Mei Kusakabe

Mei Kusakabe is the four-year-old protagonist little sister of Satsuki in My Neighbor Totoro and Mei and the Kittenbus. She is the daughter of Tatsuo and Yasuko Kusakabe. She is also one of the mascots of the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka. Mei is the younger sister of Satsuki in My Neighbor Totoro. According to director Miyazaki's 1987 directorial memo, in contrast to Satsuki, who is reliable and quickwitted, Mei is a single-minded, persevering child. Stubborn yet cheerful, she is like her older sister in that she is persistent and not timid. But with her initial shyness and tendency to few words, she seems to be even more observant than Satsuki.