Hikaru Sulu

• Full Name: Hikaru Sulu
• Born: 2237; San Francisco, California, United States, Earth (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
• Species: Human
• Gender: Male
• Great-grandfather: Tetsuo Inomata
• c.2260: Ensign, helmsman, Starfleet; USS Arjuna (TOS Novel: The Captain's Oath)
  • Date presumptive by timing; first position out of the Academy
• c.2263: Helmsman, Starfleet; USS Jemison (TOS Novel: The Captain's Oath)
  • Date presumptive by timing
• May 2265: Lieutenant, senior astrophysicist, Starfleet; USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (TOS Novel: The Captain's Oath; MA Short Story: "Things Fall Apart"; TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before")
• By January 2266: Lieutenant, alpha shift helmsman, Starfleet; USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver", et al.)
• December 2270: Test pilot, Starfleet; Starfleet Corps of Engineers (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
• September 2273: Lieutenant commander, alpha shift helmsman, Starfleet; USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
• November 1, 2273: Lieutenant commander, alpha shift helmsman, second officer, Starfleet; USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
• August 2285: Commander, executive officer, Starfleet; USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) (TOS Novel: Excelsior: Forged in Fire)
• Late 2289: Commander, executive officer, Starfleet; USS Excelsior (TOS Novel: Excelsior: Forged in Fire)
• 2290: Captain, commanding officer, Starfleet; USS Excelsior (TOS Novel: Excelsior: Forged in Fire)