In Hollywood, he studied acting at the Desilu Workshop. He attended the Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-upon-Avon in England, and Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. Later he attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in theater in 1960 and a Master of Arts in theater in 1964. He was a member of Boy Scout Troop 379 of the Koyasan Buddhist Temple.Upon graduation from high school, Takei enrolled in the University of California, Berkeley where he studied architecture. He attended Mount Vernon Junior High School, where he served as student body president at Los Angeles High School.
In Takei’s own words, “my aunt and baby cousin found burnt in a ditch in Hiroshima.”Īt the end of World War II, Takei and his family returned to Los Angeles. Among them, he had an aunt and infant cousin who lived in Hiroshima who were both killed during the atomic bombing that destroyed the city. George Takei had several relatives living in Japan during World War II.
The family was later transferred to the Tule Lake War Relocation Center in California. In 1942, the Takei family was forced to live in the converted horse stables of Santa Anita Park before being sent to the Rohwer War Relocation Center for internment in Rohwer, Arkansas. His father was an Anglophile, and named him George after King George VI of the United Kingdom, whose coronation took place in 1937, shortly after Takei’s birth. Takei was born Hosato Takei on April 20, 1937, in Los Angeles, California, to Japanese-American parents, Fumiko Emily (née Nakamura born in Sacramento) and Takekuma Norman Takei, born in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, who worked in real estate. He has won several awards and accolades in his work on human rights and Japan–United States relations, including his work with the Japanese American National Museum. Takei is a proponent of LGBT rights and is active in state and local politics. As of February 2017 his Facebook page has over 10 million likes since he joined in 2011, and he frequently shares photos with original humorous commentary. Takei’s involvement in social media has brought him new fame.
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Takei is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the television series Star Trek. He also portrayed the character in six Star Trek feature films and one episode of Star Trek: Voyager. George Hosato Takei (武井 穂郷 Takei Hosato ?, /təˈkeɪ/ born April 20, 1937) is a Japanese-American actor, director, author, and activist. George Takei at Columbia University in late 2015Īctor, author, and voice artist, director, activist In this Japanese name, the birth family name is Takei.
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