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Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger is the 33rd Super Sentai series from Toei productions and aired in 2009.

Story

Eighteen generations of samurai have followed the rule of the Shiba House in surprressing the demons known as Gedoushu. Gedoshuu are humans who gave into lust and want and have become demons who live on the Sanzu River, through the cracks in walls, they come to our world to feed on human fear. The 18th generation of Shinkenger is lead by a man called Takeru Shiba, who has a long and complicated history with the war.

Shinkenger

The 18th Shinkenger team

Shinkenger

Takeru Shiba / ShinkenRed - Leader of the Shiba House and the 18th team of Shinkenger, he has been training to fight the Gedoushuu all his life and has a cold attitude towards others, he would rather work alone at his own pace than have to put up with others.

Ryunosuke Ikenami / ShinkenBlue - Ryunosuke is a very devout samurai, who gave up his life in kabuki theater without question when the need to serve as ShinkenBlue came about. Though he might not always agree with Takeru, he is bound by tradition to serve him.

Mako Shiraishi / ShinkenPink - A motherly figure who fights for her ideals, she loves children and grows an affection for anyone she sees in need and will do whatever possible to help them.

Kotoha Hanaori / ShinkenYellow - A very kind and honest girl, Kotoha is skilled in martial arts, perhaps only behind Ryunosuke and Takeru on the team. Originally not meant to be a Shinkenger, she took the role when her sister, the intended candidate, fell ill and has felt a need to work twice as hard.

Chiaki Tani / ShinkenGreen - Chiaki is a "new generation" youth who sees no use in lords and vassals, though he goes along with it when he sees Takeru as a rival who he must surpass. He can be the most childish of the group, but also one of the greatest strategist when he is into his work.

Genta Umemori / ShinkenGold (17-49) - An artificial Shinkenger, Genta created his own powers himself and is the very first ShinkenGold. As a child, he would play with Takeru after training, being perhaps the only person to befriend him in childhood. His goal is to run the most successful sushi shop in the world.

Others

Members of previous Shinkenger teams

Hikoma Kusakabe (1-49) - Takeru's retainer and guardian, he serves as a mentor of sorts to the Shinkenger. Hikoma, called "Jii" by Takeru, is the only other person aside from Genta that Takeru had a close bond with in childhood. After the death of Takeru's father, Hikoma vowed to make up for the family that Takeru was missing and is happy whenever he sees Takeru getting along with his team, who he sees as his second family. Due to his services, he can only see his daughter once a year on the anniversary of his wife's death.

Sakutaro Komatsu (7,47)- A former kurko who lost faith in the war after the death of Takeru's father and quit being a kuroko. It is thanks to Ryunosuke that his faith in the Shinkenger and the war against the Gedoshuu was regained.

Takeru's Father (1,12,46) - Takeru's father and one of the previous ShinkenReds, he died in battle protecting his young song.

Kaoru Shiba (44-49) - The true 18th ShinkenRed, and eventually Takeru's mother.

Restutaka Shiba (31, movie) - The original ShinkenRed.

Mitsuba Hanaori (6,41) - Kotoha's sister, a deligent girl who works hard to protect her little sister. She was originally given the powers of ShinkenYellow, but fell ill and could not carry on. Kurando Tani (21) - Chiaki's father, the previous ShinkenGreen, though Chiaki hates to admit it, the two share more in common than he thinks, down to their carefree personality.

Ryuzaburo Ikenami (1,49) - Ryunosuke's father, the previous ShinkenBlue, he teaches kabuki, but is dedicated to teaching his son to be loyal to the Shiba House.

Kyoko Shiraishi (34) - Mako's mother, she was the previous ShinkenPink. After the 17th Shinkenger team's final battle, she became a paraplegic trying to save Ando Hanaori, the previous ShinkenYellow and Mitsuba and Kotoha's father. Once the battle ended, she moved to Hawaii to recover. She feels some form of jealousy towards her daughter because she is able to walk and continue the mission.

Masataku Shiba (46,48) - The real 17th ShinkenRed and Kaoru's father.

Kuroko

The kuroko after modeled after stage hands and play that role within the series, they are humans not strong enough to be Shinkenger, but willing to fight alongside them. They dress in all black, with their faces covered at all times.

Gedoshuu

Doukoku Chimatsuri (1-49) - Master of the Gedoshu through brute strength, Doukoku is wild and will attack anything that angers him. He has very little tolerance for failure, though it seems he has a soft spot for Tayuu. Doukoku was never a human and born a demon, thus he sees no worth in human life and holds contempt because they can live on earth while he must live on the Sanzu Rivier

Tayuu Usukawa (1-47) - Tayuu is a Gedonin, neither fully human nor Gedoshu, he can live freely within both worlds. Tayuu was a prostitute in her human life, her human named as Usuyuki and she lived a seedy and disrespectful life, though she eventually fell in love with one of her customers, Shinsa, he did not return her feelings. After an intense build up of jealousy, seeing Shinsa about to marry another woman, she burns down their church and is burned to death in the fire as she holds Shinsa. While burning, Shinsa calls the name of the woman who would have been his wife, this creates an intense amount of pain within Usuyuki and allows her spirit to become a Gedonin. As Tayuu she carries around a Shamisen that contains Shinsa's spirit, who yells to be let go whenever she listens. Tayuu has been haunted by his voice ever since the day she died.

Shitari (1-49) - Another natural born Gedoshuu, Shitari has been in the service of Doukoku longer than any other Gedoshuu. He creates many plans for the Gedoshuu and contracts various demons to serve them.

Juzou Fuwa (9-47) - Juzou is a Gedonin, neither fully human nor Gedoshu, he can live freely within both worlds. In life, Juzou was a hitokiri in service of the government and killed on their behalf, eventually he lost interest in the ways of bushido and went on killing for fun and his love of blood. On one fateful night, Juzou killed his wife in rage and lost all human sympathy, he later met Akumaro, who gave him a sword that would allow him to kil forever, little did Juzou know that this sword would eventually be the tool used to destroy him as it contained the spirit of his fallen wife within.

Akumaro (27-43) - Akumaro is a Gedoshuu who only wants to see Hell, he enjoys the suffering of what he sees as wicked and spoiled humans. Akumar0 was sealed long ago by a former team of Shinkenger and left at the bottom of the Sanzu River. When a power burst from Doukoku reached him, he was freed from his binds.

Movie

In The Fateful War, the Shinkenger fight an offshoot of the Gedoshuu, the Kusare Gedoshuu, in what comes to be known as the Three Days War.