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Masashi Kishimoto

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Masashi Kishimoto

Masashi Kishimoto (岸本斉史, Kishimoto Masashi), born November 8 1974, is the creator and author of the hugely popular manga Naruto. He debuted as a mangaka (cartoonist in Japanese) with his work Karakuri, which was submitted to Shueisha in 1996. Beginning with 1999, his next work Naruto was serialized in the Weekly Shonen Jump manga magazine. Kishimoto had received the Hop Step Award, which was an award given to new artists once a month by Shonen Jump.

His twin brother Seishi Kishimoto is also a mangaka and the creator of 666 Satan. Their art has been remarked as being very similar and accusations of plagiarism were made, either that Seishi had copied his brother or vice versa. However, Seishi notes in one of the volumes of his manga that the similarities are not intentional and that the occurrence would have been likely because they have been influenced by many of the same things. After several accusations, Masashi Kishimoto has asked that fans stop calling his brother a "copy-cat".

Early life

Born in the Japanese prefecture of Okayama, Masashi Kishimoto had started a life of drawing from early pre-school age. He aspired in his elementary years to become a mangaka. One of the first anime/manga series Kishimoto took an interest in was Doraemon. Kishimoto is a huge fan of the Dragonball and Dragonball Z series and their creator Akira Toriyama. Kishimoto has stated that he was inspired by Toriyama's work, which continues to be a big influence on his work in Naruto.

Works