title: Kusakabe
text: # Kusakabe
  
  Kusakabe (written: 草壁 or 日下部) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Prince Kusakabe (草壁 皇子), prince of Japan
  * Kie Kusakabe (日下部 基栄), Japanese judoka
  * Kusakabe Kimbei (日下部 金幣), 19th-century Japanese photographer
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Maron Kusakabe (日下部 まろん), a character in Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne
  * Misao Kusakabe (日下部 みさお), a character in the manga series Lucky Star
  * Misuzu Kusakabe (草壁 美鈴), a character in 11eyes
  * Satsuki Kusakabe (草壁 サツキ) and Mei Kusakabe (草壁 メイ), characters in the film My Neighbor Totoro
  * Shinra Kusakabe (森羅 日下部), protagonist of the manga series Fire Force
  