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Masashi Kishimoto is a Japanese mangaka, illustrator, artist, and screenwriter. Born on November 8, 1974, in Nagi, Japan, he resides in Okayama. He is a male who speaks and writes Japanese. Kishimoto was educated at Kyushu Sangyo University. His notable works include the manga series Naruto, Naruto: Shippūden, and Boruto.
He is the sibling of Seishi Kishimoto. His name in native language is 岸本 斉史, and his name in kana is きしもと まさし. His works are held in the collection of the National Museum of World Cultures.
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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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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Masashi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Nagi
- Sibling
- Seishi Kishimoto
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Kyushu Sangyo University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Notable work
- Boruto
- Field of work
- manga
- Residence
- Okayama
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- date of birth
- 1974-11-08
- name in kana
- きしもと まさし
- name in native language
- 岸本 斉史
- has works in the collection
- National Museum of World Cultures
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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.
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