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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 full-time daddy 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 "Broken Moon" and many other songs from the fighting games.
@u2akiD.N.A.: Leader of the doujin game developer D.N.A. Softwares (Touhou Unreal Mahjong).
@dnasoftwaresRuw: Member of D.N.A. Softwares. Helps ZUN and Tasofro with business and legal matters. Can drink as much as ZUN.
tbn: Doujin game designer who often helps ZUN manage booths at conventions.
@tbnHeppoko: One half of the doujin game circle Eikyuu Loop (TWilight refrAIN, TWilight INSanity, etc) until 2013, he is making games entirely on his own now. Works in the game industry by day.
@heppokoGame industry connectionsTanzawa 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 titles such as Chulip 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.
@okonyogiAzuma Aya: Touhou fan artist, and artist of
Touhou Ibarakasen ~ Wild and Horned Hermit (published by Ichijinsha).
@a_to_zHarukawa Moe: Artist of
Touhou Suzunaan ~ Forbidden Scrollery (published by Kadokawa). Still in college.
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Original first update:
With very little warning, ZUN declared on Twitter he was going to Taiwan, and he has already arrived in Taipei a few hours ago.
You can even catch a live broadcast from his hotel (it's 11:47 PM in Taiwan at this moment):
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv126520307Possible related events include a Taiwan anime con TCA 2013, and the Taiwanese edition of PMiSS and SoPM, to be released today. But who knows what he's cooking now!?