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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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The Japan times: an article about the progress |