Background
Sakurai was born in Tochigi, Japan.
櫻井圭記
Sakurai was born in Tochigi, Japan.
He returned there when he was 13, and graduated from University of Tokyo, majoring in Economics.
While he was a college student, he participated in the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex anime television series as a screenwriter, writing 8 episodes. After graduation, he was employed at Production I.G. and participated in the second series, Ghost in the Shell: South.A.C. 2nd GIG and a television movie, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society, as a screenwriter.