Yoko Haruta (春田洋子, Haruta Yōko), later known as Yoko Randell-Haruta and Yoko Randell, played the officious Japanese tour guide in Big Bird in Japan. Haruta is in fact a veteran tour guide and interpreter, and has lectured and written extensively on the topic of cross-cultural communications. She also performs as a jazz singer.

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• GICSS bio, in Japanese