バーニーアンドフレンズ

バーニーアンドフレンズ (Barney and Friends - English) is the Japanese co-production to the American version of Barney and Friends.

History
Ever since the Korean and Hebrew co-productions of Barney and Friends, Japanese director Akira Kurosawa Kurosawa wanted to make a co-production of his own. So, he gathered his crew to make a Barney and Friends TV show in Japan.

Cast

 * Barney (voice) - Mitsuo Kumagai
 * Barney (body) - Ken Wantabe
 * BJ (voice) - Yuichi Nakamura
 * BJ (body) - Daisuke Hirakawa
 * Baby Bop (voice) - Junko Takeuchi
 * Baby Bop (body) - Hikari Mitsushima
 * Riff (voice) - Koyasu Takehito
 * Riff (body) - Masaki Suda
 * Mana Ashida
 * Aiko Asano
 * Kyoko Fukada
 * Jin Akanishi
 * Ai Hashimoto
 * Maki Horikita

Trivia

 * This co-production takes place at a park in Japan.