Jun Esaka

is the author of several Naruto light novels:
 * Sasuke Shinden: The Teacher's Star Pupil (2018)
 * Kakashi Retsuden: The Sixth Hokage and the Failure Boy (2019)
 * Sasuke Retsuden: The Uchiha Descendants and the Heavenly Stardust (2019)
 * Naruto Retsuden: Naruto Uzumaki and the Spiral Destiny (2019)