In ancient Japan, the saotome (“early maiden” 早乙女) were unmarried girls tasked with planting rice in paddies
Saotome is also a Japanese family name. It may refer to:
People
edit- Mitsugi Saotome, aikido master instructor
- Taichi Saotome, traditional Japanese stage actor
- Yuki Saotome (早乙女 友貴, born 1996), Japanese actor
Fictional characters
edit- Ako Saotome from Aikatsu Stars!
- Alto Saotome from Macross Frontier
- Genma Saotome, Ranma Saotome and Nodoka Saotome from Ranma ½
- Haruna Saotome from Negima! Magister Negi Magi
- Yae Saotome from Saotome Senshu, Hitakakusu
- Jin Saotome from Capcom's "Cyberbots" game
- Junko Saotome, a supporting character from the manga series NANA
- Makoto Saotome from Kannazuki no Miko
- Mary Saotome from Kakegurui
- Mondonosuke Saotome a.k.a. Bored Hatamoto from the series of movies starring Utaemon Ichikawa
- Otome Saotome from Shimoneta
- Rei Saotome from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
See also
edit- Saotomea, a genus of sea snails
- São Tomé (disambiguation)