Sage of the Six Paths
Born November 8, 1974
Okayama, Japan.
Who is Masashi Kishimoto 你 ask? He is the creator of the hugely 流行的 日本漫画 series known as Naruto.
Born in the Katsuta county of Okayama, 日本 Kishimoto has been drawing from a very early age. But it wasn't until he was older that he recognized his dream to become a Mangaka (Mangaka is the Japanese meaning for cartoonist).
While in art college Kishimoto created a 日本漫画 called "Karakuri" which he then 提交 to the Hop Step award (Monthly award 给 由 Shonen Jump for amateur Mangaka). Karakuri wins the award and sets Kishimoto on the path to his dream of becoming a Mangaka.
Upon graduation of art college, Kishimoto works hard on his 下一个 日本漫画 "Naruto" which is then published in Akamaru Jump. Two years down the line and a new final version of 火影忍者 is published in the weekly Shonen Jump in 1999 and becomes the 火影忍者 你 know and crave today.
{the pictures i 发布 were first drawings of naruto}
