Sankichi Hinodeya was born on October 29 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Hinodeya first emerged on the scene in an extra issue of Square Enix's Gangan Powered with Maho Bozu Sankyu (Magical Monk Sankyu). In 2015, Hinodeya began the manga adaptation of Nintendo's hit game Splatoon, which is currently serialized in Coro Coro Comic Magazine.