In an interview with Howard 100 news on Sirius satellite radio George Takei described his character as a "powerful industrialist .. a very rich man, one of the richest in the world ... very influential".

We first reported on Takei playing Hiro's father on November 11th at which time Masi Oka described Takei's character as "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."