Mr. Sulu in Japan

[BigMac1212]

What is Star Trek's Hikaru Sulu's name in the Japanese dub?

 

[Aoiblue]

Sulu...........-san?

 

[Mang0TarD]

They changed his name because Sulu translates over to "suru", which is a verb, meaning "to do".

Hence, they changed his name to Hikaru Kato in the Japanese dubbing when they aired the original series.

 

[lycan]

Wow, you learn something new every day. Good to know.

 

[Kai Yamato]

Well technically it's not a real surname.

Just like how Bushido's surname was Orsono when it's not an actual surname in real life but the correct one is Oosono.

But hey, this is fiction. Anything can happen. =/