Hiro (AEG)

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

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.

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=

Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go

 * Series 1 - Overnight Stop and A Light Delivery
 * Series 2 - Blackout!, Diesel's Dilemma and Tunnel Troubles

Specials

 * 2021 - Race for the Sodor Cup

Songs

 * Race for the Sodor Cup - The Training Song and Look It's Us

Videos

 * 2022 - The Height of Courage
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Video Games

 * 2022 - Magical Tracks

Trivia

 * Hiro is currently the only character created by former head writer and voice director Sharon Miller to appear in All Engines Go.
 * Hiro's UK voice actor Dai Tabuchi also voices 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 currently one of the only characters to keep their original whistle or horn sound from the original series, the others being Thomas, Henry, James, Emily and Kenji.
 * 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
 * Motorized