Rent-A-Girlfriend
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Rent-A-Girlfriend (Japanese: 彼女、お借りします, Hepburn: Kanojo, Okarishimasu), abbreviated in Japan as Kanokari (かのかり), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Reiji Miyajima. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since July 2017, and has been compiled into forty-three tankōbon volumes as of November 2025. The series is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA, which released the first volume in English in June 2020. The series follows a young college student living in Tokyo who decides to rent a girlfriend following a sudden and painful breakup with his ex-girlfriend. After a while, he legitimately falls in love with his rental girlfriend and is determined to turn their fake relationship into a real one. An anime television series adaptation was produced by TMS Entertainment. Four seasons aired on MBS and its affiliates under the Super Animeism programming block from July 2020 to September 2025. A fifth season is set to premiere in 2026. A live-action television drama adaptation also aired from July to September 2022. By September 2025, the manga had over 14 million copies in circulation.
Infobox
Genre
Visual novel
Written by
Kumiko Asō [ja]
Published by
Kodansha
English publisher
NA: Kodansha USA
Imprint
Shōnen Magazine Comics
Magazine
Magazine Pocket
Original run
July 3, 2022 – September 25, 2022
Volumes
3 (List of volumes)
Directed by
Daisuke Yamamoto [ja]
Music by
Yuki Munakata
Studio
TMS Entertainment[a]
Licensed by
Viki
Original network
ABC TV, TV Asahi
English network
SEA: Animax Asia
Episodes
10
Developer
Mages
Publisher
Mages
Platform
PlayStation 4Nintendo Switch
Released
JP: November 28, 2024
Tables
· Reception › Awards and nominations
2021
2021
Year
2021
Award
5th Crunchyroll Anime Awards
Category
Best Girl
Recipient
Chizuru Mizuhara
Result
Nominated
Best Couple
Best Couple
Year
Best Couple
Award
Chizuru Mizuhara and Kazuya Kinoshita
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | 5th Crunchyroll Anime Awards | Best Girl | Chizuru Mizuhara | Nominated | |
| Best Couple | Chizuru Mizuhara and Kazuya Kinoshita |
References
- Animation production assistance (アニメーション制作協力) credited to Studio Comet for seasons 2–3
- In North America through Crunchyroll, LLC (HV S2–3)
- Kazuya Kinoshita's voice was provided by Jun Fukushima for a commercial in 2017, and by Haruki Ishiya for a commercial i
- Sora Amamiya also provided Chizuru Mizuhara's voice in the 2017 commercial, but Aoi Yūki provided her voice in a commerc
- Aoi Yūki also provided Mami's voice in a 2017 commercial.
- "Kokuhaku Bungee Jump" is used as an insert song in episode 12.
- "First Drop" by Halca is heard during the end credits of Episode 7.
- MBS and TBS listed the series premiere at 25:25 on July 10, 2020, which is effectively July 11 at 1:25 a.m. JST.
- MBS and TBS listed the season premiere at 25:25 on July 1, 2022, which is effectively July 2 at 1:25 a.m. JST.
- MBS listed the season premiere at 25:23 on July 7, 2023, which is effectively July 8 at 1:23 a.m. JST.
- "Renai Miri Film" is used as an insert song in episode 48.
- "End Roll (Ballad Version)" is heard during the end credits of Episodes 32 and 33.
- MBS, TBS and CBC listed the season premiere at 26:23 on July 4, 2025, which is effectively July 5 at 2:23 a.m. JST.
- Episodes were released on DMM TV, d-anime Store, and Crunchyroll three days before their televised airings.
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- 🌟放送/配信情報まとめ🌟 #彼女お借りします 第4期 2025年7月〜、分割2クールにて放送開始！https://kanokari-official.com/#onair 📺TV放送 MBS・TBS・BS-TBS・CBC：7月4日より、毎週金曜日深夜2:23〜 HBC：7月7日より、毎週月曜日深夜2:29～ RKB：7月5日より、毎週土曜日深夜3:00～ 💻配信 DMM TV、dアニメストアにて地上波3日間先行・最速配信！7月1日より、毎週火曜日22:00〜 その他プラットフォームでも随時配信開始https://x.com/kanokari_anime/status/1933449789334827187
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