If you enjoy the Rent-a-Girlfriend anime or the manga, I have some great news for you. The live-action TV series adaptation of Reiji Miyajima’s Kanojo, Okarishimasu (彼女、お借りします) has found a new streaming home for English-speaking audiences — Tubi quietly added the full series to its library.
The Japanese drama premiered on July 2–3, 2022, airing on the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC TV) on Sundays at 11:55 p.m. JST, with additional late-night broadcasts on TV Asahi. The series features a strong lead cast, including Ryusei Onishi of Naniwa Danshi as Kazuya Kinoshita, Hiyori Sakurada as Chizuru Mizuhara, Aika Sawaguchi as Sumi Sakurasawa, Mio Kudō as Ruka Sarashina, and Shiori Akita as Mami Nanami.
Behind the scenes, the production is led by directors Daisuke Yamamoto (Ossan’s Love franchise) and Kazuki Kon, with scripts written by Kumiko Asō (Marumo no Okite) and an original score composed by Yūki Munakata. The series is still available to stream on Hulu in Japan, and consists of 10 episodes.
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Rent-a-Girlfriend (彼女、お借りします) is a highly popular romantic comedy manga written and illustrated by Reiji Miyajima. Serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine since July 2017, the series has sold millions of copies worldwide and has been compiled into 45 tankōbon volumes as of April 2026. Kodansha USA licensed the manga in North America in June 2020 and releases English chapters simultaneously on the KMANGA app. The franchise has expanded into a successful TV anime currently in its fifth season, a popular live-action drama series, a spin-off manga (Rent-a-(Really Shy!)-Girlfriend), a visual novel video game, and a crossover smart game.
You can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Reeling from a bad breakup, Kazuya rents the beautiful, polite Chizuru for a date. But rock bottom might be so much lower than he thought! Chizuru is much more than the pretty face and sweet demeanor he thought he’d bargained for… 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!
Source: TUBI
PLEASE NOTE: The live-action Rent-a-Girlfriend series is currently available to stream on Tubi in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and select other regions. Library availability varies by country. International viewers may use a VPN to access Tubi from a supported location.
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