A thread for discussing minor status updates about ZUN and Touhou, the second take.
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Names to know* Name order is family name first, given name second. Unless noted, all names are pseudonyms. *
Hakurei Kannushi and familyZUN: Sole member of Shanghai Alice Gengakudan (Shanghai Alice Fantasy Ensemble, English name: Team Shanghai Alice). Former employee at Taito. Making Touhou full-time since 2007, being a daddy full-time since 2014.
@korindoki-san: ZUN's wife and former co-worker. Game programmer. Loves frogs. Also loves drinking.
Doujin game-making friendsUnabara Iruka: Leader and designer of the doujin game developer Twilight Frontier (Tasofro for short), developer of Touhou fighting games. The pseudonym means "Ocean Dolphin".
@unabaraAkiyama Uni: a.k.a. U2, composer at Twilight Frontier. Wrote many beloved songs in the fighting games.
@u2akiD.N.A.: Real name: Ezaki Nozomu. Leader of the doujin game developer D.N.A. Softwares (Touhou Unreal Mahjong), he started the indie game event Digital Game Expo, and is now heading "Play,Doujin!", a programme to publish doujin games on PlayStation consoles.
@dnasoftwaresRuw: Member of D.N.A. Softwares. Helps ZUN and Tasofro with business and legal matters. Can drink as much as ZUN.
@Ruwtbn: Member of the doujin game circle Daisessen, who often helps ZUN manage booths at conventions.
@tbn_Heppoko: One half of the doujin game circle Eikyuu Loop (TWilight refrAIN, TWilight INSanity) until 2013, he is making games entirely on his own now. Works in the game industry by day.
@heppokoMurasame Aeju: The OTHER famous one-man doujin game maker who does nearly everything by himself, under the name of Platine Dispositif. The titles currently localized into English (Gundemonium trilogy and Bunny Must Die) represent only a small part of his highly varied portfolio.
@_murasameGame industry friendsTanzawa Yūichi (real name): ZUN's former co-worker, now a game designer at Square Enix. Main member of the PoriPori Club web broadcast.
@TANTAN_U1Kimura Yoshirō (real name): Legendary game designer known for creating cult classics such as Moon: Remix Adventure, Chulip, Rule of Rose, and Little King Story. Main member of PoriPori Club.
@yoshiro_kimuraPrint work-relatedOkonogi Tetsurō (real name): Editor of several Touhou print works at the publisher Ichijinsha until his resignation in July 2014. Hosts ZUN's monthly web broadcast "Radio Begins from the Second Pub" (Nikenme Radio). Has cameo appearances in the When They Cry franchise.
@_nyogiAzuma Aya: Touhou fan artist, also artist of
Touhou Ibarakasen ~ Wild and Horned Hermit (published by Ichijinsha). Graduated from college in 2014.
@a_to_zHarukawa Moe: Artist of
Touhou Suzunaan ~ Forbidden Scrollery (published by Kadokawa). Still in college.