On the NBC smash hit Heroes, time-traveling fanboy Hiro Nakamura is insanely obsessed with Star Trek. TV Guide magazine has gotten word that Hiro’s father will be played by Trek icon George Takei (Sulu). The new character will be introduced in a January 29 cliff-hanger.
“It was one of those lightning-bolt ideas,” creator Tim Kring tells TV Guide.
Masi Oka, who plays Hiro, is also over the moon. “This is absolutely brilliant!” the Tokyo-born actor tells TV Guide. “Hiro’s father is this big honcho who shows up in America with his bodyguard. He has this whole elaborate scheme to kidnap his son and take him back to Japan.”
Adds Oka, “I just hope I get to say, ‘Dad! Sulu is my hero, not you!’ The sci-fi fans would love it!”

At Trekweb : George Takei will play the father of time-traveling fanboy Hiro Nakamura on NBC’s smash hit Heroes. Takei will appear in the Jan. 29 cliffhanger, according to TV Guide. Masi Oka, who plays the Japanese superhero, declares the casting choice “brilliant.”