(copied from en.touhouwiki.net)
Jun'ya Ōta (太田順也 Oota Jun'ya), pen-name ZUN, is the sole known member of Team Shanghai Alice and is the designer, programmer, script writer, and composer of Touhou Project. He's seen to be rather reclusive, and it's known that he's very fond of beer. He was formerly employed by Taito Corporation and was involved in the production of various Taito titles as a programmer.