[1] In elementary school, Kishimoto started watching the anime adaptation of Kinnikuman alongside his brother and the two of them began to design their own superheroes.
A year after 666 Satan ended, Kishimoto launched Blazer Drive in the April 2008 debut issue of Kodansha's Monthly Shōnen Rival.
[4] Preceded by a prequel one-shot titled Tribal in the final issue of Comic BomBom, Blazer Drive ran until December 2010 and received a video game adaptation.
[9] Kishimoto began the seinen action series Mad Chimera World in the June 2017 issue of Kodansha's Monthly Morning Two magazine, which was released on April 22.
[13] On January 20, 2021, DeNA's free Manga Box website and application published the one-shot Yobigami, which Kishimoto drew for the second episode of the TBS TV show Oh!