{"id":30520,"date":"2026-06-26T14:54:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/rent-a-girlfriend-continues-on-with-a-6th-season\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:54:29","slug":"rent-a-girlfriend-continues-on-with-a-6th-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/rent-a-girlfriend-continues-on-with-a-6th-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Rent-A-Girlfriend Continues on With a 6th Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A sixth season of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rent-A-Girlfriend<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> TV anime series has been announced after the show\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fifth season<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> finale, which will adapt the manga\u2019s \u201cCohabitation Arc\u201d storyline. Further details on a release date were not confirmed, as of the time of writing.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A special sixth season illustration, featuring Kazuya, Chizuru, and Mini, was also released. It was drawn by series character designer <\/span>Kanna Hirayama <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(reprising from past seasons).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a9 \u5bae\u5cf6\u793c\u540f\u30fb\u8b1b\u8ac7\u793e\uff0f\u300c\u5f7c\u5973\u3001\u304a\u501f\u308a\u3057\u307e\u3059\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Kazuomi Koga<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Seasons 1,2, and 4) directed the anime\u2019s fifth season, with <\/span>Mitsutaka Hirota<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (reprising) as series composer and Hirayama as character designer. <\/span>TMS Entertainment Studio 6<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was in charge of the animation production, after the past seasons previously credited <\/span>TMS Entertainment<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The second and third seasons had production assistance from<\/span> Studio Comet<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Meanwhile, the main voice cast stars:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Shun Horie<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Kazuya Kinoshita<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Sora Amamiya<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Chizuru Mizuhara\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Aoi Yuki <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Mami Nanami<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Nao Toyama<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Ruka Sarashina<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Rie Takahashi<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Sumi Sakurasawa<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Yu Serizawa<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Mini Yaemori<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fifth season of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rent-A-Girlfriend<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> began airing in Japan on April 10, 2026 and concluded with 12 episodes on June 26, 2026. The first season was released in July 2020, while the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fourth season<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> aired in July 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The romantic comedy manga series by <\/span>Reiji Miyajima<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> debuted in Kodansha\u2019s Weekly Shonen Magazine on July 12, 2017 and has released 46 tankobon volumes as of June 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Aside from the main manga and anime series, there is also a spin-off series titled\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rent-A-(Really Shy!)-Girlfriend <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">centered on Sumi (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">released in English<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Kodansha USA), a 2022 live-action TV drama series, and a visual novel.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a9 \u5bae\u5cf6\u793c\u540f\u30fb\u8b1b\u8ac7\u793e\uff0f\u300c\u5f7c\u5973\u3001\u304a\u501f\u308a\u3057\u307e\u3059\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kodansha USA licensed the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rent-A-Girlfriend <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">manga for English release, describing the main synopsis as\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In today\u2019s Japan, \u201crental\u201d services can deliver an afternoon with a \u201cfriend,\u201d a \u201cparent,\u201d 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 \u201crent\u201d an emotional connection, and his new \u201cgirlfriend,\u201d who\u2019s trying to keep her side hustle secret, will panic when she finds out her real life and Kazuya\u2019s are intertwined in surprising ways! Family, school, and life all start to go wrong, too\u2026 It\u2019s sweet but na\u00efve boy meets cute but ruthless girl in this 21st-century manga rom-com!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Sources<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kanokari_anime\/status\/2070561796331892891\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rent-A-Girlfriend Official X\/Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-06-26\/rent-a-girlfriend-anime-gets-6th-season\/.238997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anime News Network<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sixth season of the Rent-A-Girlfriend TV anime series has been announced after the show\u2019s fifth season finale, which will adapt the manga\u2019s \u201cCohabitation Arc\u201d storyline. Further details on a release date were not confirmed, as of the time of writing.\u00a0 A special sixth season illustration, featuring Kazuya, Chizuru, and Mini, was also released. 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