Mizuhara Chizuru

Overview

The primary female protagonist of Rent-a-Girlfriend. Her real name is Chizuru Ichinose. She is a literature student at Nerima University who works as a top-rated client companion for the rental girlfriend agency Diamond, while simultaneously pursuing a career as an actress. After taking on her neighbor Kazuya Kinoshita as a client, she finds her professional and personal life constantly intertwined with his.

Appearance

As a rental girlfriend, she wears her long brown hair with a side braid and swept bangs, dressing in stylish skirts and tops. During daily life and at university, she disguises her looks by wearing twin braids, glasses, and plain clothes. When showing her true temper, her eyes visually shift into sharp cat-like eyes.

Personality

Underneath her polished and agreeable customer-service persona, she is serious, composed, and strong-willed. She takes her responsibilities seriously and keeps a strict boundary between her professional front and her personal thoughts, though she displays a more blunt, pragmatic edge around those close to her.

Abilities

She possesses exceptional interpersonal skills and adaptability, earning top ratings in her rental work. She is also a skilled actress who trains diligently and achieves notable success on stage.

Background

Having lost her mother and grandfather early in life, she was raised by her grandmother, Sayuri Ichinose. To fund her acting tuition and fulfill her late grandfather's wish, she took up rental girlfriend work. Her relationship with Kazuya Kinoshita began rocky after an initial bad rating, leading to a chain of misunderstandings that forced them to maintain a fake relationship before their families.

Relationships

She acts as a hired companion to Kazuya Kinoshita, who is also her apartment neighbor. She deals with romantic rivalries and scrutiny from Ruka Sarashina and Mami Nanami, while acting as a supportive senior colleague to Sumi Sakurasawa. She holds deep affection for her grandmother, Sayuri Ichinose.

Trivia

Because she dramatically alters her styling between university and her job, very few people recognize that her student persona and rental persona are the same person.