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Japanese manga series by Masashi Kishimoto

This article is about the manga series. For the anime, see Naruto (TV series). For the title character, see Naruto Uzumaki. For other uses, see Naruto (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Naruhito, the emperor of Japan.

Naruto^[a] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. The story is told in two parts: the first is set in Naruto's pre-teen years (volumes 1–27), and the second in his teens (volumes 28–72). The series is based on two one-shot manga by Kishimoto: Karakuri (1995), which earned Kishimoto an honorable mention in Shueisha's monthly Hop Step Award the following year, and Naruto (1997).

Naruto was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from September 1999 to November 2014, with it Uzumaki narutos biography!