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This page lists all first-party Touhou Project-related releases, news, and events. Note that this is not a timeline of chronology of when events happen in canon; see Gensokyo Timeline for that.

There is a more up to date version of this page on the Japanese wiki.

2001 and Prior

Date Type Event
1996/11/03 or 04 Exhibit Highly Responsive to Prayers first displayed (20th Hatoyama Festival)
1997/08/15 Game Highly Responsive to Prayers and Story of Eastern Wonderland released (Comiket 52)
1997/12/29 Game Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream released (Comiket 53)
1998/08/14 Game Lotus Land Story released (Comiket 54)
1998/--/-- Touhou is featured in GameLab
1998/11/05 Exhibit Shuusou Gyoku Prototype ("Gian Project") first displayed (22th Hatoyama Festival)
1998/12/30 Game Mystic Square released (Comiket 55)
1999/03/-- ZUN graduates college, joins Taito Corporation
1999/11/05 Exhibit Shuusou Gyoku (Shuusou Gyoku '99) displayed (23rd Hatoyama Festival)
1999/12/08 Touhou Fantasy Space "Hakurei Shrine" (the old name of the official website) is opened
2000/08/12 Trial Shuusou Gyoku trial released (Comiket 58)
2000/12/30 Game Shuusou Gyoku final version released (Comiket 59)
2001/05/04 Game Torte Le Magic Ver. 1.00 released
2001/08/08 September issue of TechWin DVD ships with Shuusou Gyoku trial
2001/08/10 Trial Kioh Gyoku trial released (Comiket 60)
2001/12/30 Game Kioh Gyoku final version released (Comiket 61)

2002

Date Type Event
2002/03/20 Taito Graffiti Kingdom (PS2) released
2002/05/-- A CD release of the first five Touhou games added to distribution via mail order
2002/06/10 Trial Embodiment of Scarlet Devil trials released periodically
2002/07/18 Site name changed to Team Shanghai Alice
2002/07/29 September issue of DOS/V POWER REPORT ships with Embodiment of Scarlet Devil trial version 0.08+
2002/08/11 Game Embodiment of Scarlet Devil released (Comiket 62)
2002/08/11 Music Dolls in Pseudo Paradise (C62 version) released (Comiket 62)
2002/09/05 Watanabe Workshop (now known as French Bread) introduces Touhou in the banner of the website
2002/09/19 Distribution of the first five Touhou games ends
2002/12/30 Event Comiket 63 (Day 3: one Touhou derivative circle in attendance)
2002/12/30 Trial Perfect Cherry Blossom trial released (Comiket 63)
2002/12/30 Music Dolls in Pseudo Paradise (Popular Version) released (Comiket 63)

2003

Date Type Event
2003/01/06 Touhou Shofu (ZUN's old diary/blog) opened
2003/01/26 Trial Perfect Cherry Blossom web trial released
2003/02/13 - 04/16 1st Touhou Popularity Contest
2003/08/02 Colorful PUREGIRL's September issue contains 1-page interview with ZUN
2003/08/15 - 17 Event Comiket 64 (Day 3: 12 Touhou derivative circles in attendance)
2003/08/17 Game Perfect Cherry Blossom released (Comiket 64)
2003/09/14 - 09/27 2nd Touhou Popularity Contest
2003/10/17 - 11/15 1st Touhou Saimoe Tournament
2003/12/04 Curiosities of Lotus Asia announced in Colorful PUREGIRL's January issue
2003/12/28 - 30 Event Comiket 65 (Day 3: 39 Touhou derivative circles in attendance)
2003/12/30 Music Ghostly Field Club released (Comiket 65)
2003/12/30 Imperishable Night announced[1] (Comiket 65)
2003/12/30 ZUN submits a guest contribution for TINAMI's collaborative work, "Fey, Scarlet Caprice"

2004

Date Type Event
2004/01/05 Book Chapter 1 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Colorful PUREGIRL, February issue
2004/02/03 Book Chapter 2 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Colorful PUREGIRL, March issue
2004/03/02 ZUN's E-mails
2004/03/03 Book Chapter 3 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Colorful PUREGIRL, April issue
2004/04/03 Book Chapter 4 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Colorful PUREGIRL, May issue
2004/04/18 Event Reitaisai 1 (114 participating circles)
2004/05/01 Book Chapter 5 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Colorful PUREGIRL, June issue
2004/05/14 Trial Imperishable Night web trial released
2004/05/16 - 29 EX Touhou Popularity Contest
2004/06/03 Book Chapter 6 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Colorful PUREGIRL, July issue
2004/06/20 ZUN submits a guest contribution for "Hakurei Festival Records"
2004/07/03 Book Chapter 7 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Colorful PUREGIRL, August issue
2004/08/03 Book Chapter 8 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Colorful PUREGIRL, September issue
2004/08/13 - 15 Event Comiket 66
2004/08/15 Game Imperishable Night released
2004/08/15 Trial Immaterial and Missing Power trial released
2004/08/15 ZUN's guest participation in a doujin album "Cradle - 東方幻樂祀典"
2004/08/15 ZUN submits a guest contribution for TINAMI's collaborative work, "Fey, Scarlet Caprice 2"
2004/09/03 Book Chapter 9 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Colorful PUREGIRL, October issue
2004/10/17 - 23 3rd Touhou Popularity Contest
2004/10/29 Book Chapter 10 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Magazine Elfics vol. 001
2004/10/30 Meiji University talkshow "Dawn of Touhou"
2004/12/17 Book Chapter 11 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Magazine Elfics vol. 002
2004/12/29 - 30 Event Comiket 67
2004/12/30 Game Immaterial and Missing Power released
2004/12/30 Music Changeability of Strange Dream released
2004/12/30 ZUN submits a guest contribution for "Hakurei Festival Records - Flower Spelling"
2004/12/30 Book Chapter 12 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Reikyo Shii 2

2005

Date Type Event
2005/02/25 Book Chapter 13 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Magazine Elfics vol. 003
2005/03/10 Eastern and Little Nature Deity announced in Comptiq's April issue
2005/03/26 Book Chapter 0 of Eastern and Little Nature Deity published in Comp Ace vol. 01
2005/04/26 Book Chapter 14 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Magazine Elfics vol. 004
2005/05/?? 2nd Touhou Saimoe Tournament
2005/05/04 Event Reitaisai 2
2005/06/12 Trial Phantasmagoria of Flower View trial released
2005/06/25 Book Chapter 1 of Eastern and Little Nature Deity published in Comp Ace vol. 02
2005/08/05 Book Chapter 15 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Magazine Elfics vol. 005
2005/08/11 Book Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red released
2005/08/11 - 13 Event Comiket 68
2005/08/13 Game Phantasmagoria of Flower View released
2005/08/13 Music Immaterial and Missing Power OST released
2005/09/26 Book Chapter 2 of Eastern and Little Nature Deity published in Comp Ace vol. 03
2005/10/01 Book Seasonal Dream Vision released
2005/10/05 Book Chapter 16 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Magazine Elfics vol. 006
2005/11/26 Book Chapter 3 of Eastern and Little Nature Deity published in Comp Ace vol. 04
2005/12/16 Book Chapter 17 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Elnavi
2005/12/18 - 24 4th Touhou Popularity Contest
2005/12/29 - 31 Event Comiket 69
2005/12/30 Game Shoot the Bullet released

2006

Date Type Event
2006/05/21 Event Reitaisai 3
2006/05/21 Music Retrospective 53 minutes released
2006/05/21 Music Akyu's Untouched Score vol.1 released
2006/05/26 - 2009/01/26 Book Strange and Bright Nature Deity published in MediaMix Game Magazine.
2006/06 1st Touhou Seimoe Tournament (hosted by Seventh Holy Scripture; later canceled due to huge amounts of cheating)
2006/06/26 - 2007/10/26 Book Chapters 19 - 27 of Curiosities of Lotus Asia published in Dengeki Moeou
2006/07/09 - 15 SP Touhou Popularity Contest (spellcards only)
2006/08/11 - 13 Event Comiket 70
2006/08/13 Music Magical Astronomy released
2006/11/27 Book Memorizable Gensokyo published in December 2006 issue of Comic REX.
2006/12/27 Book Perfect Memento in Strict Sense released
2006/12/29 - 31 Event Comiket 71
2006/12/31 Music Akyu's Untouched Score vol.2 released
2006/12/31 Music Akyu's Untouched Score vol.3 released

2007

Date Type Event
2007/01/26 Book Eastern and Little Nature Deity tankobon released
2007/05/20 Trial Mountain of Faith trial ver. 0.01a released
2007/05/20 Event Reitaisai 4
2007/06/08 - 2009/04/09 Book Silent Sinner in Blue published in Comic REX.
2007/06/22 - 2009/11/22 Book Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth published in Manga 4koma Kings Palette.
2007/06/25 - 2009/06/25 Book Cage in Lunatic Runagate published in Chara☆Mel‎.
2007/07/26 Trial Mountain of Faith trial ver. 0.02a released
2007/08/17 - 19 Event Comiket 72
2007/08/17 Game Mountain of Faith released
2007/10 2nd Touhou Seimoe Tournament
2007/12/29 - 31 Event Comiket 73
2007/12/31 Music Akyu's Untouched Score vol.4 released
2007/12/31 Music Akyu's Untouched Score vol.5 released

2008

Date Type Event
2008/01/26 Book Strange and Bright Nature Deity tankobon 1 released
2008/02/10 - 16 5th Touhou Popularity Contest
2008/04/09 Book Silent Sinner in Blue tankobon 1 released
2008/04/28 Trial Scarlet Weather Rhapsody trial released
2008/05/25 Event Reitaisai 5
2008/05/25 Game Scarlet Weather Rhapsody released
2008/05/25 Trial Subterranean Animism trial ver. 0.01a released
2008/06/29 Trial Subterranean Animism trial ver. 0.02a released
2008/07/20 Trial Subterranean Animism trial ver. 0.02b released
2008/08/13 - 15 Event Comiket 74
2008/08/15 Game Subterranean Animism released
2008/08/15 Music Scarlet Weather Rhapsody OST released
2008/12/09 Book Silent Sinner in Blue tankobon 2 released
2008/12/28 - 30 Event Comiket 75

2009

Date Type Event
2009/01/18 - 24 6th Touhou Popularity Contest
2009/02/18 Book Strange and Bright Nature Deity tankobon 2 released
2009/03/08 Event Reitaisai 6
2009/03/08 Trial Undefined Fantastic Object trial ver. 0.01 released
2009/05/26 - 2012/02/25 Book Oriental Sacred Place published in CompAce.
2009/07/28 Book The Grimoire of Marisa released
2009/08/14 - 16 Event Comiket 76
2009/08/15 Game Undefined Fantastic Object released
2009/08/15 Game Touhou Hisoutensoku released
2009/08/22 Book Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth tankobon 1 released
2009/08/28 Book Strange and Bright Nature Deity tankobon 3 released
2009/10/10 Book Silent Sinner in Blue tankobon 3 released
2009/12/25 Book Cage in Lunatic Runagate tankobon released
2009/12/29 - 31 Event Comiket 77
2009/12/30 Music Touhou Hisoutensoku OST released

2010

Date Type Event
2010/02/07 - 13 7th Touhou Popularity Contest
2010/03/14 Event Reitaisai 7
2010/03/14 Game Double Spoiler released
2010/03/20 Book Oriental Sacred Place tankobon 1 released
2010/07/22 Book Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth tankobon 2 released
2010/07/24 - 2019/06/14 Book Wild and Horned Hermit published in Chara☆Mel Febri
2010/08/13 - 15 Event Comiket 78
2010/08/14 Game Fairy Wars released
2010/09/19 Event Reitaisai SP
2010/09/30 Book Curiosities of Lotus Asia compilation released by ASCII Media Works
2010/12/29 - 31 Event Comiket 79

2011

Date Type Event
2011/02/13 - 19 8th Touhou Popularity Contest
2011/03/13 Event Air Reitaisai 8 held online (Reitaisai 8 was postponed because of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11)
2011/03/26 Book Oriental Sacred Place tankobon 2 released
2011/04/15 Trial Ten Desires web trial ver. 0.01a released
2011/05/08 Event Reitaisai 8
2011/05/08 Music Unknown Flower, Mesmerizing Journey released
2011/06/27 Book Wild and Horned Hermit tankobon 1 released
2011/08/12 - 14 Event Comiket 80
2011/08/13 Game Ten Desires released
2011/09/11 Event Reitaisai SP2
2011/11/16 - 2012/01/23 3rd Touhou Seimoe Tournament (hosted by Suzuran)
2011/12/29 - 31 Event Comiket 81

2012

Date Type Event
2012/02/19 - 26 9th Touhou Popularity Contest
2012/02/29 ZUN announces his marriage (ceremony to be held on May 27)
2012/03/26 Book Oriental Sacred Place tankobon 3 released
2012/03/27 Book Wild and Horned Hermit tankobon 2 released
2012/04/27 Book Symposium of Post-mysticism released
2012/04/30 Event COMIC1☆6
2012/04/30 Music Trojan Green Asteroid released
2012/05/27 Event Reitaisai 9
2012/08/10 - 12 Event Comiket 82
2012/10/26 - 2017/7/26 Book Forbidden Scrollery published in CompAce
2012/12/29 - 31 Event Comiket 83
2012/12/30 Trial Hopeless Masquerade trial released

2013

Date Type Event
2013/03/26 Book Forbidden Scrollery tankobon 1 released
2013/05/26 Event Reitaisai 10
2013/05/26 Game Hopeless Masquerade released
2013/05/26 Trial Double Dealing Character trial ver. 0.01a released
2013/07/27 Book Wild and Horned Hermit tankobon 3 released
2013/08/10 - 12 Event Comiket 84
2013/08/12 Game Double Dealing Character released
2013/08/12 Music Hopeless Masquerade OST released

2014

Date Type Event
2014/05/11 Game Impossible Spell Card released
2014/12/29 Trial Urban Legend in Limbo trial released

2015

Date Type Event
2015/05/03 Trial Urban Legend in Limbo web trial released
2015/05/10 Game Urban Legend in Limbo released
2015/05/10 Trial Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom trial released
2015/07/31 Trial Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom web trial released
2015/08/14 Game Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom released

2016

Date Type Event

2017

Date Type Event
2017/05/07 Trial Antinomy of Common Flowers 1st trial released
2017/05/07 Trial Hidden Star in Four Seasons trial released
2017/08/11 Game Hidden Star in Four Seasons released
2017/10/15 Trial Antinomy of Common Flowers 2nd trial released
2017/11/17 Game Hidden Star in Four Seasons released on steam
2017/12/29 Game Antinomy of Common Flowers released

2018

Date Type Event
2018/08/10 Game Violet Detector released

2019

Date Type Event
2019/05/05 Trial Wily Beast and Weakest Creature trial released
2019/08/12 Game Wily Beast and Weakest Creature released
2019/10/06 Trial Touhou Gouyoku Ibun 1st trial released
2019/12/31 Trial Touhou Gouyoku Ibun 2nd trial released

2020

Date Type Event

2021

Date Type Event
2021/03/21 Trial Unconnected Marketeers trial released
2021/05/04 Game Unconnected Marketeers released
2021/10/24 Game Touhou Gouyoku Ibun released

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