Captain Hikaru Sulu was a male Human Starfleet officer in the 23rd century. He was born in San Francisco, California, USA, Earth. In the early 2290s, he was the commander of the USS Excelsior. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before" , "That Which Survives" ; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country; VOY: "Flashback")