Gatō

was a shipping magnate that takes control of the Land of Waves.

Background
Gato is a powerful and well known businessman.

Land of Waves
He is an extremely powerful businessman who specializes in evil activities. His plan was to take over the Land of Waves and have its entire trading industry in his control. However, when Tazuna plans to construct a bridge that will connect them to the trading industry, Gato is left with fear that all of his plans to take over the Land of Waves will be foiled. In a state of fear he sends ninja to kill Tazuna so that he will be unable to finish the bridge. Squad 7 is then assigned to protect and escort Tazuna back to the Land of Waves safely. On their way to the Land of Waves they are attacked by two ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village. When arriving at the Land of Waves Squad 7 is faced against Zabuza Momochi numerous times and comes out successful in their attempts to keep Tazuna safe. In the process two ninjas are killed, Haku (Zabuza's loyal follower) and Zabuza. Before dying, Zabuza he makes one final attempt to kill Gato and he succeeds by killing him with a kunia knife held in his mouth. With the blow of the kunai knife from Zabuza, Gato falls off of the bridge and into the water where he is presumed to be deceased. The people of the Land of Waves are now free from Gato's control of their land.

Trivia

 * His name is spelled with and without a circumflex in the English manga. The revised Hepburn romanization is Gato. The first official data book spells his name as "Gatoh".