is a feminine Japanese given name which is also a surname.

Written forms

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
  • , a samurai of the Satomi clan
  • , a retainer of the Okubo clan

Places

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

People

Given name

  • , Japanese actress, voice actress and former singer
  • , Japanese voice actress
  • , Japanese voice actress
  • , Japanese former idol and singer
  • , Japanese actress and voice actress
  • , Japanese children's literature illustrator and author
  • , Japanese former badminton player
  • , Japanese manga artist
  • , Japanese actress
  • , Japanese fashion and costume designer
  • , Japanese actress
  • , Japanese speed skater
  • , Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator
  • , Japanese track and field athlete
  • Satomi Matsuzaki (born 1974), Japanese member of the Deerhoof
  • Satomi Mitarai (怜美), a 12-year-old Japanese schoolgirl who was murdered by her classmate
  • , Japanese actress
  • Satomi Okuie (born 1982), Japanese instructor
  • , Japanese ice hockey player
  • , Japanese voice actress and singer
  • , Japanese swimmer
  • , Japanese mixed martial artist
  • , Japanese pop singer, race queen, and former gravure idol
  • , Japanese amateur road and track cyclist
  • , Japanese professional squash player

Surname

  • Ahmad Satomi (born 1981) a member of Nigeria's 9th House of Representatives
  • , Japanese businessman and the founder of Sammy Corporation
  • , Japanese women's professional shogi player
  • , Japanese actor
  • , Japanese women's professional shogi player
  • , Japanese para-badminton player
  • , Japanese surgeon and academic administrator
  • , Japanese politician
  • , Japanese author
  • Yukio Satomi (born 1975), Japanese ice hockey player
  • , Japanese kickboxer

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

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

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