Hikaru Kato Sulu is a fictional character in the Star Trek media
franchise. Originally known simply as "Sulu", he was portrayed by
George Takei in the original Star Trek series. Sulu also appears in
the animated Star Trek series, the first six Star Trek movies, one
episode of Star Trek: Voyager, and in numerous books, comics, and
video games. Sulu's first name, "Hikaru", appeared in a 1981 novel
well over a decade after the original series had ended. John Cho
assumed the role of the character in both the 2009 film Star Trek and
its sequels, Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond.Takei
recalled Gene Roddenberry wanted the character to represent all of
Asia, which symbolized the peace of the Trek universe in spite of the
numerous wars in the continent. Roddenberry did not want a nationally
specific surname, so he looked at a map and saw the Sulu Sea. "He
thought, 'Ah, the waters of that sea touch all shores'," the actor
recalled, "and that's how my character came to have the name Sulu."In
the book Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, the character's name is
noted as a pun on the name of vice president of Desilu Studios, Herb
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