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Also known as Kishimoto Masashi

Japanese manga artist (born 1974)

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Masashi Kishimoto is a Japanese male mangaka, illustrator, artist, and screenwriter. Born on November 8, 1974, in Nagi, Japan, he holds Japanese citizenship. His notable works include *Naruto*, *Naruto: Shippūden*, and *Boruto*. Kishimoto resides in Okayama and speaks Japanese. He is the brother of Seishi Kishimoto.

Kishimoto studied at Kyushu Sangyo University. His works are held in the collection of the National Museum of World Cultures. According to Open Library records, he has 711 works, with top entries including *Boruto: Two Blue Vortex*, *Vol. 5*, *Naruto Jump Remix nº 02/24*, *Naruto 28*, *Naruto Jump Remix nº 01/24*, and *Naruto t.25*. Crossref lists five works associated with him.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1974-11-08
Works
711

Top works

  • Boruto: Two Blue Vortex, Vol. 5
  • Naruto Jump Remix nº 02/24
  • Naruto 28
  • Naruto Jump Remix nº 01/24
  • Naruto t.25

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Film & TV

Writing · Nagi, Japan

Kishimoto Masashi (岸本 斉史) is a Japanese manga artist and author. He is known for being the creator, writer, and artist behind the NARUTO (1999) manga series; he is also the creator/supervisor of its sequel series BORUTO (2016). NARUTO has seen massive success both in Japan and overseas being one of the most sold manga properties in history with an estimated 250 million physical copies in…

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Japan
Active from
1974

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
359
Total plays
2,987

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Encyclopedic overview

Masashi Kishimoto (岸本 斉史, Kishimoto Masashi; born November 8, 1974) is a Japanese manga artist. His manga series, Naruto, which was in serialization from 1999 to 2014, has sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 46 countries as of May 2019. The series has been adapted into two anime and multiple films, video games, and related media. Besides the Naruto manga, Kishimoto also personally supervised the three anime films, Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie, The Last: Naruto the Movie and Boruto: Naruto the Movie, and has written several one-shot stories. In 2019, Kishimoto wrote Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru which ended in March 2020. From May 2016 through October 2020 he supervised the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations manga written by Ukyō Kodachi and illustrated by Mikio Ikemoto. In November 2020 it was announced that he had taken over as writer on the series, replacing Kodachi.

A reader of manga from a young age, Kishimoto showed a desire to write his own manga, citing authors Akira Toriyama and Katsuhiro Otomo as his main influences. As a result, Kishimoto spent several years working to write his own shōnen manga for Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine which he was a fan of.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Masashi Kishimoto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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