Satsuki

Tanaka Satsuki

Pronunciation	[satsɯ̥ki]
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different depending on the kanji used
Region of origin	Japan
Other names
Related names	Yayoi

Satsuki is a traditional Japanese name for the month of May (五月). It is commonly used as a feminine given name and, more rarely, as a surname or a masculine name.

Possible spellings

Satsuki can be spelled using different kanji characters and can mean:

Either as a given name or surname

• 五月, "May"
• 早月, "early moon/month"
• 皐月, "May; dwarf azalea"
• 皐, "shore of a wetland or paddy"

As a given name only

• 咲月, "blossom", "moon/month"
• 沙月, "sand", "moon/month"
• 幸希, "happiness", "rare/hope"

The given name can also be spelled in hiragana (さつき) or katakana (サツキ).

People

Given name

• Satsuki (musician) (砂月), ex-member of the group Rentrer en Soi, now a solo artist
• 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

• Ichirō Satsuki (五月一朗, 1919–2014), Japanese rōkyoku singer
• Keisuke Satsuki (皐月 啓左, born 1941), 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
• 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
• 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
• 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!
• Satsuki Kururugi, a character in the video game and anime I-Chu

See also

• 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