] sees its to face off against [[M. F. Harris|Harris]] and tells [[Tommy Clark]] that he's the one who kidnapped [[Hachiro Otomo|her father]] and stole her sword which caused her to come to America.
[[Hiro]] teleports [[Kensei]] to retrieve the [[fire scroll]], and hands Kensei the sword. As the ninety ronin approach Kensei, he takes the sword to the ready. Later, Hiro uses the sword as a way to communicate with present-day [[Ando]] by sticking several scrolls hidden inside the sword's hilt. In the present, the sword is still broken. Ando reads the scrolls in the hilt to track Hiro's progress in the past.


===[[Episode:Out of Time|Out of Time]]===
===[[Company Woman]]===
When [[Tommy Clark|Tommy]] is [[Hachiro's victims|trapped]] in the rebuilt [[Eternal Fortress]] of ''[[Evernow]]'', the Kensei sword can be seen sticking out of the lock.
Upon destroying Whitebeard's camp, the Sword is given to [[Yaeko]] by [[Hiro]]. After one last kiss, Hiro teleports back to the present, leaving Yaeko alone with the sword.


===[[Episode:Cautionary Tales|Cautionary Tales]]===
===[[Project Reborn]]===
[[Ren Shimosawa]] enters ''[[Evernow]]'' with [[Hachiro's ability|the help]] of [[Hachiro Otomo]] where he reaches the gate to the [[Eternal Fortress]] and the sword with help from [[Miko Otomo]]. Ren hesitates to remove the sword as Miko will die, but she tells him he has to save [[Tommy Clark|Tommy]] and he removes the sword, opening the entrance to the Fortress. After Ren removes the sword, he is teleported back to [[the H.E.L.E.]] future, the sword with him.
When [[Hiro]] and [[Kaito]] teleport to the day of [[Ishi Nakamura]]'s [[Ishi's funeral|funeral]], Hiro meets a younger version of himself, wielding a toy replica of the Kensei sword.

===[[Episode:Truth & Consequences|Truth & Consequences]]===
[[Hiro]] takes his sword with him to [[Primatech Research]], where he finds [[Adam Monroe]] and [[Peter Petrelli]]. Hiro raises the katana, and charges at Peter.

===[[Episode:Powerless|Powerless]]===
[[Hiro]] is knocked out in his fight with [[Peter]], and [[Adam]] claims the sword back as his own. Later, Adam uses the sword to fight against [[the Company|the Company's]] security guards. After Hiro [[Space-time manipulation|teleports]] Adam to [[Aoyama Cemetery]], Hiro reclaims the sword.

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===[[Episode:The Second Coming|The Second Coming]]===
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In the future, [[Hiro Nakamura (exposed future)|Hiro]] swings the sword at [[Ando Masahashi (exposed future)|Ando]], but Ando [[ability supercharging|blasts]] Hiro, apparently killing him.

===[[Episode:The Butterfly Effect|The Butterfly Effect]]===
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While sleeping in a taxi, [[Angela Petrelli]] [[precognitive dreaming|has a dream]] in which she sees a number of heroes brutally murdered; one of them being [[Hiro]] killed by his own sword.

===[[Episode:Dual|Dual]]===
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Sixteen years in the past, [[Kaito Nakamura]] discovers [[Hiro]] (both the older Hiro from 2007 and the ten-year-old Hiro from 1991) in his office in the [[Deveaux building]], opening his safe to retrieve the [[formula]]. Kaito sends the younger Hiro out of the room, and then accuses the older Hiro of being a spy and a thief. He grabs the Kensei sword (or a replica of it) from a display rack, and attacks Hiro, who uses a breadstick to unsuccessfully defend himself. As Kaito goes for a final strike with the sword, Hiro is rescued by Ando and Daphne, leaving Kaito stunned.

===[[Episode:Once Upon a Time in Texas|Once Upon a Time in Texas]]===
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Present Hiro travels back in time to Midland, Texas on the day of Charlie's death to change events. After saving her from Sylar, Present Hiro approaches Past Hiro and tells him he is Future Hiro and Past Hiro has to go back in time six months to "save the waitress". Past Hiro accepts this but asks about the sword, aware that Future Hiro possesses it thanks to Peter Petrelli. Present Hiro claims he left it at home and convinces Past Hiro to go back in time.

⚫
Later, Present Hiro approaches Past Ando and tells him he's Future Hiro and Ando has to wait there at the diner for Past Hiro. Past Ando accepts this, but like Past Hiro asks about the sword. Present Hiro, exasperated tells him to "forget about the sword!" before convincing him to stay.


After Ren and Tommy emerge from ''Evernow'', one of the guards takes the sword. After realizing he can be in two places at once, Tommy [[space-time manipulation|freezes time]] and splits himself in two. The Tommy in the future takes the Kensei sword from the guard before transporting the guard away and hangs it on his back. In the past, the sword appears on the back of the other Tommy as well who wears it as he saves [[Noah Bennet]]'s life and changes the future with Noah and [[Malina]]. Before [[space-time bridge|transporting everyone in the future]] [[Gateway]] back to the present, Tommy uses the Kensei sword to [[Tommy's victims|cut off]] [[Erica Kravid]]'s [[transport watch]], leaving her stranded to be erased from existence with the future when he transports everyone else back.
==[[Heroes Evolutions]]==
The documentary ''[[Sword Saint]]'' chronicles [[Kensei]]'s sword skills under the tutelage of the [[Dragon of Kiso Mountain]], and how he used his sword during the "Trials of Takezo Kensei". Chapter 5 of the documentary delves into the mystery that surrounds the sword. Though nothing is certain, it is believed that the sword was embedded in a field of solid ice. After Kensei retrieved the sword, it was responsible for taming the undisciplined Kensei. The sword's existence was doubted for centuries, until [[1977]], when [[Daniel Linderman]] claimed to be in the sword's possession. Even when the [[Linderman Corporation]] would lend out Kensei artifacts to museums, the sword was never allowed to leave [[Linderman's archives]]. However, after the sword was stolen, mystery, doubt, and the rumor of a curse surrounded the sword.


==Memorable Quotes==
==Memorable Quotes==
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* According to [[corinthianlasvegas.com]], [[:Image:Archives main.jpg|the sword]] is made of leather, steel, and wood, circa 1580.
* According to [[corinthianlasvegas.com]], [[:Image:Archives main.jpg|the sword]] is made of leather, steel, and wood, circa 1580.
* The sword appears to help [[Hiro]] focus his [[space-time manipulation|powers]]. With the sword in his possession, his face seems [[:Image:Serene Hiro.JPG|calm and serene]] when using his powers, as opposed to the [[:Image:Desperate concentration.JPG|the intense effort]] he seemed to need before he obtained the sword. However, [[Kaito Nakamura|his father]] reveals that the sword has nothing to do with his powers: its all in his self-confidence and retrieving the sword gave him back that which is what caused his powers to come back and why he can use them so much easier.
* The sword appears to help [[Hiro]] focus his [[space-time manipulation|powers]]. With the sword in his possession, his face seems [[:Image:Serene Hiro.JPG|calm and serene]] when using his powers, as opposed to the [[:Image:Desperate concentration.JPG|the intense effort]] he seemed to need before he obtained the sword. However, [[Kaito Nakamura|his father]] reveals that the sword has nothing to do with his powers: its all in his self-confidence and retrieving the sword gave him back that which is what caused his powers to come back and why he can use them so much easier.
* According to one of [[Hiro's blog]] [http://blog.nbc.com/hiro_blog/2007/01/the_sword.php entries], [[Kensei]] called his sword 自由刀 (jiyuutou). This loosely translates as "Freedom Sword".
* <span id="jiyuutou"></span>According to one of [[Hiro's blog]] [http://blog.nbc.com/hiro_blog/2007/01/the_sword.php entries], [[Kensei]] called his sword 自由刀 (jiyuutou). Hiro goes on to say that he will call his sword 時遊刀 (jiyuutou) which Hiro thinks is a funny pun. Kensei's sword name, "jiyuu-tou", loosely translates to "Freedom Sword". Hiro's sword name, "ji-yuu-tou" (which is not a word), would loosely translate to "Time-Play Sword".
* Both [[Hiro Nakamura]] and his step-son [[Tommy Clark]] use the sword while saving the world. Hiro uses it throughout Volume One to help focus his powers and when he stops [[Adam Monroe]] from releasing the [[Shanti Virus]] while Tommy wears it while stopping [[the H.E.L.E.]] future and to put an end to [[Erica Kravid]], the main villain of ''Heroes Reborn''. Neither use it to directly kill anyone though Tommy's use of the sword [[Tommy's victims|effectively kills Erica]].


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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Image:Sword in solid ice.jpg|''[[Sword Saint]]'' explains the legend that [[Kensei]] retrieved his sword from a field of ice.
Image:Sword in solid ice.jpg|''[[Sword Saint]]'' explains the legend that [[Kensei]] retrieved his sword from a field of ice.
Image:YaekoSword.jpg|[[Yaeko]] yanks the sword from [[Kensei]]; they both claim ownership, as does [[Hiro]].
Image:YaekoSword.jpg|[[Yaeko]] yanks the sword from [[Kensei]]; they both claim ownership, as does [[Hiro]].
Image:The sword 416.jpg|In Hiro's tumor dream, he fights Adam with the Kensei sword.
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Latest revision as of 06:17, 29 March 2017

Kensei sword

After a long journey, Hiro acquires the sword.
First mentioned: Collision
Owned by: Swordsmith,
Yaeko,
Takezo Kensei,
Hiro Nakamura,
Daniel Linderman,
Kaito Nakamura,
Ando Masahashi,
Hachiro Otomo,
Miko Otomo
Tommy Clark
Current status: in Tommy Clark's possession
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Hiro Nakamura sought and obtained the Kensei sword believing it to hold the key to focusing his ability. The sword appears to be a Japanese katana in style. On its hilt is the Symbol. Later, the sword proves to be the key to Miko Otomo entering Evernow to rescue Hiro. Hiro's step-son later retrieves his father's old sword and uses it to help end the threat of Erica Kravid forever.

About

Season One

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Kensei sword: Season One History.

Season Two

For an episode-by-episode summary, see Kensei sword: Season Two History.

The Second Coming

In the future, Hiro swings the sword at Ando, but Ando blasts Hiro, apparently killing him.

The Butterfly Effect

While sleeping in a taxi, Angela Petrelli has a dream in which she sees a number of heroes brutally murdered; one of them being Hiro killed by his own sword.

Dual

Sixteen years in the past, Kaito Nakamura discovers Hiro (both the older Hiro from 2007 and the ten-year-old Hiro from 1991) in his office in the Deveaux building, opening his safe to retrieve the formula. Kaito sends the younger Hiro out of the room, and then accuses the older Hiro of being a spy and a thief. He grabs the Kensei sword (or a replica of it) from a display rack, and attacks Hiro, who uses a breadstick to unsuccessfully defend himself. As Kaito goes for a final strike with the sword, Hiro is rescued by Ando and Daphne, leaving Kaito stunned.

Once Upon a Time in Texas

Present Hiro travels back in time to Midland, Texas on the day of Charlie's death to change events. After saving her from Sylar, Present Hiro approaches Past Hiro and tells him he is Future Hiro and Past Hiro has to go back in time six months to "save the waitress". Past Hiro accepts this but asks about the sword, aware that Future Hiro possesses it thanks to Peter Petrelli. Present Hiro claims he left it at home and convinces Past Hiro to go back in time.

Later, Present Hiro approaches Past Ando and tells him he's Future Hiro and Ando has to wait there at the diner for Past Hiro. Past Ando accepts this, but like Past Hiro asks about the sword. Present Hiro, exasperated tells him to "forget about the sword!" before convincing him to stay.

Pass/Fail

In his delusion after being given a chance to regain his honor, the Kensei sword appears in Hiro's hand. He encounters Adam Monroe wielding the same sword and the two sword fight. With encouragement from the real Ando, Hiro defeats his mental version of Adam and kills him by stabbing him with his sword.

Webisode:Dark Matters, Part 5

Quentin Frady creates a board that includes a picture of the Kensei sword from corinthianlasvegas.com.

Brave New World

While trying to prove to Miko Otomo that she is Katana Girl from Evernow, Ren Shimosawa claims that the Kensei sword is the key to the game and it is kept under the floor in her father's study.

Later, Miko decides to check out her father's study at Ren's behest. She finds the Kensei sword under the floor; when she unsheathes it, the sword transports her into Evernow.

Odessa

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The Needs of the Many

Taylor Kravid finds the Kensei sword in its sheath in Renautas Headquarters. She picks it up and is about to draw it, but before she can, her mother enters the room.

The Lion's Den

Realizing the mob of Evernow players at Renautas is likely a distraction to allow Miko to recover the sword, Erica orders Harris to transport the sword to her home. Later, having followed Harris to Erica's house, Miko breaks through a window and recovers the sword.

Game Over

Miko discovers that the sword is the key to Hiro Nakamura's prison inside Evernow. After learning she will have to sacrifice herself to release Hiro, Miko tries to use the sword to return to the game, but is unable to do so due to Phoebe Frady draining her powers. Quentin is able to distract Phoebe long enough for Miko to return to Evernow where she faces off with her dark self. During a sword fight, Miko decapitates her dark self and uses the Kensei sword as the key to Hiro's prison within the game. Hiro is freed and emerges from the game, but the Kensei sword is apparently lost within the game for good.

June 13th, Part One

After trapping Hiro in Evernow, Hachiro Otomo steals the Kensei sword from Hiro's office in Yamagato Tower.

Send in the Clones

When using 9th Wonders! to figure out what her final mission is, Miko sees its to face off against Harris and tells Tommy Clark that he's the one who kidnapped her father and stole her sword which caused her to come to America.

Company Woman

When Tommy is trapped in the rebuilt Eternal Fortress of Evernow, the Kensei sword can be seen sticking out of the lock.

Project Reborn

Ren Shimosawa enters Evernow with the help of Hachiro Otomo where he reaches the gate to the Eternal Fortress and the sword with help from Miko Otomo. Ren hesitates to remove the sword as Miko will die, but she tells him he has to save Tommy and he removes the sword, opening the entrance to the Fortress. After Ren removes the sword, he is teleported back to the H.E.L.E. future, the sword with him.

After Ren and Tommy emerge from Evernow, one of the guards takes the sword. After realizing he can be in two places at once, Tommy freezes time and splits himself in two. The Tommy in the future takes the Kensei sword from the guard before transporting the guard away and hangs it on his back. In the past, the sword appears on the back of the other Tommy as well who wears it as he saves Noah Bennet's life and changes the future with Noah and Malina. Before transporting everyone in the future Gateway back to the present, Tommy uses the Kensei sword to cut off Erica Kravid's transport watch, leaving her stranded to be erased from existence with the future when he transports everyone else back.

Memorable Quotes

"I really need to find that sword..."

- Hiro (from Fallout)


"That sword is my destiny. The samurai's weapon must be used with honor. And respect. The sword has many lessons to teach."

"Swords are for killing. That's why they're sharp."

- Hiro, Ando (The Fix)


"I stole your sword!"

- Hiro (to Takezo Kensei) (Four Months Later...)


"My sword!"

- Hiro and Takezo Kensei (to Yaeko) (Four Months Later...)


"I believe this is mine, Carp."

- Adam (to Hiro) (Powerless)


"I left it at home."

- Present Hiro (to Past Hiro when asked where his sword is (Once Upon a Time in Texas)


"Forget about the sword!"

- Present Hiro (to Past Ando when asked about the sword Once Upon a Time in Texas)

Notes

  • According to corinthianlasvegas.com, the sword is made of leather, steel, and wood, circa 1580.
  • The sword appears to help Hiro focus his powers. With the sword in his possession, his face seems calm and serene when using his powers, as opposed to the the intense effort he seemed to need before he obtained the sword. However, his father reveals that the sword has nothing to do with his powers: its all in his self-confidence and retrieving the sword gave him back that which is what caused his powers to come back and why he can use them so much easier.
  • According to one of Hiro's blog entries, Kensei called his sword 自由刀 (jiyuutou). Hiro goes on to say that he will call his sword 時遊刀 (jiyuutou) which Hiro thinks is a funny pun. Kensei's sword name, "jiyuu-tou", loosely translates to "Freedom Sword". Hiro's sword name, "ji-yuu-tou" (which is not a word), would loosely translate to "Time-Play Sword".
  • Both Hiro Nakamura and his step-son Tommy Clark use the sword while saving the world. Hiro uses it throughout Volume One to help focus his powers and when he stops Adam Monroe from releasing the Shanti Virus while Tommy wears it while stopping the H.E.L.E. future and to put an end to Erica Kravid, the main villain of Heroes Reborn. Neither use it to directly kill anyone though Tommy's use of the sword effectively kills Erica.

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