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:

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

• Ako Saotome from Aikatsu Stars!
• Alto Saotome from Macross Frontier
• Genma, Nodoka, and Ranma Saotome from Ranma ½
• Haruna Saotome from Negima! Magister Negi Magi
• Jin Saotome from Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness
• 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 and later his son Kin'ya Kitaōji
• Otome Saotome from Shimoneta
• Rei Saotome from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
• Yae Saotome from Saotome Senshu, Hitakakusu
• Yoichi Saotome from Seraph of the End

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