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'Hikaru Sulu', played by George Takei, is a character in the original series, the first six Star Trek films and one episode of .

Contents

Overview

Guest appearances

Other media

Name

References

External links

Overview

Hikaru Sulu was born in San Francisco^[1]. He was shown as the USS Enterprise's staff physicist in the pilot episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before",^[2] but served as helmsman throughout the rest of the series, during which he held the rank of lieutenant.^[3]
Throughout the series, Sulu is shown having many interests and hobbies, including botany,^[2] fencing,^[2] and ancient weaponry.^[2]
The character is promoted to lieutenant commander some time before ''""'', and to full commander by the time of ''""''.¹ During the first five Star Trek movies, he serves as helmsman aboard both the USS Enterprise and USS Enterprise-A.³ He is promoted to captain and given command of the USS Excelsior three years before the events of ''""''.¹
''""''^[2] introduces Hikaru's daughter, Demora Sulu,³ whose origins are also depicted in Peter David's non-canon novel ''The Captain's Daughter''.^[8]

Guest appearances

George Takei reprised the role of Sulu, as part of Star Trek's 30th anniversary, in the '' episode "Flashback"^[2]. In the episode, ''Captain'' Sulu appears in Tuvok's flashbacks of his time serving aboard the USS Excelsior, during events depicted in ''Star Trek VI''.³
The currently non-canon '' episode "World Enough and Time" starred George Takei as Captain Sulu on the Excelsior recalling a time on the original Enterprise when a transporter accident caused him to come back thirty years older and with a daughter.^[10]

Other media

The non-canon '' novel ''The Sundered''^[11] depicts a USS ''Excelsior'' mission under Sulu's command.
Simon & Schuster Audioworks released three non-canon ''Captain Sulu Adventure''s, featuring voice acting by Takei and various others, in the mid-1990s: ''Transformations'',^[12] ''Cacophany'',^[13] and ''Envoy''.^[14]
In the Federation portion of the game , the tutorials are taught by Captain Sulu, voiced by Takei.

Name

Novelist Vonda McIntyre first presents 'Hikaru' as the character's first name in the novel ''The Entropy Effect''.^[15] However, the name did not become canon until its mention in ''Star Trek VI'', and it was included only after Peter David, who authored the film's comic book adaptation, visited the set and convinced director Nicholas Meyer to insert it.^[16]

References

1. Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future, Okuda, Michael and Denise Okuda, , , Pocket Books, 1996,
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3. The Star Trek Encyclopedia, Okuda, Mike and Denise Okuda, with Debbie Mirek, , , Pocket Books, 1999, ISBN 0-671-53609-5
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8. The Captain's Daughter, , Peter, David, Pocket Books, ,
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10. http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/episode_weat.html
11. The Sundered, Martin, Michael A. and Andy Mangels, , , Pocket Books, ,
12. Transformations, , Dave, Stern, Simon & Schuster Audioworks, ,
13. Cacophany, , J.J., Malloy, Simon & Schuster Audioworks, ,
14. Envoy, , L.A., Graf, Simon & Schuster Audioworks, ,
15. The Entropy Effect, , Vonda N., McIntyre, Pocket Books, 1981,
16. Comics Buyer's Guide, , , , ,

External links

★ STARTREK.COM : Biography of Hikaru Sulu