Hikaru Sulu
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| CHARACTER | |
| Hikaru Sulu | |
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| Actor: | George Takei |
| Species: | human |
| Gender: | male |
| Born: | 2237 |
| Hair: | black |
| Eyes: | brown |
| Affiliation: | Federation, Starfleet |
| Assignment(s): | commanding officer |
| Stationed: | USS Excelsior |
| Rank: | Captain |
| Insignia: |  |
| Insignia: |  |
| Children: | Demora Sulu (daughter) |
| Father: | Itaka Sulu |
Hikaru Sulu was an officer in Starfleet during the 23rd and 24th centuries. During his career, he served aboard the USS Enterprise, USS Enterprise-A, the USS Excelsior and at Starfleet Academy.
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[edit] Overview
Sulu was born in San Francisco on Earth in 2237. By 2265, he had graduated from Starfleet Academy and was stationed as an astrophysicist and later the helmsman aboard USS Enterprise. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before", "The Corbomite Maneuver") He remained with the Enterprise until some time prior to 2285. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
In 2271, his daughter, future USS Enterprise-B helsman Demora Sulu, was born. (Star Trek Generations)
Before 2285, Sulu started teaching at the Academy, serving aboard the Enterprise, now serving as a training vessel. The assignment ended after the conflict with Khan Noonien Singh and the Genesis incident. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) Sulu also accompanied James Kirk and the others, stealing the Enterprise to reintegrate Spock's katra with his body on the Genesis planet. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock) He also time-travelled with the other Enterprise senior officers aboard the Klingon Bird-of-Prey HMS Bounty to 1986 to gain two humpback whales and save Earth from the whale probe. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
Upon their return to 23rd century Earth, saving it from the probe, Sulu and the others were court martialed, which was dismissed. He hoped to be assigned to the Excelsior but was assigned to the new Enterprise-A. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home) He was influenced by Sybok when the latter hijacked the Enterprise-A to find "Sha Ka Ree" in 2287. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)
Sulu took command of the Excelsior in 2290 and, in 2293, assisted Kirk and the Enterprise-A in ensuring the Khitomer Conference continued and helped to prevent the attempted assassinations of both Federation President Ra-ghoratreii and Klingon Chancellor Azetbur. (VOY: "Flashback"; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek: Hidden Frontier: "Yesterday's Excelsior")
Captain Sulu commanded Excelsior at least through 2320. (ST novel: Burning Dreams)
- USS Voyager first officer Chakotay claimed a male "Captain Sulu" supported his application for Starfleet Academy in 2344. It remains unclear if this was Hikaru Sulu, his daughter Demora, or another Sulu. (VOY: "Tattoo", novel: Pathways)
After retiring from Starfleet in the 2320s, Sulu ran for public office and eventually was elected as President of the United Federation of Planets in 2328. He took office in 2329 and served three terms until 2340. (Shatnerverse novel: The Return; Star Trek: Pendragon)
[edit] Fanon
[edit] Star Trek: New Voyages
At some point in the late 2290s or early 2300s, Sulu's daughter Demora had a granddaughter, whom she named Alana after a request from her father. On the first meeting between the elder Sulu and his granddaughter, he explained to Demora that she had a half-sister in another timeline. (Star Trek: New Voyages: "World Enough and Time")
[edit] Star Trek: Of Gods and Men
According to Captain Uhura's personal log in 2306, Sulu and the Excelsior were engaged in a three-year exploratory mission of the Gamma Quadrant, and thus unable to attend the launch of the USS Enterprise-M.
- How the Excelsior managed to travel at least 30,000 light years to the Gamma Quadrant's nearest edge is unknown. It is also possible that the writers of Of Gods and Men made an error.
| First officers of the starships Enterprise | |
|---|---|
| Enterprise (NX-01): | Tucker | T'Pol |
| ISS Enterprise (NX-01): | Archer | T'Pol |
| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701): | Number One | Spock | Decker | Sulu |
| ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701): | Spock |
| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A): | Spock |
| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D): | Riker | Shelby | Data |
| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E): | Riker |
| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-P): | Perlark |
| Helmsmen of the starships Enterprise | |
|---|---|
| Enterprise (NX-01): | Mayweather | Hutchinson |
| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701): | Number One | Mitchell | H. Sulu | Leslie | Hadley | Kyle | DePaul | Hansen | Spinelli | Walking Bear |
| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A): | H. Sulu | Saavik | Valeris |
| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B): | D. Sulu |
| USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C): | Castillo |
| Star Trek: Phase II |
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| Episodes: | Come What May | In Harm's Way | To Serve All my Days | World Enough and Time | Blood and Fire, Part 1 | Blood and Fire, Part 2 | The Sky Above, The Mudd Below |
| Vignettes: | Center Seat |
| Related Media: | Star Trek: First Voyages | Star Trek: New Voyages eMagazine | Star Trek: New Voyages podcast |
| Characters: | James T. Kirk | Spock | Leonard McCoy | Hikaru Sulu | Montgomery Scott | Pavel Chekov | Nyota Uhura | Vincent DeSalle | Janice Rand | Christine Chapel | Kargh |
| Actors: | James Cawley | Jeff Quinn | John Kelly | Charles Root | Andy Bray | John Lim | Julienne Irons | Ron Boyd | Meghan King Johnson | Shannon Giles |
[edit] Service jacket
| Physicist | Lieutenant, USS Enterprise | 2265 | |
| Helmsman, tactical officer | Lieutenant, USS Enterprise | 2265-2270 | |
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| Helmsman, tactical officer | Lieutenant Commander, USS Enterprise | 2270-2285 |
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| Instructor | Commander, Starfleet Academy | 2285-2287 |
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| Helmsman, tactical officer | Commander, USS Enterprise-A | 2287-2290 |
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| Commanding officer | Captain, USS Excelsior | 2290- |
[edit] External links
- Hikaru Sulu article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Hikaru Sulu article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
