Big Bird
Finaly in 2005 it was time for Japan to have their own Sesame Street...

The series started in October 2005 on TV Tokyo and came with their national heros Big Bird, Mojabo (the green monster) Teena, (the pink monster), Cookie, Elmo, Pierre ( the frog), Arthur (the little bird), Groly (The Grover-like monster) and Megu (the girl).
The last two characters where added to the cast  in 2006.
The characters are played by:

Satoshi Tsuruoka
as Big Bird
Kei Kikuchi
as Cookie Monster
Kenta Matsumoto
as Elmo
Hideki Tanak
as Mojabo
Rena Mizushiro
as Teena and Pierre
Kaori Takeda
as Arthur and Groly
Ayako Iguchi
as Megu
Als there are living some human actors in the street.  A shopowner who plays the guitar and likes to sing.
A youngboy that knows a lot of things and like to learn  these to the others who live on the street.
A young girl that acts like a teacher and is always joyfull.
The Japan times: an article about the progress
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