Sesame Street Characters From Around The World

We all know that The Sesame Street Series has been around for a very long time, so we should be aware of the influence it has around the world, that's why i wanted to share all the more popular sesame street characters from around the world other than in its headquarter in the United States. There are actually lots of interesting sesame street characters out there, some of them even have the uniqueness and quality to be included in the main show of the series, to be up there with the likes of Elmo, Bert and Ernie, Big bird, and the others. From this point we could see that there is literally no limit when it comes to imagination for the team behind the original sesame street.

Tommie (Netherlands)

Sesame Street Characters From Around The World Tommie

Tommie is a doglike character from Sesamstraat, the Dutch co-production of Sesame Street.
Tommie is six years old. He is clever, energetic and creative and likes to invent things. He is also a little naughty and likes to do things his own way. Tommie can write a few words, including his own name, which he is very proud of.

Tommie from Netherlands

Tommie is famous for his own made up exclamations, like "Poe hee!" and "Hotseflots!", and wearing all sorts of objects on his head. In the 2005-2006 season, Tommie got his own racing car.

Kami (South Africa)

Sesame Street Characters Around The World Kami

Kami and Whoopi Goldberg at the 2002 World AIDS Day at the United Nations

Kami is a monster from Takalani Sesame, the South African co-production of Sesame Street. She made international news in September 2002 when she was introduced as the world's first HIV-positive Muppet.

Brosh (Israel)

Sesame Street Characters Around The World Brosh

Brosh is a character from Sippuray Sumsum, the second solo Israeli co-production of Sesame Street. He is a seven-year-old character with orange fur and red hair. He is responsible to a fault and loves order. His day is run according to a strict schedule that he expects others to follow too. Along with this love of structure comes a real competitiveness. Brosh likes to win, losing just is not part of his plan.

Nimnim (Egypt)

Sesame Street Characters Around The World Nimnim

Nimnim is a large, green, fuzzy full-bodied character from Alam Simsim, the Egyptian co-production of Sesame Street.
Nimnim is a charming character who delights in life and nature. He is very young, but wise for his age. Although he is big—almost 2 meters tall—he is sweet-natured, gentle, and patient. To Nimnim, everything is fresh and amazing. He reacts deeply and with genuine emotion to all new experiences. He loves to share his love and enthusiasm for life and nature with his many friends.

Khokha (Egypt)

Sesame Street Characters Around The World Khokha

Khokha is a peach-colored Monster who has black hair, with streaks of yellow and purple who lived on Alam Simsim, the Egyptian co-production of Sesame Street.
She is a four-year-old character with a passion for learning. She wants to know everything about everything. She is curious, creative, industrious, resourceful, and loves to solve problems. She enjoys making things and also taking things apart. Her friends often join her in her pretend workshop to create, invent, and have fun.

Xiao Mei Zi (China)

Sesame Street Characters Around The World Xiao Mei Zi

Xiao Mei Zi is a character from Zhima Jie, the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. Her name means "Little Plum".
She is a bright red, three-year-old monster, who loves to read books and listen to stories. Little Plum is very smart, quick, and curious. She is also innocent, naïve, extremely optimistic, and easily distracted. She tends to overlook messes and doesn’t mind her own messy hair. What a unique sesame street character, right?

Hu Hu Zhu (China)

Sesame Street Characters Around The World Hu Hu Zhu

Hu Hu Zhu is a furry blue pig from Zhima Jie, the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street.
He is an ageless, furry, blue pig with many siblings and relatives who are all the same unique color. Hu Hu Zhu admires his blue fur and tail and takes meticulous care of both. He loves the arts especially opera and enjoys singing despite his untrained voice. One more singer in the whole sesame street character squad.

Samson (Germany)

Sesame Street Characters Around The World Samson

Samson is a character from Sesamstrasse, the German co-production of Sesame Street.
He was one of the first two local Muppets on Sesamstrasse, and remained a regular character until 2010.

Samson is a sweet, big shaggy brown bear. He has a black spot on his nose and two large sneakers on his feet. He is big and tough, and a little clumsy. He is probably the most underrated sesame street characters to date.

Lola (Mexico)

Sesame Street Characters From Around The World Lola

Lola is a pink monster who lives on Plaza Sésamo, the Mexican co-production of Sesame Street. She appears in the Street segments of the show, and also has her own segment, "Lola Aventuras".
Lola is a furry pink girl with a fringe of orange feathers. The four-year-old loves riddles, rhymes, songs, and surprises. She also likes counting, numbers, the letter "L" and the color pink. Haha... Would be nice if she was among those sesame street characters who people will remember for so long.

Zeliboba (Russia)

Sesame Street Characters Around The World Zeliboba

Zeliboba is a full-bodied character on Ulitsa Sezam, the Russian co-production of Sesame Street. The character was originally created by Ed Christie with a coat of soft brown fur and leaves. When presented to the Russian producers, though, they requested that he be made blue, the color traditionally associated with spirits in Russian culture.
Ed Christie considers Zeliboba his favorite character creation; he remarked that it resembles a large moving mulch pile.

Zeliboba in action

Zeliboba is a tall furry blue spirit who enjoys nature and lives in the hollow of a gigantic oak tree. He is a very large, somewhat awkward, kind-hearted, warm and trusting character. He has an exceptional nose, which he uses to detect smells, moods, the weather, and even music. Whenever he encounters something new, he sniffs it, he will knows for sure if he was to be awarded as one of the most admired sesame street characters, i mean he will know he has to sniff the trophy.

Those are actually not all of them, there's still so much more we could share but decided not to because we believe that the sesame street characters above already represents most of them as a whole.