Satomi

SatomiPronunciation| 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

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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, "hometown, look"

## Satomi Clan

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* 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

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

## People

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

### Given name

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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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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