The official website and Twitter account for the TV drama adaptation of Reiji Miyajima's Rent-A-Girlfriend manga has announced that Ryōsuke Sato has been cast as Umi Nakano, a handsome young man that Kazuya meets while Umi is on a date with Chizuru.
Naniwa Danshi will be performing the drama's theme song titled, "Cynthia."
Daisuke Yamamoto is directing, and Kumiko Asō is writing the scripts.
Kodansha Comics publishes the manga in English and describes the series as:
You can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Hapless college first-year Kazuya Kinoshita, reeling from a bad breakup, rents a few hours of friendly companionship at the aquarium with the idol-beautiful and polite Chizuru. But rock bottom might be lower than Kazuya thought! Family, school, and life all start to go wrong, and to make matters worse, Chizuru is much more than the Pretty Face and sweet demeanor he thought he'd bargained for...
The drama will air on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation TV channel and also on TV Asahi on July 3, 2022.
NEW CAST ANNOUNCEMENT:
Ryōsuke Sato as Umi Nakano
MAIN CAST:
Ryusei Onishi, member of Johnny & Associates' boy idol group Naniwa Danshi, has been cast as the male protagonist Kazuya Kinoshita.
Fashion model and actress Hiyori Sakurada has been cast as the main heroine Chizuru Mizuhara.
Fashion model and actress Hiyori Sakurada has been cast as the main heroine Chizuru Mizuhara.
ADDITIONAL CAST:
Shiori Akita as Mami Nanami / Mio Kudō as Ruka Sarashina
Aika Sawaguchi as Sumi Sakurasawa
Hana Kino as Nagomi Kinoshita, Kazuya's grandmother
Mayumi Asaka as Sayuri, Chizuru's grandmother
Kaoru Noguchi as Harumi Kinoshita, Kazuya's mother
Shunya Kaneko as Kazuya's friend
Kōsuke Suzuki as Kazuya's friend
Mayumi Asaka as Sayuri, Chizuru's grandmother
Kaoru Noguchi as Harumi Kinoshita, Kazuya's mother
Shunya Kaneko as Kazuya's friend
Kōsuke Suzuki as Kazuya's friend
Oideyasu Oda as Kazuo Kinoshita / Sora Amamiya as Game Character
KEY VISUAL:
You can rent a girlfriend, but can you buy love? Hapless college first-year Kazuya Kinoshita, reeling from a bad breakup, rents a few hours of friendly companionship at the aquarium with the idol-beautiful and polite Chizuru. But rock bottom might be lower than Kazuya thought! Family, school, and life all start to go wrong, and to make matters worse, Chizuru is much more than the Pretty Face and sweet demeanor he thought he'd bargained for...