Also known as: 草壁メイ
Mei Kusakabe (草壁 メイ, Kusakabe Mei) is the four-year-old protagonist and the little sister of Satsuki in My Neighbor Totoro and Mei and the Kittenbus. She is the daughter of Tatsuo and Yasuko.
She is also one of the mascots of the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka.