Satsuki

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.

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

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 Yumiduka (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