Series synopsis
Rent-a-Girlfriend, also known as 彼女、お借りします is a Japanese animation comedy television series that premiered on MBS on July 11, 2020. It stars Shun Horie, Sora Amamiya, Aoi Yuuki and Nao Toyama.
Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their meeting place and a beautiful girl brushing her long, black hair behind her ear was there, smiling at him. Her name was Mizuhara Chizuru. Something real is born after just a single rental! A reckless rom-com filled with love and excitement is about to begin!
Premise
Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their meeting place and a beautiful girl brushing her long, black hair behind her ear was there, smiling at him. Her name was Mizuhara Chizuru. Something real is born after just a single rental! A reckless rom-com filled with love and excitement is about to begin!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Shun Horie as Kazuya Kinoshita (voice)
- Sora Amamiya as Chizuru Mizuhara (voice)
- Aoi Yuuki as Mami Nanami (voice)
- Nao Toyama as Ruka Sarashina (voice)
- Rie Takahashi as Sumi Sakurasawa (voice)
- Yu Serizawa as Mini Yaemori (voice)
- Yukari Nozawa as Nagomi Kinoshita (voice)
- Sayuri Sadaoka as Sayuri Ichinose (voice)
Supporting cast
- Gakuto Kajiwara as Shun Kuribayashi (voice)
Guest cast
- Masayuki Akasaka as Yoshiaki Kibe (voice)
- Hisako Tojo as Miharu Imai (voice)
- Naoya Miyase as Playboy (voice)
- Yu Kohanai as User (voice)
- Hayato Fujii as Iwafune (voice)
- Saika Kitamori as Lungfish (voice)
- Kaito Ishikawa as Umi Nakano (voice)
- Ryuji Yamamoto as High School Boy (voice)
- Yui Ogura as Shiori (voice)
- Yuuki Sanpei as Kazuo Kinoshita (voice)
- Miki Natsutani as Harumi Kinoshita (voice)
- Naho Shimada as Hero Show MC (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 6 seasons with 198 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 138 | June 13, 2020 | December 20, 2023 |
| Season 1 | 60 | July 11, 2020 | June 27, 2026 |
| Season 2 | 0 | July 1, 2022 | September 16, 2022 |
| Season 3 | 0 | July 7, 2023 | September 29, 2023 |
| Season 4 | 0 | July 1, 2025 | September 16, 2025 |
| Season 5 | 0 | April 8, 2026 | June 24, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Date Movie 1 | June 13, 2020 |
| 2 | Date Movie 2 | June 16, 2020 |
| 3 | Date Movie 3 | June 20, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Rent-a-Girlfriend Jilted and heartbroken, 20-year-old Kinoshita Kazuya turns to Diamond, a Rent-A-Girlfriend app that leads him to a fateful encounter with Mizuhara Chizuru, one of the talents on offer. |
July 11, 2020 |
| 2 |
Ex-Girlfriend and Girlfriend Immediately after deciding not to rely on pretend dating anymore, Kazuya is hit with a triple whammy of reveals: Chizuru not only goes to his college but lives next door to him, and his grandmother is coming to visit and wants to see her. |
July 18, 2020 |
| 3 |
Beach and Girlfriend Kazuya barely has time to deal with the fallout of the situation in the pub before the gang heads off on a short trip to Izu, where they run into someone unexpected. |
July 25, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dream and Girlfriend | July 1, 2022 |
| 2 | The Usual Girlfriend | July 8, 2022 |
| 3 | The Return of the Girlfriend | July 15, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Cooking and Girlfriend | July 7, 2023 |
| 2 | The Girl Next Door | July 14, 2023 |
| 3 | Expert and Girlfriend | July 21, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Routine and Girlfriend Summer break is over, and routine returns to Kazuya's life. Something he needs to fix, and fast. |
July 1, 2025 |
| 2 |
Sigh and Girlfriend Kazuya suggests that he and Chizuru get lunch together. How will she take it? |
July 8, 2025 |
| 3 |
Daikanyama and Girlfriend Chizuru and Kazuya are invited to a party in the super-fancy area of Daikanyama. |
July 15, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ex-Girlfriend, Nanami Mami What is Mami planning to do by renting Chizuru out? What's going through her mind? |
April 8, 2026 |
| 2 |
Rental Girlfriend How will Mami respond to Chizuru? And can Kazuya process what he thinks is a rejection? |
April 15, 2026 |
| 3 |
The End of the Girlfriend Chizuru's rental GF secret may be out. How will people react, and how can Kazuya and Chizuru escape this? |
April 22, 2026 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | MBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 11, 2020 |
| Last aired | June 27, 2026 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 01:25:00 |