Gokudo the Adventurer

is a Japanese light novel series written by Usagi Nakamura and illustrated by Takeru Kirishima. It was first serialized by Kadokawa Shoten in their "Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko" light novel magazine.

It was later adapted into a manga in 1995 and released in Dengeki Daioh magazine.

An anime adaptation was produced by Trans Arts and aired on TV Tokyo from 2 April 1999 to 24 September 1999. The anime was then licensed by Enoki Films in the US under the title Jester the Adventurer. In 2001, AnimeWorks translated and released the anime on DVD as simply Gokudo. On 18 July 2016, the licensing was transferred to Discotek Media before the release of the DVD collection on 27 September.

A side-story series titled was published by Mediaworks' (now ASCII Mediaworks) Dengeki Bunko label.