Yatta! Masi Oka Returns To Heroes
The actor will reprise his role in the new summer series
Masi Oka has gone on to roles across the TV spectrum — finally landing at CBS as coroner Max Bergman on Hawaii Five-0 — but he’s never forgotten his roots.
Oka’s character Hiro Nakamura helped to make Heroes a major hit for NBC when the show premiered in 2006. Now he’ll be back when the show returns for a special summer series, Heroes: Reborn.
Originally set to run during the summer, NBC has bumped Reborn to this fall.
The 13-episode series stars original cast member Jack Coleman (Noah Bennet, a.k.a. Horn-Rimmed Glasses), Zachary Levi (Chuck), Ryan Guzman (The Boy Next Door), Robbie Kay (Once Upon a Time‘s Peter Pan), Danika Yarosh (Shameless), Judith Shekoni (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2), Kiki Sukezane (Death Yankee 3), Henry Zebrowski (A to Z) and Gatlin Green (Criminal Minds).
Oka will appear in a guest-starring arc as Hiro, a man with the ability to stop time with his mind — and even travel through time.
“I’m excited to return to my ‘Heroes’ roots,” Oka said in a press release. “Hiro Nakamura was such an inspirational role to play, and I’m hoping the fans will enjoy seeing him back on TV.”
“We are thrilled to have Masi back in the Heroes family,” creator and executive producer Tim Kring said. “The character of Hiro Nakamura was such a huge part of the first series’ success, and a gigantic fan favorite. We felt the fans would really love seeing him back in action again.”
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