Yamagato Industries
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| 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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The Second Coming
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.
Ando and Kimiko appear startled by a group of bikers outside Yamagato.
See Also
- For other uses of Yamagato, see Yamagato (disambig).
- For the gallery owned by Yamagato Industries, see Yamagato Fellowship.
- For the Heroes Evolutions website about Yamagato Fellowship, see yamagatofellowship.org.