Heiji Shindo is a character in Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai, voiced by Randall Park. He is a merchant and a member of the Shindo samurai clan. He often acts as an occasional and minor antagonist for Abijah Fowler.
Blue Eye Samurai is an adult animated action series developed and written by Amber Noizumi and Michael Green for Netflix. Jane Wu is the supervising director and series producer in charge. Blue Spirit has collaborated with a French studio to co-produce and animate the show. The first season started streaming on November 3, 2023, and another season is set to hit Netflix in 2026.
Blue Eye Samurai features a list of planted cast amongst them is where Maya Erskine plays Mizu, George Takai plays Seki, Masi Oka plays Ringo, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa plays Master Eiji, Brenda Song plays Princess Akemi, and Randall Park plays Heiji Shindo.
The list goes on and on and we shall look into the character details in the near future. In this article, we shall return to the voice behind one of our characters Heiji Shindo.
Who voices Heiji Shindo in Blue Eye Samurai?
Randall Park is the talented voice actor, who brings Heiji Shindo to life in Blue Eye Samurai. Heiji Shindo is quite a shady character. He deals in flesh, opium, and guns. He's got a partner in Abijah Fowler, or rather Western trader Fowler. Together with him, Heiji Shindo aims to take control of the Shogunate.
Randall Park is an actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film director. The American actor is best known for his role as Louis Huang in the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat (2015-2020). He got a nod at the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series back in the year 2016. He is known as Jimmy Woo in the beloved MCU community.
What is the plot of Blue Eye Samurai?
In the 17th century, when a secluded Japan ignored everything that was going on in the rest of the world, a young woman named Mizu began to lead a secret life. A master swordswoman, she sought revenge against four foreign men in Japan.
With the borders closed, there was no way for foreigners to enter the region. This reduced the number of white men in Japan to four. One of the men, Mizu wanted to take revenge on her father, bringing shame to the family.
But, living in a society where women are not allowed to seek revenge, Mizu in the series has to hide not only her gender, but also her 'abnormal' blue eyes.
What is Heiji Shindo’s story in Blue Eye Samurai?
Heiji Shindo is a successful black market trader who sells everything, from humans to opium to rare Western imported goods, which even include illegal firearms. His brother runs a dojo in Kyoto and keeps Heiji informed of local matters.
The Shindo family also maintains a brothel in Kyoto. He chose not to be a samurai, despite his family's wishes, and ended up as a merchant. At least, wealth was acquired from it, though a lower-prestige profession.
Heiji partners with Abijah Folwer, to use him as a connection to the Shogunate and secretly work against it. Folwer aims to install Heiji as the new Shogun or as the power behind the throne, allowing them to jointly control Japan's government.
They can achieve this plan since they are going to unite themselves with the discontent daimyos, and disgruntled samurai, and utilize sophisticated weapons smuggled outside Japan.
Season 1 of Blue Eye Samurai is available for viewers to stream on Netflix.
