Mei Sakura is Takane's underclassman, whom she affectionately calls "onee-sama." Known as a skilled Ministra Magi, her artifact is a broomstick. Mei transferred from a North American mage academy before the Mahora Festival Arc. Along with Takane and Gandolfini, she attempted to arrest Chao prior to the festival but released her at Negi's request. Mei has an elemental magic affinity for fire, and her pactio artifact is a broom used for both combat and transportation.
She and Takane entered the Mahora Festival fighting tournament to discipline Negi, but Mei was quickly knocked off the stage by Kotarō, who then had to rescue her from drowning since she can't swim. When magic was revealed to the public, the press constantly pursued her. She joined Takane in their mission to arrest Negi's group but was easily defeated and stripped bare. Nodoka used her Pactio artifact on Mei to find out where Negi was being held, and Asuna comforted Mei by promising to return the world to normal.
After returning to the third day of the festival, Mei was seen alongside Takane battling Chao's robot army. Recently, she has intensified her training with encouragement from Kotarō, though he is too busy with his own training to assist her directly. Natsumi Murakami has shown signs of jealousy when Kotarō spoke with Mei, but it remains unclear how Kotarō and Mei feel about each other.
