Hiro Kanagawa

Hironobu Kanagawa (金川 弘敦 Kanagawa Hironobu, October 13, 1963) is a Japanese voice and television actor based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Kanagawa has written plays, including Tiger of Malaya and The Patron Saint of Stanley Park. He played Hachiro Otomo on NBC's Heroes Reborn.

Biography
Kanagawa was born in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan and grew up in Guelph, Ontario; Sterling Heights, Michigan; and Tokyo. After graduating from International Christian University High School, he left Japan for Middlebury College, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, and Simon Fraser University. He has lived in Vancouver since 1990.

Kanagawa is perhaps best known as Principal Kwan from the TV series Smallville. His most notable anime role is Gihren Zabi from Mobile Suit Gundam. He was also the voice of Mister Fantastic on Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes. Kanagawa has the distinction of having played three different characters in the TV series The X-Files, appearing independently in seasons 2, 4 and 10. Besides acting, Kanagawa is also a playwright and screenwriter, and teaches creative writing in the English department at Capilano University.

In 2017, he won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama for his play Indian Arm.

Animated Series

 * Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (2001-2002) - The Foolish Magistrate

Anime

 * Mobile Suit Gundam (1979-1980) - Gihren Zabi
 * InuYasha (2000-2001) - Hakushin (eps. 119-120)
 * Black Lagoon (2006) - Fujiwara, Myna Bird (ep. 3), Colonel Matsuto (ep. 4)
 * Gintama° (2015-2016) - Oboro