In 2365, Data attempted to located a comedian to help him better understand the concept of "what is funny?". Takemura was among the holodeck program files that were contained aboard the USS Enterprise-D. The program list code for this comedian was NN-42458. (TNG-R: "The Outrageous Okona" , okudagram) This character was only mentioned in writing. This character was named after visual effects associate David Takemura. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion)