Mei Kusakabe



"You're Totoro!"

- Gimme a my dress

Mei Kusakabe Kusakabe Mei is the four-year-old protagonist/sister of Satsuki in My Neighbor Totoro. She is incredibly lively and active as well as extremely curious.

Early life
Mei Kusakabe, sister of Satsuki Kusakabe and daughter of Tatsuo Kusakabe and Yasuko Kusakabe was born in Tokyo in May 1953.

She is the first to meet Totoro and does so by falling down a hole in a tree root after following smaller totoros excitedly. Mei isn't the least bit scared of the new creature she has found even when it opens its huge mouth to yawn. Instead she just opens her mouth back. Mei does have a caring side and decides to go to the hospital with the sweet corn she picked from Granny's garden. However she ends up getting lost on the way and gets very upset

Mei and the Kittenbus
Mei running from her house and she watches to wind but she eat Japanese candy but she is spinning her heads but she was chased by gust she go inside her house and then chasing the Kittenbus

Characteristic
Mei Kusakabe is four years old. Of course, as shown by her sister in the Steamline dub, she is five. She has light brown hair and brown eyes. She wears a White puffy blouse with a Pink dress and Yellow shoes and white panties, and carries a yellow bag. At the end of the film, she wears a light pink dress. Mei also wears a yellow night-dress at night and a sky blue night-dress at night in the sequel.

Personality
Mei is really cute, stubborn, caring, and extremely curious.

Behind the Voices
Mei Kusakabe is voiced by Chika Sakamoto in Japanese, Cheryl Chase in Streamline dub and later Elle Fanning in Disney Dub.

Relationships

 * Satsuki Kusakabe a eleven years old girl who works in school
 * Tatsuo Kusakabe
 * Yasuko Kusakabe

Feature Films

 * My Neighbor Totoro
 * My Neighbor Totoro 2 (upcoming)

Trivia

 * Mei is the origin of May on Japanese