Yoshiki Sakurai Explained

Yoshiki Sakurai
Native Name:	櫻井圭記
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	1977 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	Tochigi, Japan
Occupation:	screenwriter

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 .^[1] After graduation, he was employed at Production I.G. and wrote for the second series,, and for the TV movie .^[2]

Filmography

Anime

• (Screenwriter; eps3,8,11,12,15,17,24,25)
• (Screenwriter; eps1,10,14,24)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Screenwriter; ep124)
• (Screenwriter; eps3,8,12,16,20,24)
• Blood+ (Screenwriter; eps 3, 11, 20)
• xxxHolic (Screenwriter; eps2,5,9,13,19,SP)
• xxxHolic:Kei (Screenwriter; ep7)
• Otogi Zoshi (Chief Screenwriter; eps1,6,13,18,24,26)
• Real Drive (Screenwriter; eps8,10,17,24)
• Appleseed XIII (Screenwriter; eps2,4,10,13)
• Recovery of an MMO Junkie (executive producer)
• Ojarumaru (Screenwriter; from 10th season)

Feature films

• (Screenwriter)
• (Screenwriter)
• (Screenplay Cooperation)
• (Screenplay Cooperation)
• Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai (Storyboard)
• Redline (Screenwriter)
• Giovanni's Island (Screenwriter, Producer)
• CYBORG009 CALL OF JUSTICE (Producer)
• colorful ninja iromaki (Producer)
• Napping Princess (Producer)

Bibliography

• Kutikula (manga)
• Tachikomatic Days (manga)
• God Voice (manga)
• Philosophia Robotica (critique)

External links

• • Yoshiki Sakurai anime at Media Arts Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Interview with Yoshiki Sakurai . Andrea . Iovinelli . 29 February 2016.
2. Web site: Production I.G [WORK LIST[Details]]　]. 2011-08-08.