The Three Shoguns are the secondary antagonists of Chousei Kantai Sazer-X. They are trio of element-themed space pirates working for the Space Pirate Fleet Descal and later Neo Descal.
History[]
The Three Shoguns were each descended from the ancestors of the Descal who inhabited Earth originally. Unbeknownst to the Three, a fourth Shogun named Thundera resided underground on Earth and was descended from the Descal ancestors who stayed behind on the planet instead of fleeing into space.
Under the order of Captain Barder, the Three Shoguns traveled at Earth with the rest of Descal to conquer the planet and reclaim the ancient homeworld of their ancestors. Barder directed them to collect the Cosmo Capsules. They fought alongside each other and served Barder loyally.
In the original timeline, the Three Shoguns gathered all of the Cosmo Capsules and used them to take over Earth. During this time, Blaird would reconnect with Thundera, the fourth Shogun, and the two would fall in love and have children. The descendants of Blaird and the other Shoguns would go on to reform Descal into Neo Descal and begin a campaign to conquer other planets besides Earth. When Neo Descal's conquest threatened the universe, a resistance called "Sazer-X" was formed. Sazer-X sent a team of their members back in time to 2005 to stop the Three Shoguns from taking over Earth.
In the new timeline, the Three Shoguns competed with Sazer-X for the Cosmo Capsules. After the reveal of Barder as robot, the Shoguns began to doubt their mission, but decided to stay on Earth to finish things with Sazer-X. When they were defeated again, they attempted to flee in their flagship Balgareon. Sazer-X destroyed the flagship, but the Shoguns were saved by Garade and Grouza, who needed them alive to prevent any alterations to the timeline.
After King Neo Descal and Barreda arrive from the future, they feigned a pledge of loyalty to Aqual and Cyclead in order to manipulate them into keeping Sazer-X busy while they worked on their plan. As Cyclead was the Shogun they were descended from and the only one they needed to keep alive, Neo Descal and Barreda brainwashed him to be more aggressive and easy for them to manipulate. Cyclead's sudden turn frightened Aqual and eventually led her to leave and join Blaird in helping Sazer-X. After they captured Cyclead and removed the mind control device Neo Descal had planted on him, Cyclead rejoined Blaird and Aqual and the Three Shoguns were reunited, now on the side of Sazer-X.
Following the final battle against Neo Descal, the Three Shoguns were each chosen to guard a different Cosmo Capsule and left for space after bidding farewell to Sazer-X.