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SULU (SOO-loo)
Star
Trek character played by George Takei
Common
clues:
"Star
Trek" navigator; Takei's “Star Trek” role; Spock
colleague; "Star Trek" crewman; Enterprise helmsman;
Crewmate of Scotty; Kirk underling
Crossword
puzzle frequency:
2 times a year
Frequency
in English language:
83693 / 86800
News:
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“Sulu” Takei in online audition for part of
Spider-Man
Video:
Star
Trek: The Wrath of Sulu
Hikaru
Sulu is a fictional character, played by George Takei, in the
original Star Trek series.
Sulu
is the USS Enterprise's staff physicist in the pilot, but serves
as helmsman throughout the rest of the series and films. He is
promoted to captain and granted command of the USS Excelsior
three years before the events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered
Country. (A similar promotion and transfer were scripted for but
cut from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.) Star Trek: Generations
introduces his daughter, Demora, whose origins are depicted in
Peter David's novel The Captain's Daughter. Takei reprised the
role as part of Star Trek's 30th anniversary in the Star Trek:
Voyager episode "Flashback".
The
TV series, movies, and novels, show that Sulu has many interests
and hobbies, including fencing, botany, ancient weapons, martial
arts, and piloting.
The
non-canon Lost Era novel The Sundered depicts a 2298 Excelsior
mission under Sulu's command. In 2350, a "Captain Sulu"
sponsors future USS Voyager first officer Chakotay's entrance
into Starfleet Academy (Voy: "Tattoo"), although it is
not specified whether this is Hikaru Sulu.
Trek
novelist Vonda N. McIntyre came up with "Hikaru" as the
character's first name in the novel Star Trek: The Entropy
Effect. 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. The character is
meant to be of pan-Asian descent but raised in San Francisco.
Hikaru is a Japanese name, while Sulu is taken from a province in
the Philippines. Sulu is not a real Japanese name; in Japanese
the consonants L and R are in free variation, and in the Japanese
version of Star Trek, the character's name is changed to Kato.
The closest equivalent to "Sulu" would be (suru) which
means "to do" in Japanese.
This
article is licensed under the GNU
Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Hikaru
Sulu".
SULU
(113) 13 We- >1 05 "Star Trek" navigator
11
We+ >1 02 "Star Trek" helmsman
9
We+ >1 97 "Star Trek" role KIRK
8
We+ >1 09 Enterprise helmsman
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Tu+ >1 07 "Star Trek" crewman
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Mo+ >1 09 Takei's "Star Trek" role
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Tu+ >1 97 Captain Kirk's helmsman
3
Th WSJ 08 Helmsman of 1960s TV
2
Tu- >1 07 Enterprise crewman
2
Tu >1 02 Spock colleague
2
We CSy 03 Kirk's helmsman
2
Th- >1 08 Enterprise navigator
2
Th WaP 99 Philippine sea
2
Th >1 98 Crewmate of Scotty
2
Fr- >1 07 Kirk underling
2
Fr LAT 07 Chekov neighbor
1
Mo NYS 05 "Star Trek" officer
1
Tu LAT 00 U.S.S. Enterprise helmsman
1
Tu NYT 97 "Star Trek" character
1
Tu NYT 94 George Takei TV/movie role
1
Tu NYT 90 Moro tribe member
1
We CSy 09 Helmsman of the Enterprise
1
We CSy 08 Helmsman of "Star Trek"
1
We CSy 08 U.S.S. Enterprise officer
1
We NYT 07 Original Enterprise navigator
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