is a Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 manga artist

Mangaka

is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...

. He is best known for 666 Satan, which was serialized in Japan

Japan

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 by Monthly Shōnen Gangan

Monthly Shonen Gangan

is a manga imprint of Square Enix . It publishes manga in several magazines aimed at different reader demographic groups in the Japanese market. Its magazines are home to some popular manga series which were adapted into anime series, like Fullmetal Alchemist, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit,...

from 2001 to 2007 and licensed by VIZ

VIZ Media

VIZ Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, is an anime, manga, and Japanese entertainment company. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shogakukan and Shueisha, and...

 in North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

 as O-Parts Hunter. His older twin brother, Masashi Kishimoto

Masashi Kishimoto

is a Japanese manga artist, well known for creating the manga series Naruto. His younger twin brother, Seishi Kishimoto, is also a manga artist and creator of the manga series 666 Satan and Blazer Drive...

, is also a manga artist and creator of Naruto

Naruto

is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of...

. A year after 666 Satan ended Seishi launched Blazer Drive

Blazer Drive

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Seishi Kishimoto, creator of O-Parts Hunter, and is published in the new Monthly Shōnen Rival. Sega also developed a Nintendo DS game using a parallel story.-Plot:...

in Monthly Shōnen Rival, which ran until 2011. He recently made the one-shot 12 O'Clock Bell Rings, which was published in Kodansha

Kodansha

, the largest Japanese publisher, produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo...

's monthly Shōjo magazine Aria

Aria (magazine)

Aria is a Japanese monthly shōjo manga magazine published by Kodansha. In April 2010 an announcement was made about plans for a new magazine; its first issue was published on July 28, 2010. The magazine is released in size B5 paper...

in 2011. In the January 2012 issue of Monthly Shonen Rival, Seishi will debut his newest series, Kurenai no Ōkami to Ashikase no Hitsuji ("The Crimson Wolf and the Trapped Sheep").

Styles and influences

Both Seishi and Masashi have been drawing manga together since early childhood, thus their styles are similar. As a result, each of them has frequently been accused of copying the other. Seishi himself notes that the similarities are not intentional but are likely because they were both influenced by many of the same things. On closer inspection, however, it can be noted that there are subtle but definite differences in their styles and themes, with several readers stating that Seishi's stories have just a hint more darkness. Also, several interesting, and often funny, tid-bits of his day-to-day life are sometimes included along the pages, like in 666 Satan, creating an impression of familiarity and friendship with his readers. As a result of the "copy-cat" accusations, the more famous Masashi even asked fans to stop calling Seishi a "copycat."

Works

• Trigger (published in Comic BonBon)
• 666 Satan (serialized in Monthly Shōnen Gangan from 2001–2007)
• Tenchu 3
  Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
  Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven is a stealth game developed by K2 LLC and published by Activision in North America and Europe and From Software in Japan for the PlayStation 2 in 2003....
  
  (manga adaptation of the video game in Monthly Shōnen Gangan)
• Tribal (prequel to Blazer Drive serialized in Monthly Shōnen Rival)
• Blazer Drive
  Blazer Drive
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Seishi Kishimoto, creator of O-Parts Hunter, and is published in the new Monthly Shōnen Rival. Sega also developed a Nintendo DS game using a parallel story.-Plot:...
  
  (originally serialized in Monthly Shōnen Rival from 2008–2011)
• Blazer Drive (Nintendo DS
  Nintendo DS
  The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
  
   video game, 2009)
• 12 O'Clock Bell Rings (published in Aria
  Aria (magazine)
  Aria is a Japanese monthly shōjo manga magazine published by Kodansha. In April 2010 an announcement was made about plans for a new magazine; its first issue was published on July 28, 2010. The magazine is released in size B5 paper...
  
  , 2011)
• Kurenai no Ōkami to Ashikase no Hitsuji ("The Crimson Wolf and the Trapped Sheep", serialized in Monthly Shōnen Rival, 2012)

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