Okaasan to Issho
Okaasan to Issho logo
Also known as	With Mother (International title - NHK World)
Starring	Yuichiro Hanada Maya Nagata Kazumu Sakumoto Azuki Akimoto
Ending theme	"Kinra Kira Pon"
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
Production
Running time	23 minutes
Production company	NHK
Original release
Network	NHK Educational TV
Release	October 5, 1959 (1959-10-05) – present

Okaasan to Issho (おかあさんといっしょ, With Mother) is a children's television program airing weekday mornings in Japan on NHK. The show consists of seasonal songs, the Fantane! segment, and animated shorts like Tomodachi Hachi Nin^[1] (previously also Deko Boko Friends).

Cast

• Singer Brother Yuichiro Hanada
• Singer Sister Maya Nagata
• Taisou Brother Kazumu Sakumoto
• Taisou Sister Azuki Akimoto
• Fantane!

Deko Boko Friends

Deko Boko Friends (でこぼこフレンズ, Deko Boko Furenzu, lit. "Uneven Friends") is a collection of 30-second Japanese shorts created by advertising creators Momoko Maruyama and Ryotaro Kuwamoto to promote acceptance of people of different personalities and appearances. The shorts are focused on 12 different creatures, meant to show certain personalities, likes, dislikes, and quirks.

Deko Boko Friends originated on NHK's oldest running children's programming show, Okaasan to Issho in 2003, superseding previous short cartoon series, Yancharu Moncha. It was distributed in English by Viz Media and shown in English on Nickelodeon's children's programming block, Nick Jr. and Noggin in the United States, and on Treehouse TV in Canada.