Once again, I'm out in Japan.

I don't really know what's happening.

All I've been told is that I need to come to this theme park

to meet with, of course, you guessed it,

Shibuya Kaho. - Yay!

- What are we doing today, Kaho?

- So you are on a date today.

- Okay, nice, nice.

- Not with me.

I'm renting a date for you.

So you know the show called "Rent-A-Girlfriend," right?

- I love it.

Chizuru is number one girl.

I love Chizuru, hell yes. (hands slapping)

- Yes. - Okay, All right.

I want my very own Chizuru.

- But, I'm not renting a girlfriend this time.

That wouldn't be fun.

You can just hit the Tinder and get a girlfriend, right?

- I guess so, I guess so, yeah.

- So why don't I just rent a boyfriend instead?

- Okay.

- And just watch some BL moments and have fun on my own too.

- So this is just your way of getting your own BL show?

- I'm just being fujoshi.

I purchased binoculars for this.

- So what, you're just gonna watch me on a date?

- Yes.

- All right, okay, okay.

- Okay, so I'm introducing you to this beautiful boy.

- Oh, this is my date?

Oh my God, okay, wow.

- Oh God, he's hot.

- Oh my God, he's so cute!

- He's 22!

- 22?

- Oh, my God.

I feel so old and creepy now.

Is this weird?

This is weird, right?

- This is his first time

going on a date with a guy, as well.

- Okay, 2021, starting it off good.

- They don't usually really, like,

accept man for the date. - Yup.

- But this is a special occasion, I asked the owner

and the owner the owner said it's okay.

Why didn't you say no?

Why didn't you say no, owner?

But okay, here we are.

Why?

Why did you say yes?

So I guess we're going to go on the date

in the theme park that we have coming up.

- Yes, yes, yes, very cute.

We usually go on a date by request,

like a date usually takes your request

but since this is my request,

I was like feeling a little bit aggressive

and I can start with maybe holding hands?

- Okay.

I mean sure.

(hands chinging) Oh, wow.

Oh, well, we're locking hangers.

I did not expect for such aggressive finger locking action,

but here we are.

(Kaho laughing)

- Kaho, are you happy?

Is this what you wanted?

- Yes.

- This feels so wrong.

I'm going to go on a date now.

See you guys.

Oh shit.

Okay, I look like shit.

Let me grab this.

Okay, let me.

You're gonna look fine for the date.

- I know, I know, I know.

I am slightly underdressed.

This theme park is Cosmo world.

It's located right in the middle of Yokohama

and considering that, it has a ton of attractions to do,

such as The Log Flume, the Ferris wheel, the rollercoaster,

and it's the perfect place for a first date.

And I was eagerly awaiting to experience

all of the amazing rides that Cosmo World had to offer.

I could picture it now, me and my affordable boyfriend

on the rollercoaster going around

enjoying the view of Yokohama.

Now, normally I am a smart boy

and always get permission to film wherever I go.

I didn't do that this time

because I was told by a friend that it's okay to film here.

So that was a lie.

All right, nevermind.

They said we can't film a life.

All right, now I've got to think of another date,

very quickly.

Let's do it.

I did not have a backup plan.

I was also an hour and a half late to this date

because the trains were just not running this day.

So needless to say,

I had made a great impression on my rental boyfriend.

But no worries, your boy's a master of improvisation.

So I decided to go and take a beautiful stroll

around Yokohama and get to know my rental boyfriend better.

- Look at them, just so adorable together.

- [Connor] My editor originally cut this scene

where I asked him if he liked Jojo

and I insisted that he put it back in.

So here it is,

the rental boyfriend telling me he likes Jojo.

- [Connor] We are now married.

- Fingers intertwined.

(both laughing)

- As you can tell,

I pick only the most interesting topics for my dates.

Obviously the date was going so well

that my rental boyfriend asked me an important question.

Oh my god, he just asked me to hold hands.

I don't think I'm ready for this.

I don't want to hold hands with him, I'll seem too needy.

That would give the impression

that I want him to hold hands with me.

I don't want him to hold hands with me.

Why would I want that?

Why don't you just start the date saying no,

play it cool, you got this.

What am I supposed to say, huh?

Listen, if a cute boy asks to hold your hand,

there's only one answer.

Shut the (bleep) up.

But anyway, it was time to talk about the important topics.

- Listen, my Japanese is not that great, okay?

I'm trying my best here

to make some form of conversation.

I swear if this was in English, I'd be killing it right now.

- Yes, look at those hands

and they're talking constantly.

Just looking at each other so often.

- Maybe he wants to be the boyfriend to be rented,

I would guess.

- How do you know me so well, Kaho?

(Suzuya laughing)

- I'm happy for you, Connor.

They're laughing so often.

- If I stop laughing, it becomes awkward,

so just keep laughing, Connor,

and there'll be no awkward moments.

"It's the sea, it smelled badly."

That's what I was trying to say.

So nice.

He's so sweet.

And now that the first part of our date is over,

it's time to head to the restaurant

where they didn't kick me out for filming.

Thank you, Restaurant, link down below.

Where it was time to ask Suzuya and his unique profession

and learn all the ins and outs of being a rental boyfriend.

- [Connor] My first question was a simple one.

In most countries, if this existed,

it would be the other way around,

where the guy would rent a girlfriend.

But why in Japan specifically,

is there such a demand for rental boyfriends?

I wanted to hear Suzuya's thoughts on this question

I also wanted to know how Suzuya learned

about rental boyfriends

and how he even knew he could become one.

Wait, how old were you then when you started at a boys bar?

- [Connor] - The legal drinking age in Japan is 20.

So the moment you can drink, yeah,

the moment you can drink, wow. (both chuckling)

- I was also curious to know,

how does one become a rental boyfriend?

Do you have to do a test?

Is there an exam?

Do you have to do mortal combat?

I don't know. I want to know.

(camera shuttering)

- [Connor] Cattleya is the company that Suzuya works for,

and they have a massive catalog

of beautiful rental boyfriends.

- I did ask Suzuya if he could tell me

more about the training details

but unfortunately it was a company secret,

but there are some basic things that they teach you

that I think are general common sense.

- Wow, okay, so you kind of get like butler training,

very fast. - Yeah.

I'm curious 'cause I'm always embarrassing myself.

(Kaho laughing) As you guys know

if you're watching.

Is it embarrassing or is it something

that you don't tell your friends and family?

I'm curious, like who do you tell

and how do you decide to tell them?

- [Connor] Me too, buddy. Me too.

- [Connor] We also asked

how did his friends feel about it?

- The one thing that a lot of people would be curious about

is how does it affect like dating normally, right?

'Cause there must be a lot of stuff going on there.

- [Connor] Me and the other anime fans be like.

- Another question about the clients

and you know, liking clients.

I feel like if I met someone and I really liked them

I would find it hard to not like fall for them.

How do you stop yourself

from maybe liking your customer too much?

- Is there ever a situation where you're like,

"Man, I just want to give you a free day."

- To the viewers out there watching,

there are some questions in this interview

that were cut as Suzuya didn't want to answer them.

For example, how often do you go on dates with clients?

Some questions like this, Suzuya might not want to answer

because other clients, for some reason may see this video

and may get a little bit upset if they see

that he's going on multiple dates

outside of their date with him,

even though that's his job but it's understandable.

So, if there are some obvious questions

that are missing here, that's why.

So when we were on our date, our fake date.

We were, we were holding hands.

Is that like a normal or is it something that you do

on special occasions or is it something that, you know,

the customers can ask to do right away?

- [Connor] Or if you're me,

just go in for the kill right away

and grab their hand immediately.

You cannot hide.

You can't run from me.

I'm so sorry.

- [Connor] If you give me an extra 50, I'll do it.

- I'm curious, what does a normal day look like for you?

What do you normally do?

- [Connor] I see how it is.

I'm just another one of your (bleep) clients, huh?

You don't love me.

- Sorry about that, back to the interview.

- What's your favorite types of dates?

Is it just talking then or is it like,

do you have something that you really like

to do with customers?

- My favorite dates are with Connor Dawg VA.

Okay, here's what Suzuya actually said.

- Wow, well we had the perfect date then, didn't we?

- Can you not say something stupid for once, Conn?

I beg of you.

I was curious to know on average

how many of the customers came back for another date.

- I wish I had 10% of this man's confidence.

I was curious about this actually.