As well as her mother Toji and her sister Gijo, Gio became a famous Shirabyoshi in Kyoto, gaining the affection of TAIRA no Kiyomori, as well as appearing in Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike) (Volume 1, Section 6 'Gio').
母の刀自、妹の妓女とともに、京都で有名な白拍子となり、平清盛に寵愛され、平家物語（第一巻6「祗王」）に登場する。