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George Hosato Takei, (born ), is a Japanese-American actor, author, and political/LGBTQ+ activist. He is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the original Star Trek series and for being one of the first Hollywood celebrities to garner a separate following online unrelated to their career, starting with his Facebook page which was launched in 2011. 
== Biography ==
Takei was born Hosato Takei in Los Angeles, California, to Japanese immigrant parents. His father decided to give him the English name George due to King George VI's coronation taking place the same year as his birth. 
Shortly after his birth, Executive Order 9066 was signed and his family was forced alongside other Japanese-Americans in the area to interment camps in Rohwer, Arkansas, where he would spend his early childhood. His family was later moved to a camp in California. During this period his family would learn that some of his relatives in Japan died in the bombing of Hiroshima. 
After the camps were shut down and his family were allowed back in normal life, his parents bank accounts were shut down and the banks refused any support, causing his family to locate to Skid Row, Los Angeles, (a neighborhood famous for having one of the largest homeless populations in the country) for half a decade. 
Takei attended Los Angeles High School and was elected as the Boys Board Senior President. He was also in Boy Scout Troop 379 and earned the rank of Eagle. His family attended the Koyasan Buddhist Temple. 
After high school, Takei enrolled in the University of California in Berkeley to study architecture. He would later shift schools and majors, enrolling in the University of California in Los Angeles to study theater. He graduated with a Masters of Arts in theater in 1964. He would also briefly study acting in the Shakespeare Institute in England, Sophia University in Tokyo, and the Desilu Workshop in Los Angeles. 
== Star Trek ==
In 1965, he was cast as the astrosciences physicist Hikaru Sulu for the second pilot for a science fiction TV series called Star Trek. When the series was accepted by NBC, he continued the role as Sulu, who was changed to be the ship's helmsman. Star Trek would later become one of the biggest science fiction franchises of all time, and Takei would reprise his role as Sulu for the 1970s animated series and the first six Star Trek films. 
Takei would become a regular at science fictions conventions around the world. He has also provided his voice to sci-fi video games, such as 2000's Freelancer and numerous official Star Trek games. In 1996 he would reprise his role for the last time officially to celebrate the franchise's 30 year anniversary in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Since then Sulu has been portrayed by the actor John Cho in official releases. 
== Online Activity ==
In 2011, Takei launched his first public social media page on Facebook and it quickly became one of the most popular pages on the site. He had garnered a following, some of which were not aware of his Star Trek fame. Such a thing was new at the time has most Hollywood celebrities wouldn't be active on social media outside of promotions for a few more years. His Facebook page posted about sci-fi, LGBTQ+ culture, and political satire. He would later join Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube and increase his online following there. 
== Activism ==
In 2005, Takei publicly came out as gay and revealed that he was been in a relationship with a man known as Brad Altman for 18 years. The move was prompted by then governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto of same-sex marriage legislation. Takei's sexuality was not a secret among the industry and avid Star Trek fans as he did not conceal his involvement with LGBTQ+ charities and organizations throughout the decades. 
Takei currently serves as a spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign's Coming Out Project. He also spoke out against the Boy Scout's anti-LGBTQ+ policies at the time, which kicked out scouts who came out and didn't allow Eagles who came out later to become active in the program dispute their rank. 
In 2008, Takei and Altman got married in California after same-sex marriage legislation passed in the state. Takei would also run as an alternate delegate for the Democratic party in California throughout the decades. 
== Trivia ==
* Takei was raised Buddhist and still practices the faith. 
* Takei is a self-described anglophile and regularly vacates to the UK. 
* Takei has published multiple memoirs about his time on Star Trek, life as a Japanese-American during a time when Asian racism was high, and life as a gay man before it was widely accepted. 
* Takei has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 
* Asteroid 7307 Takei was named in his honor. 
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