Yoshiki Sakurai

Yoshiki Sakurai (櫻井圭記, Sakurai Yoshiki^?, born 9 June 1977) is a Japanese screenwriter.

Sakurai was born in . He returned there when he was 13, and graduated from University of Tokyo, majoring in Economics. His theses concerning Japanese animation and subculture, won several awards. 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: S.A.C. 2nd GIG and a TV movie, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society, as a screenwriter.