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Dori Sakurada (桜田通), born on December 7, 1991, in Tokyo, Japan, is a versatile Japanese actor, singer, dancer, and model. He was scouted at the age of 11 and joined the talent agency Amuse Inc., where he began his career. Sakurada made his acting debut in 2005 in the TV drama Ruri's Island. He gained widespread recognition for his role as Ryoma Echizen in the musical adaptation of The Prince of Tennis (Tenimyu), becoming the youngest actor to play the lead role at just 14 years old. Over the years, Sakurada has appeared in various films and TV dramas, including Orange (2015), Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (2017), Scum's Wish (2017), Coffee & Vanilla (2019), and Alice in Borderland (2020). He is also a talented musician, releasing his first EP, Sakura da Festa Best, in 2019, and performing live at his annual fan event, Sakura da Festa. In 2020, he established his official fan club, Sakura da Space Society, and completed his first Zepp tour in 2022.
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 is one of the best-selling manga series of all time, having 250 million copies in circulation worldwide in 47 countries and regions, with 153 million copies in Japan alone and remaining 97 million copies elsewhere. It has become one of Viz Media's best-selling manga series; their English translations of the volumes have appeared on USA Today and The New York Times bestseller list several times, and the seventh volume won a Quill Award in 2006. Reviewers praised the manga's character development, storylines, and action sequences, though some felt the latter slowed the story down. Critics noted that the manga, which has a coming-of-age theme, makes use of cultural references from Japanese mythology and Confucianism.
