Mei Kusudama

**"Insignificant being be gone!"**

## Character Info

### **Also Known As**

Mei
 Mei-chan
 Mei-senpai
 Mei-ojousama
 Mei-oneesama
 Mistress
 Lady Miss
 Lady Kusudama

## Status

### **Age**

15 (prologue)
 17-18 (debut)

## Background Information

### **Family**

Kaoru Kusudama (father)
 Rem Kusudama (née **Kotobuki**) (mother)
 Chiyo Mutō (née **Kusudama**) (older sister)

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**Mei Kusudama** (Japanese: **薬玉 ()  梅 ()** , *Kusudama Mei*) (b. July 2, 1991) is an Japanese socialite and middle daughter of the richest aristocratic family of legacies who have attended Akatsuki Academy for centuries upon centuries, the House of Kusdama. She acted as the unofficial Lady of the Hokkaido Prefecture during her father's governorship, as her mother's health kept her away from many duties pertaining to the prefecture itself. Her eldest sister Chiyo married prominent attorney Haruto Mutō.

She is a third year student at Akatsuki Academy alongside fellow classmates Junpei Aoike, Kaito Aomine, Masami Aoyagi, and Sōta Ayanami, whom all interacted with Mei in her childhood and subsequently act as her protectors in the present time.

As of 2018, she has become a civil servant as well as a musician in a classical jazz bar. During the summer of 2018, she became engaged to the newly-elected governor of the Hokkaido Prefecture Kuro Ayanami, the eldest brother of Sōta Ayanami. They welcomed children: Giyuu, Haruka, and Shinobu into their family on December the 22nd of 2019.

During the Spring Olympics of July 23, 2021, Mei and her husband were deeply devastated after the loss of their middle child, Haruka, due to an unexpected outbreak of flu. Mei's husband passed away due to having contracted the flu from Haruka, leaving his wife a wealthy widow. This events forced Mei's parents to take over temporary guardianship of her children, while she mentally and physically recovered from the trauma of losing her husband due to flu. After recovering, Mei took over guardianship of her children and though pained greatly by the death of her husband, now seeks to raise her children with the same level of care that her parents raised her with.

## Appearance

Mei has long, wavy blonde hair, sapphire-blue eyes, and a very fair complexion with the addition of hick yellow-brown eyebrows that resemble her father’s.

## Personality

Born from an aristocratic family, Mei embodies the strength and dignity of her birth, being mature and more eloquent for a person of her age. She speaks in a distinct manner from students from other high schools, and similar to her classmates, behaves exactly like an aristocrat (which she is). Her demeanor of sweet talk and gentleness, masks the calculating and sly demeanor that is part of Mei's true personality. She often brings sweets and confectioneries to her friends, which is her selling point in their group, as well as providing them with professional aid in all manners of their life. In a way, she is an consultant, lawyer, film director, and substitute teacher for them. In contrast to her older sisters and brothers, Mei does not specialize in a field of athletics and has no athletic training (much to the slight bewilderment of her fellow students), despite her family being renown athletes and countless members of the family having participated in the past Olympics. According to Mei (during her elementary school years), she describes her non-conformance to athletics as being "incredibly clumsy" - however later on in life, at the age of 10, she begins taking volleyball lessons. This leads her to join the girls' volleyball team at Akatsuki Academy upon her transferring to the academy in her first year of High School.

## Background

Like most members of the Akatsuki Girls' Volleyball Team, Mei got into the school through a sports scholarship, combined with her status as the newest member of a family of life-long legacies. She was a famous wing spiker during her time at middle school and was the main opposite hitter for Akatsuki before being replaced by Eloise Durandal.