Rent A Girlfriend Cast and Character Guide
A guide for the Crunchyroll series “Rent A Girlfriend,” that notes cast members, information about their character, and other details about the show.
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A guide for the Crunchyroll series “Rent A Girlfriend” that notes cast members, information about their characters, and other details about the show.
Please Note: This content contains pertinent spoilers, descriptions are updated as new information is presented, images changed as better ones are captured, and this is not an exhaustive list of every cast member, guest star, or reoccurring role.
General Information
| Creator(s) | Miyajima Reiji |
| First Aired (Crunchyroll) | 7/11/2020 |
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Groups & Organizations
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Notable Locations
- Itabashi Third Hospital (S1E1): The place where Chizuru and Kazuya’s grandmother are.
Terms To Know
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Other Noteworthy Information
- Time Length (1.12): A whole year passed in season 1
- The Heron Princess (2.1): The play Chizuru did which was her first major supporting role.
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Kazuya Kinoshita (Horie Shun)
First Noted In – Season 1 Episode 1 “Rent-a-Girlfriend”
Brief Introduction
20-year-old Kazuya begins the series with getting dumped after dating his ex for only a month. This sends him into a dark place for relationships have consistently evaded him, and with most of his family treating him as a bit of a failure, this hurts. Add in he wants his grandmother to see him happy with someone before he dies, losing Mami made him desperate enough to rent a girlfriend.
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Additional Information About Kazuya
- S1E1: He is a first-year student at a college in Tokyo after taking a gap year.
- He is a virgin
- Family Business (2.3) Nagomi Sake
Quotes
Chizuru Mizuhara (Amamiya Sora)
First Noted In – Season 1 Episode 1 “Rent-a-Girlfriend”
Brief Introduction
For reasons not revealed in the series premiere, Chizuru in a rent a girlfriend, and a popular one at that. Likely due to her learning from the guy after each and every date to further be ideal. However, when Kazuya makes her job hard, she reveals a less than soft and friendly side to herself which is a complete opposite of who she is while on the job.
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Additional Information About Chizuru
- Season 1: Sometimes uses her grandmother’s last name Ichinose rather than Mizuhara.
- The Reason She Is A Rental Girlfriend (1.8): Chizuru is an aspiring actress and considering acting school costs money, pretending to be people’s girlfriends has been her means of gaining experience.
- Is 19 years old (Source: 1.11)
- Her Parents (2.3): Her dad abandoned the family when she was little, and her mom died not too long after her dad left, and they moved in with her grandparents. Unfortunately, as of season 2, episode 3, the only one that is left is her grandmother, as her grandfather died when she was in high school.
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Mami (Yuuki Aoi)
Character Introduction
First Appears In – Season 1 Episode 2 “Ex-Girlfriend and Girlfriend”
Mami is Kazuya’s ex-girlfriend who seemingly isn’t very happy with the fact he moved on and has a new girlfriend. Now, as for why she broke up with him if she has feelings for him, or why she hates that he moved on? That isn’t presented when we first meet her. All that we know is that there is this sugar sweet side to her and then this blank, almost threatening side, as pictured above.
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Additional Information About Mami
- S1E3: Notes she felt Kazuya was kind of pervy, but if they had a kid, they would be named Maya. Also, she wanted enough kids to fill up a soccer scene.
Quotes
Grandma Kinoshita (Nozawa Yukari)
Character Introduction
First Appears In – Season 1 Episode 2 “Ex-Girlfriend and Girlfriend”
Kazuya’s grandmother who he loves dearly but, like his parents, doesn’t necessarily have a lot of faith in him. Which makes the arrival of Mizuhara and believing that’s his girlfriend something which brings her to tears.
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Additional Information About Grandma Kinoshita
- S1E5: Notes it’s the day her husband died.
Quotes
Kibe (Akasaka Masayuki)
First Noted: Season 1 Episode 5 “Hot Springs and Girlfriend”
Kazuya’s childhood friend who notes Kazuya has always been stupidly optimistic. Yet, because he doesn’t want Kazuya’s positivity to die out, he is very protective of him and steps in when he feels the need to.
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Additional Information About Kibe
Quotes
Sayutaso (Sadaoka Sayuri)
First Noted: Season 1 Episode 5 “Hot Springs and Girlfriend”
Chizuru’s grandmother, and Nagomin’s best friend, who hopes to connect her granddaughter to Nagomin’s grandson to become family.
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Additional Information About Sayutaso
- S1E5: Around this time she has just gotten out of the hospital like Nagomin, where she was getting around in a wheelchair.
Quotes
Kuri (Kajiwara Gakuto)
One of Kazuya’s friends who also uses a rental girlfriend process.
Additional Information About Kuri
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 6
- Family Wealth (1.10): Kuri’s family owns an apple orchard
Quotes & Gifs
Ruka (Touyama Nao)
Formerly Ruka’s rental girlfriend, until she blackmails herself into being Kazuya’s.
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Additional Information About Ruka
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 6
- BPM (1.7): It’s revealed Ruka has a heart condition and part of the reason she joined the rental girlfriend company she did was to find someone who gets her heartbeat up to 90 BPM. Most people are under 80 but Kazuya is different.
Quotes & Gifs
Umi (TBD)
Umi is an actor who acts as one of Chizuru’s mentors.
Additional Information About Umi
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 8
Quotes & Gifs
Sakurawawa Sumi (Takahashi Rie)
The third rental girlfriend that Kazuya meets, but this one he meets through Chizuru since she is not only new to the rental girlfriend industry but incredibly shy.
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Additional Information About Sumi
- Introduced In Season 1/ Episode 11
Quotes & Gifs
Shiori (TBD)
Shiori is the lead of “The Heron Princess” who, despite not shining as bright as Chizuru, gets to speak to a notable director about a part in his movie.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 2/ Episode 1 “Dream and Girlfriend”
Quotes
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