Rent-A-Girlfriend: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In Japan, the lonely have a new way out — online services that rent out dads, children, even girlfriends. When Kazuya's true love dumps him, he's just desperate enough to try it, and he's shocked at how cute and sweet his rental girlfriend turns out to be. But she wants to keep their "relationship" a secret, and there's a complication, she goes to his university, their grandmothers are in the same home, and they live next door to each other. Then Kazuya finds out she's not nearly as nice in "real life." (from manga)

Series details

• Title: Rent-A-Girlfriend
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Romance
• Premiere date: 2020-07-10
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: MBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6/10
• TVMaze ID: 47470
• IMDb ID: tt11448214
• TVDB ID: 380654

Cast and credited roles

• Shun Horie — Kazuya Kinoshita
• Sora Amamiya — Chizuru Mizuhara
• Aoi Yūki — Mami Nanami
• Nao Tōyama — Ruka Sarashina
• Rie Takahashi — Sumi Sakurasawa
• Gakuto Kajiwara — Shun Kuribayashi
• Masayuki Akasaka — Yoshiaki Kibe
• Yukari Nozawa — Nagomi Kinoshita

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-07-10; final listed air date 2020-09-25; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2022-07-01; final listed air date 2022-09-16; episode order: 12.
• Season 3: premiered 2023-07-07; final listed air date 2023-09-29; episode order: 12.
• Season 4: premiered 2025-07-01; final listed air date 2025-09-16; episode order: 12.
• Season 5: premiered 2026-04-08; final listed air date 2026-06-24; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Rent-A-Girlfriend on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.