Ishi Nakamura
| Ishi Nakamura | |
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| Portrayed by | Tamlyn Tomita |
| First appearance | Our Father |
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| Known ability | Healing |
| Formal name | 中村伊詩, Nakamura Ishi |
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| Date of death | 1990 or 1991 |
| Home | Japan |
| Significant other | Kaito Nakamura (deceased) |
| Children | Hiro Nakamura, Kimiko Nakamura |
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Ishi Nakamura (中村伊詩, Nakamura Ishi) was the wife of Kaito Nakamura and mother of Hiro and Kimiko.
Character History
Graphic Novel:The Crane
Hiro recalls that his mother named him after Hiroshima "so that we would never forget".
Five Years Gone
While interrogating "past" Hiro, Matt Parkman reads out his profile "Name: Hiro Nakamura. Born: Osaka, Japan to Kaito and Ishi."
Cautionary Tales
In an effort to convince his father to not accept his upcoming death, Hiro teleports Kaito to Aoyama Cemetery in 1990 to re-witness Ishi's funeral. Kaito was and is very distressed and saddened by the funeral, but this does not sway him in his conviction that his death must play out as it originally happened. Both Hiro and Kaito pay their respects.
Graphic Novel:Past Experience
Ishi Nakamura's daughter, Kimiko, recalls that as a child, she enjoyed the act of "ikebani", or arranging flowers, with her mother.
Our Father
Hiro and Claire teleport back in time and Hiro witnesses a scene between his younger self and Ishi and its revealed that she has the power to heal others as she heals a dove. Afterwards Hiro and Claire witness a conversation in English between her and Kaito that reveals that she expects to die that night and that she in fact held the catalyst before Claire and that she wanted to transfer it to Hiro, but Kaito refused and wanted it transfered to Claire. Later Hiro brings her waffles as he doesn't know how to make what she wanted (he was mistaken as a chef) and convinces her of who he is after she says he looks familiar. After hearing that he has lost most of his memories she agrees to try and use her power to restore them although she's not sure if it will work. It does and Hiro gets back his memories. Hiro convinces her to give him the catalyst instead of baby Claire, and she dies in his arms after transferring it to him.
Evolved Human Abilities
Ishi has the ability to heal living things. Like Daniel Linderman, she seems to require physical contact with whom she is healing. She also kisses who is being healed, but it is unknown it is actually required for her to do so. She also transfered the catalyst to Hiro, but whether this was by using her powers is unknown.
Notes
- Ishi Nakamura named her son Hiro to commemorate his grandfather's experience in Hiroshima (The Crane). It is unknown whether this grandparent is the father of Ishi or of Kaito.
- There is some inconsistency as to the date of Ishi's death. In Cautionary Tales, she is shown to have died in 1990, with her funeral being held in the same year. However, in Our Father, she is shown to have died in 1991 after giving the catalyst to Hiro.
Trivia
- In the cast commentary for Our Father, Masi Oka says that "Ishi" is a Japanese word meaning "stone".
See Also
- For other uses of Ishi, see Ishi (disambig).
Fan Theories
Please refer to Theory:Ishi Nakamura for fan-created theories and other speculation.