Even though they didn't find his owner and his wife, Cate, doesn't think they should keep him, they do. He names the Akita puppy Hachikō, after Ken, a Japanese professor, translates a symbol on his collar as 'Hachi'-Japanese for the number 8-signifying good fortune. Despite his classmates laughing, he tells how his grandfather, Professor Parker Wilson, finds a lost puppy sent from Japan at the train station and ends up taking it home with the intention of returning the animal to its owner. Ronnie's subject is his grandfather's dog, Hachikō. He has to give a presentation about a personal hero. The story is told by Ronnie, the grandson of the man. Hachi is a story of love and devotion between a dog and a man.
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