"Rent-A-Girlfriend": Popular Cosplayer Akari Akase Perfectly Recreates "Ideal Girlfriend" Chizuru Mizuhara

The latest PV for "Rent-A-Girlfriend," currently serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" and popular as a TV anime, has been released on the Magazine Channel. Cosplayer and TikToker Akari Akase passionately portrays the "ideal girlfriend" Chizuru Mizuhara.

"Rent-A-Girlfriend" is a hugely popular romantic comedy series (by Reiji Miyajima) currently serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine," with over 13.5 million copies in circulation. The story follows Kazuya Kinoshita, a hopeless college student who, shocked after being dumped by his first girlfriend, uses a "girlfriend rental service." His life dramatically changes after meeting the incredibly beautiful Chizuru Mizuhara through this service.

In the latest chapter published in "Weekly Shonen Magazine," a new development begins where Chizuru, after receiving Kazuya's confession, decides to "investigate" her own feelings for him, leading to significant progress in their relationship. The TV anime's fourth season is scheduled to start airing in July 2025, while a live-action TV drama is set to begin in July 2022.

Akari Akase, a cosplayer and TikToker, has gained attention for her incredibly accurate cosplays and currently boasts over 1.4 million followers on TikTok. She has also appeared in numerous popular dramas as an actress. In the music scene, she made her major debut with the single "Koi no Yukue" in February 2022, expanding her activities across various fields.