Characters appearing in Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town.
Player Character
The player character of the game and grandchild of the one of the founders of Olive Town. They grew up hearing stories about their grandfather running a farm, leading to them dreaming of growing up and moving to Olive Town and take over the farm.
They're surprised to learn that the farm is in ruins and overgrown by forest. They're determined to breathe life back into their grandfather's farm and follow in his footsteps.
- Canon Name: The male farmer is called Ollie and the female farmer is called Yuka.
- Character Customization: Their appearance can be picked in the beginning, ranging from skintone to facial structure, eye- and hair-color, and even their general body stance. Once Jeanne opens her beauty salon, the player can change the appearance again in exchange for money.
- Cool Bike: Averted. They use a rather basic scooter.
- Pinball Protagonist: Some events have the farmer barely interact with the characters taking part or even simply observes what's going on, not even be acknowledged.
- Protagonist Without a Past: Downplayed. They heard their grandfather talk about building up Olive Town and running a farm there since early childhood, installing a desire to take over the farm when growing up.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: Unlockable clothing is not gender-restricted, so even a player choosing to play as a male farmer can don skirts and dresses. The player can even go and make a very feminine-looking male farmer or masculine-looking female farmer.
Love Interests
A cheerful part-time waitress at the Capeside Bistro.
She dreams of becoming a famous actress in the city.
- Casting Couch: A G-rated version gets mentioned. Blaire mentions that she's going to meet a producer that can talk to the judges of her next audition, leading to Misaki being very wary about the situation and insists on going along. It's pretty clear what Misaki is concerned Blaire could be dragged into.
- Small Town Boredom: She considers Olive Town boring compared to the city she used to live in, another reason why she wants to go back as an actress. Should she be romanced, she chooses to remain with the farmer in town.
- Waiting for a Break: She auditions for many roles, hoping to become a movie star.
A kindhearted woman that works at her family's animal store.
Being the complete opposite of her brother, she does worry about his future sometimes.
- Animal Lover: She adores animals and cares deeply for them, forming a close bond with all the animals her family takes care of. She openly refers to them as her friends.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: She's cheerful and friendly, openly displaying her love for animals, and can easily get flustered about things. Her brother Damon is more aloof and moody, and keeps up an attitude of indifference towards animals, though they do share their love for animals.
An aloof and reserved young man wandering the town.
As much as he plays up his tough biker outside, he's got a softer side deep down.
- AM/FM Characterization: His first heart event involves him changing the station at the café to something surprisingly upbeat for someone with his attitude.
- G-Rated Drug: His caffeine addiction is used as a way to establish him as the rebellious and edgy bad boy in the overall family-friendly game.
- Hidden Depths: He cares more for animals than he lets on, and stargazing is one of his biggest hobbies.
- Must Have Caffeine: He needs coffee throughout the day to keep going. And coffee is one of his loved gifts.
- Real Men Take It Black: Requests his coffee black from Sally.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: He's aloof and not much of a talker, and while he likes animals a lot, he mostly displays an indifference to keep up his image. His sister Bridget is more open about her love for animals and cheerful.
A laid-back fisherman that's had the ocean as his backyard since childhood.
He cares a lot for his family, especially his surrogate brother, Raul.
- Ambiguously Related: His relation to Raul is unclear, as he's said to be a relative of Manuela, who is Emilio's mother. Regardless of what it might be, he considers Raul like his younger brother.
- Gay Groom in a White Tux: Should the farmer be male and marry Emilio, who wears a white tuxedo to his wedding.
- Latino Is Brown: With his skintone being darker than most love interests and gratuitous use of Spanish, it's implied that Emilio's supposed to be Latino.
- Through His Stomach: His first heart event involves him giving up the last slice of the bistro's cheesecake to the farmer, so they can have a taste. Then he asks Misaki to put the cost on his tab, essentially buying the farmer food out of the blue.
A kindly and reliable young lord that has come to Olive Town from a faraway land.
He spends his days fishing, hoping to hone his skills.
- Developers' Desired Date: Romancing Iori is the only way to obtain his would-be assassin as a temporary villager to interact with and befriend. No other romance route affects the game in such a way.
- It's Not You, It's My Enemies: His fifth heart event, and the last one to see before unlocking his romance route, involves him requesting the farmer to stay away from him because of the assassin after his life. Choosing to romance Iori defies this trope, obviously.
- Out-of-Genre Experience: His romance route involves dealing with an assassin that's after him because of politicial reasons that Iori escaped from by moving to Olive Town, which feels very uncommon for a farming simulation game.
- Uptown Girl: Discussed and defied during his confession event. He points out that he self-exiled and renounced any birthright from his homeland, so he doesn't consider his romance with the farmer as an interclass one.
A lackadaisical guy that helps out at his family's general store. Sometimes.
He actually thinks of ways to improve Olive Town while wandering around.
- The Generic Guy: Compared to some of the other love interests, Jack doesn't stand out with any extreme, be it appearance or personality, and is overall a simple, nice guy that's just a tad too laidback.
- Hidden Depths: He loves Olive Town and wants it to grow and improve, just like the mayor and the farmer work on, but prefers to think of ways of doing it in his own way.
- Umpteenth Customer: His third heart event has him greet the farmer as being the store's lucky 10,000th customer, and they get a snow globe as a prize. Cindy bursts the bubble by revealing he's done that to anyone lately, to get rid of snow globes that haven't been selling.
An easy-going tour guide that has a fair bit of knowledge about Olive Town.
As much as she takes her job seriously, her family always comes first.
- Rescue Romance: Her first heart event involves her rushing into the ocean after the farmer, who was having difficulty swimming while looking for Jacopo's lost wallet.
A sweet young woman that helps run her grandfather's flower shop.
She seems bashful at first, but she's a steadfast friend to her loved ones.
- Anime Chinese Girl: Downplayed. She has a Chinese name, like her grandfather, and keeps her hair in one bun. Her clothes also seem loosely based on traditional Chinese clothing.
- Letting Her Hair Down: Her hair is open and loose during her wedding.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Her love gifts involve mangos and mango dishes.
An earnest young man that works to protect the town's flora and fauna.
He doesn't speak much and retains a cool head in emergency situations.
- Bears Are Bad News: His heart events involves bears a lot, including them appearing more frequently near town.
- Forest Ranger: He works as one in the town, having a small little house of his own in the forest area. He still frequently stops by his father's place.
- Hidden Depths: Ralph used to be an athelete.
A fashionable and enthusiastic archeologist, working at the museum.
The only thing that rivals her love for her work is her love for parties.
- Brainy Brunette: She's a party-loving girl, but also a successful archeologist.
- Caught in the Rain: Her fifth heart event, the last one before starting her romance route, involves her and the farmer taking refuge in the ranger station in the forest because of bad weather.
- Missing Mom: Her mom's mentioned to be deceased.
- Unknown Item Identification: Her purpose at the museum is to identify any heavy or timeworn object the farmer finds, allowing her to identify it and make it ready for donating to the museum's collection.
Townspeople
The proprietress of the town's General Store, she's the mother of Jack and Cindy.
- Happily Married: While she doesn't seem to have a husband anymore, talking to Angela while being newlywed to a love interest, she'll talk about how things are only going to get better, implying that she was happily married at one point.You may think you couldn't be happier now, but believe me, this is only the beginning. It gets even better.
- Multigenerational Household: She lives with her children and her parents in the same large house that also serves as her store.
- Parents as People: Her events involve Angela mention how difficult it is to cook for everyone in her home due to her parents' age-related health or asking the farmer for their input on Cindy's future education.
The awkward and timid antique-collector, she stays at the Gull's Rest hotel.
- Girlish Pigtails: Beth wears her hair in two low-tied pigtails.
- Official Couple: She and Lars are dating, leaving both unavailable as love interests.
- Sickly Neurotic Geek: She mentions in Autumn that her allergies act up during the season.
Jack's younger sister and Angela's daughter, she often hangs out with Mikey but doesn't seem to like it all that much.
- Cool Big Sis: Angela reveals that Cindy looks up to the farmer and admires them, regardless of what gender the player has picked.
- Girlish Pigtails: Keeps her hair in two, braided pigtails.
- Mature Younger Sibling: Cindy seems to hold down a proper routine and helping others out, like the flower shop, compared to Jack mostly wandering around all day with no clear goal in mind.
The friendly owner of the Worker's Base Tool shop in town.
- Closet Geek: One of his events has him gushing over a poster of a movie starlet, who has a passing resemblance to Misaki.
- Healing Herb: His first event involves Clemens getting a burn injury while working and asking Nguyen about plants that could help him.
The attendant assigned to Iori since birth, he follows his master around often.
- Battle Butler: One of his events shows that he keeps the house he and Iori reside in very safe when the farmer accidentally gets knocked over by them. Given that Iori is heavily implied to be of a high-rank, if not being royalty, in his homecountry, Dosetsu is more than just a mere 'attendant'.
- Formal Characters Use Keigo: As the attendant to a lord from a country that's clearly Japanese-inspired, Dosetsu speaks this way in the Japanese version. The English localization has him speak a tad old-fashioned, and referring to other people as Master or Lady.
- Private Tutor: He oversees Cindy's and Mikey's lessons in the afternoon, as Olive Town has no school.
The captain of the cruise liner puttering around Olive Town, he's Patricia's husband and father to Damon and Bridget.
- Jacob and Esau: His son gets his looks from him, while his daughter takes after his wife.
- Like a Son to Me: At a friendship level of eight hearts, he'll tell the farmer that they and Jacopo are like family to him.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Various egg-types are among his loved and liked gifts.
The director of Olive Town's museum and Victor's wife.
- But Thou Must!: Her first event involves asking the farmer what style the museum should be renovated into. Regardless of what the player picks, Gloria decides the museum's current style is great and gives up on any renovation plans.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Her liked gifts involve strawberries and strawberry by-products.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: While Victor isn't necessarily ugly, he's not as conventionally attractive compared to his wife, who is taller and exudes elegance.
The son of Victor and Gloria, he works part-time on Georg's ship.
- Butt-Monkey: Many events involve him playing a role of being silly or having to do something embarrassing, like accidentally throwing his wallet into the ocean instead of a banana peel or Lars insisting Jacopo join in on making motorcycle noises with his mouth.
- The Slacker: Cares for nothing but lying around and being lazy, much to his father's frustration. Victor got him the job on the ship as a favor, hoping the schedule would make him more serious. Jacopo instead more thinks that finding him a beautiful wife would do the job.
The owner of the Gull's Rest Hotel & Café, he runs the hotel while his wife is in charge of the café portion. He's the father of Blaire and Mikey.
- Chubby Mama, Skinny Papa: He's rail-thin compared to his chubbier wife.
- Dressed to Plunder: Jason's love for pirates has led him to wear a purple bandanna, the typical loose shirt, and high boots.
- Friendly Pirate: Just a simple hotel owner with an intense affection for the theme of pirates and their old ways.
- Talk Like a Pirate: He frequently uses pirate-like terms, often greeting people with 'ahoy' and similar.
A beautician that moves to Olive Town after Karina's beauty salon gets expanded.
- Makeover Fairy: She runs the makeover section of the beauty salon when it gets expanded, which is basically a way for the player to use the Character Customization from the start of the game again, in exchange for money.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Several of her liked gifts involve cocoa, including caffè mocha being a loved gift.
Jessie is a soft-spoken woman, being Simon's wife and the grandmother to Jack and Cindy.
- Bizarre Taste in Food: Her first event has her offer some pickles to Emilio that had been marinated in brine for a decade. Emilio's cleary not enjoying the extreme taste, but Jessie notes them to be absolutely delicious.
- Miniature Senior Citizens: She's barely taller than her youngest grandchild.
- Multigenerational Household: She and her husband live alongside their daughter and her two children.
- Scatterbrained Senior: Has some age-related difficulty with remembering things, often taken a bit to recognize the farmer when greeting them.
A somewhat-famous stylist, she stays at the hotel before the beauty salon is opened.
- The Fashionista: Fitting her job as a stylist, she loves clothes and finding new styles to create for others.
- Gratuitous French: Drops French words and greetings into her speech. Her store is also called Ailes D'ange, which translates to 'angel wings'.
The younger brother of Clemens and proclaimed motorcycle-enthusiast.
- Cool Bike: Has a pretty slick motorcycle that he frequently rides and keeps in good repair.
- Guyliner: Has some heavy linings around his eyes.
- Nonconformist Dyed Hair: Part of his cool, motorcycle-enthusiast image involves having his longer hair gradient into a red color.
- Official Couple: He's dating Beth, leaving both unavailable as love interests.
A renowned food critic, he loves eating and finding new, exotic flavors to put together.
- Bizarre Taste in Food: His first event has him talk to the farmer about coming up with new food, like wanting to create a curry-flavored cheese.
- Catchphrase: His phrase "Lovett LOVES IT!" is frequently used for his reviews.
- Dub Name Change: His Japanese name was Daisukii, with his name changed to retain the name-pun for his catchphrase.
- Mock Millionaire: He lives in a large mansion and wears an embroidered, fancy coat, but going inside shows that the inside is more bare and minimalistic than it appears.
- Nonstandard Character Design: His proportions are different from other townsfolk, having a bigger head, more animesque eyes, and thin limbs.
- Pauper Patches: The bed in his house is a mess of them, and he uses pineapple-shaped patches on the back of his coat.
- Punny Name: His original and localized names are puns on expressions of enjoying something, which is made use of as part of his catchphrase.
A cheerful and lively woman, she's Marco's wife and mother of Emilio. She also takes care of Raul.
- Ambiguously Related: Raul is her relative, but what the exact relation is remains unclear. She sees him as her second son, though.
- Gratuitous Spanish: Drops several Spanish greetings, like the rest of her family.
- Latino Is Brown: She and her family have some of the darker skin and their use of Spanish words in their speech indicates they are supposed to be seen as being Hispanic.
A fisherman considered the best one in town, he's Emilio's father and Manuela's husband.
- Ambiguously Related: His exact relation to Raul is unclear, but whatever it is, he's related to Raul through his marriage to Manuela. He treats him like a son, though.
- Gratuitous Spanish: Uses Spanish words frequently in his speech.
- Latino Is Brown: His darker skintone and using Spanish words indicate he's supposed to be considered Hispanic.
The younger son of Jason and Sally, as well as Blaire's brother. He hangs around Cindy a lot.
- Secret Pet Plot: His first event has him trying to hide a dog at the park that he's taken to calling Buster.
- Trademark Favorite Food: His loved gift are bananas.
The beautiful and mysterious owner of the bistro.
- Benevolent Boss: She cares deeply for Blaire, even taking on an almost mother-like role to her. She worries about her and keeps an eye out on her plans for becoming an actress.
- Shipper on Deck: Mentions in Blaire's four-heart event that she's rooting for the farmer's budding relationship with her.
The gentle old man that runs a flower shop with his granddaughter. He was one of the settlers that founded Olive Town.
- Intergenerational Friendship: Keeps a good friendship going on with Iori, as both enjoy fishing and often hold friendly competitions.
- Miniature Senior Citizens: He's very short. The photograph shown of him in the opening cutscene indicates he was never that tall of a man to begin with, though.
The owner of the carpentry shop and Ralph's father. He's not that great at conversations.
- Can't Spit It Out: Clearly has a crush on Misaki, but he can't get himself to really admit it. An attempt at confessing also ends up failing.
- Hidden Depths: He used to be a football coach in the past, though he admits to having let his figure go since those days.
- Satiating Sandwich: His liked gifts are various sandwiches.
The faint-hearted owner of the grocery store. He is Laura's father.
- Chubby Mama, Skinny Papa: Gender inverted, as Norman is a rotund man and his wife is a tall and thin woman.
- Happily Married: Married to Sydney and his store is closed on Mondays, the one day of the week she's in town. They spend majority of their day off together.
- Parents as People: His first event has him ask the farmer for some advice on how to better connect with his daughter, as their personalities are so different.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Several of his loved gifts are apple by-products.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: He looks rather plain compared to his statuesque, fashionable wife.
The owner of The Hoof House animal shop, she's Georg's wife and the mother to Bridget and Damon.
- Animal Lover: She runs an animal shop that sells livestock and pets, though she focuses on the livestock section of the store. Bridget runs the pet-side of things.
- Jacob and Esau: Her daughter takes after her coloring a lot, while her son takes after his blond father.
A straightfoward and kind boy. He lives with his relative, Manuela.
- Ambiguously Related: His exact relation to Manuela is unclear. The family all treat him like a part of them, but Raul continues to refer to her as Miss Manuela.
- Extreme Doormat: His second event involves taking longer while out on an errand for Manuela because other townsfolk needed his help, and he can't get himself to say 'no'.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Several of his loved gifts are bananas or banana by-products.
The cheerful and upbeat owner of the café she runs alongside the hotel. She's the mother of Blaire and Mikey, and Jason's wife.
- Chubby Mama, Skinny Papa: She's a very curvy woman, while her husband is thin as a rail.
- Forgotten Anniversary: One of her events involves her asking the farmer for a way to 'gently remind' Jason that it's their anniversary.
- Supreme Chef: Her cooking is said to be amazing.
One of the founders of Olive Town, he lives with his wife, their daughter and grandchildren at the general store. He's the husband of Jessie and father of Angela, as well as the grandfather to Jack and Cindy.
- Happily Married: Still very much in love with his wife Jessie. One of his events has him asking the farmer for advice on what gift to get her.
- Multigenerational Household: Lives alongside his wife, his daughter and two grandchildren in a large house that also serves as the general store.
- Trademark Favorite Food: His liked gifts contains several mushroom types found around Olive Town.
A talented lawyer that works in the city, Sydney is Norman's wife and Laura's mother. She's only in Olive Town on Mondays, which is her day off.
- Chubby Mama, Skinny Papa: Gender inverted, she's a statuesque woman and her husband is the shorter, chubbier one.
- Happily Married: Spends her days off in Olive Town mostly with her husband.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: She's quite a fashionable looker when compared to her more plain husband.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Her loved gifts are grapes and grape by-products.
The mayor of Olive Town and one of its founders. He was a close friend of the farmer's grandfather, giving him a sense of responsibility of teaching their grandchild the basics of farmwork.
- Goal in Life: He wants Olive Town to become famous enough that a luxury cruise liner will dock at its harbor. The plot of developing the town focuses on this goal.
- Kindhearted Cat Lover: He seems fond of cats, as one event has him request the farmer help him catch a cat that could keep him company at the city hall.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: By no means ugly, Victor is nowhere near as conventionally attractive as his more elegant wife.
Other Characters
An assassin that aims to take Iori's life.
- Ninja: His design makes it clear that's his role.
- Nobody Here but Us Birds: He sometimes meows like a cat in response to his presence being detected. This plays into Iori's first event, when he claims to be talking to a cat that's steathily trying to steal his catches.
- Secret Character: Becomes a temporary, befriendable NPC with his own events to view, should the player have chosen to marry Iori.
A mysterious child that wanders around town. She's revealed to be the Spirit of the Spring, having been asleep for a thousand years and awoken by the power of nature growing on the renewed farm.
- Invisible to Normals: She can't be seen by the other townspeople, only the farmer and the nature sprites are able to see her.
- Power Makes Your Hair Grow: Awakening to her true form and power leads to her hair growing down to her ankles.
- She's All Grown Up: Regains her true, more adult form when 100 follower sprites have been found.
