The Rent-A-Girlfriend TV anime will return in 2026 with a fifth season. A commemorative illustration from the show’s character designer Kanna Hirayama was released with the announcement.
The fourth season aired during the Summer 2025 anime season. The first season premiered in July 2020.
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Rent-A-Girlfriend is based on the romantic comedy manga by Reiji Miyajima, which has been running since in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine since 2017. Kodansha USA describes the premise as such:
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 has been collected into 42 volumes as of September 2025. Beyond the original manga and anime, there is a spin-off titled Kanojo, Hitomishirimasu and a 2022 live-action drama. A MAGES-developed visual novel was released in 2024.
Staff (Season 4, reprising 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
