In Japan we use the word “英雄(えいゆう-eiyuu)” for the English word “Hero”. And we have a several other similar meaning words for “Hero”. The following Japanese words are some examples; The word “主人公(しゅじんこう-shujinkou)” means “main character of movies or novels etc”, “勇者(ゆうしゃ-yuusha)” means “Brave” or “Hero”, “勇士(ゆうし-yuushi)” means “Brave” or “Hero”. For “勇者” and “勇士”, please visit this link too.
And the English word “Hero” is so popular already in Japan so we often use カタカナ word “ヒーロー(ひーろー-hiiro)” for the word “Hero”. This Japanese word “ヒーロー” is just pronounced the English word “Hero” in Japanese way and written in Japanese “Katakana”.
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