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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

See also

• Saotomea, a genus of sea snails
• São Tomé (disambiguation)

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