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SpeciesHuman—Bajoran
Genderfemale
BornEarth—Deep Space 9
HomeworldEarth
Heightunknown
EyesBrown—unknown
HairBrown—unknown—Black
Character
Keiko O'Brien
Star Trek·Free Federation Resistance·television character played by Rosalind Chao from Star Trek
Keiko O'Brien, born Keiko Ishikawa in Japan on Earth, was a 24th century civilian botanist and educator. Aboard the USS Enterprise-D she worked as a botanist before marrying engineer Miles O'Brien in a ceremony blending Irish and Japanese traditions, with Data serving as "father of the bride."
After moving to Deep Space 9, she opened and ran the station's school, weathering disputes with Bajoran families and a bombing, and raised the couple's children Molly and Kirayoshi. She appears across Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. This overview summarizes sourced facts; consult the Timeline for chronology.
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Identity
- Species
- Human—Bajoran
- Rank
- Professor
Appearance
- Gender
- female
- Height
- unknown
- Eye color
- Brown—unknown
- Hair color
- Brown—unknown—Black
Origin & End
- Homeworld
- Earth
- Born
- Earth—Deep Space 9
Affiliations
- Affiliations
- Free Federation Resistance, Enterprise-D
Relationships
- Parent of
- Child of
- Spouse
- Q2020365
Other
- Performers
- Rosalind Chao
- Description
- television character played by Rosalind Chao from Star Trek
- Image
- Keiko O'Brien.jpg
- Type
- character—botanist—Human—Keiko O'Brien
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Fascination
In the Hands of the Prophets
The Assignment
Star Trek: Ongoing: The Q Gambit
Star Trek: Ongoing
Star Trek: The Original Series
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