Masashi Kishimoto

Masashi Kishimoto was born in November 8 1974. He is a Japanese manga artist, well known for creating the manga series Naruto. During the publication of Naruto, Kishimoto got married and became a father. Two of his former assistants, Osamu Kajisa and Yuuichi Itakura, have also gone on to moderate success following their work on Naruto.

Masashi Kishimoto's first work as a manga artist was Karakuri, which he submitted to Shueisha in 1995. This earned him the Weekly Shonen Jump's monthly "Hop Step Award" in 1996, granted to promising new manga artists. This was followed in 1997 by a one-shot version of Naruto, published in Akamaru Jump Summer. In 1998, Kishimoto premiered as a Weekly Shōnen Jump artist with a serialized version of Karakuri in Weekly Shonen Jump, but it proved unpopular and was canceled soon after. In 1999, a serialized version of Naruto began publication in Weekly Shōnen Jump and quickly became a hit. Naruto is still ongoing, with 60 volumes and 58 released in English, and has sold over 113 million copies in Japan and over 95 million copies were sold in the US followed by over 93 million copies worldwide (outside Japan and United States) as of volume 36, also being adapted into two successful anime series. 

The Naruto manga series has become one of Viz Media top properties, accounting for nearly 10% of all manga sales in the US in 2006. The seventh volume of Viz's release became the first manga to ever win a Quill award when it claimed the award for "Best Graphic Novel" in 2006. In 2009, Kishimoto designed an extra costume for the video game character Lars Alexandersson for Tekken 6, and in 2010 this character appeared in Naruto shippuden ultimate ninja storm 2 as part of a special cross-promotion. In 2010, The ninth Naruto film, Naruto the movie: Road to ninja, Kishimoto will be responsible as both the script and characters' designs.

Masashi Kishimoto his my hero because his characters of Naruto encourage me to never give up and just keep moving forward. And if you keep working hard and making goal and always keeping your promises your dreams might come true. They help reach my goals and to never, ever give up.