Masashi Kishimoto

Masashi Kishimoto adalah seorang Mangaka Jepang. Naruto adalah satu karyanya yang berhasil sukses
besar, hingga mendunia.

Pria kelahiran 8 November 1974 di Katsuta, Prefektur Okayama, Jepang ini mulai mengembangkan bakat
menggambarnya semenjak duduk di bangku SD. Gemar membaca manga sejak usia muda, membuat
dirinya berkeinginan untuk menulis manganya sendiri.

Masashi Kisimoto adalah seorang komikus manga (komik Jepang) yang terkenal dari karyanya, Naruto.
Dia sudah menjadi penggemar manga sejak kecil sehingga memiliki tekad untuk menciptakan ciptaannya
sendiri. Kishimoto mengidolakan penulis Jepang Akira Toriyama dan juga Katsuhiro Otomo. Adik
kembarnya, Seishi Kishimoto, juga merupakan seorang penulis manga dan pencipta serial manga 666
Satan (O-Parts Hunter) dan Blazer Drive. Saat pertama kali serial Naruto diterbitkan, Kishimoto menikah
dan sekarang menjadi seorang ayah.

Lahir pada 8 November 1974 sebagai bayi kembar identik, Masashi Kishimoto telah menunjukkan
ketertarikan kuat terhadap dunia menggambar. Ilustrator manga berbakat ini sangat gemar meniru atau
menggambar ulang berbagai karakter dari acara televisi yang ditontonnya, seperti karakter Arale dalam
serial Dr. Slump juga karakter Doraemon.

Menginjak usia sekolah dasar, Kishimoto mulai menggemari serial Dragon Ball dan mengidolakan
penulisnya, Akira Toriyama. Tak heran selepas menyelesaikan sekolahnya, Masashi memutuskan terjun
langsung dalam pendidikan seni dan berharap bisa menjadi seorang komikus ternama. Pada saat
bersamaan, ia mulai melakukan riset dan mengumpulkan bahan untuk digunakan sebagai materi dasar
menciptakan serial manganya sendiri.

Serial manga pertama, Ninku, membuat nama Kishimoto dikenal publik dan memenangkan penghargaan
Hop Step Awards pada 1996. Dilanjutkan dengan terbitan versi pendek Naruto. Serial ini sempat tidak
mendapat perhatian bahkan tertunda penyiarannya sebab rating yang rendah pada 1998. Namun, ketika
Naruto diterbitkan majalah Weekly Shonen Jump no. 43 setahun berikutnya, pamor manga langsung
meroket. Hingga profil diunggah, serial Naruto bukan hanya terus berjalan, tetapi juga makin digemari
oleh anak-anak bahkan orang dewasa di hampir seluruh penjuru dunia.

Masashi Kishimoto is a Japanese Mangaka. Naruto is one of his works that was a huge success, going
global.

This man, born November 8 1974 in Katsuta, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, began developing his drawing
talent when he was in elementary school. His hobby of reading manga from a young age made him want
to write his own manga.

Masashi Kisimoto is a manga comic artist (Japanese comic) who is famous for his work, Naruto. He has
been a manga fan since childhood so he has the determination to create his own creations. Kishimoto
idolized Japanese writers Akira Toriyama and also Katsuhiro Otomo. His younger twin brother, Seishi
Kishimoto, is also a manga writer and creator of the manga series 666 Satan (O-Parts Hunter) and Blazer
Drive. When the Naruto series was first published, Kishimoto was married and now a father.

Born on November 8 1974 as identical twins, Masashi Kishimoto has shown a strong interest in the
world of drawing. This talented manga illustrator really likes imitating or redrawing various characters
from the television shows he watches, such as the character Arale in the series Dr. Slump is also a
Doraemon character.
At elementary school age, Kishimoto began to like the Dragon Ball series and idolized its author, Akira
Toriyama. It's not surprising that after finishing school, Masashi decided to dive straight into art
education and hoped to become a famous comic artist. At the same time, he began doing research and
collecting materials to use as basic material to create his own manga series.

The first manga series, Ninku, made Kishimoto's name known to the public and won the Hop Step
Awards in 1996. This was followed by the publication of a short version of Naruto. This series did not
receive attention and even its broadcast was delayed due to low ratings in 1998. However, when Naruto
was published in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine no. 43 years later, the popularity of manga
immediately skyrocketed. Until the profile was uploaded, the Naruto series not only continued to run,
but also became increasingly popular with children and even adults in almost all corners of the world.