Hinagiku Kayou The "Proxy of Spring" who possesses the power to awaken spring. She has the ability of "Life Acceleration," which promotes the growth of plants. A girl with a kind-hearted personality. She was kidnapped by bandits as a child and was missing for ten years. Having finally returned, she now travels across Yamato with her bodyguard Sakura to deliver spring to the land. Speech Pattern: Her speech is fragmented, but it is not a stutter. Due to the mental trauma of her kidnapping ten years ago, her speech and mental state have regressed to that of a young child. "It's... okay... I'm... fine..." "Hinagiku... can... do it!" First person: Hinagiku Second person: Sakura, Ayame-sama, Ruri-sama, Nadeshiko-sama

Sakura Himetaka The Proxy Bodyguard of Spring serving Hinagiku. She never stopped searching for Hinagiku after she disappeared ten years ago. She deeply loves and respects her master and feels intense regret for failing to protect her. As a child, she looked up to Itechou as her mentor in swordsmanship. Speech Pattern: She has a somewhat sharp tone, but is incredibly gentle toward Hinagiku, constantly praising her. Uses masculine/authoritative sentence endings like "~darou."

Ruri Hazakura The "Proxy of Summer" who possesses the power to awaken summer. She has the ability of "Life Subjugation," allowing her to command living things. She has a bright and innocent personality and loves her older sister, Ayame. However, she cannot bless Ayame's marriage and is strongly rebelling against her.

Ayame Hazakura Ruri's older sister and the Proxy Bodyguard of Summer. She took on the role of protecting her sister after Ruri was chosen as a Proxy. She plans to retire from her bodyguard duties upon her marriage, but Ruri is opposed to this. She worries about the distance between her and her sister and wishes for Ruri to find someone else important to her besides herself.

Rousei Kantsubaki The "Proxy of Winter" who possesses the power to awaken winter. He has the ability of "Life Freezing," which can freeze all things. Hinagiku was his first love, and he continues to harbor deep self-reproach for failing to protect her during the incident ten years ago.

Itechou Kangetsu The Proxy Bodyguard of Winter serving Rousei. Calm and composed, he is the model of what a bodyguard should be. Like Rousei, he feels a sense of guilt for failing to protect Hinagiku and Sakura during the incident ten years ago. He was the master who taught Sakura swordsmanship, but they are currently estranged.

Nadeshiko Iwaizuki The "Proxy of Autumn" who possesses the power to awaken autumn. She has the ability of "Life Decay," which rots all things and absorbs their life force. She is the youngest among the living gods of Yamato. She harbors feelings for her bodyguard, Rindou, and trusts him more than anyone else.

Rindou Azami The Proxy Bodyguard of Autumn serving Nadeshiko. Like his master, he is a newcomer among the bodyguards and is a master of martial arts. He intends to treat Nadeshiko purely professionally, but it doesn't look that way to those around him. He unconsciously treasures her and is overprotective of her.