Satomi
Appearance
Pronunciation | Sá-tó-mí |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
Region of origin | Japan |
Other names | |
Related names | Satoko |
Satomi (さとみ, サトミ) is a feminine Japanese given name which is also a surname.
Written forms
[edit]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, "hometown, look"
Satomi Clan
[edit]- 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 Tadayoshi (里見忠義, 1594-1622), a retainer of the Okubo clan
Places
[edit]- Satomi, Ibaraki (里美村), a town in Ibaraki prefecture
People
[edit]Given name
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Hajime Satomi (里見), the founder of Sammy Corporation
- Kana Satomi (里見), Japanese shogi player
- Kōtarō Satomi (里見), a Japanese actor
- Saki Satomi (里見), Japanese shogi player
- Ton Satomi (里美), a Japanese author
Pseudonym
[edit]- DJ Satomi, an Italian electronic music producer and remixer
- Satomi (singer, born 1989) (理美), a Japanese singer
- Satomi (singer, born 1993) (さとみ), a Japanese singer
Fictional characters
[edit]- Satomi Hakase (聡美), a character from Negima! Magister Negi Magi
- Satomi Noda (聡美), a character in the film, novel, and manga Battle Royale
- Satomi Ozawa (さとみ), a character in the anime and manga series Shadow Star
- Satomi Yajima (聡美), a character from the 2D fighting game series Variable Geo
- Michiru Satomi (サトミ), a character from the anime series Immortal Grand Prix
- Satomi Ito,[note 4] a powerful Alpha werewolf character and leader of a large werewolf pack on Teen Wolf
- Satomi Usagi (里美), a character from Puella Magi Kazumi Magica, a manga spinoff of Puella Magi Madoka Magica
See also
[edit]- 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