Kataoka was a finance minister who was entrusted by Lord Gohda to oversee the kingdom's monetary affairs. Eventually Kataoka succumbed to greed and began to take advantage of the numerous opportunities for illegal personal gain that his position offered. One of his favorite scams was to accept construction bribes from wealthy builders to make sure that their companies would receive highly lucrative contracts. After discovering this treachery Lord Gohda dispatched the Azuma Ninja to punish Kataoka for his transgressions.