 In the original script for Genesis, Hiro was to exclaim "Bonsai!"  after discovering his powers. According to a statement by  Masi Oka (qv) on _"View, The" (1997)_ (qv), he approached  Tim Kring (qv) and informed him that "bonsai actually means  little tree", and that he probably intended banzai. Because Masi  felt that banzai had wartime/old