A live-action TV drama adaptation of Reiji Miyajima’s romantic comedy manga Rent-A-Girlfriend is confirmed to be aired in Japan in July 2022, the same time as the second season of the TV anime adaptation.
Ryusei Onishi, a 20-year-old member of Johnny & Associates’ boy idol group Naniwa Danshi, is cast as the male protagonist Kazuya Kinoshita.
The drama will be aired every Sunday on ABC TV’s “Drama L” programming block, directed by Daisuke Yamamoto (Ossan’s Love) on scripts by Kumiko Aso (Wakako Zake).