Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 4 has begun to release its promotional date-themed visuals. Unsurprisingly, the first heroine to be featured is Chizuru Mizuhara, seen here on a bench while sakura petals fall about her. The bench is on a train platform, and Chizuru has a pink briefcase with her.
Last month, it was announced that Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 4 would premiere in July and run with a split-cour format. The teaser visual that came with that announcement also paired Chizuru with a briefcase.
Rent-A-Girlfriend is based on the romantic comedy manga by Reiji Miyajima, which began in 2017 in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine and has 39 tankoubon volumes as of January 17, 2025 JST. The first season of the TV anime adaptation premiered in July 2020.
Kodansha USA describes the manga as:
In today’s Japan, “rental” services can deliver an afternoon with a “friend,” a “parent,” even a fake girlfriend! After a staggering betrayal by his girlfriend, hapless freshman Kazuya gets just desperate enough to give it a try. But he quickly discovers how complicated it can be to “rent” an emotional connection, and his new “girlfriend,” who’s trying to keep her side hustle secret, will panic when she finds out her real life and Kazuya’s are intertwined in surprising ways! Family, school, and life all start to go wrong, too… It’s sweet but naïve boy meets cute but ruthless girl in this 21st-century manga rom-com!
The Rent-A-Girlfriend manga has also inspired a spin-off titled Kanojo, Hitomishirimasu and a 2022 live-action drama. A MAGES-developed visual novel was released in 2024.
Staff (returning unless stated otherwise)
• Director: Kazuomi Koga (first two seasons)
• Series composer: Mitsutaka Hirota
• Character designer: Kanna Hirayama
• Animation production: TMS Entertainment (Seasons 2 and 3 had production assistance from Studio Comet)
Cast
• Shun Horie as Kazuya Kinoshita
• Sora Amamiya as Chizuru Mizuhara
• Aoi Yuuki as Mami Nanami
• Nao Touyama as Ruka Sarashina
• Rie Takahashi as Sumi Sakurasawa
• Yu Serizawa as Mini Yaemori
Source: @kanokari_anime
