Satomi

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Satomi
PronunciationSá-tó-mí
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
Meaningdifferent meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of originJapan
Other names
Related namesSatoko

Satomi (さとみ, サトミ) is a feminine Japanese given name which is also used as a surname.

Possible writings[]

Satomi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 里美, "hometown, beauty"
  • 怜美, "wise, beauty"
  • 聡美, "wise, beauty"
  • 智美, "wisdom, beauty"
  • 理美, "intelligence, beauty"
  • 叡美, "intelligence, beauty"
  • 聖美, "holy, beauty"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

as a surname
  • 里見

Satomi Clan[]

  • Satomi clan (里見氏), a Japanese clan originating in the Sengoku period
  • Satomi Yoshihiro (里美義弘, 1530-1578), a samurai of the Satomi clan
  • Satomi Yoshiyori (里見義頼, 1543-1587), the son of Yoshihiro
  • Satomi Yoshiyasu (里見義康, 1573-1603), the son of Yoshiyori and the father of Tadayoshi
  • Satomi Tadayoshi (里見忠義, 1594-1622), a retainer of the Okubo clan

Places[]

People[]

Given name[]

  • Satomi Akesaka (聡美), a Japanese voice actress
  • Satomi Arai (里美, born 1980), a Japanese voice actress
  • Satomi Hanamura (怜美), a Japanese actress
  • Satomi Ishihara (さとみ), a Japanese actress
  • Satomi Ikezawa (理美), a Japanese manga artist
  • Satomi Kobayashi (聡美), a Japanese actress
  • Satomi Koike, (里美) Japanese speed skater
  • Satomi Koorogi (さとみ, born 1962), a Japanese voice actress
  • Satomi Mitarai (怜美), a 12-year-old Japanese schoolgirl who was murdered by her classmate
  • Satomi Oka (さとみ), a Japanese actress
  • Satomi Ono (聡美) Japanese ice hockey player
  • Satomi Sato (聡美 born 1986), a Japanese voice actress
  • Satomi Takasugi (さと美) , Japanese pop singer
  • Satomi Watanabe (聡美), Japanese squash player

Surname[]

Pseudonym[]

Fictional characters[]

See also[]

  • Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (南総里見八犬伝), a Japanese 106 volume epic novel by Kyokutei Bakin
    • Satomi Hakkenden (里見八犬伝), a 1983 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku loosely based on the above

Notes[]

  1. ^ In hiragana.
  2. ^ A real person with this name is Satomi Takasugi.
  3. ^ In katakana.
  4. ^ No canonical Japanese name as character in American series.
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