ZUN (video game developer)

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Jun'ya Ōta
太田 順也
ZUN in 2016
Born	(1977-03-18) March 18, 1977 (age 47) Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Other names	ZUN, Hakurei Kannushi
Occupation(s)	Video game developer, writer, composer
Notable work	Touhou Project
Children	2

Jun'ya Ōta (太田 順也, Ōta Jun'ya), known by his pseudonym ZUN, is a Japanese composer and video game developer notable for developing and self-publishing the Touhou Project video game series through the dojin group Team Shanghai Alice, of which he is the only member.

In 2010, the Guinness World Records called the Touhou Project "the most prolific fan-based shooter series" ever created.^[1] ZUN is also known as the Hakurei Kannushi (博麗神主),^[2] which is also the name he uses for his Twitter account.