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is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction television drama series Heroes, portrayed by James Kyson Lee.

The character was billed in a recurring role during the first season, and was promoted to series regular in the second. Introduced to television audiences in the pilot episode “Genesis” as an employee at Yamagato Industries, Ando is a partner to his co-worker and friend Hiro Nakamura on various quest to save the world. He often has to overcome insecurities about being undervalued and being seen as a sidekick or liability due to his lack of special abilities in contrast to Hiro and other characters. At the end of the third volume, "Villains", he acquires the ability to massively amplify the power of any posthuman he touches. Later in the fourth volume, "Fugitives", Ando has learned to channel this energy into concussive blasts, projecting the energy outward to knock back any targets.

Kyson Lee explained how he, as a Korean American, had to learn the Japanese language from scratch under "a coach that I work with exclusively." because the role was written as Japanese.

Kyson Lee was unable to play Sulu in the 2009 Star Trek film because his co-star on Heroes, Zachary Quinto, was already playing Spock in the movie and the show could not have him and Quinto away from the show for three months.

Ando Masahashi has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.