Hiro Kanagawa Biography ((?)-)

Born in Sapporo, Japan. Addresses: Manager: Carrier Talent Management,1260 Hornby St., Second Floor, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 1W2, Canada.

Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, playwright

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Kenji, Cyberjack (also known as Virtual Assassin), Prism, 1995
Lieutenant, The Hunted, Universal, 1995
Nurse Nakamura, Hideaway, TriStar, 1995
Temple Yakuza, Crying Freeman, Warner Bros., 1995
Emergency room doctor, Mask of Death, Moonstone Entertainment, 1996
Doctor, Bliss, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997
Jon, Excess Baggage, Columbia, 1997
Nakai, American Dragons (also known as Double Edge), OrionHome Video, 1997
Sadaji, Obaachan's Garden, 1999
Agent Ted, Epicenter (also known as Epicentre), PM Entertainment, 2000
Controller, Fear of Flying (also known as Turbulence 2: Fear ofFlying and Turbulence II: Fear of Flying), Trimark, 2000
First Japanese businessman, Beautiful Joe, Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 2000
Pet shop owner, Best in Show (also known as Dog Show!), Warner Bros., 2000
Police detective, The Guilty, Dogwood, 2000
Team doctor, The 6th Day (also known as Le sixieme jour), Columbia, 2000
Protection, Red Storm Productions, 2000
First lab video technician, Replicant, Artisan Entertainment, 2001
Japanese delegate, Josie and the Pussycats, Universal, 2001
Steve Tunaki, Touched by a Killer, 2001
Also appeared in the short films Fear, Catastrophe, Pursuit: Ruskin, B.C. and Hotel.
Television Appearances
Series
James Kai, Cold Squad, CTV, 1998-1999
Voice of Gihren Zabi, Mobile Suit Gundam (animated; also known as1st Gundam), [Japan], and The Cartoon Network, 2001
Principal Kwan, Smallville, The WB, 2001-
Voice of the Foolish Magistrate, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (animated), PBS, 2001-
Also appeared in the Canadian series These Arms of Mine.
Miniseries
Agent Yung, Aftershock: Earthquake in New York, CBS, 1999
Dr. Shima-Tsuno, The Wonder Cabinet, Fox, 1999
Frank, Living with the Dead, CBS, 2002
Movies

Resident, Born Too Soon, NBC, 1993
Doctor, My Name Is Kate, ABC, 1994
Medical examiner, Voices from Within (also known as Silhouette), NBC, 1994
Agent Kurosaka, A Child Is Missing, CBS, 1995
Detective, Bloodhounds II, USA Network, 1996
Dr. Black, For Hope, ABC, 1996
Ang, Survival on the Mountain, NBC, 1997
Matsuba, Tricks, Showtime, 1997
Computer agent, Every Mother's Worst Fear, USA Network, 1998
Otomo Akira, Futuresport, ABC, 1998
Polygraph technician, The Inspectors, 1998
Second technician, Resurrection, 1999
Senior narcotics officer, The Linda McCartney Story, CBS, 2000
Mr. Tanaka, Class Warfare, USA Network, 2001
Episodic
Emergency room doctor, The Round Table, NBC, 1992
Akira Yoshida, "The Samurai," Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated, 1994
Peter Tanaka, "Firewalker," The X-Files, Fox, 1994
Yakuza translator, "The Black Dragon," M.A.N.T.I.S., Fox, 1994
Agent Takahashi, "522666," Millennium, Fox, 1996
Furukawa, "Love and Guns," The Sentinel, UPN, 1996
Henry, "Obsession," Sliders, Fox, 1996
Otomo, "On a Roll," Viper, syndicated, 1996
Dr. Yonechi, "Synchrony," The X-Files, Fox, 1997
Mr. Taneka, "Sun Ahso Rises," Breaker High, UPN, 1997
Detective Rondell, "Human Essence," Millennium, Fox, 1998
John Tran, "Second Wave," First Wave, Sci-Fi Channel, 1998
Tali, "Relativity Theory," The Outer Limits, Showtime and syndicated, 1998
Team member Lewis, "The Time Is Now," Millennium, Fox, 1998
Yaguchi, Mercy Point, 1998
Frank, "Y2K: Total System Failure," The Net, USA Network, 1999
Shopkeeper, "Bardo Thodol," Millennium, Fox, 1999
Tashogi, "Attack of the Teki-Ya," Viper, syndicated, 1999
Dr. Oshima, "Time Gremlin," Seven Days, UPN, 2000
Ron Hikida, "Simon Says," The Outer Limits, Showtime and syndicated, 2000
Tokyo chief, "From Prima with Love," Secret Agent Man, UPN, 2000
Businessperson, "Bond, Jimmy Bond," The Lone Gunmen, Fox, 2001
Madison, "The Straw," Special Unit 2, UPN, 2002
Pilots
Theo Katsuno, Dark Angel (also known as James Cameron's Dark Angel), Fox, 2000
Stage Appearances
Shinsuke Taki, Shaking the Tree, Vancouver Fringe Festival, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2000
Robert, Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love, Vancouver Fringe Festival, 2001
Appeared as Koji, Burning Vision, Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada; as Marco, A View from the Bridge, Pacific Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; as a middle-aged man, Fugitives, Performance Works, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; as a reporter, War of the Worlds, The Roundhouse, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; as the soldier, x,y: A Soldier's Tale, The Western Front, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and as Walpurg, The Madman and the Nun, Barlett Centre, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Stage Work
Director
Directed China Doll, Simon Fraser University Alumni Festival, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; also directed the staged readings To Orlando and The Yoko Ono Project, both Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada.
WRITINGS
Stage Plays
Wrote Hold Your Head Tight, Performance Works, Vancouver, BritishColumbia, Canada; Tiger of Malaya, CrossCurrents Festival, Factory Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Slants (public reading), East West Players, Los Angeles, CA; and To Orlando (staged reading), Firehall ArtsCentre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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