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.