Hideaki Sorachi was born on May 25, 1979, and grew up in Hokkaido, Japan.
Sorachi made his manga debut with the one-shot story Dandelion , which is included in Volume 1 of the Gin Tama graphic novels..
A Gin Tama animated series followed soon after, premiering on Japanese TV in April 2006.
His ongoing series, Gin Tama , became a huge hit when it began running in the pages of Japan\'s Weekly Shonen Jump in 2004.
Hideaki Sorachi was born on May 25, 1979, and grew up in Hokkaido, Japan