Hiro (AEG)

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Hiro the Japanese Engine
Background Information
First appearance	Race for the Sodor Cup (2021)
Creator(s)	Sharon Miller John Lee
Voice Actors
UK voice actor	Dai Tabuchi
US voice actor	Kintaro Akiyama
Character Overview
Name	Hiro
Title	Hiro the Japanese Engine Hiro the Old Steam Engine
Gender	Male
Eye colour	Brown
Country	Japan
Technical Details
Power type	Steam
Vehicle	Locomotive
Type	Tender engine
Fuel type	Coal
Configuration	2-6-2
Wheels	18
Number	51

"I had a feeling those two might do alright. Two engines working together, using the best of both of them!"

― Hiro admiring Thomas and Kana's teamwork

Hiro (ヒロ in Japanese) is an old and wise tender engine from Japan who is famously known as the "Master of the Railway".

Personality

Hiro is a wise engine who is willing to help his friends when they are in trouble.

Technical Details

Basis

Hiro is a 2-6-2 tender engine. In the original television series, Hiro was a JNR D51, a class of 2-8-2 tender engines designed by Hideo Shima. He retains a similar outline in All Engines Go, however his new wheel arrangement makes him closer to a JNR C58, a class of 2-6-2 tender engines also designed by Hideo Shima.

JNR D51

JNR C58

Livery

Hiro is painted black with gold lining, boiler bands and fittings and red wheels. He has the number 51 painted on the sides of his tender in white and he has gold blank nameplates on the sides of his smoke deflectors.

Appearances

• Television Series
• Other Media

Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go Series 1 - Overnight Stop (portrait cameo) and A Light Delivery (portrait cameo) Series 2 - Blackout! (portrait cameo), Diesel's Dilemma (mentioned), Tunnel Troubles (portrait cameo) and Blue Engine Blues (portrait cameo) Series 4 - Art Engines Go! Specials 2021 - Race for the Sodor Cup 2024 - The Christmas Letter Express (portrait cameo) Songs Race for the Sodor Cup - The Training Song and Look It's Us (cameo, music video only) Series 4 - What I See (cameo) Videos Train School - The Height of Courage (cameo) All Aboard! - Detective Bruno (portrait cameo)

Video Games

• 2022 - Magical Tracks
• 2023 - Go Go Thomas! (video game)

Audio Files

Whistle

First used	Last used	Sound Effect
Magical Tracks	Active

Trivia

• Hiro is currently one of the only characters created by former head writer and voice director Sharon Miller to appear in All Engines Go, alongside Winston.
• Hiro's UK voice actor Dai Tabuchi also voiced Hanzo - another Japanese engine - in Chuggington.
• According to writer Rick Suvalle, Hiro was originally mentioned as being "Master of the Railway" in Race for the Sodor Cup, however this was later cut likely due to either time constraints or the lack of context for child audiences.
• Hiro is one of the only tender engines to keep their original number of tender wheels, the others being James, Emily and Yong Bao.

Merchandise

• Push Along (discontinued)
• Motorized (discontinued)

References

International Characters

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✦ Changed location

Europe	Spain	Farona and Frederico
Africa	Kenya	✦Nia
Asia	China	Yong Bao | The Big Mean Engine
	India	Ashima
	Japan	Hiro | ✦Kenji | ✦Kana