Yoshiki Sakurai (櫻井圭記) is a Japanese screenwriter and producer.
Career
Sakurai was born in Tochigi, Japan. He returned there when he was 13, and graduated from University of Tokyo majoring in economics. His theses on Japanese animation and subculture won several awards. While still a college student, he wrote eight episodes of the anime television series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.[1] After graduation, he was employed at Production I.G. and wrote for the second series, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, and for the TV movie Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society.[2]