According to reports,
Naruto Shippūden director, animator and scriptwriter Osamu Kobayashi has died during the evening of April 17, 2021. Word of the anime figure’s death first surfaced on his Twitter with a message that read (translated from Japanese), “Osamu Kobayashi, Aged 57-He set off for heaven last night. It’s unfortunate to say that I ran out of strength after battling kidney cancer for the past two year…It is regretful because there are still things I wanted to do and works I wanted to make. When I am reborn again, I will surely make some great works! Adios. The eternal 23-year-old.”