Ruka Sarashina is the star of Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 4’s newly released date visual. Like the others, this has “journey” as its theme, and it also has a train-related setting, In this case, Ruka is depicted in front of a train station by the sea.
Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 4 is coming in July with a split-cour format. The anime is based on the romantic comedy manga by Reiji Miyajima, which 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 manga debuted in 2017 in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine and has 39 tankoubon volumes as of January 2025. The first season of the TV anime adaptation premiered in July 2020.
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
