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) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Reiji Miyajima |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | July 12, 2017 – present |
| Volumes | 44 |
| Manga | |
| Rent-A-(Really Shy!)-Girlfriend | |
| Written by | Reiji Miyajima |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher |
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| Magazine | Magazine Pocket |
| Original run | June 21, 2020 – present |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
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| Written by | Mitsutaka Hirota |
| Music by | Hyadain |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Licensed by |
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| Original network | MBS (Super Animeism) |
| English network | |
| Original run | July 11, 2020 – present |
| Episodes | 48 |
| Television drama | |
| Rental A Girlfriend | |
| Directed by | Daisuke Yamamoto |
| Written by | Kumiko Asō |
| Music by | Yuki Munakata |
| Licensed by | Viki |
| Original network | ABC TV, TV Asahi |
| Original run | July 3, 2022 – September 25, 2022 |
| Episodes | 10 |
| Video game | |
| Rent-A-Girlfriend: The Horizon and the Girl in the Swimsuit | |
| Developer | Mages |
| Publisher | Mages |
| Genre | Visual novel |
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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.