Team Shanghai Alice - Member

Member

There is only one member of Team Shanghai Alice, who goes by the pseudonym "ZUN" and is the main programmer, scriptwriter, graphic artist, and music composer. His real name is Junya Ōta (太田 順也, Ōta Junya?), as seen in the credits of his early games. He was born in Hakuba, Nagano. Fans respectfully call him "Kannushi" (神主), a name he has sometimes used to refer to himself. While not using the Team Shanghai Alice name, ZUN has also participated in the making of the following dojin games for Amusement Makers, a game development club in Tokyo Denki University:

  • Highly Responsive to Prayers (1996) - Part of Touhou Project
  • Story of Eastern Wonderland (1997) - Part of Touhou Project
  • Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream (1997) - Part of Touhou Project
  • Lotus Land Story (1998) - Part of Touhou Project
  • Mystic Square (1998) - Part of Touhou Project
  • Shuusou Gyoku (2000)
  • Kioh Gyoku (2001)
  • Torte Le Magic - A fan-made dojin shooter based on the manga 10 Carat Torte!

ZUN also worked for Taito Corporation, and had participated in the production of their games such as:

  • International League Soccer (PlayStation 2, 2000)
  • Magic Pengel (PlayStation 2, 2002)
  • Bujingai (PlayStation 2, 2003)
  • Graffiti Kingdom (PlayStation 2, 2004)
  • EXIT (PlayStation Portable, 2005)

He also uses the pseudonym "ZUN" instead of Team Shanghai Alice when publishing commercial works:

  • Curiosities of Lotus Asia (東方香霖堂)
  • Touhou Sangetsusei (東方三月精), which consists of:
    • Eastern and Little Nature Deity
    • Strange and Bright Nature Deity
    • Oriental Sacred Place
  • Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red (東方文花帖)
  • Perfect Memento in Strict Sense (東方求聞史紀)
  • Touhou Bōgetsushō (東方儚月抄), which consists of:
    • Silent Sinner in Blue
    • Cage in Lunatic Runagate
    • Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth (月のイナバと地上の因幡)
  • The Grimoire of Marisa

In 2007, he was in a team named "The Drinking Party" (呑んべぇ会?) to make "Uwabami Breakers" (黄昏酒場～Uwabami Breakers～?), a shoot'em up game about drinking—one of ZUN's greatest passions. Since November 2009, he runs a column about beer on the manga magazine Comptiq called "Which Came First, Hakurei Kannushi's Games or Beer?" (博麗神主のゲームが先かお酒が先か?).

ZUN also collaborated with doujin circles other than Twilight Frontier and participated in some of the games they produced. So far, only two games by D.N.A. Software got him involved:

  • Magus in Mystic Geometries (神魔討綺伝 ～ Magus in Mystic Geometries ?) (2008)
  • Touhou Unreal Mahjong (東方幻想麻雀?) (2009)

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