Gato was a powerful shipping magnate whose shipping company was actually a front for much shadier activities, such as smuggling illegal goods and dealing drugs. He took control of the Land of Waves' shipping routes and created a monopoly by isolating the country from the outside world, preventing free import and export and turning it into an impoverished, hunger-stricken country in the process. He was a cruel, greedy man, also responsible for humiliating and killing Kaiza for being the country's hero, traumatizing Inari, who saw Kaiza as a father figure, in the process. Gato is protected by two bodyguards, Zori and Waraji.