Hiro Hamada

*"If you don't believe that multiverses exist, then why are you here? Better yet, 'how' are you here? Explain that, genius."* - Léa to Hiro

## **Official Bio**

*The once 14 year-old robotics prodigy has aged-up; at 17 he's now a collegian like his brother and best friends, with Baymax as his companion and sidekick. He doesn't like the idea of magic and its existence; although he couldn't explain why he would be in this universe. Fault of the time and space continuum? Dimension hopping? Impossible. - Character dossier*

## Biographical Info

### Aliases

Captain (Chaotic) (by Léa), Lil' Bro (by Tadashi)

### Home

San Francisco, California, San Fransokyo, California, Lucky Cat Cafe

## Personal Info

### Occupation

College student in San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, superhero; leader of Big Hero 6

### Family

Unnamed parents (deceased), Cass Hamada (aunt, legal guardian), Tadashi Hamada (older brother), Mochi (pet), Baymax (companion)

### Allies

Léa Navarro, Tadashi Hamada, Honey Lemon, Julian Navarro, Baymax, Gogo Tomago, Red Ordonia, Fred, Wasabi

### Quote

"As stupid as it may be, I tried to connect with you, and I'm not planning to lose you either." - to Léa

## Production Info

### (Voice) Actor or Base

Ryan Potter (original), Austin Dy (BW)

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**Hiro Hamada** (referred to with the middle name of Takachiho) is the 17-year-old main male protagonist of Beyond Worlds. He's a college student in San Fransokyo Institute of Technology with a major in robotics and engineering, just like his older brother Tadashi. He's the leader of the superhero team Big Hero 6, with the members being Baymax, Honey Lemon, Gogo, Fred, and Wasabi. He develops a love-hate relationship with Léa Navarro.

He appears in the Scarlet Swan reboot, SWAN: Murder in San Fran, where he's Swan Swagmire (renamed as Shiratori Hakucho Hamada)'s cousin. The reboot also serves as the franchise's crossover to Beyond Worlds. Hiro and Swan (as Tori) investigate about the death of Léa, alongside Tadashi, Red, and Gonzalo.

## **Early Life**

Cass Hamada became the brothers' guardian when their parents died while Hiro was 3 and Tadashi was 8. Due to his superior intellect, he was skipping grade levels, not having a chance to socialize with kids his age and his classmates and eventually graduates high school at 13. Instead of applying for college though, Hiro spent his time betting in Bot Fighting which he considers to be "not illegal", meanwhile Tadashi says otherwise.

## **3 Years Prior**

Sometime after forming Big Hero 6, Hiro watches a movie with Léa Navarro in it, with Tadashi even teasing him she's his first fictional character crush, admiring her determination with finding her best friend's father and reunite them again, especially mesmerized with Léa's technical and hacking knowledge. A bit of Léa's interest rubs on him and he now believes in the idea of having multiple universes waiting to go through. As "stupid" as it might be, he tried to connect with the universe Léa's in to meet her.

## **Personality**

Hiro is known to have a cocky, awkward, and carefree personality, and he could also come off as reckless and sacrificing to others. He's considered to be a genius with his IQ canonically being 160 (sometimes even saying that he's smarter than Tadashi). Hiro had his fair share of bullying when he was only in primary school because of his intelligence. He claims that he already knows the things teachers teach him, leading him to stop attending classes when he graduated high school at 13 and turn to Bot-Fighting.

As a member and leader of Big Hero 6, he's shown to be protective of his loved ones, albeit not showing it directly, such as telling Léa to go home when it's only 6 pm. He's also shown to not follow Tadashi whenever he helps people- Hiro don't always tell his brother where he's going with the others.

Even if he and Léa bicker a lot, he seems inconsistent with hating her, just like what he says Léa does to him in return.

## **Physical Appearance**

He has long messy black hair that reaches his nape, and his eyes are hazel brown in color, just like Tadashi's. He stands at about 5'4", meaning he grew 4 inches in the last 3 years since he was 14.

Hiro also tends to wear sweatshirts and hoodies, sporting one over a red shirt and gray long-sleeves. Instead of his usual cargo capris though, he was given khaki pants with either a black or brown belt, and his shoes are black Converse high-tops with yellow shoelaces.

In Chapter 8, he's mentioned to be wearing his light blue SFIT hoodie sweatshirt with the same ensemble he's had in the previous chapters.

Hiro loses his blue zip-up hoodie in season 2 as he gives it to Léa, exchanging it for his SFIT sweatshirt.

## **Relationships**

* **Tadashi Hamada-** Hiro and his brother has always been close growing up as Tadashi will always be the one to defend and stand up for his younger brother when other people are bullying him, although the fire that started out years ago in SFIT made them closer. Hiro knows how lucky he is to have a brother like Tadashi supporting him in everything he does, and vice-versa.
* **Baymax-** Because Baymax is his brother's creation, Hiro tends to take care of him and make sure he's updated and programmed well. Since the robot has no boundaries when he's doing his job, Hiro is forced to always apologize for him, albeit being grateful that Baymax is also always there for him whenever he needs him.
* **Léa Navarro-** Even though the two didn't get along the first few days, Hiro has no pride to deny that he admires Léa for how she is and how she puts others' safety even if it means placing herself second. It sometimes even frustrates him that she keeps on sacrificing herself and go into danger for her loved ones, but as of now, they seem to be good friends despite the usual banters and bickering.
* **Red Ordonia-** Hiro doesn't hesitate to help Red when she's being robbed by a thief in the last chapter. Even if they just started out to be friends only a few days back, Hiro seems to already be comfortable with her company, even agreeing to help her find her missing father. They also relate to each other as both of them have more than one familial problems.
* **Gogo Tomago-** It has been rumored around SFIT that Hiro liked Gogo in the past, although he never confirmed it. He's shown to be scared of her since she's "too hardcore" as he describes it, and is careful not to get on the girl's bad side. Whenever Hiro's down though, Gogo is always willing to help and comfort him.
* **Honey Lemon-** Hiro is close to Honey Lemon as she's his brother's girlfriend, and they go lengths when helping each other. If Hiro needs some cheering up and a happy face around, he calls up Honey Lemon first before anyone else, even his own brother.
* **Fred Fredrickson-** Being fans of superheroes, comics, and manga, Hiro and Fred might seem like two outcast nerds speaking in their own language, although Hiro would describe himself as the more "sane" one. Hiro honestly thinks Fred is the comical relief in Big Hero 6.
* **Wasabi-** Because Hiro has a more chaotic way to deal with situations, him and Wasabi sometimes don't get along well because of the latter's perfectionist attitude. They work things out anyways, also becoming good friends; Wasabi even helps him around the lab and he cares about Hiro's health and well-being.
* **Kenji Katagiri-** Even though they don't know much about each other, Hiro is convinced him and Kenji wouldn't get along well in the future. Knowing that Kenji might like Léa in his own discreet way makes him jealous, even if he couldn't admit that he does.

## **Trivias**

* In the Beyond Worlds wiki page in the Chrysalis Wiki, Hiro's birth year is typed in to be 2003. This is a mistake, since Hiro would be 18 if that's the case. Parker Trinh mentions at one point that both Léa and Hiro would be 17 at the end of the story/series.
* As mentioned above, Hiro is mentioned to be wearing his SFIT sweatshirt in the 8th chapter. In the same chapter, Léa is described to be sporting the Caltech letterman jacket, which means the two coincidentally wear garments of their own school.
* Stefen Sanchez, one of the writers of Beyond Worlds, likes to imagine that Léa was taller than Hiro at some point, but Hiro hit puberty becoming taller than her.
	+ This is technically true since in the Big Hero 6 wiki, it states that Hiro's height is 152 cm, while when Amree (Léa's base) was 14, she was 153 cm in the Chrysalis profiles, making 14 year-old Amree literally only a centimeter taller than Hiro.
* In the second season, he's most likely to learn how to tie his hair into a short ponytail since his hair is mentioned to be growing at a fast rate, and he has no plans cutting it.
* Unlike his brother, Hiro hates wearing caps or hats. Even tough the reason for this is unknown, maybe it's because he hates getting his hair oily.
* In Hiro's world, Léa is his fictional character crush, and the others (especially Tadashi and/or Homey Lemon) knows about it. It's hinted that Hiro foreshadowed the readers that he recognizes Léa as early as chapter 2, which is their first meeting.
* Given the fact that the book mentions a few times that Léa hasn't had her birthday yet in the year the story is set and that Hiro and Cameron (who are both born on the same month) are already 17, it's safe to say that the story is set on late June.
* Before test-flying with Baymax, he mentions that he's slightly acrophobic.

## **Reboot Trivias**

* Hiro mentions in the story that his and Tori's fathers are brothers, making Tori his and Tadashi's cousin.
* Growing up, he and Tori consider each other as best friends having the closest age gap in the family. Cass knowing that Hiro would appreciate it more if she calls Tori to deliver the news of Hiro being depressed because of Tadashi's death supports this.
	+ With this information in hand, it could mean that Hiro is more comfortable with Tori and trusts her more than Cass.
* Height has always been Hiro and Tori's issue; both constantly fight over who's taller. Tori is taller than Hiro by an inch- 2 inches and with her platform shoes.

## **Gallery**

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