Satsuki
Pronunciation	Sá-ts-kí
Gender	Female/Male
Meaning	It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of Origin	Japanese
Origin	Japanese
Related names	Yayoi
Popularity	Popular names page

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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.

Contents 1 Possible writings 2 Real people 3 Fictional characters 4 Other uses 5 See also

[edit] 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.

[edit] Real people

with the given name Satsuki

• Satsuki (砂月), ex-member of the group Rentrer en Soi, and now a solo artist
• Satsuki Eda (五月), a Japanese politician
• Satsuki Igarashi (寒月), a member of the all-female manga-creating team Clamp
• Satsuki Katayama (さつき) a Japanese representative
• Satsuki Muramoto (小月), a Japanese figure skater
• Satsuki Yukino (五月), a Japanese voice actress
• Satsuki Mitchell an English film producer

with the surname Satsuki

• Midori Satsuki (五月), a Japanese actress

[edit] Fictional characters

with the given name Satsuki

• Satsuki Kusakabe (サツキ), a main character of the 1988 animated film My Neighbor Totoro
• Satsuki Miyanoshita (さつき), a main character of the anime series Ghost Stories

[edit] Other uses

• Satsuki azalea, a Cultivar Group of azaleas
• Satsuki Shō, a Japanese domestic Grade 1 flat horse race
• Satsuki Ichinose, Character in the manga/anime series Nana by Ai Yazawa. Daughter of Nana Komatsu and Takumi Ichinose.

[edit] See also

• Japanese calendar