title: Saotome
text: # 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
  