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), 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