Shin Kanaoya

Shin (abbreviation of Shintaro) Kanaoya is a videogame professional who has worked on numerous titles, including Dungeon Keeper, Dungeon Keeper 2, Syndicate Wars, Net Fighter and others.

As well as being a Franchise Marketing Manager for Electronic Arts, he is rumoured to be a member of 'The Thread', alleged to be a long-standing group of email correspondents all of whom are said to wield significant power within the videogames industry. Its existence, however, has never been confirmed.