ZUN (太田順也 ~ Jun'ya Ota)
ZUN in his interview with 4gamer.net
ZUN (太田順也, romanized Jun'ya Ota) is the sole known member of Team Shanghai Alice, and is the designer, programmer, script writer, and composer of the extremely popular Touhou Project series. He is seen to be rather reclusive, and thus very little is known about him. He is currently employed by the Taito Corporation, and has been involved in the production of various Taito titles.
Works
Games
- 東方靈異伝 ~ The Highly Responsive to Prayers (Amusement Makers 1996)
- 東方封魔録 ~ The Story of Eastern Wonderland (Amusement Makers 1997)
- 東方夢時空 ~ The Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream (Amusement Makers 1997)
- 東方幻想郷 ~ Lotus Land Story (Amusement Makers 1998)
- 東方怪綺談 ~ Mystic Square (Amusement Makers 1998)
- 東方紅魔郷 ~ Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (Team Shanghai Alice 2002)
- 東方妖々夢 ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom (Team Shanghai Alice 2003)
- 東方萃夢想 ~ Immaterial and Missing Power (Collaboration with Tasogare Frontier 2004)
- 東方永夜抄 ~ Imperishable Night (Team Shanghai Alice 2004)
- 東方花映塚 ~ The Phantasmagoria of Flower View (Team Shanghai Alice 2005)
- 東方文花帖 ~ Shoot the Bullet (Team Shanghai Alice 2005)
Music Soundtracks
- 蓬莱人形 ~ Dolls in Pseudo Paradise (Team Shanghai Alice 2002)
- 蓮台野夜行 ~ Ghostly Field Club (Team Shanghai Alice 2003)
- 夢違科学世紀 ~ Changeability of Strange Dream (Team Shanghai Alice 2004)
- 幻想曲抜萃 東方萃夢想 ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK (Collaboration with Tasogare Frontier 2005)
- 卯酉東海道 ~ Retrospective 53 minutes (Team Shanghai Alice 2006)
- 幺樂団の歴史1 ~ Akyu's Untouched Score vol.1 (Team Shanghai Alice 2006)
- 大空魔術 ~ Magical Astronomy (Team Shanghai Alice 2006)
- 幺樂団の歴史2 ~ Akyu's Untouched Score vol.2 (Team Shanghai Alice 2006)
- 幺樂団の歴史3 ~ Akyu's Untouched Score vol.3 (Team Shanghai Alice 2006)
- 東方香霖堂 ~ Curiosities of Lotus Asia (Colorful PUREGIRL 2003 - 2004; Magazine ELFICS 2004 - 2005; Elnavi 2005-2006; Dengeki MOE-OH 2006 - Present)
- 東方三月精 ~ Eastern and Little Nature Deity (CompAce 2005 - 2006)
- 東方三月精 ~ Strange and Bright Nature Deity (CompAce 2006 - Present)
- 東方文花帖 ~ Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red (Ichijinsha August 2005)
- 東方紫香花 ~ Seasonal Dream Vision (Tora no Ana October 2005)
- 東方求聞史紀 ~ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense (Ichijinsha December 2006)
- 東方求聞史紀 記憶する幻想郷 (Memorizable Gensokyo) (Comic REX December 2006)
- 東方儚月抄 ~ Silent Sinner in Blue (Comic REX 2007 - Present)
- 東方儚月抄 ~ Cage in Lunatic Runagate (Chara Mel 2007 - Present)
With Amusement Makers
With Taito Corporation
- Greatest Striker (2000)
- Magic Pengel (2002)
- Bujingai (2003)
- Graffiti Kingdom (2004)
- EXIT (2005)
Known Biography
A limited biography of ZUN could be written based upon the lengthy texts included within his games (letters to the player) and interviews for various publications. Unfortunately, a large majority of these remain untranslated.
ZUN Speaks
External Links
Team Shanghai Alice
博麗幻想書譜 (ZUN's Blog)
Amusement Makers (Former) Official Site