title: Hatsue
text: # Hatsue
  
  Hatsue (written: 初枝) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa (長久保 初枝, born 1935), Japanese speed skater
  * Hatsue Ono (1898–2012), Japanese supercentenarian
  * Hatsue Yuasa (湯浅 初枝, born 1902), Japanese operatic soprano
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * A young girl in The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
  * A young woman in Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
  