Masashi Kishimoto was born in the Okayama Prefecture, Japan on November 8, 1974, as the older identical twin of Seishi Kishimoto.

During his childhood, Kishimoto showed interest in drawing characters from the anime shows he watched.

He was really inspired by the drawer of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z And Dragon Ball Super Akira Toriyama

During he’s childhood he almost complete forgot about his love to draw pictures because he really started to like playing sports like baseball. But then one day he was watching the T.V. and really felt like he wanted to take up drawing again.