Satomi

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

Satomi

Pronunciation	Sá-tó-mí
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Satoko

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,[note 1] beauty"[note 2]
• サト美, "sato,[note 3] beauty"

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

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

People

Given name

• Satomi Akesaka (聡美), a Japanese voice actress
• Satomi Arai (里美), 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), 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), 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

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,[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

• DJ Satomi, an Italian electronic music producer and remixer
• SATOMI' (理美), a Japanese singer
• 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.