Gataro

Gataro was a pirate, and leader of a fleet of pirate ships known as the "Fleet of Gataro".

Gataro and his pirates took over a small, peaceful island some time in the past, massacring the majority of its inhabitants and forcing the remaining ones to live underground in secrecy for decades.

Gataro is a cruel and uncaring man who readily attacks his own crew mates when they do not bring in enough loot or simply out of plain boredom. The later was seen after he was waiting for the ship from Konohagakure to resurface and told his crew to attack one of his own ships that had recovered the least amount of wreckage to entertain him until the Konoha ship resurfaced. He also had a peculiar laugh, that sounded somewhat like a bird cawing.

Gataro is a skilled swordfighter and easily withheld a powerful shinobi like Naruto Uzumaki. He is well versed in close-range combat and can surprise even a shinobi with his speed and strength.. He seems to be quite vigilant and sharp-eyed as he can quickly comprehend genin ninja skills. The fact that he leads a whole group of pirates implies that he is quite powerful and has good leadership abilities. Gataro has also been known to use ninja tools like explosive tags and makibishi.

Many of his fellow pirates actually think that Gataro is a failed academy student from Kirigakure.