He is best known for his novel All You Need Is Kill, which formed the basis of the film Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt.
He is knowledgeable about computer culture, can program in Perl, is able to use specialized text editors such as Meadow, and can typeset in TeX.
He has collaborated with cultural critic Hiroki Azuma on the works Geet State (ギートステイト) and Characters[2] (キャラクターズ) and has written a critique of Yasutaka Tsutsui's novel Dancing Vanity.
Sakurazaka's novel All You Need Is Kill was optioned by Warner Bros. Based upon the story, the screenplay was written by Dante Harper and Joby Harold with a working title We Mortals Are.
Originally Brad Pitt was approached to play the lead, but he had conflicts with other films for which Warner wanted him.