Theory:Ando Masahashi

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Theory	Citations	Notes
Ando has the power to focus or amplify other people's powers, possibly making himself immune in the process.	None.	+ Ando is the only one who remembers the "original" timeline where Hiro met Charlie only shortly before she was killed by Sylar. - Ando is next to Hiro at the Museum of Natural History, and Hiro is only able to slow time, not completely stop it (Godsend). + Hiro was unable to use his abilities at all before that - managing to slow down time may have been thanks to Ando. - When Hiro attempts to go back in time and save Charlie (Seven Minutes to Midnight), he moves back far further than the day he intended to, despite his proximity to Ando. + Peter begins to lose control of his powers sometime after meeting Ando (and unknowingly absorbing his power) on the night of Homecoming.
Ando has the ability to speak the future.	None.	+ There are many instances where Ando's offhand utterances later turn out to be true. He says that he and Hiro need to find hope, only to meet a woman named Hope moments later. (Run!). - This observation may simply be a device the writers have used to play up the need for Ando's character since Hiro learned English, or, more likely, to play up Hiro's quest for destiny. - Sylar had the opportunity to take Ando's brain, but refused. He also mentions to Ando that he has no use for his brain. (How to Stop an Exploding Man) + Sylar has been shown as unable to tell whether or not someone has powers without outside information: he killed Jackie in the style he reserves for evolved humans, despite her being the wrong target, and only realized his mistake afterward. + He also didn't attempt to kill Hiro in Seven Minutes To Midnight, he only killed Charlie. + When Sylar telekinetically pinned Ando in How to Stop an Exploding Man, Sylar already had Isaac's precognitive ability so wouldn't need to gain that ability from Ando.
Ando will be promoted to Executive Vice President of Yamagato Industries.	None.	+ Ando developed a relationship with Executive Vice President Kimiko Nakamura. (Heroism is Found in the Heart, Part 2). Now that she is CEO of Yamagato Industries, she may offer him a promotion. - His interest in heroes may lead him to work at the Yamagato Fellowship instead. • There is no reason he cannot be Vice President of both Yamagato Industries and Yamagato Fellowship.
Ando will discover the power his future incarnation uses to murder future Hiro in the current season, but use it for the power of good.	None.
Future Ando has a power more powerfull than Hiro.	In season 3, Future Hiro was shown killed by Future Ando by his power.	+ Ando probably has a power of his own. Lots of the characters that have powers learned them at different ages. So Ando may have learned his.
Future Ando is an illusion created by an evolved human yet to be introduced, or a person such as Sylar or Peter mimicking these abilities, intended to trick Hiro.	None.	+ Connie Logan in the graphic novels has the ability to change people's appearances. She, or someone with similar abilities, may have altered an evolved human who can shoot red bolts to look like Ando.