Saotome
# Saotome

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

* Mitsugi Saotome, aikido master instructor
* Taichi Saotome, traditional Japanese stage actor
* Yuki Saotome (早乙女 友貴, born 1996), Japanese actor

## Fictional characters

* 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
