Satsuki

Satsuki
Pronunciation	Sá-ts-kí
Gender	Both
Origin
Word/Name	Japanese
Meaning	Different depending on the kanji
Region of origin	Japanese
Other names
Related names	Yayoi

Satsuki (さつき, サツキ) is a traditional name for May (皐月)　in Japanese. It is also a common feminine Japanese given name which is rarely used as a surname and boy's name.

Possible writings

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

• 五月, "May"
• 皐月, "May"
• 早月, "fast month"

only used as a given name

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

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

with the given name Satsuki

• Satsuki (musician) (砂月), ex-member of the group Rentrer en Soi, and now a solo artist
• Satsuki Eda (五月, born 1941), Japanese politician
• Satsuki Igarashi (寒月, born 1969), member of the all-female manga-creating team Clamp
• Satsuki Katayama (さつき, born 1959), Japanese representative
• Satsuki Muramoto (小月, born 1990), Japanese figure skater
• Satsuki Yukino (五月, born 1970), Japanese voice actress

with the surname Satsuki

• Midori Satsuki (五月), a Japanese actress

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 instreet fighter alpha 3
• Satsuki Kitaouji, a character in the manga and anime series Strawberry 100% (Ichigo 100%)
• Satsuki Yotsuba, a character in the manga and anime series Negima! Magister Negi Magi
• Shinomiya Satsuki, one of the main character of Uta no Prince-Sama

Other

• Satsuki azalea, a Cultivar Group of azaleas
• Satsuki Shō, a Japanese domestic Grade 1 flat horse race
• Satsuki Ichinose, a character in the manga Nana
• Satsuki Shindou, a male character in the manga Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume
• Japanese destroyer Satsuki (1925), a Mutsuki-class destroyers

See also

• Japanese calendar