Satsuki is a traditional
Japanese name for the month of . It is commonly used as a feminine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
and, more rarely, as a surname or a masculine name.
Possible spellings
Satsuki can be spelled using different ''
kanji
are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...
'' characters and can mean:
;Either as a given name or surname
* , "May"
* , "early moon/month"
* , "May; dwarf azalea"
* , "shore of a wetland or paddy"
;As a given name only
* , "blossom", "moon/month"
* , "sand", "moon/month"
* , "happiness", "rare/hope"
The given name can also be spelled in ''
hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...
'' () or ''
katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).
The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...
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People
;Given name
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Satsuki (musician) (砂月), ex-member of the group ''Rentrer en Soi'', now a solo artist
* Satsuki (サツキ) or 32ki, Japanese musician and Vocaloid producer, writer of the song "
Mesmerizer"
*
Satsuki Eda (五月), Japanese politician
*
Satsuki Fujisawa (五月), Japanese curler
*
Satsuki Igarashi (寒月), member of the all-female manga-creating team ''Clamp''
*
Satsuki Katayama (さつき), Japanese representative
*
Satsuki Miura (紗津紀), Japanese professional footballer
* Satsuki Mori (颯樹), Japanese footballer
*
Satsuki Muramoto (小月), Japanese figure skater
*
Satsuki Nakayama (咲月), Japanese model and actor
*
Satsuki Obata (さつき), Japanese gymnast
*
Satsuki Odo (沙月), Japanese table tennis player
*
Satsuki Totoro (さつき), Japanese professional wrestler
*
Satsuki Yukino (五月), Japanese voice actress
;Surname
*, Japanese rōkyoku singer
*, Japanese water polo player
* Midori Satsuki (五月), a Japanese actress
Fictional characters
* Satsuki Kusakabe (サツキ), a main character of the 1988 animated film ''
My Neighbor Totoro
is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten. It stars the voices of Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto and Hitoshi Takagi, and focuses on two young sisters a ...
''
* Satsuki Miyanoshita (さつき), a character in the 2000 anime ''
Ghost Stories''
* Satsuki, name of one of the doll agents in ''
Street Fighter Alpha 3
''Street Fighter Alpha 3'', released as in Japan, Asia, South America, and Oceania, is a 1998 fighting game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. It is the third and final installment in the '' Street Fighter Alpha'' sub-series, which ...
''
* Satsuki Kitaouji (さつき), a character in the manga and anime series ''
Strawberry 100% (Ichigo 100%)''
*
Satsuki Yotsuba (五月), a character in the manga and anime series ''
Negima! Magister Negi Magi
''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's Shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from Febru ...
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* Satsuki Yumizuka (さつき), a character in the manga and anime series ''
Tsukihime''
* Satsuki Shinomiya, a character from the game series ''
Uta no Prince-sama''
* Satsuki, a character from the manga and anime series ''
InuYasha''
* Satsuki Yatouji (颯姫), a character from the manga and anime series ''
X''
* Satsuki Ichinose (皐), a character in the manga ''
Nana''
* Satsuki Iranami, character in the fangame dra serie based on danganronpa games
*Satsuki Shindō (咲月), a male character in the manga ''
Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume''
* Satsuki Shishio, a main character of ''
Hirunaka no Ryūsei''
* Satsuki Momoi (さつき), a character in the manga and anime series ''
Kuroko's Basketball''
*
Satsuki Kiryuin (皐月), a main supporting character in the anime ''
Kill la Kill''
* Satsuki Hyoudou, a character in the manga and anime series ''
Maid Sama!
is a Japanese manga series by Hiro Fujiwara. It was serialized in Hakusensha's monthly '' shōjo'' magazine '' LaLa'' from December 2005 to September 2013, with its chapters collected in 18 ''tankōbon'' volumes.
A 26-episode anime adaptat ...
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*Satsuki Kururugi, a character in the video game and anime ''
I-Chu''
See also
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Satsuki azalea, a cultivar group of azaleas
*
Satsuki Shō, a Japanese domestic Grade 1 flat horse race
*
Japanese destroyer Satsuki, two destroyers of Japan
*
Japanese calendar
Japanese calendar types have included a range of official and unofficial systems. At present, Japan uses the Gregorian calendar together with year designations stating the Japanese era name, year of the reign of the current Emperor. The written f ...
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Japanese-language surnames
Japanese unisex given names