Team Shanghai Alice
{{Short description|Dōjin video game developer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Team Shanghai Alice
| logo = Team Shanghai Alice.png
| founded = {{start date and age|1995}} (as "ZUN Soft")
| founder = Jun'ya Ōta ({{aka}} ZUN)
| hq_location_city = Tokyo, Japan
| products = Touhou Project
| website = {{URL|http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/}}
}}
{{nihongo|Team Shanghai Alice|上海アリス幻樂団|Shanhai Arisu Gengakudan|{{lit.}} "Shanghai Alice Fantasy Ensemble"|
lead=yes}}, formerly known as ZUN Soft, is a Japanese dōjin game developer. Since 1995, the sole member of the group, Jun'ya "ZUN" Ōta, has independently developed and self-published the Touhou Project, a bullet hell shoot 'em up series, as well as collaborated with other circles to produce related print works and music albums.
Name
"ZUN Soft" was originally created as a generic developer name for each Touhou Project game. After Touhou's PC-98 era, ZUN changed the name of the team to "Shanghai Alice". According to ZUN, this name was chosen to fit the overall theme of the Touhou Project. "Shanghai", to him, is a multicultural city where Western and Oriental styles meet, and "Alice" evokes a feminine or gothic lolita feeling.{{cite news |title=ZUNさんがコミケに落選！？そして「紅魔郷」の制作、「すべて、弾幕をおもしろくするためにあるんです」"スペルカード"の誕生・ストーリー・キャラクターについて 【第5回】 |url=https://touhougarakuta.com/interview/specialtaidan_zun_hiroyuki_5/ |accessdate=16 December 2019 |work=Strange Articles of Outer World |date=8 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216093656/https://touhougarakuta.com/interview/specialtaidan_zun_hiroyuki_5/ |archive-date=16 December 2019 |url-status=live }} "Fantasy Ensemble" (幻樂団 Gengakudan) stems from ZUN's unsuccessful attempt to register the group as a music circle for Comiket 61 in December 2001; he decided to keep the name while applying as a game circle for Comiket 62, where he would release Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.
Productions
{{main|Touhou Project}}
=Games=
As ZUN Soft:
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| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Highly Responsive to Prayers {{Nihongo||東方靈異伝|Tōhō Reiiden|{{lit.}} "Wondrous Tale"}} | PC-98 | {{dts|August 15, 1997}} {{small|(Comiket 52)}} | ZUN Soft |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Story of Eastern Wonderland {{Nihongo||東方封魔録|Tōhō Fūmaroku|{{lit.}} "Demon-Sealing Record"}} | PC-98 | {{dts|August 15, 1997}} {{small|(Comiket 52)}} | ZUN Soft |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream {{Nihongo||東方夢時空|Tōhō Yumejikū|{{lit.}} "Dream Space-Time}} | PC-98 | {{dts|December 29, 1997}} {{small|(Comiket 53)}} | ZUN Soft |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Lotus Land Story {{Nihongo||東方幻想郷|Tōhō Gensōkyō|{{lit.}} "Fantasy Land"}} | PC-98 | {{dts|August 14, 1998}} {{small|(Comiket 54)}} | ZUN Soft |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Mystic Square {{Nihongo||東方怪綺談|Tōhō Kaikidan|{{lit.}} "Bizarre Romantic Story"}} | PC-98 | {{dts|December 30, 1998}} {{small|(Comiket 55)}} | ZUN Soft |
As Team Shanghai Alice:
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| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Embodiment of Scarlet Devil {{Nihongo||東方紅魔郷|Tōhō Kōmakyō|{{lit.}} "Scarlet Devil Land"}} | {{dts|August 11, 2002}} {{small|(Comiket 62)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Perfect Cherry Blossom {{Nihongo||東方妖々夢|Tōhō Yōyōmu|{{lit.}} "Ghostly Dream"}} | {{dts|August 17, 2003}} {{small|(Comiket 64)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Imperishable Night {{Nihongo||東方永夜抄|Tōhō Eiyashō|{{lit.}} "Eternal Night Vignette"}} | {{dts|August 15, 2004}} {{small|(Comiket 66)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Immaterial and Missing Power {{Nihongo||東方萃夢想|Tōhō Suimusō|{{lit.}} "Gathering Reverie"}} | Fighting | {{dts|December 30, 2004}} {{small|(Comiket 67)}} | Team Shanghai Alice | {{cite web |title=東方萃夢想 ～ Immaterial and Missing Power. |url=http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/html/th075.html |publisher=Team Shanghai Alice |accessdate=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518124735/http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/html/th075.html |archive-date=18 May 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=東方萃夢想 ～ Immaterial and Missing Power. |url=https://www.tasofro.net/touhou/index.html |publisher=Twilight Frontier |accessdate=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127091953/http://www.tasofro.net/touhou/index.html |archive-date=27 November 2018 |url-status=live }} |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Phantasmagoria of Flower View {{Nihongo||東方花映塚|Tōhō Kaeizuka|{{lit.}} "Flower Reflecting Mound"}} | {{dts|August 14, 2005}} {{small|(Comiket 68)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Shoot the Bullet {{Nihongo||東方文花帖|Tōhō Bunkachō|{{lit.}} "Word Flower Album"}} | {{dts|December 30, 2005}} {{small|(Comiket 69)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Mountain of Faith {{Nihongo||東方風神録|Tōhō Fūjinroku|{{lit.}} "Wind God Chronicles"}} | {{dts|August 17, 2007}} {{small|(Comiket 72)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Scarlet Weather Rhapsody {{Nihongo||東方緋想天|Tōhō Hisōten|{{lit.}} "Scarlet Perception Heaven"}} | Fighting | {{dts|May 25, 2008}} {{small|(Reitaisai 5)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Subterranean Animism {{Nihongo||東方地霊殿|Tōhō Chireiden|{{lit.}} "Earth-Spirit Palace"}} | {{dts|August 16, 2008}} {{small|(Comiket 74)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Undefined Fantastic Object {{Nihongo||東方星蓮船|Tōhō Seirensen|{{lit.}} "Star-Lotus Ship"}} | {{dts|August 15, 2009}} {{small|(Comiket 76)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Touhou Hisoutensoku {{Nihongo||東方非想天則 〜 超弩級ギニョルの謎を追え|Tōhō Hisōtensoku ~ Chōdokyū Ginyoru no Nazo wo Oe| {{lit.}} "Unperceiving of Natural Law ~ Chase the Enigma of the Gargantuan Guignol"}} | Fighting | {{dts|August 15, 2009}} {{small|(Comiket 76)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Double Spoiler {{Nihongo||ダブルスポイラー 〜 東方文花帖|Daburu Supoiraa ~ Tōhō Bunkachō|{{lit.}} "Word Flower Album"}} | {{dts|March 14, 2010}} {{small|(Reitaisai 7)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Fairy Wars {{Nihongo||妖精大戦争 〜 東方三月精|Yōsei Daisensō ~ Tōhō Sangetsusei|{{lit.}} "Great Fairy Wars ~ Three Fairies"}} | {{dts|August 14, 2010}} {{small|(Comiket 78)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Ten Desires {{Nihongo||東方神霊廟|Tōhō Shinreibyō|{{lit.}} "Divine Spirit Mausoleum"}} | {{dts|August 13, 2011}} {{small|(Comiket 80)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Hopeless Masquerade {{nihongo||東方心綺楼|Tōhō Shinkirō|{{lit.}} "Heart Elegant Tower"}} | Fighting | {{dts|May 26, 2013}} {{small|(Reitaisai 10)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Double Dealing Character {{nihongo||東方輝針城|Tōhō Kishinjō|{{lit.}} "Shining Needle Castle"}} | {{dts|August 12, 2013}} {{small|(Comiket 84)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Impossible Spell Card {{nihongo||弾幕アマノジャク|Danmaku Amanojaku|{{lit.}} "Bullet Curtain Amanojaku"}} | {{dts|May 11, 2013}} {{small|(Reitaisai 11)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row" rowspan="2"|Urban Legend in Limbo {{nihongo||東方深秘録|Tōhō Shinpiroku|{{lit.}} "Deep Secret Record"}} | rowspan="2"| Fighting | {{dts|May 10, 2015}} {{small|(Reitaisai 12)}} | rowspan="2"| Team Shanghai Alice |
| PlayStation 4
| {{abbr|JP|Japan}}: {{dts|December 8, 2016}} |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom {{nihongo||東方紺珠伝|Tōhō Kanjuden|{{lit.}} "Ultramarine Orb Tale"}} | {{dts|August 14, 2015}} {{small|(Comiket 88)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Hidden Star in Four Seasons {{nihongo||東方天空璋|Tōhō Tenkūshō|{{lit.}} "Heavenly Jade Dipper"}} | {{dts|August 11, 2017}} {{small|(Comiket 92)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row" rowspan="3"|Antinomy of Common Flowers {{nihongo||東方憑依華|Tōhō Hyōibana|{{lit.}} "Spirit Possession Bloom"}} | rowspan="3"|Fighting | {{dts|December 29, 2017}} {{small|(Comiket 93)}} | rowspan="3"| Team Shanghai Alice |
| PlayStation 4
| {{dts|April 22, 2021}} |
| Nintendo Switch
| {{dts|April 22, 2021}} |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Violet Detector {{nihongo||秘封ナイトメアダイアリ|Hifū Naitomea Daiarī|{{lit.}} "Secret Sealing Nightmare Diary"}} | {{dts|August 10, 2018}} {{small|(Comiket 94)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Wily Beast and Weakest Creature {{nihongo||東方鬼形獣|Tōhō Kikeijū|{{lit.}} "Oni-Shaped Beast"}} | {{dts|August 12, 2019}} {{small|(Comiket 96)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Sunken Fossil World {{nihongo||東方剛欲異聞 ～ 水没した沈愁地獄|Tōhō Gōyoku Ibun ~ Suibotsushita Chinshū Jigoku| {{lit.}} "Strange Tale of Advice ~ Submerged Hell of Sunken Sorrow"}} | Bullet hell and platformer | {{dts|October 24, 2021}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Unconnected Marketeers {{nihongo||東方虹龍洞|Tōhō Kōryūdō|{{lit.}} "Rainbow Dragon Cave"}} | {{dts|May 4, 2021}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|100th Black Market {{nihongo||バレットフィリア達の闇市場|Barettofiriatachi no Yamishijō|{{lit.}} "Bulletphiles' Black Market"}} | {{dts|August 14, 2022}} {{small|(Comiket 100)}} | Team Shanghai Alice |
| style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost {{nihongo||東方獣王園|Tōhō Jūōen|{{lit.}} "Beast King Garden"}} |August 13, 2023 |Team Shanghai Alice | |
=Music CDs=
ZUN's Music Collection
- {{Nihongo|Dolls in Pseudo Paradise|蓬莱人形|Hōrai Ningyō|{{lit.}} "Hourai Doll"; 2002-12-30}}{{cite web |title=上海アリス幻樂団 |url=http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/html/mcdtop.html |publisher=Team Shanghai Alice |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903014546/http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/html/mcdtop.html |archive-date=3 September 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Nihongo|Ghostly Field Club|蓮台野夜行|Rendaino Yakō|{{lit.}} "Night Trip to Rendaino"; 2003-12-30}}
- {{Nihongo|Changeability of Strange Dream|夢違科学世紀|Yumetagae Kagaku Seiki|{{lit.}} "Changing Dreams in the Age of Science"; 2004-12-30}}
- {{Nihongo|Retrospective 53 minutes|卯酉東海道|Bōyu Tōkaidō|{{lit.}} "East-West Tōkaidō"; 2006-05-21}}
- {{Nihongo|Magical Astronomy|大空魔術|Ōzora Majutsu|{{lit.}} "Celestial Wizardry"; 2006-08-13}}
- {{Nihongo|Unknown Flower, Mesmerizing Journey|未知の花 魅知の旅|Michi no Hana, Michi no Tabi|2011-05-08}}{{cite web |last1=ZUN (7 May 2011) |title=急に例大祭が来たので |url=https://kourindou.exblog.jp/14733047/ |website=Invisible Games and Japanese |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028054103/https://kourindou.exblog.jp/14733047/ |archive-date=28 October 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Nihongo|Trojan Green Asteroid|鳥船遺跡|Torifune Iseki|{{lit.}} "Ruins of Torifune"; 2012-04-30}}{{cite web |last1=ZUN (15 April 2012) |title=comic1 に参加します |url=https://kourindou.exblog.jp/17778111/ |website=Invisible Games and Japanese |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028054408/https://kourindou.exblog.jp/17778111/ |archive-date=28 October 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Nihongo|Neo-traditionalism of Japan|伊弉諾物質|Izanagi Busshitsu|{{lit.}} "Izanagi Object"; 2012-08-11}}{{cite web |last1=ZUN (23 July 2012) |title=C82 頒布物情報 |url=https://kourindou.exblog.jp/18431100/ |website=Invisible Games and Japanese |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028053740/https://kourindou.exblog.jp/18431100/ |archive-date=28 October 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Nihongo|Dr. Latency's Freak Report|燕石博物誌|Enseki Hakubutsushi|{{lit.}} "Swallowstone Naturalis Historia"; 2016-05-08}}{{cite web |last1=ZUN (13 April 2016) |title=例大祭の新譜情報です |url=https://kourindou.exblog.jp/24299864/ |website=Invisible Games and Japanese |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028053054/https://kourindou.exblog.jp/24299864/ |archive-date=28 October 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Nihongo|Dateless Bar "Old Adam"|旧約酒場|Kyūyaku Sakaba|{{lit.}} "Old Testament Tavern"; 2016-08-13}}{{cite web |last1=ZUN (22 July 2016) |title=夏コミの新譜情報です |url=https://kourindou.exblog.jp/24544858/ |website=Invisible Games and Japanese |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028052905/https://kourindou.exblog.jp/24544858/ |archive-date=28 October 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Nihongo|Rainbow-Colored Septentrion|虹色のセプテントリオン|Nijiiro no Seputentorion|2021-12-31}}{{Cite web|last=ZUN (15 December 2021)|title=丹波山村のPR曲 ＆ 冬コミ情報|url=https://touhou-project.news/news/6165/|access-date=2021-12-17|website=東方Projectよもやまニュース|language=ja}}
- {{Nihongo|Taboo Japan Disentanglement|七夕坂夢幻能|Tanabatazaka Mugen Nou|{{lit.}} "Mugen Noh of Tanabata Hill"; 2024-05-03}}{{Cite web |title=例大祭情報です |url=https://touhou-project.news/news/11618/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=東方Projectよもやまニュース |language=ja}}
Akyu's Untouched Score
- {{Nihongo|Akyu's Untouched Score vol.1|幺樂団の歴史１|Yōgakudan no Rekishi 1|{{lit.}} "History of Yougakudan 1"; 2006-05-21}}
- {{Nihongo|Akyu's Untouched Score vol.2|幺樂団の歴史２|Yōgakudan no Rekishi 2|{{lit.}} "History of Yougakudan 2"; 2006-12-31}}{{cite web |last1=ZUN (11 December 2006) |title=そりゃ筋肉痛にもなりますよ |url=https://kourindou.exblog.jp/4711626/ |website=Invisible Games and Japanese |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028053159/https://kourindou.exblog.jp/4711626/ |archive-date=28 October 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Nihongo|Akyu's Untouched Score vol.3|幺樂団の歴史３|Yōgakudan no Rekishi 3|{{lit.}} "History of Yougakudan 3"; 2006-12-31}}
- {{Nihongo|Akyu's Untouched Score vol.4|幺樂団の歴史４|Yōgakudan no Rekishi 4|{{lit.}} "History of Yougakudan 4"; 2007-12-31}}{{cite web |last1=ZUN (11 December 2007) |title=大晦日頒布物 |url=https://kourindou.exblog.jp/6928396/ |website=Invisible Games and Japanese |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028054306/https://kourindou.exblog.jp/6928396/ |archive-date=28 October 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Nihongo|Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5|幺樂団の歴史５|Yōgakudan no Rekishi 5|{{lit.}} "History of Yougakudan 5"; 2007-12-31}}
Collaborations with Twilight Frontier
- {{Nihongo|Immaterial and Missing Power OST|幻想曲抜萃|Gensōkyoku Bassui|{{lit.}} "Collection of Illusionary Music"; 2005-08-14}}{{cite web |title=幻想曲抜萃 |url=https://www.tasofro.net/touhou/cd.html |publisher=Twilight Frontier |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109075309/http://tasofro.net/touhou/cd.html |archive-date=9 November 2018 |url-status=live }}
- {{Nihongo|Scarlet Weather Rhapsody OST|全人類ノ天楽録|Zenjinrui no Tengakuroku Tōhō Hisōten|{{lit.}} "Celestial Music Record of All Humankind"; 2008-08-16}}{{cite web |title=全人類ノ天楽録 |url=https://www.tasofro.net/touhou105/cd.html |publisher=Twilight Frontier |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016040517/http://www.tasofro.net/touhou105/cd.html |archive-date=16 October 2018 |url-status=live }}
- {{Nihongo|Touhou Hisoutensoku OST|核熱造神ヒソウテンソク|Kakunetsuzōshin Hisōtensoku|{{lit.}} "Thermonuclear Titan Hisoutensoku"; 2009-12-30}}{{cite web |title=核熱造神ヒソウテンソク |url=https://www.tasofro.net/touhou123/cd.html |publisher=Twilight Frontier |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510055918/http://www.tasofro.net/touhou123/cd.html |archive-date=10 May 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Nihongo|Hopeless Masquerade OST|暗黒能楽集・心綺楼|Ankoku Nōgakushū|{{lit.}} "Dark Noh Collection"; 2013-08-12}}{{cite web |title=暗黒能楽集・心綺楼 東方心綺楼 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK |url=https://www.tasofro.net/touhou135/cd.html |publisher=Twilight Frontier |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028052528/http://www.tasofro.net/touhou135/cd.html |archive-date=28 October 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Nihongo|Urban Legend in Limbo OST|深秘的楽曲集 宇佐見菫子と秘密の部室|Shinpiteki Gakkyokushū ~ Usami Sumireko to Himitsu no Bushitsu|{{lit.}} "A Deeply Mystic Music Collection ~ Sumireko Usami and the Clubroom of Secrets"; 2015-08-14}}{{cite web |title=深秘的楽曲集 宇佐見菫子と秘密の部室 東方深秘録 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK |url=https://www.tasofro.net/touhou145/cd.html |publisher=Twilight Frontier |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523204218/http://www.tasofro.net/touhou145/cd.html |archive-date=23 May 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Nihongo|Urban Legend in Limbo OST 2|深秘的楽曲集・補 東方深秘録初回特典CD|Shinpiteki Gakkyokushū - Ho ~ Tōhō Shinpiroku Shokai Tokuten CD|{{lit.}} "A Deeply Mystic Music Collection Supplement ~ Touhou Shinpiroku First Pressing Special CD"; 2016-12-08}}{{cite web |title=深秘的楽曲集・補（PS4版東方深秘録初回特典CD） |url=https://www.tasofro.net/product.html |publisher=Twilight Frontier |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112024236/http://www.tasofro.net/product.html |archive-date=12 November 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{Nihongo|Antimony of Common Flowers OST|完全憑依ディスコグラフィ|Kanzenhyōi Disukogurafi|{{lit.}} "Perfect Possession Discography"; 2018-05-06}}{{cite web |title=完全憑依ディスコグラフィ 東方憑依華 ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK |url=https://www.tasofro.net/touhou155/cd.html |publisher=Twilight Frontier |accessdate=24 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528014022/https://www.tasofro.net/touhou155/cd.html |archive-date=28 May 2019 |url-status=live }}
Member
{{Infobox person
|name = Jun'ya Ota
|native_name = 太田 順也
|native_name_lang = ja
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|03|18}}
|birth_place = Hakuba, Nagano, Japan
|alma_mater = Tokyo Denki University
|occupation = Game developer, music composer, comic writer
|years_active = 1995–present
|spouse =
|children =
|signature =
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Team Shanghai Alice consists of a single member, ZUN, who serves as the programmer, writer, artist, and composer for the group's productions. His real name is {{nihongo|Jun'ya Ōta|太田 順也|Ōta Jun'ya}}; he picked the pseudonym due to its similarity to his given name.{{cite book|last1=Szczepaniak|first1=John|title=The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers|date=2014|publisher=S.M.G Szczepaniak|isbn=9780992926021|page=236|edition=Gold}} He was born on March 18, 1977, in Hakuba, Nagano, and is well known among fans for his fondness of beer and his penchant for wearing flat caps. He has sometimes playfully referred to himself as the "Hakurei Kannushi" (博麗神主, {{lit.}} "head priest of the Hakurei Shrine").{{cite web |title=@korindo |url=https://twitter.com/korindo |website=Twitter |accessdate=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128000006/https://twitter.com/korindo |archive-date=28 November 2019 |url-status=live }} In 2012, ZUN revealed that he had recently married a programmer, with whom he has 2 children.{{cite news |title=Touhou Project Creator ZUN Gets Married |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-02-29/touhou-project-creator-zun-gets-married |accessdate=16 December 2019 |work=Anime News Network |date=29 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210213629/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-02-29/touhou-project-creator-zun-gets-married |archive-date=10 December 2019 |url-status=live }}
His interest in creating music began in elementary school, when his parents gifted him an Electone as a birthday present.{{cite web |url=http://animeiji.s80.xrea.com/event/easterndawn/report1.html |title=明治大学アニメ・声優研究会ホームページ |access-date=16 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311055603/http://animeiji.s80.xrea.com/event/easterndawn/report1.html |archive-date=11 March 2009 |url-status=dead }} In junior high school, he played the trumpet in a brass band and began composing his own music. In 1995, he began developing a series of bullet hell video games under the name "ZUN Soft" while studying mathematics at Tokyo Denki University. The games, which would become the first five entries in the Touhou Project series, were developed for NEC PC-9800 personal computers and published by Amusement Makers, a student video game development club:{{cite web |title=Amusement Makers(旧)公式サイト |url=http://www.kt.rim.or.jp/~aotaka/am/index.htm |website=AOTAKA.jp |publisher=Amusement Makers |accessdate=16 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104164622/http://www.kt.rim.or.jp/~aotaka/am/index.htm |archive-date=4 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}
- {{Nihongo|Highly Responsive to Prayers|東方靈異伝|Tōhō Reiiden|{{lit.}} "Wondrous Tale", 1997}}
- {{Nihongo|Story of Eastern Wonderland|東方封魔録|Tōhō Fūmaroku|{{lit.}} "Demon-Sealing Record", 1997}}
- {{Nihongo|Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream|東方夢時空|Tōhō Yumejikū|{{lit.}} "Dream Space-Time", 1997}}
- {{Nihongo|Lotus Land Story|東方幻想郷|Tōhō Gensōkyō|{{lit.}} "Fantasy Land", 1998}}
- {{Nihongo|Mystic Square|東方怪綺談|Tōhō Kaikidan|{{lit.}} "Bizarre Romantic Story", 1998}}
After graduating in 1999, ZUN was hired by as a video game programmer by Taito. He is credited in the production of several titles:{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}
- {{ill|International League Soccer|it}} (PlayStation 2, 2000)
- Magic Pengel (PlayStation 2, 2002)
- Bujingai (PlayStation 2, 2003)
- Graffiti Kingdom (PlayStation 2, 2004)
- Exit (PlayStation Portable, 2005)
During this period, he contributed soundtracks to several games developed by his junior classmates in Amusement Makers, notably the {{Nihongo|Seihou Project|西方Project|Seihō Purojekuto|{{lit.}} "Western Project"}}, a series of bullet hell games for Microsoft Windows by Shunsatsu sare do? (瞬殺サレ道？).{{cite web |title=作品紹介 |url=https://ss-do.sakura.ne.jp/#/games |publisher=Shunsatsu sare do? |accessdate=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515031108/https://ss-do.sakura.ne.jp/#/games |archive-date=15 May 2019 |url-status=live }} The series was intended as a counterpart to the Touhou Project, featuring highly similar gameplay as well as cameo appearances by Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, and Yuuka Kazami:
- {{Nihongo|Shuusou Gyoku|秋霜玉||{{lit.}} "Autumn Frost Orb", 2000}} - part of the Seihou Project
- {{Nihongo|Torte Le Magic|トルテルマジック|Torute Ru Majikku|2001}} - a bullet hell game by Pietoro (ぴえとろ) based on the manga {{ill|10 Carat Torte!|ja|天からトルテ!}}{{cite web |url=http://isweb1.infoseek.co.jp/~hoe/program/tortestg/index.html |title=ぴえとろ惑星－トルテルマジック |access-date=16 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011104181357/http://isweb1.infoseek.co.jp/~hoe/program/tortestg/index.html |archive-date=4 November 2001 |url-status=dead }}
- {{Nihongo|Kioh Gyoku|稀翁玉||{{lit.}} "Rare Venerable Orb", 2001}} - part of the Seihou Project
- {{Nihongo|ZUN's Strange Works|その他の作品||{{lit.}} "Other Works", 2000–2001}} - a collection of six MIDI tracks for the Roland SC-88 Pro, including unused music from Shuusou Gyoku{{cite web |title=music_old.html |url=http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/html/music_old.html |publisher=Team Shanghai Alice |accessdate=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918201451/http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/html/music_old.html |archive-date=18 September 2019 |url-status=live }}
In 2007, he left his job at Taito to focus on the development of the Touhou Project.{{cite news |title=ZUNさん退職！ ニコニコでのブーム、「ゆっくり」ってなんなの？ そして「東方警察」について 【第8回】 |url=https://touhougarakuta.com/interview/specialtaidan_zun_hiroyuki_8/ |accessdate=16 December 2019 |work=Strange Articles of the Outer World |date=11 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216014331/https://touhougarakuta.com/interview/specialtaidan_zun_hiroyuki_8/ |archive-date=16 December 2019 |url-status=live }} Later that year, ZUN provided programming for {{nihongo|Uwabami Breakers|黄昏酒場|Tasogare Sakaba|{{lit.}} "Twilight Bar Room"}}, a beer-themed bullet hell game published by {{nihongo|"The Drinking Party"|呑んべぇ会|Nonbe-ekai}}.{{cite web |title=黄昏酒場～Uwabami Breakers～ |url=http://alcostg.amatukami.com/ |publisher=The Drinking Party |accessdate=16 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828192518/http://alcostg.amatukami.com/ |archive-date=28 August 2019 |url-status=live }} The game uses the same engine as Mountain of Faith and shares many similar gameplay features, including a "Beer Gauge" that increases shot power based on damage dealt.
In addition to the Touhou Project games, ZUN has provided writing for several official Touhou Project print works, produced in collaboration with various illustrators and publishers:
- {{Nihongo|Curiosities of Lotus Asia|東方香霖堂|Tōhō Kōrindō|{{lit.}} "Fragrant Rain Temple", 2004–2007, 2015–present}}
- {{Nihongo|Touhou Sangetsusei|東方三月精||{{lit.}} "Three Fairies"}}, which consists of:
- Eastern and Little Nature Deity (2005–2006)
- Strange and Bright Nature Deity (2006–2009)
- Oriental Sacred Place (2009–2012)
- Visionary Fairies in Shrine (2016–2019)
- {{Nihongo|Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red|東方文花帖|Tōhō Bunkachō|{{lit.}} "Word Flower Album", 2005}}
- {{Nihongo|Seasonal Dream Vision|東方紫香花|Tōhō Shikōbana|{{lit.}} "Incense of Violet Flowers", 2005}}
- {{Nihongo|Perfect Memento in Strict Sense|東方求聞史紀|Tōhō Gumonshiki|{{lit.}} "Gumon Histories", 2006}}
- {{Nihongo|Touhou Bougetsushou|東方儚月抄||{{lit.}} "Ephemeral Moon Vignette"}}, which consists of:
- Silent Sinner in Blue (2007–2009)
- Cage in Lunatic Runagate (2007–2009)
- {{Nihongo|Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth|月のイナバと地上の因幡|Tsuki no Inaba to Chijō no Inaba|2007–2012}}
- {{Nihongo|The Grimoire of Marisa|グリモワール オブ マリサ|Gurimowaru obu Marisa|2009}}
- {{Nihongo|Wild and Horned Hermit|東方茨歌仙|Tōhō Ibarakasen|{{lit.}} "Rose Poem Hermit, 2010–2019}}
- {{Nihongo|Symposium of Post-mysticism|東方求聞口授|Tōhō Gumon Kuju|{{lit.}} "Gumon Oral Teachings", 2012}}
- {{Nihongo|Forbidden Scrollery|東方鈴奈庵|Tōhō Suzunaan|{{lit.}} "Bell Hermitage", 2012–2017}}
- {{Nihongo|Strange Creators of Outer World|東方外來韋編|Tōhō Gairai Ihen|{{lit.}} "Tomes of External Origins", 2015–present}}
- {{Nihongo|Alternative Facts in Eastern Utopia|東方文果真報|Tōhō Bunka Shinpō|{{lit.}} "Word's End True Report", 2017}}
- {{Nihongo|The Grimoire of Usami|秘封倶楽部異界撮影記録|Hifū Kurabu Ikai Satsuei Kiroku|{{lit.}} "Secret Sealing Club's Otherworld Photography Record", 2019}}
- {{Nihongo|Cheating Detective Satori|<東方智霊奇伝> 反則探偵さとり|
Hansoku Tantei Satori|{{lit.}} "Strange Legend of Wise Spirits", 2019–present}} - {{Nihongo|Lotus Eaters|東方酔蝶華 ～ ロータスイーター達の酔醒|Tōhō Suichōka ~ Rōtasuītā-tachi no Suisei|{{lit.}} "Drunken Butterfly Flower ~ Drunkening and Sobering of Lotus-Eaters", 2019–present}}
The releases of Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red, Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, Strange Creators of Outer World Volume 2, and The Grimoire of Marisa were accompanied by bonus CDs containing arrangements and compositions by ZUN. Additional CDs were included with several tankōbon releases of official manga: Eastern and Little Nature Deity (2007), Strange and Bright Nature Deity (2008, 2009, 2009), Silent Sinner in Blue (2008), Oriental Sacred Place (2010, 2011, 2012), and Forbidden Scrollery (2016).
Rarely, ZUN has collaborated in the production of unofficial Touhou works, creating tracks for two fangames and four dōjin albums:
- {{nihongo|Cradle|東方幻樂祀典|Tōhō Gengaku Shiten|{{lit.}} "Fantasy Musical Festival", 2004}} - album by sound sepher
- {{nihongo|Seasonal Dream Vision|東方紫香花|Tōhō Shikōbana|{{lit.}} "Incense of Violet Flowers", 2005}} - compilation album by Comic Toranoana, included with Seasonal Dream Vision fanbook
- {{nihongo|Magus in Mystic Geometries|神魔討綺伝|Shinma Tōki Den|{{lit.}} "Legend of God-Devil", 2008}} - shoot 'em up game by D.N.A.Softwares
- {{nihongo|Touhou Unreal Mahjong|東方幻想麻雀|Tōhō Gensō Mājan|2009}} - mahjong game by D.N.A.Softwares
- {{nihongo|Touhou Unreal Mahjong OST|東方幻想麻雀オリジナルサウンドトラック|Tōhō Gensō Mājan Orijinaru Saundo Torakku|2009}} - album by Disaster and D.N.A.Softwares
- {{nihongo|8BIT MUSIC POWER FINAL|8ビットミュージックパワーファイナル|8-Bitto Myūjikku Pawā Fainaru|2017}} - album by Columbus Circle
Since December 2009, ZUN has written the monthly column {{nihongo|"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|Hakurei Kannushi no Gēmu ga Saki ka o Sake ga Saki ka?}}, in which he discusses his favorite locations for food and beer, his daily life, game development, and topics related to the Touhou Project. The columns are often accompanied by photos and/or guest artist illustrations; it was serialized in Comptiq magazine until July 2013, and in Comp Ace since September 2013.
References
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External links
- [http://www16.big.or.jp/~zun/ Team Shanghai Alice - official website] {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://kourindou.exblog.jp/ Invisible Games and Japanese - ZUN's blog] {{in lang|ja}}
- [https://twitter.com/korindo @korindo - ZUN's Twitter account] {{in lang|ja}}
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