Kaori Takeda

Kaori Takeda is a Japanese puppeteer and voice actress who was the puppeteer of Arthur and Grorie for Sesame Street Japan. She and the other puppeteers of the show were trained by Kevin Clash and Noel MacNeal. Kaori must have felt weird being under the frame while performing. Takeda should get more lessons on how to remain puppeteering for hours. Outside of Sesame Street Japan, her voice has been heard in anime shows like Chobits and End of the World, not to mention many video games. It appears that Kaori Takeda has done more voice acting work rather than puppetry. At least she got to work with other Japanese puppeteers such as Kenta Matsumoto, Hideki Tanaka, Satoshi Tsuruoka, and more. What if there was a show that combines anime with puppetry? There probably is one like that, but there could be more in development. Other than voice acting. Kaori has appeared in a Japanese infomercial for the Hollywood 48 Hour Miracle Diet and acted on a Japanese game show called Quiz! Hexagon II. Takeda is probably still doing anime shows today or acting on-screen. I just hope that she considers performing a puppet again soon since she was great doing two characters on Sesame Street Japan. Someday a show featuring puppetry will be filmed in Japan. Kaori Takeda, you've done a great job as a trained puppeteer on television and voice acting. Keep up the great work on Japanese TV shows and maybe someday, get in touch with your trainers and see how they are doing. Don't stop Kaori. You're undefeated Takeda!

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