* Hiro Nakamura, a character in the Heroes television series

* Hiro Granger, a character in Beyblade series

* Hiro Protagonist, a character in the science fiction novel Snow Crash

* Hiro Sohma, a character in the Fruits Basket series

* Hiro, a character from the game " bust a groove " ( Bust a move in Japan )

* Hiro, a character from the Hidamari Sketch comic strip

* Hiro, the main character in Lunar: Eternal Blue video game

* Hiro, a character in Ginga Densetsu Weed series

* Hiro Sakurai, a main character in the Original English-language manga Miki Falls

* Hiro, a Japanese steam engine character from the Thomas and Friends special " Hero of the Rails "

* Hiro the Mini Ninja, a player character in Mini Ninjas video game

In the English dubbed series and movie adaptations the character was voiced by Hiro Kanagawa and Doug Stone respectively.

In an interview, actor Masi Oka compared Future Trunks to his Heroes character Hiro Nakamura, as both are time travelers that carry swords.

This leaves only Tyson, Hilary, and Kenny on the team, but a new character, Daichi Sumeragi, and Tyson's brother Hiro Granger, join them.

* In " Genesis ", the first episode of the television series Heroes, the character of Hiro Nakamura cites Kitty's traveling through time as teaching him about the concepts of time travel.

* " Letter from Hiro ", by The Vapors, off New Clear Days

The Soke ( head of, and heir to the style ) of Masaki-ryu Bujutsu, Nawa Yumio, has written several books on the subject and has worked as an historical consultant on matters dealing with law-enforcement and Mizukoshi Hiro ’ s recently reprinted book Torinawajutsu offers historical background followed by thorough, practical instruction in more than 25 traditional ties including some recreated from rare and very old texts.

One of the main characters of Hiro Mashima's manga Fairy Tail, Lucy Heartfilia, takes her name from the song.

In 1938, Hiro and Tosaka confirmed this by passing the disease to children using filtered nasal washings from acute cases.

Impressed by Hogan's physical stature, the Brisco brothers asked Hiro Matsuda — the man who trained wrestlers working for Championship Wrestling from Florida ( CWF )— to make him a potential trainee.

* In Episode 13 of Season 4 of the TV show Heroes, Hiro Nakamura, who has had his memory erased and can only remember science fiction and popular culture references, defends a woman from a mugger and then calls her his Dulcinea.

* Hiro and Milo, the other two playable characters from Shining in the Darkness, appear in Pyra's ending.

During the North American localization of Pokémon, a small team led by Hiro Nakamura went through the individual Pokémon, renaming them for western audiences based on their appearance and characteristics after approval from Nintendo of Japan.

Hideo doubts Hiro's intention to throw a fastball briefly predicting a slider from Hiro, striking out, which ends the game.

Like Hiro, he's a natural-born genius when it comes to baseball, but that doesn't stop him from working very hard to become even better.

* An aged yakuza ( Hiro, played by Tatsuya Mihashi ), who tries to meet a girlfriend from his youth ( played by Chieko Matsubara ).

Some of his most notable roles include Shinichi Chiaki from Nodame Cantabile, Gilgamesh from Fate / stay night, Rob Lucci from One Piece, Gundam characters Domon Kasshu and Yzak Joule ( from G Gundam and Gundam Seed, respectively ), Kyo Sohma from Fruits Basket, Ichiro Miyata from Hajime no Ippo, Haru Glory from Rave Master, Chichiri from Fushigi Yuugi, Toya Kinomoto ( Sakura Kinomoto's older brother ) from Cardcaptor Sakura, Van Fanel from The Vision of Escaflowne and Ken Hidaka from Weiss Kreuz, alongside Hiro Yūki, Takehito Koyasu, and Shinichiro Miki.

" A must read for all ... A breezy analytical narrative ... No one has written a book on Pakistan so succinctly as Hiro, with his vast knowledge about South Asian history, culture, politics and economics.

Hiro Sugiyama, Peter Saville, and American comic book artists, such as Adrian Tomine, inspired the artistic design and aesthetic.

* " Yuko and Hiro ", a Blur song

The morning after their victory celebration, Hiro implies his intention to play baseball as a professional and Haruka declares her decision to acompany him on his way " I will be the stewardess ", to which Hiro replies " Yes, probably ", meaning he will probably marry her ; this is a reference to an earlier chapter where Haruka said she wanted to become a stewardess so she could be with her future husband who would be a baseball player.

In " Angels and Monsters ", Adam tells Hiro and Ando to look tough.

Other likely influences include Snow Crash, which features a ninja-like deliveryman named Hiro Protagonist who works for a Mafia pizzeria and would be assassinated if a delivery took longer than half an hour, and " A Fistful of Yen ", a short parody of Enter the Dragon from Kentucky Fried Movie.

Lili uses the Star Ring to tell fortunes and, at times, to transform into the disguise of " Detective Spica ", in which no one recognizes her, except Hiro ( such transformations are a common staple of Magical Girl manga ).

" Letter from Hiro ", the album's lengthy melancholy finale, concerns the sense of powerlessness a boy feels as events push towards World War II, and towards the inevitable ending of his friendship with his more patriotic Japanese penpal (" And when the sun was rising somewhere in the East, and when a flag meant more to Hiro than to me ").

Meyer and cinematographer Hiro Narita aimed for a darker and more dramatic mood, subtly altering redresses of sets originally used for the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.

, is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima.

In the TV series Heroes, Daphne says " Domo arigato " to Hiro and Ando in " One of Us, One of Them ".

* Generations of Chaos series ( Hiro )

* Spectral series ( Hiro )

* Hiro Matsushita ( born 1961 ), a Japanese Champ Car racing driver series, and grandson of Konosuke Matsushita

The term is Hiro Nakamura's favorite phrase in the NBC series Heroes and is used as the subtitle for Japan's release of Forrest Gump.