Category:Gedoshu

The Gedoushu (外道衆, Gedōshū) whose name roughly translates as "Heretic Party" are fictional characters, who are the antagonists from the 33rd Super Sentai Series Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.

The Gedoushu are malevolent spirits who arise as the result of sin-tainted souls that enter into the Sanzu River (三途の川, Sanzu-no-kawa) within the land of the dead, dependent on its waters for survival, as well as cursed to be in a state between life and death until they are able to let go of the attachment that damned them in the first place. The Gedoushu under Doukoku reside in Rokumon Junk (六門船, Rokumonsen?) that sails along the Sanzu River: others spend their time within the River itself until Doukoku or some other powerful being calls them. Able to enter the living world through cracks and narrow gaps, the Gedoushu, particularly those serving Doukoku set up a plan to terrorize humans in anyway possible so that the river overflows to point of flooding into the mortal realm in order for them to invade in full fury. The Gedoushu can also become powerful during the time of Bon Festival. Though defeated and sealed by the previous generation's Shinkengers, the Gedoushu reawaken in present time to resume their havoc, only to face the Shinkengers. In the world of Shinkenger, the Gedoushu are the inspiration of all the yōkai in Japanese mythology.