1974 - Today
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masashi Kishimoto has received more than 3,623,072 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Masashi Kishimoto is the 33rd most popular comic artist (down from 31st in 2019), the 380th most popular biography from Japan (up from 403rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Masashi Kishimoto ranks 33 out of 174. Before him are Will Eisner, Don Rosa, Georges Wolinski, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Hirohiko Araki, and Jean-Claude Mézières. After him are Cabu, Katsuhiro Otomo, Eiichiro Oda, Saul Steinberg, Bill Finger, and Kentaro Miura.
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 27
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 28
1934 - 2015
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 29
1932 - 2022
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 30
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 31
1938 - 2022
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 32
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 33
1938 - 2015
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 34
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 35
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 36
1914 - 1999
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 37
1914 - 1974
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 38
1966 - 2021
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 39
Among people born in 1974, Masashi Kishimoto ranks 12. Before him are Alessandro Del Piero, Amy Adams, Alyson Hannigan, Robbie Williams, Hilary Swank, and Eva Mendes. After him are Alex Jones, Alexis Tsipras, Chris Kyle, Bear Grylls, Victoria Beckham, and Sébastien Loeb.
1974 - Present
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 6
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 7
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 8
1974 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 9
1974 - Present
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 10
1974 - Present
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 11
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 12
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 13
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 14
1974 - 2013
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 15
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 16
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 17
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 18
Among people born in Japan, Masashi Kishimoto ranks 380 out of 6,048. Before him are Ichirō Hatoyama (1883), Haruo Arima (null), Takashi Takabayashi (1931), Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535), Kijūrō Shidehara (1872), and Yoshimatsu Oyama (null). After him are Tatsuya Nakadai (1932), Saitō Makoto (1858), Ryuzo Shimizu (1902), Emperor Rokujō (1164), Ryutaro Hashimoto (1937), and Ōyama Iwao (1842).
1883 - 1959
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 374
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 375
1931 - 2009
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 376
1535 - 1619
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 377
1872 - 1951
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 378
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 379
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 380
1932 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 381
1858 - 1936
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 382
1902 - 1950
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 383
1164 - 1176
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 384
1937 - 2006
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 385
1842 - 1916
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 386
Among comic artists born in Japan, Masashi Kishimoto ranks 8. Before him are Akira Toriyama (1955), Tsugumi Ohba (1950), Rumiko Takahashi (1957), Go Nagai (1945), Leiji Matsumoto (1938), and Hirohiko Araki (1960). After him are Katsuhiro Otomo (1954), Eiichiro Oda (1975), Kentaro Miura (1966), Yoshihiro Togashi (1966), Shotaro Ishinomori (1938), and Gosho Aoyama (1963).
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 2
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 3
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 4
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 5
1938 - 2023
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 6
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 7
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 8
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 9
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 10
1966 - 2021
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 11
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 12
1938 - 1998
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 13
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 14