Chizuru Ichinose

Chizuru Ichinose is the main heroine of Reiji Miyajima's manga and anime series Rental Girlfriend, also known as Kanokari for short. She is a university student who works at the Diamond rental girlfriend agency under the alias name Chizuru Mizuhara, and is a top-rated rental girlfriend due to her extremely attractive appearance, kind personality, and dedication to her work. To avoid revealing her secret in university, she wears long braids and glasses. It is later revealed that her ambition is to become a famous actress; her job as a rental girlfriend has enabled her to hone her acting skills while simultaneously providing the money she needs to study on an acting workshop.

Chizuru serves as the primary love interest of main protagonist Kazuya Kinoshita, who initially rented her after he was dumped by his ex-girlfriend. However, a series of events and coincidences, including them discovering that they're next-door neighbours, has led Kazuya to keep renting Chizuru in order to maintain the appearance of him having a girlfriend to his family. This fake relationship slowly becomes real as both parties realise their feelings for each other. But like a typical rom-com, whether they end up confessing their love to each other won't be easy and will take a very long time, as their personality flaws and the presence of other rival heroines will provide major challenges towards achieving this endgame.

Debuting in the Summer 2020 anime season, Chizuru was the only girl from that year to win both seasonals in r/anime and ISML as a result of Kanokari's popularity borne from the manga's highly appealing art style and waifu fans. She will be eligible for Best Girl 9.

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Seasonal & Exhibition
Seasonal Diadem: 2020 Summer


 * Elim. Round (Approval, max 16): 5001 (1st)
 * (16) Tohru Honda 5237 - 2155 (Eme 1)
 * (8) Michiru Hyoudou 3283 - 1508 (Eme 2)
 * (4) Echidna (Re:Zero) 3702 - 2642 (Eme 3)
 * (2) Komachi Hikigaya 3140 - 2993 (Eme 4)

ISML 2020 Couples / Ships - seed 5 (w/ Kazuya Kinoshita)


 * (28)  Himura x Yuuko (Ef) 3604 - 2290 (Ruby Gem)
 * (21)  Haruki x Sakura (Pancreas) 3480 - 2535 (Dia 2)
 * (13)  Heiji x Kazuha (Conan) 3251 - 4127 (Dia 4)

Main Tournament

 * Overall record: 9W - 11L

Seasonal & Majors
Seasonal Salt: Summer 2020 - seed 2 (Winner!)


 * (63) Watashi (Love and Producer) 526 - 55
 * (34) Rakko Yumiya 524 - 113
 * (18) Dolly (Raildex) 537 - 164
 * (7) Minerva (Re:Zero) 424 - 201
 * (3) Satella (Re:Zero) 426 - 257
 * (1) Echidna (Re:Zero) 728 - 579

Best Girl of 2020 - seed 6


 * (27) Kotoko Iwanaga 669 - 343
 * (11) Minerva (Re:Zero) 552 - 350
 * (3) Miko Iino 727 - 758

Honours
Contest Wins (4)


 * 1) ISML 2020 Summer Diadem (Seasonal)
 * 2) Seasonal Salt 2020 - Best Girl of Summer
 * 3) FB @No Anime No Life Waifu Tournament Pt.1 (2020)
 * 4) Miss Sexy Anime 2021 - La Finalissima

Non-contest honours
In the anime popularity charting website Anime Trending, Chizuru won the "Girl of the Year" title in the 7th edition of the annual AT Awards (contested between 2020 anime), placing 1st in overall votes. Elaina was the runner-up.