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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: George Takei, Isamu Noguchi, Mine Okubo, Luna H. Mitani, Junko Chodos, Chiura Obata, Wendy Yoshimura, Gyo Fujikawa, Tsugio Hattori, Ruth Asawa, Satoru Abe, Kinji Akagawa, Toshiko Takaezu, Robert Murase, Arthur Okamura, Edwin Ushiro, Sueo Serisawa, Bumpei Akaji, Drue Kataoka, Tadashi Sato, Hisako Terasaki, S. Neil Fujita, Kenzo Okada, John Naka, Audrey Kawasaki, Taro Yamamoto, Makoto Fujimura, Ray Yoshida, Kazu Kibuishi, Robert Kinoshita, Clement Hanami, Taro Yashima, David Kuraoka, Gajin Fujita, George Tsutakawa, Minoru Niizuma, Henry Sugimoto, Tetsuo Ochikubo, George T. Tamura, Thomas Yamamoto, Isao Kikuchi, Esther Shimazu, Jerry T. Okimoto, Henry Fukuhara, Mika Seeger, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Roger Shimomura, Fumiko Kometani, Minoru Ohira, Keichi Kimura, Sueko Matsueda Kimura, Mamoru Sato, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Bruce Yonemoto, Ogura Yonesuke Itoh, Jacob Hashimoto, Kyohei Inukai. Excerpt: George Hosato Takei Altman (; born April 20, 1937) is an American actor, best known for his role in the television series Star Trek, in which he played Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise. He is a proponent of gay rights and active in state and local politics as well as continuing his acting career. He has won several awards and accolades in his work on human rights and Japanese American relations, including his work with the Japanese American National Museum. Takei was born George Hosato Takei in Los Angeles, California, the son of Fumiko Emily (nee Nakamura) and Takekuma Norman Takei, who worked in real estate. His parents were Japanese American. His father was an Anglophile, and named him George after George VI of the United Kingdom, whose coronation took place in 1937. In 1942, the Takei family was originally housed in the horse stables of Santa Anita Park before being sent to the Rohwer War Relocation Center for internment in A...