Gatō Company


 * Name: Gatō Corporation
 * Leader: Gato
 * Known Members: Zori, Waraji
 * Affiliation: Land of Waves
 * Status: Unknown

Background
A large shipping company that dominated the waters of the Land of Waves, it was actually a front for much shadier activities, such as smuggling illegal goods and dealing drugs. Owned by the corrupt Gato, who used his monoply over 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. This effectively made the Land of Waves the Gato Corporation's personal fief. With the death of Gato at the hands of Zabuza, the fate of the Corporation is unknown

Land of Waves
The Gatō Corporation and it's owner hired Zabuza Momochi and his men to assassinate Tazuna, and stop him from finishing the bridge, which would connect the Land of Waves to the outside world and allow its economy to recover. After Zabuza's arms were broken in battle by Kakashi Hatake (who was hired to defend Tazuna), Corporation thugs arrived with the intention of finishing the job and killing Zabuza. Since Zabuza was still able to wield a kunai in his mouth, this mistake cost the thugs and their boss their lives. With the additional reinforcements of a nearby village militia, the Corporation was forced to retreat from the harbor.