Rent-A-Girlfriend

Rent-A-Girlfriend
First tankōbon volume cover of Rent-A-Girlfriend, featuring Chizuru Mizuhara
彼女、お借りします
(Kanojo, Okarishimasu)
Genre
Manga
Written byReiji Miyajima
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
Original runJuly 12, 2017 – present
Volumes44
Manga
Rent-A-(Really Shy!)-Girlfriend
Written byReiji Miyajima
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • NA: Kodansha USA
MagazineMagazine Pocket
Original runJune 21, 2020 – present
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed by
  • Kazuomi Koga (S1–2, 4)
  • Shinya Une (S3)
Written byMitsutaka Hirota
Music byHyadain
StudioTMS Entertainment
Licensed by
Original networkMBS (Super Animeism)
English network
Original run July 11, 2020 – present
Episodes48
Television drama
Rental A Girlfriend
Directed byDaisuke Yamamoto
Written byKumiko Asō
Music byYuki Munakata
Licensed byViki
Original networkABC TV, TV Asahi
Original run July 3, 2022 September 25, 2022
Episodes10
Video game
Rent-A-Girlfriend: The Horizon and the Girl in the Swimsuit
DeveloperMages
PublisherMages
GenreVisual novel
Platform
Released
  • JP: November 28, 2024

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-four tankōbon volumes as of January 2026. 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 April 2026. A live-action television drama adaptation also aired from July to September 2022.

By January 2026, the manga had over 15 million copies in circulation.