Kanta Ōgaki

Kanta is a character in My Neighbor Totoro. He was voiced by Toshiyuki Amagasa

Kanta first appears when the Kusakabe family are making their way to their new house, he shys away very quickly upon seeing Mei and Satsuki. Kanta then brings a basket to Granny who is helping the Kusakabe's move in, where  he meets Satsuki properly and forcefully hands her the basket and runs away, commenting to Satsuki that her house is haunted but Granny catches him. Kanta then pulls faces at Satsuki when she and Mei and Mr Kusakabe ride past on as bicycle. Kanta is then seen feeding the animals on his family's farm before heading for school where he becomes distracted noticing Satsuki, prompting his teacher to punish him. On his way home, Kanta sees Satsuki and Mei sheltering under a shrine, he ignores them only to then run to them and forcefully offer them his umbrella before dropping it and hurrying home. Kanta is then seen at his parents' home where his mother scolds and punishes him for losing his umbrella. He observes Satsuki and Mei returning his umbrella from a distance then plays with a model aircraft he has built. Kanta's next appearence is when he brings a telegram for the Kusakabe's to Granny's home where Satsuki and Mei are. He then takes Satsuki (with Mei following) to his parents' home on Granny's suggestion where he waits for Satsuki to call her father. They proceed to make to their way back to Granny's home, during which they re-join Mei and Kanta witnesses the confrontation between Satsuki and Mei. He takes Mei back to Granny's himself after Satsuki storms off.

Trivia
Kanta is similar to Sosuke in Ponyo when he wears a sailor hat.

Kanta is Satsuki and Mei's neighbour, and is also Satsuki's classmate. When he first met Satsuki, he made fun of Satsuki's house. However, it is revealed that Kanta is just really shy around girls and that he actually likes Satsuki a lot.

He may also be the grandson of Granny.