Satsuki
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| name = Tanaka Satsuki
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| pronunciation = {{IPAc-ja|sa|tsu|*|ki}}
| gender = Unisex
| meaning = Different depending on the kanji used
| region = Japan
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| origin = Japanese
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Satsuki is a traditional Japanese name for the month of {{Nihongo|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
- {{linktext|五月}}, "May"
- {{linktext|早月}}, "early moon/month"
- {{linktext|皐月}}, "May; dwarf azalea"
- {{linktext|皐}}, "shore of a wetland or paddy"
;As a given name only
- {{linktext|咲月}}, "blossom", "moon/month"
- {{linktext|沙月}}, "sand", "moon/month"
- {{linktext|幸希}}, "happiness", "rare/hope"
The given name can also be spelled in hiragana ({{linktext|さつき}}) or katakana ({{linktext|サツキ}}).
People
;Given name
- Satsuki (musician) (砂月), ex-member of the group Rentrer en Soi, now a solo artist
- Satsuki (サツキ) or 32ki, Japanese musician and Vocaloid producer, writer of the song "Mesmerizer"
- 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
- {{Nihongo|Ichirō Satsuki|五月一朗||1919–2014}}, Japanese rōkyoku singer
- {{Nihongo|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
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