Due to the popularity Lee garnered over the course of the series, Kishimoto tends to place him towards the front of promotional artwork in which he appears.

Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama is credited for popularizing a general trend seen in many popular shōnen manga of today, with notable authors of other shōnen manga such as Yoshihiro Togashi, Eiichiro Oda, Gosho Aoyama, Masashi Kishimoto, Tite Kubo and Yusuke Murata paying homage to his impact and influence on their work.

Although the concept of chakra appears in Indian mythology, in Buddhism and in other belief systems, in an interview, Kishimoto claimed that none of these influences were the basis for his use of chakra in Naruto.

* Masashi Kishimoto ( Japanese manga artist )-Notable for creating the anime / manga series Naruto.

Although Sakura is the most recurring female character in Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto did not originally intend for Sakura to be the heroine of the series.

In his second year of college, Kishimoto started doing manga for magazines ' contests.

Wishing to write a manga for the Shōnen Jump that targets a young demographic, Kishimoto found his style unsuitable for the magazine.

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.

While as a child, Kishimoto enjoyed reading manga, he was inspired to write one after seeing a promotional image for the film Akira.

When Kishimoto was originally creating the Naruto series, he looked to other shōnen manga for influences while attempting to make his characters as unique as possible.

When redesigning three characters for the series, Kishimoto cites The Matrix, one of his favorite movies, as an inspiration for such outfits.

* FES ( Ayase Kishimoto ), a fictional singer from Chaos ; Head anime series and alias of Yui Sakakibara for her songs from Chaos ; Head and Steins ; Gate anime series

Kishimoto has had difficulty in drawing her, resulting in Kishimoto inadvertently emphasizing certain parts of her appearance, including her large forehead.

Despite these elements, Kishimoto is fond of Sakura, as he feels that many of her personality traits are common among all people, thus giving her a sense of real humanity.

When designing Sakura, Kishimoto focused on her silhouette and created a costume as simple as possible.

Similar to his inexperience with drawing heroines, Kishimoto lacked the experience needed to make Sakura " cute " when he first began drawing her.

Although he implies that her appearance has become cuter since then, Kishimoto and much of the Naruto manga staff agree that Sakura was " far from cute " at the start of the series.

When designing Sakura in her Part II appearance, Kishimoto decided to change her clothes to a more lively karate suit style.

When designing Lee's appearance, Kishimoto intended to have Lee wield a variety of weapons, including nunchaku ; however, due to time constraints while creating the series, he was unable to do so.

On January 1, 2005 Kishimoto was merged with the town of Mizokuchi, from Hino District, to form the new town of Hōki, in Saihaku District.

* On January 1, 2005 the town of Kishimoto merged with the town of Mizokuchi from Hino District to form the new town of Hōki in Saihaku District.

On January 1, 2005 Mizokuchi was merged with the town of Kishimoto, from Saihaku District, to form the new town of Hōki, in Saihaku District.

* On January 1, 2005 the town of Mizokuchi merged with the town of Kishimoto, from Saihaku District, to form the new town of Hōki, in Saihaku District.

Kishimoto attributes this to his being unable to draw good heroine characters, and fashioned Sakura as a girl who cannot understand men, the best example of a heroine he could come up with.

* In various interviews with the U. S. edition of Shonen Jump, Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto has cited the Akira manga and anime as major influences, particularly as the basis of his own manga career.

However, upon seeing a poster of the film Akira, Kishimoto became fascinated with the way the illustration was made and wished to imitate his style.

In 1998, Kishimoto premiered as a Weekly Shōnen Jump artist with a serialized version of Karakuri in Weekly Shōnen Jump, but it proved unpopular and was canceled soon after.

* Sakura Taisen: New York NY. 99 ( 2007 ) – with Takayuki Kishimoto

When designing Shikamaru's Part II appearance, Kishimoto wanted to give Shikamaru a unique appearance despite drawing him with a vest that several other ninja wear in the series.

Kishimoto is friends with boxer Joichiro Tatsuyoshi.

Masashi Kishimoto originally planned to draw Jiraiya with a different design and with a different style of hair.

In elementary school, Kishimoto started watching the anime series Kinnikuman and Dragon Ball alongside his twin.

* Kishimoto, Koichi.

* Solving Checkers by J. Schaeffer, Y. Björnsson, N. Burch, A. Kishimoto, M. Müller, R. Lake, P. Lu and S. Sutphen

Although the original game was created by Yoshihisa Kishimoto — who later designed Double Dragon — many of the later games ( particularly those under the Downtown Nekketsu moniker ) were the handiwork of two men: Mitsuhiro " Yoshimitsu " Yoshida and Hiroyuki " Mokeke " Sekimoto.

In the anime and manga series Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto, a refers to the abilities ninja can use.

Series creator Masashi Kishimoto developed the concept of jutsu to explain the supernatural feats ninja perform in the series, and also to provide an original image of ninja in manga.

Masashi Kishimoto developed the concept of jutsu in order to explain the superhuman feats that ninja performed in the Naruto series.

The hand seals are based upon the characters of the Chinese zodiac, which is a longstanding tradition in Japan, and Kishimoto used them specifically to draw upon that tradition.

The Special Thanks on the end credits now mentions Bruce Lee, as well as Yoshihisa Kishimoto, the director of the Double Dragon arcade game.

is a fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto.