Satomi

Satomi

Pronunciation	Sá-tó-mí
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.

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.

• さと美, "sato, beauty"
• サト美, "sato, beauty"

as a surname

• 里見, "hometown, look"

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

• Satomi, Ibaraki (里美村), a town in Ibaraki prefecture

People

In this section, only "Satomi" is spelled out in Japanese; for a person's full Japanese name, see their respective article.

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

• 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

• 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

• 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, 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
• Satomi Murano, a character from Parasyte, the girlfriend of the main protagonist Shinichi Izumi

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