Villager

Yuta in Village in the Shade

Yuta is an easygoing newcomer who moved from the city. The official English character page lists Yuta as Early 20s. Birthday Autumn 8 matches two community guides. Romance is not a system in this game.

Last verified: 2026-10-28. Checked against public sources listed below.

Official labels identify the issuer, not independent confirmation. Unless two independent sources are named in a row, treat it as a single-source statement. Community-1 means one source; Community-2 means two community sources.
Fact	Value	Status	Sources
Age	Early 20s	Official	NIS America character page
Role	an easygoing newcomer who moved from the city	Official	NIS America character page
Birthday	Autumn 8	Community-2	gamecap.jp and Ludens villager guide
Liked gifts	beef stew, summer-special watermelon, spinach, rhinoceros beetle	Community-1	Ludens villager guide only
Disliked gifts	garnet, sapphire, amethyst, tourmaline	Community-1	Ludens villager guide only

Dialogue scene with villagers and the child protagonist inside a shop

Livestock pen with a cow, cherry blossoms, and several villagers

Game screenshots: © Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. / NIS America, Inc. Source: official Steam listing.

Who they are

On the official English character page, Yuta is Early 20s and an easygoing newcomer who moved from the city. He dodges questions about his past. That past is not explained on the official page.

The same page does not list a romance, dating, or marriage field for any villager. Friendship gifts are a separate system.

Gifts

Liked examples recorded by one Traditional Chinese guide: beef stew, summer-special watermelon, spinach, rhinoceros beetle.

Disliked examples from that same single source: garnet, sapphire, amethyst, tourmaline. English item names are not confirmed on an official list, so these stay in the community wording.

What is not published

Event dates, required friendship ranks, and the ending of this villager’s personal story are not on the official page. Those fields stay empty here.

Sources and verification

Source review updated 2026-10-28. Publisher statements and store listings may share a source; two links alone do not establish independent confirmation. Unless an independent cross-check is explicitly identified, treat a named publisher or store claim as a single-source statement. Access restrictions and disagreements are marked in the article.

S2: NIS America — official character profileshttps://nisamerica.com/village-in-the-shade/character?lang=en
S31: GameCap — community birthday listhttps://gamecap.jp/honogurashi/tamjyoubi.html
S32: Ludens — community villager and gift guidehttps://guide.ludens.com.tw/honogurashi/villagers/
S43: VillageInTheShade.com — fan character guidehttps://villageintheshade.com/guides/characters
S28: Console Creatures — developer interview on horror and romancehttps://www.consolecreatures.com/village-in-the-shade-interview-horror/

Questions

Can you date Yuta?

No. The developer interview explicitly says romance was left out; the character page describes friendship. See the romance page.

When is Yuta’s birthday?

Autumn 8, from two community birthday lists. The official page does not print birthdays.

What does Yuta like?

One community guide lists beef stew, summer-special watermelon, spinach, rhinoceros beetle. Treat that as a single source.

How old is Yuta?

The official page says Early 20s. It does not give a number.

Where is the quote from?

NIS America character page: “If you ever have a problem, you come straight to your bro Yuta, you got that?”

Updated 2026-10-28.