rin
Rin
Head of Kagatsu Village
The young head of Kagatsu Village, responsible for the village code.
- Birthday
- spring 4
- Residence
- chief-house
- Workplace
- Not a provider
Canonical Character Database
Villagers & Characters of Village in the Shade
A single, searchable index for the named cast: identity, birthday, role, residence, household, explicit relationships, facility associations and first-availability notes.
14
Named villagers
14
Giftable
14
Friendship
4
Facility-linked
This is the cross-system directory. It does not duplicate gift tables, Friendship thresholds, Meal Invitation sequences, Sleepover mechanics, Requests, or exact shop hours.
1 · Character Finder
Search the complete named-villager roster
Search names, stable IDs, roles and concise profile summaries. Cards distinguish residence from workplace and keep unresolved availability visible.
Showing 14 of 14 named villagers.
Villager
konno
Konno
Rin's guardian
Rin's guardian and a leadership-adjacent resident.
- Birthday
- summer 11
- Residence
- chief-house
- Workplace
- Not a provider
sazanka
Sazanka
General store owner
A cheerful shop owner connected to the General Store.
- Birthday
- winter 20
- Residence
- village
- Workplace
- sazanka-general-store
kisuke
Kisuke
Carpenter
A carpenter tied to building and renovation services.
- Birthday
- spring 18
- Residence
- village
- Workplace
- kisuke-construction
rokkaku
Rokkaku
Chawantei / diner owner
The calm owner of Chawantei who looks after Yoh.
- Birthday
- winter 15
- Residence
- chawantei
- Workplace
- rokkaku-restaurant
hasumi
Hasumi
Village physician
The village physician, connected to the Clinic.
- Birthday
- winter 3
- Residence
- clinic
- Workplace
- Not a provider
chinana
Chinana
Traveling street vendor
An outside vendor who brings goods to Kagatsu Village.
- Birthday
- summer 24
- Residence
- street-stall
- Workplace
- chinana-street-vendor
komako
Komako
Hunter
A kind hunter and the first resident the player character meets.
- Birthday
- autumn 1
- Residence
- village
- Workplace
- Not a provider
shiroji
Shiroji
Lumberjack
A quiet lumberjack connected to Komako.
- Birthday
- summer 7
- Residence
- village
- Workplace
- Not a provider
yuta
Yuta
Resident from the city
An easygoing newcomer from the city.
- Birthday
- autumn 8
- Residence
- village
- Workplace
- Not a provider
sumire
Sumire
Archer and forager
An energetic outdoor resident learning archery.
- Birthday
- spring 21
- Residence
- village
- Workplace
- Not a provider
tobari
Tobari
Village resident
A resident who openly breaks the village code.
- Birthday
- summer 17
- Residence
- village
- Workplace
- Not a provider
yo
Yō
Child resident
A child resident and Rokkaku's adopted daughter.
- Birthday
- autumn 12
- Residence
- chawantei
- Workplace
- Not a provider
nago
Nago
Regional city hall employee
A regional city hall employee interested in the village's future.
- Birthday
- autumn 26
- Residence
- village
- Workplace
- Not a provider
2 · Major Cast
The current major-character baseline
The count is derived from the repository's villager records. The player character is tracked separately.
Named villagers
14
Named villager records with stable Character IDs.
Player character
1
Tracked separately because the protagonist is customizable and not a giftable villager.
Authority status
Derived
The current released-game baseline is reconciled through the canonical Character records.
3 · Birthdays
Birthday dates by season
Dates are stored as season IDs and numeric days. Birthday gifting mechanics and preference tables stay on the NPC Gifts authority.
spring
- RinDay 4
- KisukeDay 18
- SumireDay 21
summer
- ShirojiDay 7
- KonnoDay 11
- TobariDay 17
- ChinanaDay 24
autumn
- KomakoDay 1
- YutaDay 8
- YōDay 12
- NagoDay 26
winter
- HasumiDay 3
- RokkakuDay 15
- SazankaDay 20
4 · Roles & Work
What each character does
Roles describe canonical identity. A role is not a schedule, facility-opening claim or current map position.
village leadership
Rin
guardian
Konno
general store owner
Sazanka
carpenter
Kisuke
restaurant owner
Rokkaku
physician
Hasumi
street vendor
Chinana
hunter
Komako
lumberjack
Shiroji
resident
Yuta, Tobari
archer forager
Sumire
child resident
Yō
city hall employee
Nago
5 · Residences & Households
Home, household and workplace are different fields
Residence points to a canonical location. Household is a separate grouping record; workplace is derived from facility ownership and is not used as a residence shortcut.
Residence locations
- VillageSazanka, Kisuke, Komako, Shiroji, Yuta, Sumire, Tobari, Nago
- Village Chief EstateRin, Konno
- ClinicHasumi
- Chawantei / Rokkaku RestaurantRokkaku, Yō
- Chinana's Street StallChinana
Household records
- rin / konnoRin, Konno
- komako / shirojiKomako, Shiroji
- rokkaku / yoRokkaku, Yō
- hasumi / sumireHasumi, Sumire
- sazankaSazanka
- kisukeKisuke
- yutaYuta
- tobariTobari
- chinanaChinana
- nagoNago
Household membership does not create a new family claim; family and guardian relationships are listed separately.
6 · Relationships
Explicit relationship edges
Only relationships represented in the current character source are shown. No romance, marriage or inferred family links are added.
KomakoSiblingsShiroji
relationship-komako-shiroji-siblings
HasumiSisters / siblingsSumire
relationship-hasumi-sumire-siblings
RokkakuAdoptive guardian and childYō
relationship-rokkaku-yo-guardian
KonnoGuardian and wardRin
relationship-rin-konno-guardian
ChinanaChildhood friendsHasumi
relationship-chinana-hasumi-childhood
KomakoArchery teacher and studentSumire
relationship-komako-sumire-teacher
7 · Facilities
Who is associated with which facility?
Facility associations are stable edges into the shop/service authorities. They do not reproduce inventories, opening hours or full NPC schedules.
Sazanka's General Store
Associated service/provider: Sazanka
Location ID: sazanka-general-store
Open schedules →Chinana's Street Stall
Associated service/provider: Chinana
Location ID: street-vendor
Open schedules →Chawantei / Rokkaku Restaurant
Associated service/provider: Rokkaku
Location ID: chawantei
Open schedules →4 named characters have at least one facility association. This is an association/provider edge, not proof of physical presence or a schedule.
8 · Availability
First availability and access boundaries
Availability means when a character first enters the documented cast. It is not a claim that the NPC is present every day or that a shop is open.
Confirmed opening record
Komako has the opening-introduction condition. She is described as the first villager the player meets.
Unknown first conditions
The remaining named villagers retain null first-availability records until a canonical condition is documented.
Service hours
Use Shop Schedules for open days, closures and access overrides. Character availability and service hours are separate.
9 · Friendship
Friendship is a linked system, not a duplicate database
The character page exposes counts and links. Friendship stages, thresholds, gift frequency and event requirements remain owned by the Friendship and NPC Gifts authorities.
Enabled characters
14
Shared Friendship eligible count: 14.
Stages
6
Use the Friendship guide for stages and thresholds; this page does not restate them.
Giftable
14
Use the NPC Gifts guide for item preferences and limits.
10 · Recipe Associations
Friendship recipes versus Meal Invitation recipes
The two sources are intentionally separate. Character records only expose IDs and counts; dish ingredients and effects stay on the Cooking authority.
Ordinary Friendship recipes
42
Derived from Cooking recipe unlocks with villager-friendship sources. Stable character IDs are attached to each source.
Normalized Meal Invitation event IDs
0
Meal Invitation eligibility is represented separately; exact per-character event IDs are not normalized.
Normalized Sleepover event IDs
0
No canonical per-character Sleepover event IDs are currently recorded; this does not establish that no event exists.
The shared meal authority currently records 14 broadly eligible characters. Exact Meal Invitation and Sleepover event IDs remain unmapped; Meal-derived Recipe IDs are tracked separately and currently remain at 0.
Open Cooking →11 · Tasks & Requests
Helping Events and Requests are associations only
This page answers which characters are connected to task systems. It does not duplicate objectives, item requirements, deadlines or reward tables.
Helping Events
12
Derived from the canonical NPC IDs on Helping Ticket records.
Requests with normalized requester IDs
0
Only ordinary Requests with a non-null, normalized requester ID are attached to a character. A zero count does not mean there are no Requests.
Separate owners
Requests / Chief Deliveries
Requests owns ordinary request records; Helping Tickets owns fixed Helping events; Chief Deliveries remains a separate system.
12 · Mode & Postgame
Sunshine and postgame records stay honest
The current repository supports Shade and Sunshine mode IDs for the character authority, but does not publish cast-difference or postgame character-change claims.
Village in the Shade
Named-villager records are available in the current authority.
Village in the Sunshine
Character-specific differences: unknown.
Postgame
Character availability or role changes after the ending: unknown.
13 · FAQ
Character database questions
Short answers for the most common directory and cross-system questions.
The current repository-derived cast contains 14 named villagers. The player character is tracked separately.
Komako is the only character with a confirmed opening-introduction record in the current authority. Other first-availability conditions remain unknown rather than being guessed.
Yes. Birthday records use a season and numeric day. Gift preferences and Birthday Gift rules remain on the NPC Gifts guide.
No romance, dating or marriage system is currently canonical in this repository. Friendship should not be relabeled as romance.
Shop and service hours belong to Shop Schedules. This database only links a character to an associated facility or provider record.
The Meal Invitation recipe-reward mechanic is supported, but exact recipe IDs are not normalized yet. Ordinary Friendship recipes remain a separate recipe source.
Written by: Village in the Shade Guide Editorial Team
Last updated: August 27, 2026
Sources: Official publisher and storefront pages, released-game research and linked source notes.