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Nyota Uhura is a character in ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', ''Star Trek: The Animated Series'', the first six ''Star Trek'' films, the 2009 film ''Star Trek'', its 2013 sequel ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' and 2016 sequel ''Star Trek Beyond''. The character was portrayed by Nichelle Nichols through the sixth ''Star Trek'' film. Since 2009, a younger Uhura is portrayed by actress Zoë Saldana. Uhura was an important part of the original series' multicultural crew〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Roddenberry, Gene (U.S. writer-producer) )〕 and one of the first characters of African descent to be featured in a non-menial role on an American television series. ==Name== Gene Roddenberry had intended his new female communications officer to be called "Lieutenant Sulu".〔 Herb Solow pointed out how similar this was to "Zulu" and thought it might act against the plan for racial diversity in the show, so the name Sulu remained with George Takei's character. "Uhura" comes from the Swahili word ''uhuru'', meaning "freedom". Nichols states in her book ''Beyond Uhura'' that the name was inspired by her having had with her a copy of Robert Ruark's book ''Uhuru'' on the day she read for the part. When producer Robert Justman explained to Roddenberry what the word ''uhuru'' meant, he changed it to Uhura and adopted that as the character's name.〔 Coincidentally, the end credits of the film ''Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country'' incorrectly refer to Uhura as "Uhuru". Uhura's first name was not used in ''Star Trek'' canon until Abrams's 2009 film, in a scene where the young Spock calls her "Nyota" in a moment of intimacy. Although other non-canon names had previously existed, "Nyota" had been the most common. Author William Rotsler created the name "Nyota" for his 1982 licensed tie-in book, ''Star Trek II Biographies'' published by Wanderer (Pocket) Books. Seeking approval for the name he contacted Gene Roddenberry and Nichelle Nichols. Gene Roddenberry approved of the name. Nichelle Nichols also approved and was very excited when Rotsler informed her that Nyota means "star" in Swahili.〔Hise, James Van: "An Interview with Bill Rotsler", Enterprise Issue Number 2, June 1984.〕 After originating in ''Star Trek II Biographies'' "Nyota" started appearing in Star Trek novels, such as ''Uhura's Song'' by Janet Kagan. *While guest-starring on the game show Super Password on January 7, 1987, Nichols stated that Uhura's first name was "Nyota."〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF4CizLVeCM〕 *In appearances at Star Trek conventions, Nichols had indicated that the character is "Nyota ()penda Uhura";〔Shoreleave 29, June 14, 2007, during Nichols Q and A session〕 perhaps coincidentally, in Nichols' 1996 novel ''Saturn's Child'' she named the mother of the titular character "Nyota". *That "Nyota" is the Swahili word for "star" is mentioned by William Shatner in his book ''Star Trek Memories''. *Startrek.com uses the name Nyota on its character biography page for the Animated Series but not on the TOS biography page. * "Nyota" was also used as Uhura's first name when Nichols reprised the character in the fan film ''Star Trek: Of Gods and Men''. Until the 2009 film became part of the franchise's canon, "Nyota" was one of three possibilities; the other two were "Penda" and "Samara": *According to FASA's Star Trek RPG, Uhura's first name is "Samara". *The non-canon book ''The Best of Trek'' suggests that Uhura's first name is "Penda", coined when a group of fanzine authors suggested it to Nichols at an early convention. In the 2009 film, the mystery regarding Uhura's first name is the subject of a running joke as Kirk repeatedly tries to find out what it is before finally hearing Spock call her "Nyota". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Uhura」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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