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Gackt

October 25, 2023

Gakuto Oshiro (大城 ガクト, Ōshiro Gakuto, born July 4, 1973),[nb 1][8] better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt (stylized in all caps),[nb 2] is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.

Gackt
Gackt at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2015
Background information
Birth nameGakuto Oshiro (大城 ガクト, Ōshiro Gakuto)
Also known asGackt Camui (神威 楽斗, Kamui Gakuto)
Born (1973-07-04) July 4, 1973 (age 50)
Okinawa, Japan
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • actor
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
  • drums
Years active1993–present
Labels
Formerly of
Websitegackt.com

Born in Okinawa, Japan, to a Ryukyuan family, Gackt learned the piano at a young age and was raised on classical music and enka before becoming interested in rock music while attending high school. He has been active since 1993, first as the frontman of the short-lived independent band Cains:Feel, and then for the now-defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer, before starting his solo career in 1999. He has released nine studio albums and, with forty-eight singles released, holds the male soloist record for most top ten consecutive singles in Japanese music history.[12] His single "Returner (Yami no Shūen)", released on June 20, 2007, was his first and only single to reach the number one spot on the Oricon charts.[13] As a solo artist, Gackt has sold over 10 million records.[14]

Besides being established in the modern entertainment industry, Gackt's music has been used as theme songs for video games (Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII), anime films (New Fist of the North Star and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam) and television series (Kamen Rider Decade). In addition to his music career, Gackt has acted in a few films (Fly Me to the Saitama), including a film he wrote, Moon Child, his international debut Bunraku, and TV series such as the NHK drama Fūrin Kazan. He also performed live in theatre stage plays, one duology of which was written, composed, and directed by him: Moon Saga: Mysteries of Yoshitsune I & II. He has performed classical arrangements of his songs twice with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. He also provided the voice samples for Internet Co., Ltd.'s first Vocaloid, Gackpoid.

Early life Edit

Gackt was born on July 4, 1973, as the second of three children in a Ryukyuan family,[15] in Okinawa, Japan.[15][16] His father was a music teacher, who primarily played the trumpet, and his mother was also a teacher. Gackt has an older sister and a younger brother.[15] Because of his father's job, he lived in many different cities in addition to Okinawa: Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, Shiga, Osaka, and Kyoto.[15] He studied in the Moriyama high school in Shiga, and was enrolled in the Kyoto Gakuen University.[17]

Gackt's musical education began at age three when his parents initiated his classical piano education. At age seven, continuing his classical piano education became more difficult because of time spent at elementary school and the repeated change of instructors due to relocating from city to city. It would take another four years until his parents allowed him to quit lessons. However, after losing a piano competition to a boy he met in the middle school, Gackt voluntarily returned to his piano studies, even writing orchestral scores.[18] He has credited the classical pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin with being "the one who taught me the beauty, depth, fun, sadness, the kindness of music; that music could grant people courage, and the meaning of the layers of sound. It isn't an exaggeration to say Chopin is the foundation of my music".[19] Since his father played the trumpet, Gackt is also familiar with brass instruments.[15] Having only listened to classical music and enka while growing up, he did not become interested in rock music until high school, and went on to master modern percussion. He was initially reluctant to join amateur rock bands because he considered their playing quality below average, compared to his experience while playing in an orchestra. However, the excitement and response from audiences convinced him to continue performing in those amateur bands.[15]

Music career Edit

1993–1998: First musical efforts and Malice Mizer Edit

Main article: Malice Mizer

In the early 1990s, Gackt was working as a host and dealer in a casino, while also being an assistant drummer for an amateur band. At the time he wanted to become more serious about his music activity but had a negative perspective on life. While at the casino, he met a businessman who inspired him to find a purpose in life, that being music.[15][18] About a year later he left the band and he found himself working multiple jobs, among them as a sound technician at a studio where he could practice drums.[15][17] When Gackt was twenty-years old, he met guitarist You Kurosaki, his future solo career support guitarist, at a music live house in Kyoto. They formed the band, Cains:Feel, whose name had biblical reference to the story of Cain and Abel.[15] The group lacked a vocalist, so Gackt became the frontman, and the band went to record a demo tape before disbanding.[15]

In 1995, he was introduced to the visual kei band Malice Mizer which was on hiatus due to the departure of their frontman Tetsu. Gackt moved to Tokyo and joined them in October 1995.[15][17] As their vocalist, pianist and primary lyricist, he also contributed two songs in their catalog, "Regret" and "Le Ciel", the latter being their most successful single as a band.[20][21] During this time, the band's fame soared; and, after four years and two studio albums, in January 1999, it was officially announced that he left the band.[17] According to his autobiography, the members' differences, the sudden income of money, and his isolation from the band led to his departure.[15] Mana said he contacted Gackt in regards to him participating in the band's 25th anniversary concerts in September 2018, but the singer declined.[22]

1999–2001: Solo debut, Mizérable, Mars, and Rebirth Edit

Gackt launched his solo career on January 1, 1999. After completing his recordings, his first gig as a solo artist was the 99 Gackt Resurrection tour held in 11 locations across Japan.[23] It was followed on May 12 with his debut release, the extended play Mizérable, released by Nippon Crown. The album peaked at number two, spending 12 weeks on the Oricon charts.[24] It spanned the same-titled single "Mizérable", which peaked at number three, spending nine weeks on the charts.[25] The album showcases Gackt's "talent for orchestration, blending classical elements into the rock genre", indicating his future style which "ranges from romantically classical to experimental and unfolding progressive rock".[26] In July, he performed at Shock Wave Illusion in Osaka and Tokyo.[23] On August 11, Gackt released his second single, "Vanilla". It peaked at number four, spent 10 weeks on the charts, and enjoyed considerable success.[25] It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).[27]

In 2000, on February 9 and 16, the third and fourth singles were released, "Mirror" and "Oasis". They peaked at number nine and number seven, respectively, and both spent six weeks on the charts.[25] His fifth single was released on March 8, "Seki-Ray", which peaked at number seven, charting for six weeks.[25] At the beginning of the year, Gackt was joined by support guitarist and associate producer Chachamaru. For Caparison Guitars, Gackt designed two guitars, named "Marcury" and "Venus", which he occasionally uses in his live performances.[28] On April 26, his first full-length studio album, Mars, was released. It peaked at number three, spent five weeks on the charts,[24] and was certified gold by RIAJ.[29] The following day Gackt went on a nationwide tour Mars Sora Kara no Homonsha -Kaisō-, which included 16 concerts, and on July 1, he performed the final concert at Yokohama Arena.[23] On August 30, the sixth single, "Saikai (Story)", was released. It peaked at number seven, spending six weeks on the charts.[25] The seventh single, "Secret Garden", was released on November 16; it reached number ten, and charted for five weeks.[25] On December 16, 2000, Gackt released the first in the series of Platinum Boxes.[23]

 
"Jūnigatsu no Love Song"
A 30-second sample of "Jūnigatsu no Love Song", a Christmas love song. It was later recorded in English, Korean and Chinese language.
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In 2001, on March 14, Gackt released his eighth single, "Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru Koto", which peaked at number six, and charted for 18 weeks, Gackt's longest-charted single until 2009.[25] On April 25, the second studio album, Rebirth was released. It was Gackt's first concept album, conceived around a fictional narrative during the time of World War II, named "Requiem et Reminiscence". The album includes previously released singles "Seki-Ray" and "Secret Garden". It peaked at number three, spent 21 weeks on the charts.[24] On May 3, Gackt went on the Requiem et Reminiscence tour, which included 18 concerts at fourteen venues.[23] The final concert was held on June 23 at the Yokohama Arena.[23] His ninth single, "Another World" was released on September 5. It was Gackt's first single to reach number two spot on the charts, spent 17 weeks on them,[25] and managed to sell over two hundred and fifty thousand copies.[30] After the events of September 11th, 2001, in New York, Gackt wrote a song for a world peace.[31] It was released December 2001 as a single, "Jūnigatsu no Love Song". It peaked at number five and charted for nine weeks.[25] From 2001 to 2004, the single was recorded in Japanese, English, Korean, and Chinese, which were all released before Christmas. On New Year's Eve, Gackt performed "Another World" for the first time at the annual music show, the 52nd Kōhaku Uta Gassen.[32]

2002–2003: Moon, the film Moon Child, and Crescent Edit

In the second half of 2001, during the release of "Another World", Gackt started his second concept, project "Moon Saga". In 2002, on April 24, he released his eleventh single "Wasurenai Kara". It peaked at number four, spending five weeks on the charts.[25] On June 6, Gackt went on the nationwide live house tour which represented his new concept and included nine concerts at eight venues. The final concert was held on July 10, at Zepp Sendai.[23] On June 16, the third studio concept album Moon was released. It is Gackt's best-selling album, reached number two on the charts, and was certified gold by RIAJ.[33] On September 22, 2002, at the Beijing Worker's Gymnasium, in China, a large musical event "China-Japan: Holding Hands, Moving Together" was held as part of "Japan-China Diplomatic Relations Normalization 30th Anniversary Commemoration", and Gackt was among the handful who represented his homeland.[23] On October 14, he continued the concept with the nationwide tour Kagen no Tsuki (下弦の月, The Waning Moon), which included 22 concerts among fifteen venues.[23] The final concert was held on December 24, at the Yokohama Arena. On New Year's Eve, Gackt performed "Jūnigatsu no Love Song" at the 53rd Kōhaku Uta Gassen.[34]

In 2003, Gackt worked on his film, Moon Child. He co-wrote the script and did his own action scenes on location in Taiwan.[35] In collaboration with co-star Hyde, he also sang the film's theme song "Orange no Taiyō" (オレンジの太陽, Orenji no Taiyō, "The Orange Sun"). The film was released on April 19 in Japan and screened on May 13 at the Cannes Film Festival and on April 12, 2004, at Philadelphia Film Festival.[36] On March 19, his thirteenth single, "Kimi ga Oikaketa Yume", was released, which is the second of five to reach number two on the charts, spending 10 weeks on them.[25] It was certified gold by RIAJ.[37] On May 4 the nationwide tour Jōgen no Tsuki (上弦の月, The Waxing Moon) was launched, continuing the concept of the previous one, and included 13 concerts at eight venues.[23] On June 11, the fourteenth single, "Tsuki no Uta", was released. It peaked at number three, and it was certified gold by RIAJ.[37] On July 6, the final concert of the tour was held at the Yokohama Arena.[23] On September 26, Gackt released his autobiography Confession (自白, Jihaku).[38] On September 27, he performed as a special guest at the TV Asahi 45th anniversary commemorative "Kingdom Rock Show".[39] On October 2, Gackt performed the John Lennon song "Love", at the "Dream Power: John Lennon Super Live" concert organized by Yoko Ono in Saitama Super Arena.[40] Besides the film and musical recordings for the project, in October he published a novel Moon Child Requiem (Moon Child 鎮魂歌).[41] On November 12, the sixteenth single, "Last Song", was released and peaked at number five. It spent 13 weeks on the charts and was certified gold by RIAJ.[42] On December 3, the fourth studio concept album, Crescent, was released. It also peaked at number five, through 11 weeks on the charts, and was certified platinum by RIAJ.[42] On New Year's Eve, Gackt performed "Last Song" at the 54th Kōhaku Uta Gassen.[43]

2004–2005: The Sixth Day and The Seventh Night, Love Letter, Diabolos Edit

In February 2004, his first compilation album, The Sixth Day: Single Collection was released. It peaked at number three, spent 23 weeks on the charts,[24] and was certified platinum by RIAJ.[44] On April 29, Gackt went on the nationwide tour The Sixth Day & Seventh Night, which included 15 concerts in eight venues.[23] In May, Gackt released another compilation album, The Seventh Night: Unplugged, containing the acoustic arrangements of previously released songs. It peaked at number five, spent eight weeks on the charts,[24] and was certified gold by RIAJ.[45] On July 4 was held the final concert of the tour at the Yokohama Arena. In October, the eighteenth single, "Kimi ni Aitakute", was released.[46] It peaked at number two, spent 17 weeks on the charts,[25] and was certified gold by RIAJ.[47] In December, he appeared and performed at the M.net/Km Music Video Festival, where he received the award for "Best Asian Rock Artist".[48] On New Year's Eve, Gackt performed "Kimi ni Aitakute" at the 55th Kōhaku Uta Gassen.[49]

In January 2005, Gackt released the single "Arittake no Ai de", which peaked at number seven,[25] and his fifth studio album, Love Letter, on Valentine's Day. It peaked at number five, spent 13 weeks on the charts,[24] was certified gold by RIAJ,[50] and was re-recorded in Korean and released in June for the Korean market.[51] "Black Stone" was released in April.[52] The single peaked at number three[25] and was certified gold by RIAJ.[53] In May, his twenty-second single, "Metamorphoze", was used in the movie Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.[54] It was his fourth single to reach number two, spent 13 weeks on the charts,[25] and was certified gold by RIAJ.[55] In August, Gackt released his twenty-third single, "Todokanai Ai to Shitteita no ni Osaekirezu ni Aishitsuzuketa...".[56] It peaked at number three[25] and was certified gold by RIAJ.[57] In September, his sixth studio album, Diabolos, was released.[58] Conceptually, it was a prequel to the previous "Moon" albums. It reached number four on the charts[24] and was certified gold by RIAJ.[59] Gackt launched his nationwide tour, Diabolos ~Aien no Shi~, including 36 concerts across Japan, which ended with a final Christmas Eve spectacle at the Tokyo Dome, in front of more than forty-two thousand people.[58][23]

2006–2007: First solo tours in Asia, Fūrin Kazan and S.K.I.N. Edit

In 2006, he continued his tour with a concert on January 14, in Korea, at Fencing Stadium in Korean Olympic Park, which was his first Asian solo concert.[60][61] In the same month his twenty-fourth single, "Redemption" was released, which included theme songs of the Square Enix game, Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII.[62] On February 28, he appeared at the graduation of the Maiko High School in Hyōgo Prefecture. Besides the words of encouragement, he performed an unreleased song especially written for the graduation. It was released the following year on February 7, as "No ni Saku Hana no Yō ni".[63][64] Since then he appeared in several graduation ceremonies.[65][66][67]

In August, at an Otakon conference, it was publicly announced that he would form a supergroup, S.K.I.N., with famous Japanese rock band X Japan co-founder Yoshiki, Luna Sea and X Japan guitarist Sugizo, and guitarist Miyavi. The group made their debut performance on June 29, 2007, at Anime Expo in Long Beach, California,[68][69] but no further activities were announced.[70] On December 24, Gackt went on a small nationwide fan club tour D.r.u.g. Party, which also continued with four concerts in Korea and Taiwan.[71][72][73]

 
Gackt as Uesugi Kenshin at Jōetsu city's 83rd Kenshin Festival in 2008, a role he carried since 2007
 
"Returner ~Yami no Shūen~"
Gackt's number one spot on the charts.
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In January 2007, he played the warlord Uesugi Kenshin in the NHK Taiga drama Fūrin Kazan.[74] On June 20, Gackt released his twenty-seventh single, "Returner (Yami no Shūen)", which was the first in his career (both solo and as a member of a band) to reach the number one spot on the Oricon charts.[13] On August 23, Gackt was invited to perform his Fūrin Kazan television role at Jōetsu city's traditional, 82nd Kenshin Festival, with approximately 203,000 visitors.[75][76] In October, he held a press conference at the Apple Store in Ginza, Tokyo, where besides advertising the first iPhone, Gackt announced he would have his entire back catalog, with new, previously toured, live song recordings, put up on the iTunes Store, as well as that "The Greatest Filmography" would be released on October 9 in the United States and Canada. His album Diabolos was released on October 26 in eighteen European countries.[77][78][79] On November 17 and 27, he performed at M.net/Km Music Video Festival in Korea as a special guest star,[80] and he appeared and performed at the 2007 Japan-China Cultural Exchange Grand Concert Final in Beijing.[23][81] In Beijing he sang "Jūnigatsu no Love Song" in Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin. On December 10, he appeared at the China Fashion Awards in Beijing, where was given the award "Japanese Artist of the Year".[82] On December 19, Gackt released a compilation album, 0079–0088, including songs used in the Gundam franchise.[83][84] Gackt also performed at the 58th Kōhaku Uta Gassen.[85]

The year 2007 also saw the creation of the Save our Dears charity to help the victims of the powerful Chūetsu offshore earthquake that struck the Niigata Prefecture.[86] To raise funds for this charity, Gackt designed a keychain and bracelets, in addition, the charity also featured two Orico UPty MasterCard credit cards.[86] Gackt's fan club Dears,[nb 3] raised ¥2,000,000 (US$26,041) which Gackt donated to the city of Jōetsu at the 83rd Kenshin Festival in 2008.[86]

2008–2009: Requiem et Reminiscence II tour and Re:Born Edit

 
Gackt performing live at his Requiem et Reminiscence II tour

On July 31, 2008, Internet Co., Ltd. released Gackpoid, a Vocaloid using a recorded selection of Gackt's voice.[89] On December 3, his twenty-eighth single "Jesus" was released.[90][91] It peaked at number seven, spending 10 weeks on the charts.[25] On December 14, Gackt went on his longest nationwide tour, Requiem et Reminiscence II -Saisei to Kaikō- (Requiem et Reminiscence II -再生と邂逅-, -Rebirth and Reunion-), which included over 60 concerts in more than 45 cities, reaching an audience of over 210,000 spectators.[92]

On January 28, 2009, his twenty-ninth single "Ghost" was released,[93] and peaked at number six on the charts.[25] On May 18, Gackt was scheduled to perform a concert in South Korea at Seoul's Olympic Hall, but due to the effects of the global recession, the sponsors of the concert withdrew their support.[94] In commemoration of his 10th anniversary as a solo artist, Gackt released four singles: "Koakuma Heaven", "Faraway", "Lost Angels", and "Flower", one week after another, starting from June 17 and ending on July 1.[95] They all managed to enter the top ten on the charts.[25] On June 13, Gackt began the arena part of the tour, and on July 4 held a fanclub concert to celebrate his birthday at the Yoyogi National Stadium.[96] On July 11 and 12, he held the final concerts at the Saitama Super Arena.[97]

As both Gackt and the Kamen Rider Series' Heisei period run had its 10th anniversary, he became involved in the 2009 edition of the franchise, Kamen Rider Decade, to perform its theme songs. These are the first singles that were not written by him, and were released by Avex Trax and Avex Entertainment. In March, his thirtieth single and the series' opening theme, "Journey Through the Decade", was released, peaking at number two and spending 25 weeks on the charts,[25] and certified gold by RIAJ.[98] In August, he released the second theme single for the Kamen Rider Decade film All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker, "The Next Decade". It peaked at number four and spent nine weeks on the charts.[25] He also appeared in the film as Decade's iteration of the character Jōji Yūki.[99] The collaboration finished in January 2010 with the release of the final single, "Stay the Ride Alive",[25][100] which charted the same as his previous one.[25]

In September, he performed as a representative of Japan at the Asia Song Festival in Korea.[101][102] He also participated in the 2009 Animelo Summer Live concert.[103] In October, Gackt performed as the main artist in the Wow Live! Thanks For Music show held in Yoyogi National Gymnasium, in Japan.[104] On December 2, he released his seventh studio album, Re:Born, which continued the story he had originally created in 2001. It reached number nine on the charts.[24] On December 12, he held a fanclub cover concert conceptualized around fictional school, "Camui Gakuen", at the Saitama Super Arena.[105]

2010–2011: The Eleventh Day, and move to Avex Group Edit

In 2010, on February 14, Gackt participated as a representative of Japan at the Asia Pops Festival held in Niigata, in homage for the victims of 2007 Chūetsu earthquake.[106][107] On March 6 and 7, he performed the theme songs at the festival organized by Koei to promote their new Wii game, Samurai Warriors 3, at the Saitama Super Arena.[108][109] On April 17, he officially announced that he transferred from Nippon Crown to Avex Group's recording conglomerate.[110] Prior to the transferring to Avex, he organized a band project Yellow Fried Chickenz, whose name refers to human cowardice, that included Chachamaru and Shinya Yamada.[111] Besides the nationwide tour in June and August,[112] from July 16, he made his first appearance touring Europe, performing at clubs in London, Paris, Barcelona, Munich, and Bochum.[113][114] On July 21, the compilation album, The Eleventh Day: Single Collection, was released, which was a collection of the singer's singles from the second half of his tenure with Nippon Crown.[115] On August 23, he participated in the 85th Kenshin Festival for the third time, with a record attendance of more than 240,000 visitors.[116] On December 14, he participated in and performed in a Hohoemi project charity event called "Message! to Asia", by DATV at Tokyo Dome, whose profits were planned to help street children in Cambodia and the Philippines.[117][118] For an auction at the event, he auctioned his custom 1999 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am MS6, which was sold for ¥6,015,000 (US$72,033).[119]

In 2011, because of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Gackt founded the "Show Your Heart" charity for collecting money to buy supplies for the victims.[120][121][122] In March, a truck convoy with 72,000 lb (33,000 kg) of food and clothes was delivered and a nationwide street-corner fund-raising campaign was held, which collected ¥25,234,490 (or US$320,193).[120][123] All money collected through bank transfers and street fundraising activities was transferred from Rakuten to the Japanese Red Cross, totalling ¥208,181,735 (US$2,641,564).[120][124] In July and August, Gackt toured Europe for the second time with Yellow Fried Chickenz, and later toured across Japan. In Europe, he visited 9 countries and performed 14 shows.[125] The Japanese part of tour revenue was also donated to the Japanese Red Cross. A year later on July 4, 2012, at a concert at the Nippon Budokan, Yellow Fried Chickenz was disbanded.[126] On August 22, he participated at the 86th Kenshin Festival.[127]

2012–2014: Best of the Best tour, and move to independent G&Lovers Edit

On March 18 and 19, 2012, Gackt appeared at the Gala party for FilmAid Asia,[128] and the 6th Asian Film Awards,[129] where he also performed, as part of Hong Kong International Film Festival in Hong Kong.[130] On March 29, Gackt performed the national anthem Kimigayo at the Major League Baseball season opening game in Tokyo Dome. It was his fourth time performing the national anthem.[131] On December 15, he performed at the 45th anniversary concert of All Night Nippon, at the Yoyogi National Stadium.[132][133] In the same month, on December 19, his 43rd single, "White Lovers (Shiawase na Toki)", was released.[134]

In 2013 his first national tour in four years was announced, titled Best of the Best Vol. I, which started on May 11, and ended with three consecutive shows on July 7 at the Yokohama Arena.[135] In July, it was accompanied with the release of two compilation albums, Mild and Wild, including two new songs "Claymore" and "Sakura Chiru...".[135] On August 22, he participated in the 88th Kenshin Festival.[136] On December 22, the final concert of the fourth festival of cover concerts was held, which conceptualized around a fictional school, "Camui Gakuen".[137] On December 26, a special live concert was held where Gackt performed along with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.[138]

In 2014, since February 12, with the release of his forty-fourth single "P.S. I Love U",[139][140] his records were released by his independent record label G&Lovers (G-PRO), distributed by Crown Tokuma.[141][142] In August, Gackt participated at the 89th Kenshin Festival.[143][144] On October 1, Gackt released his forty-fifth single, "Akatsukizukuyo (Day Breakers)".[145] On December 26, the second live concert with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra was held.[146]

2015–2017: Last Moon and Last Visualive tour Edit

In celebration of Gackt's 15th anniversary on July 1, 2015, the remix album titled, Gacktracks -Ultra DJ ReMix-, was released.[147] It contained club remix versions of his songs done by Japanese DJs, including DJ Koo, Taku Takahashi, Tomoyuki Tanaka (FPM), Jazztronik, Marc Panther and many others.[148] Gackt stated he personally would not decide to do the project from a musical perspective because he was not fond of EDM.[149] He chose the DJs on a first-come, first-served basis, and, because of the great interest for participation, he believed in a second collaboration in the near future.[150] He also expressed his concern on the decline of originality and growing irrelevance of music in modern daily life.[151] On July 3 a release party was also held.[149] On August 23, Gackt participated at the 90th Kenshin Festival for the seventh time overall, with a record high number of 243,000 visitors.[152] On October 7, 2015 his forty-sixth single, "Arrow" was released.[153][154] On October 23, he embarked on another small tour of cover concerts conceptualized around a fictional school, "Camui Gakuen".[155]

His solo live tour in almost seven years, Last Visualive Saigo no Tsuki –Last Moon–, started with a fanclub only concert on March 19, 2016 at Misato City Cultural Hall in Saitama,[156] with the first public show being held on March 21 at the Colany Hall in Yamanashi.[157] The tour ended on July 3 with two consecutive shows at the Saitama Super Arena. Overall, a total of 42 concerts in thirty cities were held, with an audience of about 120,000 people.[158] The eighth studio album Last Moon was released on April 27, 2016.[159] The 48th single "Tsumi no Keishō (Original Sin)" (罪の継承～Original Sin～, lit. "Inheritance of Sin: Original Sin") was released on March 22, 2017.[160]

2018–present: 20th anniversary, temporary hiatus, and return Edit

On July 4, 2018, the "Last Songs" concert was held in celebration of his 45th birthday at Shinkiba Studio Coast, Tokyo, which was broadcast live via NicoNico Live.[161] Between October 11 and 25, eight live performances of the "Camui Gakuen" event were held.[162] On December 31, Gackt sang the national anthem of Japan for the Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa before his bout with American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the Saitama Super Arena.[163] He also joined the live broadcast of Fuji TV as a special guest commentator for the main and semi-final matches.[163] On March 22, 2019, Gackt participated as a representative of Japan at the Hong Kong Asian-Pop Music Festival.[164] On July 4, 2019, a concert was held in celebration of his 46th birthday and 20th anniversary of solo career at Pacifico Yokohama.[165] The 20th anniversary national tour Khaos started at Grand Cube Osaka on January 11 and ended at Fukuoka Sunpalace on February 29, 2020, with 20 performances in eight cities in total.[166] In addition to making a private donation, Gackt sold merchandise during the tour which raised ¥4.7 million to support the reconstruction of the recently burned-down Shuri Castle in Shuri, Okinawa.[16][167]

It was announced on September 8, 2021 that Gackt would go on an indefinite hiatus for a medical treatment of prolonged neurological disorder which caused severe dysphonia, a neurological vocal condition that prevents him from singing and other activities.[168] In his promise of recovery vowed to make a new album and tour in the future.[169] On May 17, 2022, it was announced that he was not fully recovered but will resume activities by the end of the year,[170] and in January 2023 stated to feel at "80%".[171] On January 28, 2023, Gackt sang the national anthem at the sumo retirement ceremony in honor of Hakuhō Shō.[172] Gackt was one of the judges of Japan's first season of Got Talent show which premiered on February 11.[173][174] In March will start a live tour "Last Songs 2023" with South Korean singer-pianist K with whom collaborated two years ago, performing ballads and other songs in arrangements with strings and piano.[175]

Musical style and themes Edit

Gackt's voice has a vibrato pitch at D3-D4,[176] and is capable of using falsetto like for e.g. in song "Ares" and "4th".[177][178][179] According to Gackt, he had expanded the vocal range too much between 2003 and 2004, and searched for a right expression until 2005, since when he has been getting more straightforward.[180] His voice was described as "very melodramatic",[181] as well as "smooth, sleek, unnaturally heartfelt",[182] "velvet" and "molasses".[177]

His songs range from melodic ballads to intense hard rock songs,[180][183][184] in which he masterfully combines "raw rock elements" with "listener-friendly compositions".[182] Josephine Yun in A Concise Report on 40 of the Biggest Rock Acts in Japan (2005) noted his "talent for orchestration and for blending classical elements into the rock genre ... and his style ranges from romantically classical to experimental and unfolding progressive rock".[177] Many songs, like for e.g. "Returner (Yami no Shūen)", are distinctive for their blend of modern Western musical instruments and traditional Japanese instruments, like Shakuhachi, Shamisen, Shinobue, Erhu, Shō, Koto and Taiko,[185] a kind of music called by Gackt as "Zipangu rock" from which can be sensed it originates from Japan.[186] Also he often "stressed the beauty and importance of Japanese lyrics", writing "all of his music and lyrics to quality, not quantity".[177]

Most of his studio albums are conceived around two conceptual stories, "Moon Saga" (Moon, Crescent, Diabolos, Last Moon), which is a vampire story although by itself it is not, as the vampires were presented as a way of expressing a certain evil side and existence of humans,[187][188][189] and "Requiem et Reminiscence" or short "ЯR" (Rebirth, Re:Born), which is set during the World War II.[180] The themes of both concepts are based around the existential questions of humanity. They are symbolical and psychological stories about the repetition of human sins, war and the question of what is the ultimate meaning of human life.[187][190] His process of writing songs and making concerts is by first writing the story, then writing and composing the songs based on it with a specific image in the live performance.[189] It results in songs that are conceptually related, but still independent from each other.[187] These conceptual kind of shows are different from typical live shows, and don't fit in the usual categories of a musical or a theatre play. Thus Gackt calls them "Visualive", because they are formed by a story, video images, music, theatre and musical elements, as well as live performance.[188][191][192] The live form was originally created during the "Requiem et Reminiscence" tour in 2001, and according to Gackt, it took him almost ten years to arrive to a satisfying point of form during the "Requiem et Reminiscence II" tour in 2008-2009. However, he found such way of expression very exhausting and difficult, with a profitability that is not in accordance with the demands of entertainment industry.[188]

Acting career Edit

 
Gackt with Sasaki Nozomi at the Japanese premiere of Kong: Skull Island in February 2017

Gackt's introduction to filmmaking, in addition to music videos, came in 2001 and 2002 with two TV documentaries. First, he traveled to Madagascar for the TV show Ima Hadaka ni Shitai Otoko-tachi (いま裸にしたい男たち)[193] then participated in the children's documentary, Hero's Hero, both aired on NHK.[194] In 2003, he worked on the script and starred in his film, Moon Child. It was released on April 19 in Japan, and screened on May 13 at the Cannes Film Festival and on April 12, 2004, at Philadelphia Film Festival.[36] He voiced Seiji in the original video animation, New Fist of the North Star, for which two of his older songs were used as themes and released as a single "Lu:na/Oasis".[195] Gackt also assisted as a model and provided the voice and the motion capture for a main character in the video game Bujingai by Taito and Red Entertainment.[196][197] His next involvement was in 2006, with the Final Fantasy franchise, for a video game Dirge of Cerberus, and again in 2007 for a video game Crisis Core, where the character Genesis Rhapsodos was modeled on, voiced and co-created by Gackt.[198] Besides that, Gackt composed and performed two theme songs for the first game, which were released in the single "Redemption".[198]

In 2007, Gackt played the Sengoku-period daimyō Uesugi Kenshin in the NHK Taiga drama, Fūrin Kazan, for which he was nominated for the TV Navi award as best-supporting actor in a drama category.[199] His only chart-topping single, "Returner (Yami no Shūen)", was the theme for the TV series. Gackt recalls that Kenshin was always portrayed as a very tough man. Thus his vision, which presented him clean-shaven and with long hair, received harsh criticism, but Ken Ogata expressed his approval and supported Gackt's work in the drama.[200] In the same year Gackt was a voice actor in the Japanese dub of the French animated-live action film, Arthur and the Minimoys.[201] In 2008, Gackt was filming in Romania for his first international film debut, Bunraku, which was released in 2010.[202] The next year he appeared as a prisoner on death row in the second episode of the TV series, Mr. Brain,[203] and the film Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker.[99]

In 2010, he was a voice actor several times, first for the film Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard,[204] then the anime series Shiki, his first regular voice cast role;[205] and Tono to Issho, where he provided the voice for the daimyo he previously played on television.[206] He also voiced characters for two video games, Dragon Nest,[207] for which he composed and performed the theme song, "Ever",[208] and Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs..[209] In 2011, he was a voice actor for the sequel of the Tono to Issho anime series, Supernatural: The Animation (episode 21 first season),[210][211] and Sket Dance for which he also performed its theme, "Graffiti", as well.[212] He appeared in the TV drama, Tempest (テンペスト) in which he played Jotei Gai, a Chinese eunuch who tries to take over the Ryukyu Kingdom.[213] He was also a voice actor and theme song performer for the animated film, Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker.[214]

 
Gackt in 2013 on Indonesian RCTI greeting BIMA Satria Garuda

In 2012, Gackt appeared in the Sengoku Basara television drama, Sengoku Basara: Moonlight Party, as the games' depiction of warlord Oda Nobunaga.[215] He also performed the series' theme song "Hakuro" (his 42nd single). He was also seen in a dual role as a Professor of Neurology Shiki Takashi and Yumeoji (literally translated "Dream Prince") in the drama Akumu-chan, which is based on the novel Yume Chigai (夢違) by Riku Onda.[216] In November 2013, Gackt appeared as a guest-star in two episodes (21 & 22) of the Indonesian Tokusatsu series, Bima Satria Garuda, as "Noir", the mysterious "Bima Legend" Knight from Parallel World.[217] In 2014, he repeated his role in the movie Akumu-chan,[216][218] and starred in the drama Time Spiral as a time-traveler university professor Shuya Tatsumi, based on the web novel Tokeru Rasen (解 け る 螺旋) by Eren Mizumori (水守恵蓮).[219] Gackt collaborated with Square Enix on the role-playing game 3594e -Sangokushi Eiga- for iOS, based on the story of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a Chinese historical novel. The in-game playable character, military general Lü Bu, was voiced by him and he also provided a theme song.[220]

In 2015, Gackt made a cameo appearance in Origami, a short film by director Cato Ochi.[221][222] It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.[221] In the same year he voiced the characters Uesugi Kenshin and Sengoku Gackt, as well as provided the opening theme song of the mobile game Sengoku Shura Soul.[223][224] In early 2016, it was announced that Gackt was to have his first lead role after 14 years in the movie Karanukan (2018) directed by Yasuhiro Hamano (浜野安宏).[225][226] The movie is set at the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa, and Gackt portrays photographer Hikaru Ooyama who falls in love with a girl, Mami who mysteriously disappears.[225][227] In the same year he voiced Maten Ruedo in the mobile game Othellonia,[228] was a voice actor for and provided opening and ending theme songs for the anime Trickster,[229][160] and also dubbed the main role played by Tom Hiddleston in the Japanese dub of Kong: Skull Island.[230][231] In 2018, it was announced that Gackt will have a co-leading role as 18-year-old student Rei Asami in a live adaptation movie of the 1980s comedy manga Tonde Saitama (翔んで埼玉), written by Mineo Maya (魔夜峰央). The film was released in early 2019 to critical acclaim,[232] and Gackt was nominated at the 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.[233] On 1 October 2022 was confirmed to have started working on Tonde Saitama sequel which will be released in 2023.[234]

Theatre Edit

In May 2010, a play named Nemuri Kyoshiro Buraihikae was staged at Nissay Theatre in Tokyo, in which Gackt starred as the main protagonist.[8][235][236] The show ran for 120 performances in seven cities until February 27, 2011, with an estimated 150,000 spectators.[237] In 2012, Gackt announced a plan to continue the concept of "Moon Saga" with a stage theatre play written, composed and directed by him, 'Moon Saga - Mysteries of Yoshitsune, in which he starred as Minamoto no Yoshitsune, starting from July 15 at Akasaka ACT Theatre in Tokyo.[238] The final two of 60 shows were held on September 26 and October 2, in Tokyo.[239][240] The estimated audience was about 50,000 spectators.[241] At several plays, with the help of the Ashinaga Organization, orphans from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake were invited and also received a monetary donation for scholarship.[240][242] The second "Moon" stage theatre adaptation ran from August until October 2014, with 40 performances in seven cities, and in the same time period the play's original soundtrack was released.[243]

Business ventures Edit

In 2016, Gackt co-founded a real estate company with Satoshi Ikeda, named Gackt & Ikeda Asia Bridge Partnerz, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[244][245] In 2017, he got involved as a core member and strategic advisor for Asia of a virtual currency project, Spindle.[6]

In the media Edit

Gackt's sex appeal has been noted by national polls, such as by Oricon, similar to those done by People. He is often ranked as the most or one of the most beautiful Japanese celebrities.[246][247][248][249][250] In 2009, he was also ranked fifth among rock music personalities in Japanese history.[251] Gackt is considered a fashion icon, J-pop and national idol, and due to his involvement with the visual kei movement, which emphasizes androgynous and changing appearance, he is referred to as a "living manifestation of readers' fantasy men" found in bishōnen manga (in his late career it changed to more "macho"[252]).[1][2][253][254] He has been compared to fictional characters like Griffith from Berserk,[1] and Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII,[255] as well as having been an inspiration for manga characters.[256] Gackt appeared in many television commercials, including for Fujifilm, Shiseido, Daihatsu, Niconico, Tsutaya, Square Enix, and Konami, among others.[257] Over the years, Gackt appeared as a performer, guest and regular member on several television variety shows, including Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ, and since 2009, TV Asahi's New Year's special Geinoujin-Kakuzuke-Check(Celebrity Rating Check), where he holds the record of 71 individual winning streaks.[171][258]

Personal life Edit

When he was 20 years old, Gackt was briefly married to a Korean woman.[15][259] Gackt has lived for most of his life in Tokyo, Japan. In 2012 he moved to the Philippines and Hong Kong,[260] with his primary residence located in Malaysia, where he has a house of 1,700 square meters situated in a residential area on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.[244]

He is fluent in Mandarin, Korean, English, and speaks some French.[31] He has a second-degree black belt rank in ITF taekwondo, as well as experience in other martial arts like karate, boxing, jiu-jitsu among others.[261] In the past years he enjoys playing poker and since 2017 plays competitively on live tournaments, with largest cash of $75,600 from fourth-place finish in Aria High Roller, Las Vegas.[3][262]

He stated that his philosophical way of life is similar to Japanese Bushido.[202][263] His personal religious belief is close to a nature god.[264] His family believed that their deceased members became gods and they should venerate them, hence exist two conceptions of Ryukyuan religion in Okinawa whether to venerate the ancestors or nature. It does not have a well-defined theorization and rituals, but the practice is an acknowledgment of everything that surrounds people,[265] "a love of nature".[227]

Discography Edit

Filmography Edit

Movies
Voice acting
Television series and documentaries
  • Ima Hadaka Ni Shitai Otoko-tachi (いま裸にしたい男たち) (2001)
  • Hero's Hero (2002)
  • Fūrin Kazan (2007), Uesugi Kenshin
  • Mr. Brain (2009), Takegami Teijiro (Ep. 2)
  • The Tempest (2011), Jyoteigai
  • Akumu-chan (2012), Takashi Shiki/Yumeoji
  • Sengoku Basara: Moonlight Party (2012), Oda Nobunaga
  • Bima Satria Garuda (2013), Noir
  • Time Spiral (2014), Shuya Tatsumi

Tours Edit

Arena tours:
  • 2000: Mars Sora Kara no Homonsha (Mars 空からの訪問者)
  • 2001: Requiem et Reminiscence
  • 2002: Kagen no Tsuki (下弦の⽉)
  • 2003: Jogen no Tsuki (上弦の⽉)
  • 2004: The Sixth Day & Seventh Night
  • 2005-06: Diabolos ~Aien no Shi~ (Diabolos 〜哀婉の詩〜)
  • 2008-09: Requiem et Reminiscence II ~Saisei to Kaikou~ (Requiem et Reminiscence II 〜再生と邂逅〜)
  • 2013: Best of the Best Vol. I
  • 2016: Last Visualive Saigo no Tsuki –Last Moon– (Last Visualive 最期ノ月 –Last Moon–)
  • 2020: Khaos
Club tours:
  • 1999: 99 Gackt Resurrection & Easter Live
  • 2006-07: Training Days D.r.u.g. Party
Theater, Hall tours:
  • 2021: Last Songs 2021 feat. K
  • 2023: Last Songs 2023 feat. K

Notes Edit

  1. ^ Gackt's exact birth name was publicly unknown until 2017. For a certain period of time was considered that Gackt Camui (神威 楽斗, Kamui Gakuto) was his real name,[1][2][3] but ASCAP, beside "Gackt" and "Gackt C," listed Gakuto Oshiro, which are a Japanese given name and surname.[4][5] They were confirmed by Gackt on 26 December 2017.[6][7] His year of birth, 1973, was also unknown until 5 November 2009, and instead his public profile used 1540. This was a remnant of his claim to be a vampire from his early career.[8][9][10]
  2. ^ On 4 June 2009, in commemoration of his solo career's 10th anniversary, his stage name "Gackt" became stylized in all-capital letters as "GACKT".[11]
  3. ^ Dears is the former name of G&Lovers, Gackt's official fan club. As of October 1st, 2013, it was renamed to G&Lovers. On March 15, 2016, an international fan club was also opened.[87] Specially reserved events are organized for the members, like an annual trip, which so far visited Hawaii, Seoul, Sydney, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Paris, Singapore, Toronto, Macau, Thailand, and Rome.[88]

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gackt, gakuto, oshiro, 大城, ガクト, Ōshiro, gakuto, born, july, 1973, better, known, mononymous, stage, name, stylized, caps, japanese, musician, singer, songwriter, record, producer, actor, 28th, tokyo, international, film, festival, 2015background, informationbi. Gakuto Oshiro 大城 ガクト Ōshiro Gakuto born July 4 1973 nb 1 8 better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt stylized in all caps nb 2 is a Japanese musician singer songwriter record producer and actor GacktGackt at the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2015Background informationBirth nameGakuto Oshiro 大城 ガクト Ōshiro Gakuto Also known asGackt Camui 神威 楽斗 Kamui Gakuto Born 1973 07 04 July 4 1973 age 50 Okinawa JapanGenresRockpopOccupation s Musiciansingersongwriterrecord produceractorInstrumentsVocalspianoguitardrumsYears active1993 presentLabelsG amp LoversGan ShinNippon CrownAvex GroupFormerly ofMalice Mizer S K I N Yellow Fried ChickenzWebsitegackt wbr com Born in Okinawa Japan to a Ryukyuan family Gackt learned the piano at a young age and was raised on classical music and enka before becoming interested in rock music while attending high school He has been active since 1993 first as the frontman of the short lived independent band Cains Feel and then for the now defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer before starting his solo career in 1999 He has released nine studio albums and with forty eight singles released holds the male soloist record for most top ten consecutive singles in Japanese music history 12 His single Returner Yami no Shuen released on June 20 2007 was his first and only single to reach the number one spot on the Oricon charts 13 As a solo artist Gackt has sold over 10 million records 14 Besides being established in the modern entertainment industry Gackt s music has been used as theme songs for video games Dirge of Cerberus Final Fantasy VII anime films New Fist of the North Star and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and television series Kamen Rider Decade In addition to his music career Gackt has acted in a few films Fly Me to the Saitama including a film he wrote Moon Child his international debut Bunraku and TV series such as the NHK drama Furin Kazan He also performed live in theatre stage plays one duology of which was written composed and directed by him Moon Saga Mysteries of Yoshitsune I amp II He has performed classical arrangements of his songs twice with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra He also provided the voice samples for Internet Co Ltd s first Vocaloid Gackpoid Contents 1 Early life 2 Music career 2 1 1993 1998 First musical efforts and Malice Mizer 2 2 1999 2001 Solo debut Mizerable Mars and Rebirth 2 3 2002 2003 Moon the film Moon Child and Crescent 2 4 2004 2005 The Sixth Day and The Seventh Night Love Letter Diabolos 2 5 2006 2007 First solo tours in Asia Furin Kazan and S K I N 2 6 2008 2009 Requiem et Reminiscence II tour and Re Born 2 7 2010 2011 The Eleventh Day and move to Avex Group 2 8 2012 2014 Best of the Best tour and move to independent G amp Lovers 2 9 2015 2017 Last Moon and Last Visualive tour 2 10 2018 present 20th anniversary temporary hiatus and return 3 Musical style and themes 4 Acting career 4 1 Theatre 5 Business ventures 6 In the media 7 Personal life 8 Discography 8 1 Solo 8 2 Malice Mizer 9 Filmography 10 Tours 11 Notes 12 References 13 Further reading 14 External linksEarly life EditGackt was born on July 4 1973 as the second of three children in a Ryukyuan family 15 in Okinawa Japan 15 16 His father was a music teacher who primarily played the trumpet and his mother was also a teacher Gackt has an older sister and a younger brother 15 Because of his father s job he lived in many different cities in addition to Okinawa Yamaguchi Fukuoka Shiga Osaka and Kyoto 15 He studied in the Moriyama high school in Shiga and was enrolled in the Kyoto Gakuen University 17 Gackt s musical education began at age three when his parents initiated his classical piano education At age seven continuing his classical piano education became more difficult because of time spent at elementary school and the repeated change of instructors due to relocating from city to city It would take another four years until his parents allowed him to quit lessons However after losing a piano competition to a boy he met in the middle school Gackt voluntarily returned to his piano studies even writing orchestral scores 18 He has credited the classical pianist and composer Frederic Chopin with being the one who taught me the beauty depth fun sadness the kindness of music that music could grant people courage and the meaning of the layers of sound It isn t an exaggeration to say Chopin is the foundation of my music 19 Since his father played the trumpet Gackt is also familiar with brass instruments 15 Having only listened to classical music and enka while growing up he did not become interested in rock music until high school and went on to master modern percussion He was initially reluctant to join amateur rock bands because he considered their playing quality below average compared to his experience while playing in an orchestra However the excitement and response from audiences convinced him to continue performing in those amateur bands 15 Music career Edit1993 1998 First musical efforts and Malice Mizer Edit Main article Malice Mizer In the early 1990s Gackt was working as a host and dealer in a casino while also being an assistant drummer for an amateur band At the time he wanted to become more serious about his music activity but had a negative perspective on life While at the casino he met a businessman who inspired him to find a purpose in life that being music 15 18 About a year later he left the band and he found himself working multiple jobs among them as a sound technician at a studio where he could practice drums 15 17 When Gackt was twenty years old he met guitarist You Kurosaki his future solo career support guitarist at a music live house in Kyoto They formed the band Cains Feel whose name had biblical reference to the story of Cain and Abel 15 The group lacked a vocalist so Gackt became the frontman and the band went to record a demo tape before disbanding 15 In 1995 he was introduced to the visual kei band Malice Mizer which was on hiatus due to the departure of their frontman Tetsu Gackt moved to Tokyo and joined them in October 1995 15 17 As their vocalist pianist and primary lyricist he also contributed two songs in their catalog Regret and Le Ciel the latter being their most successful single as a band 20 21 During this time the band s fame soared and after four years and two studio albums in January 1999 it was officially announced that he left the band 17 According to his autobiography the members differences the sudden income of money and his isolation from the band led to his departure 15 Mana said he contacted Gackt in regards to him participating in the band s 25th anniversary concerts in September 2018 but the singer declined 22 1999 2001 Solo debut Mizerable Mars and Rebirth Edit Gackt launched his solo career on January 1 1999 After completing his recordings his first gig as a solo artist was the 99 Gackt Resurrection tour held in 11 locations across Japan 23 It was followed on May 12 with his debut release the extended play Mizerable released by Nippon Crown The album peaked at number two spending 12 weeks on the Oricon charts 24 It spanned the same titled single Mizerable which peaked at number three spending nine weeks on the charts 25 The album showcases Gackt s talent for orchestration blending classical elements into the rock genre indicating his future style which ranges from romantically classical to experimental and unfolding progressive rock 26 In July he performed at Shock Wave Illusion in Osaka and Tokyo 23 On August 11 Gackt released his second single Vanilla It peaked at number four spent 10 weeks on the charts and enjoyed considerable success 25 It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan RIAJ 27 In 2000 on February 9 and 16 the third and fourth singles were released Mirror and Oasis They peaked at number nine and number seven respectively and both spent six weeks on the charts 25 His fifth single was released on March 8 Seki Ray which peaked at number seven charting for six weeks 25 At the beginning of the year Gackt was joined by support guitarist and associate producer Chachamaru For Caparison Guitars Gackt designed two guitars named Marcury and Venus which he occasionally uses in his live performances 28 On April 26 his first full length studio album Mars was released It peaked at number three spent five weeks on the charts 24 and was certified gold by RIAJ 29 The following day Gackt went on a nationwide tour Mars Sora Kara no Homonsha Kaisō which included 16 concerts and on July 1 he performed the final concert at Yokohama Arena 23 On August 30 the sixth single Saikai Story was released It peaked at number seven spending six weeks on the charts 25 The seventh single Secret Garden was released on November 16 it reached number ten and charted for five weeks 25 On December 16 2000 Gackt released the first in the series of Platinum Boxes 23 nbsp Junigatsu no Love Song source source A 30 second sample of Junigatsu no Love Song a Christmas love song It was later recorded in English Korean and Chinese language Problems playing this file See media help In 2001 on March 14 Gackt released his eighth single Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru Koto which peaked at number six and charted for 18 weeks Gackt s longest charted single until 2009 25 On April 25 the second studio album Rebirth was released It was Gackt s first concept album conceived around a fictional narrative during the time of World War II named Requiem et Reminiscence The album includes previously released singles Seki Ray and Secret Garden It peaked at number three spent 21 weeks on the charts 24 On May 3 Gackt went on the Requiem et Reminiscence tour which included 18 concerts at fourteen venues 23 The final concert was held on June 23 at the Yokohama Arena 23 His ninth single Another World was released on September 5 It was Gackt s first single to reach number two spot on the charts spent 17 weeks on them 25 and managed to sell over two hundred and fifty thousand copies 30 After the events of September 11th 2001 in New York Gackt wrote a song for a world peace 31 It was released December 2001 as a single Junigatsu no Love Song It peaked at number five and charted for nine weeks 25 From 2001 to 2004 the single was recorded in Japanese English Korean and Chinese which were all released before Christmas On New Year s Eve Gackt performed Another World for the first time at the annual music show the 52nd Kōhaku Uta Gassen 32 2002 2003 Moon the film Moon Child and Crescent Edit In the second half of 2001 during the release of Another World Gackt started his second concept project Moon Saga In 2002 on April 24 he released his eleventh single Wasurenai Kara It peaked at number four spending five weeks on the charts 25 On June 6 Gackt went on the nationwide live house tour which represented his new concept and included nine concerts at eight venues The final concert was held on July 10 at Zepp Sendai 23 On June 16 the third studio concept album Moon was released It is Gackt s best selling album reached number two on the charts and was certified gold by RIAJ 33 On September 22 2002 at the Beijing Worker s Gymnasium in China a large musical event China Japan Holding Hands Moving Together was held as part of Japan China Diplomatic Relations Normalization 30th Anniversary Commemoration and Gackt was among the handful who represented his homeland 23 On October 14 he continued the concept with the nationwide tour Kagen no Tsuki 下弦の月 The Waning Moon which included 22 concerts among fifteen venues 23 The final concert was held on December 24 at the Yokohama Arena On New Year s Eve Gackt performed Junigatsu no Love Song at the 53rd Kōhaku Uta Gassen 34 In 2003 Gackt worked on his film Moon Child He co wrote the script and did his own action scenes on location in Taiwan 35 In collaboration with co star Hyde he also sang the film s theme song Orange no Taiyō オレンジの太陽 Orenji no Taiyō The Orange Sun The film was released on April 19 in Japan and screened on May 13 at the Cannes Film Festival and on April 12 2004 at Philadelphia Film Festival 36 On March 19 his thirteenth single Kimi ga Oikaketa Yume was released which is the second of five to reach number two on the charts spending 10 weeks on them 25 It was certified gold by RIAJ 37 On May 4 the nationwide tour Jōgen no Tsuki 上弦の月 The Waxing Moon was launched continuing the concept of the previous one and included 13 concerts at eight venues 23 On June 11 the fourteenth single Tsuki no Uta was released It peaked at number three and it was certified gold by RIAJ 37 On July 6 the final concert of the tour was held at the Yokohama Arena 23 On September 26 Gackt released his autobiography Confession 自白 Jihaku 38 On September 27 he performed as a special guest at the TV Asahi 45th anniversary commemorative Kingdom Rock Show 39 On October 2 Gackt performed the John Lennon song Love at the Dream Power John Lennon Super Live concert organized by Yoko Ono in Saitama Super Arena 40 Besides the film and musical recordings for the project in October he published a novel Moon Child Requiem Moon Child 鎮魂歌 41 On November 12 the sixteenth single Last Song was released and peaked at number five It spent 13 weeks on the charts and was certified gold by RIAJ 42 On December 3 the fourth studio concept album Crescent was released It also peaked at number five through 11 weeks on the charts and was certified platinum by RIAJ 42 On New Year s Eve Gackt performed Last Song at the 54th Kōhaku Uta Gassen 43 2004 2005 The Sixth Day and The Seventh Night Love Letter Diabolos Edit In February 2004 his first compilation album The Sixth Day Single Collection was released It peaked at number three spent 23 weeks on the charts 24 and was certified platinum by RIAJ 44 On April 29 Gackt went on the nationwide tour The Sixth Day amp Seventh Night which included 15 concerts in eight venues 23 In May Gackt released another compilation album The Seventh Night Unplugged containing the acoustic arrangements of previously released songs It peaked at number five spent eight weeks on the charts 24 and was certified gold by RIAJ 45 On July 4 was held the final concert of the tour at the Yokohama Arena In October the eighteenth single Kimi ni Aitakute was released 46 It peaked at number two spent 17 weeks on the charts 25 and was certified gold by RIAJ 47 In December he appeared and performed at the M net Km Music Video Festival where he received the award for Best Asian Rock Artist 48 On New Year s Eve Gackt performed Kimi ni Aitakute at the 55th Kōhaku Uta Gassen 49 In January 2005 Gackt released the single Arittake no Ai de which peaked at number seven 25 and his fifth studio album Love Letter on Valentine s Day It peaked at number five spent 13 weeks on the charts 24 was certified gold by RIAJ 50 and was re recorded in Korean and released in June for the Korean market 51 Black Stone was released in April 52 The single peaked at number three 25 and was certified gold by RIAJ 53 In May his twenty second single Metamorphoze was used in the movie Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam 54 It was his fourth single to reach number two spent 13 weeks on the charts 25 and was certified gold by RIAJ 55 In August Gackt released his twenty third single Todokanai Ai to Shitteita no ni Osaekirezu ni Aishitsuzuketa 56 It peaked at number three 25 and was certified gold by RIAJ 57 In September his sixth studio album Diabolos was released 58 Conceptually it was a prequel to the previous Moon albums It reached number four on the charts 24 and was certified gold by RIAJ 59 Gackt launched his nationwide tour Diabolos Aien no Shi including 36 concerts across Japan which ended with a final Christmas Eve spectacle at the Tokyo Dome in front of more than forty two thousand people 58 23 2006 2007 First solo tours in Asia Furin Kazan and S K I N Edit In 2006 he continued his tour with a concert on January 14 in Korea at Fencing Stadium in Korean Olympic Park which was his first Asian solo concert 60 61 In the same month his twenty fourth single Redemption was released which included theme songs of the Square Enix game Dirge of Cerberus Final Fantasy VII 62 On February 28 he appeared at the graduation of the Maiko High School in Hyōgo Prefecture Besides the words of encouragement he performed an unreleased song especially written for the graduation It was released the following year on February 7 as No ni Saku Hana no Yō ni 63 64 Since then he appeared in several graduation ceremonies 65 66 67 In August at an Otakon conference it was publicly announced that he would form a supergroup S K I N with famous Japanese rock band X Japan co founder Yoshiki Luna Sea and X Japan guitarist Sugizo and guitarist Miyavi The group made their debut performance on June 29 2007 at Anime Expo in Long Beach California 68 69 but no further activities were announced 70 On December 24 Gackt went on a small nationwide fan club tour D r u g Party which also continued with four concerts in Korea and Taiwan 71 72 73 nbsp Gackt as Uesugi Kenshin at Jōetsu city s 83rd Kenshin Festival in 2008 a role he carried since 2007 nbsp Returner Yami no Shuen source source Gackt s number one spot on the charts Problems playing this file See media help In January 2007 he played the warlord Uesugi Kenshin in the NHK Taiga drama Furin Kazan 74 On June 20 Gackt released his twenty seventh single Returner Yami no Shuen which was the first in his career both solo and as a member of a band to reach the number one spot on the Oricon charts 13 On August 23 Gackt was invited to perform his Furin Kazan television role at Jōetsu city s traditional 82nd Kenshin Festival with approximately 203 000 visitors 75 76 In October he held a press conference at the Apple Store in Ginza Tokyo where besides advertising the first iPhone Gackt announced he would have his entire back catalog with new previously toured live song recordings put up on the iTunes Store as well as that The Greatest Filmography would be released on October 9 in the United States and Canada His album Diabolos was released on October 26 in eighteen European countries 77 78 79 On November 17 and 27 he performed at M net Km Music Video Festival in Korea as a special guest star 80 and he appeared and performed at the 2007 Japan China Cultural Exchange Grand Concert Final in Beijing 23 81 In Beijing he sang Junigatsu no Love Song in Japanese Korean and Mandarin On December 10 he appeared at the China Fashion Awards in Beijing where was given the award Japanese Artist of the Year 82 On December 19 Gackt released a compilation album 0079 0088 including songs used in the Gundam franchise 83 84 Gackt also performed at the 58th Kōhaku Uta Gassen 85 The year 2007 also saw the creation of the Save our Dears charity to help the victims of the powerful Chuetsu offshore earthquake that struck the Niigata Prefecture 86 To raise funds for this charity Gackt designed a keychain and bracelets in addition the charity also featured two Orico UPty MasterCard credit cards 86 Gackt s fan club Dears nb 3 raised 2 000 000 US 26 041 which Gackt donated to the city of Jōetsu at the 83rd Kenshin Festival in 2008 86 2008 2009 Requiem et Reminiscence II tour and Re Born Edit nbsp Gackt performing live at his Requiem et Reminiscence II tourOn July 31 2008 Internet Co Ltd released Gackpoid a Vocaloid using a recorded selection of Gackt s voice 89 On December 3 his twenty eighth single Jesus was released 90 91 It peaked at number seven spending 10 weeks on the charts 25 On December 14 Gackt went on his longest nationwide tour Requiem et Reminiscence II Saisei to Kaikō Requiem et Reminiscence II 再生と邂逅 Rebirth and Reunion which included over 60 concerts in more than 45 cities reaching an audience of over 210 000 spectators 92 On January 28 2009 his twenty ninth single Ghost was released 93 and peaked at number six on the charts 25 On May 18 Gackt was scheduled to perform a concert in South Korea at Seoul s Olympic Hall but due to the effects of the global recession the sponsors of the concert withdrew their support 94 In commemoration of his 10th anniversary as a solo artist Gackt released four singles Koakuma Heaven Faraway Lost Angels and Flower one week after another starting from June 17 and ending on July 1 95 They all managed to enter the top ten on the charts 25 On June 13 Gackt began the arena part of the tour and on July 4 held a fanclub concert to celebrate his birthday at the Yoyogi National Stadium 96 On July 11 and 12 he held the final concerts at the Saitama Super Arena 97 As both Gackt and the Kamen Rider Series Heisei period run had its 10th anniversary he became involved in the 2009 edition of the franchise Kamen Rider Decade to perform its theme songs These are the first singles that were not written by him and were released by Avex Trax and Avex Entertainment In March his thirtieth single and the series opening theme Journey Through the Decade was released peaking at number two and spending 25 weeks on the charts 25 and certified gold by RIAJ 98 In August he released the second theme single for the Kamen Rider Decade film All Riders vs Dai Shocker The Next Decade It peaked at number four and spent nine weeks on the charts 25 He also appeared in the film as Decade s iteration of the character Jōji Yuki 99 The collaboration finished in January 2010 with the release of the final single Stay the Ride Alive 25 100 which charted the same as his previous one 25 In September he performed as a representative of Japan at the Asia Song Festival in Korea 101 102 He also participated in the 2009 Animelo Summer Live concert 103 In October Gackt performed as the main artist in the Wow Live Thanks For Music show held in Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Japan 104 On December 2 he released his seventh studio album Re Born which continued the story he had originally created in 2001 It reached number nine on the charts 24 On December 12 he held a fanclub cover concert conceptualized around fictional school Camui Gakuen at the Saitama Super Arena 105 2010 2011 The Eleventh Day and move to Avex Group Edit In 2010 on February 14 Gackt participated as a representative of Japan at the Asia Pops Festival held in Niigata in homage for the victims of 2007 Chuetsu earthquake 106 107 On March 6 and 7 he performed the theme songs at the festival organized by Koei to promote their new Wii game Samurai Warriors 3 at the Saitama Super Arena 108 109 On April 17 he officially announced that he transferred from Nippon Crown to Avex Group s recording conglomerate 110 Prior to the transferring to Avex he organized a band project Yellow Fried Chickenz whose name refers to human cowardice that included Chachamaru and Shinya Yamada 111 Besides the nationwide tour in June and August 112 from July 16 he made his first appearance touring Europe performing at clubs in London Paris Barcelona Munich and Bochum 113 114 On July 21 the compilation album The Eleventh Day Single Collection was released which was a collection of the singer s singles from the second half of his tenure with Nippon Crown 115 On August 23 he participated in the 85th Kenshin Festival for the third time with a record attendance of more than 240 000 visitors 116 On December 14 he participated in and performed in a Hohoemi project charity event called Message to Asia by DATV at Tokyo Dome whose profits were planned to help street children in Cambodia and the Philippines 117 118 For an auction at the event he auctioned his custom 1999 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am MS6 which was sold for 6 015 000 US 72 033 119 In 2011 because of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Gackt founded the Show Your Heart charity for collecting money to buy supplies for the victims 120 121 122 In March a truck convoy with 72 000 lb 33 000 kg of food and clothes was delivered and a nationwide street corner fund raising campaign was held which collected 25 234 490 or US 320 193 120 123 All money collected through bank transfers and street fundraising activities was transferred from Rakuten to the Japanese Red Cross totalling 208 181 735 US 2 641 564 120 124 In July and August Gackt toured Europe for the second time with Yellow Fried Chickenz and later toured across Japan In Europe he visited 9 countries and performed 14 shows 125 The Japanese part of tour revenue was also donated to the Japanese Red Cross A year later on July 4 2012 at a concert at the Nippon Budokan Yellow Fried Chickenz was disbanded 126 On August 22 he participated at the 86th Kenshin Festival 127 2012 2014 Best of the Best tour and move to independent G amp Lovers Edit On March 18 and 19 2012 Gackt appeared at the Gala party for FilmAid Asia 128 and the 6th Asian Film Awards 129 where he also performed as part of Hong Kong International Film Festival in Hong Kong 130 On March 29 Gackt performed the national anthem Kimigayo at the Major League Baseball season opening game in Tokyo Dome It was his fourth time performing the national anthem 131 On December 15 he performed at the 45th anniversary concert of All Night Nippon at the Yoyogi National Stadium 132 133 In the same month on December 19 his 43rd single White Lovers Shiawase na Toki was released 134 In 2013 his first national tour in four years was announced titled Best of the Best Vol I which started on May 11 and ended with three consecutive shows on July 7 at the Yokohama Arena 135 In July it was accompanied with the release of two compilation albums Mild and Wild including two new songs Claymore and Sakura Chiru 135 On August 22 he participated in the 88th Kenshin Festival 136 On December 22 the final concert of the fourth festival of cover concerts was held which conceptualized around a fictional school Camui Gakuen 137 On December 26 a special live concert was held where Gackt performed along with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra 138 In 2014 since February 12 with the release of his forty fourth single P S I Love U 139 140 his records were released by his independent record label G amp Lovers G PRO distributed by Crown Tokuma 141 142 In August Gackt participated at the 89th Kenshin Festival 143 144 On October 1 Gackt released his forty fifth single Akatsukizukuyo Day Breakers 145 On December 26 the second live concert with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra was held 146 2015 2017 Last Moon and Last Visualive tour Edit In celebration of Gackt s 15th anniversary on July 1 2015 the remix album titled Gacktracks Ultra DJ ReMix was released 147 It contained club remix versions of his songs done by Japanese DJs including DJ Koo Taku Takahashi Tomoyuki Tanaka FPM Jazztronik Marc Panther and many others 148 Gackt stated he personally would not decide to do the project from a musical perspective because he was not fond of EDM 149 He chose the DJs on a first come first served basis and because of the great interest for participation he believed in a second collaboration in the near future 150 He also expressed his concern on the decline of originality and growing irrelevance of music in modern daily life 151 On July 3 a release party was also held 149 On August 23 Gackt participated at the 90th Kenshin Festival for the seventh time overall with a record high number of 243 000 visitors 152 On October 7 2015 his forty sixth single Arrow was released 153 154 On October 23 he embarked on another small tour of cover concerts conceptualized around a fictional school Camui Gakuen 155 His solo live tour in almost seven years Last Visualive Saigo no Tsuki Last Moon started with a fanclub only concert on March 19 2016 at Misato City Cultural Hall in Saitama 156 with the first public show being held on March 21 at the Colany Hall in Yamanashi 157 The tour ended on July 3 with two consecutive shows at the Saitama Super Arena Overall a total of 42 concerts in thirty cities were held with an audience of about 120 000 people 158 The eighth studio album Last Moon was released on April 27 2016 159 The 48th single Tsumi no Keishō Original Sin 罪の継承 Original Sin lit Inheritance of Sin Original Sin was released on March 22 2017 160 2018 present 20th anniversary temporary hiatus and return Edit On July 4 2018 the Last Songs concert was held in celebration of his 45th birthday at Shinkiba Studio Coast Tokyo which was broadcast live via NicoNico Live 161 Between October 11 and 25 eight live performances of the Camui Gakuen event were held 162 On December 31 Gackt sang the national anthem of Japan for the Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa before his bout with American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr at the Saitama Super Arena 163 He also joined the live broadcast of Fuji TV as a special guest commentator for the main and semi final matches 163 On March 22 2019 Gackt participated as a representative of Japan at the Hong Kong Asian Pop Music Festival 164 On July 4 2019 a concert was held in celebration of his 46th birthday and 20th anniversary of solo career at Pacifico Yokohama 165 The 20th anniversary national tour Khaos started at Grand Cube Osaka on January 11 and ended at Fukuoka Sunpalace on February 29 2020 with 20 performances in eight cities in total 166 In addition to making a private donation Gackt sold merchandise during the tour which raised 4 7 million to support the reconstruction of the recently burned down Shuri Castle in Shuri Okinawa 16 167 It was announced on September 8 2021 that Gackt would go on an indefinite hiatus for a medical treatment of prolonged neurological disorder which caused severe dysphonia a neurological vocal condition that prevents him from singing and other activities 168 In his promise of recovery vowed to make a new album and tour in the future 169 On May 17 2022 it was announced that he was not fully recovered but will resume activities by the end of the year 170 and in January 2023 stated to feel at 80 171 On January 28 2023 Gackt sang the national anthem at the sumo retirement ceremony in honor of Hakuhō Shō 172 Gackt was one of the judges of Japan s first season of Got Talent show which premiered on February 11 173 174 In March will start a live tour Last Songs 2023 with South Korean singer pianist K with whom collaborated two years ago performing ballads and other songs in arrangements with strings and piano 175 Musical style and themes EditGackt s voice has a vibrato pitch at D3 D4 176 and is capable of using falsetto like for e g in song Ares and 4th 177 178 179 According to Gackt he had expanded the vocal range too much between 2003 and 2004 and searched for a right expression until 2005 since when he has been getting more straightforward 180 His voice was described as very melodramatic 181 as well as smooth sleek unnaturally heartfelt 182 velvet and molasses 177 His songs range from melodic ballads to intense hard rock songs 180 183 184 in which he masterfully combines raw rock elements with listener friendly compositions 182 Josephine Yun in A Concise Report on 40 of the Biggest Rock Acts in Japan 2005 noted his talent for orchestration and for blending classical elements into the rock genre and his style ranges from romantically classical to experimental and unfolding progressive rock 177 Many songs like for e g Returner Yami no Shuen are distinctive for their blend of modern Western musical instruments and traditional Japanese instruments like Shakuhachi Shamisen Shinobue Erhu Shō Koto and Taiko 185 a kind of music called by Gackt as Zipangu rock from which can be sensed it originates from Japan 186 Also he often stressed the beauty and importance of Japanese lyrics writing all of his music and lyrics to quality not quantity 177 Most of his studio albums are conceived around two conceptual stories Moon Saga Moon Crescent Diabolos Last Moon which is a vampire story although by itself it is not as the vampires were presented as a way of expressing a certain evil side and existence of humans 187 188 189 and Requiem et Reminiscence or short YaR Rebirth Re Born which is set during the World War II 180 The themes of both concepts are based around the existential questions of humanity They are symbolical and psychological stories about the repetition of human sins war and the question of what is the ultimate meaning of human life 187 190 His process of writing songs and making concerts is by first writing the story then writing and composing the songs based on it with a specific image in the live performance 189 It results in songs that are conceptually related but still independent from each other 187 These conceptual kind of shows are different from typical live shows and don t fit in the usual categories of a musical or a theatre play Thus Gackt calls them Visualive because they are formed by a story video images music theatre and musical elements as well as live performance 188 191 192 The live form was originally created during the Requiem et Reminiscence tour in 2001 and according to Gackt it took him almost ten years to arrive to a satisfying point of form during the Requiem et Reminiscence II tour in 2008 2009 However he found such way of expression very exhausting and difficult with a profitability that is not in accordance with the demands of entertainment industry 188 Acting career Edit nbsp Gackt with Sasaki Nozomi at the Japanese premiere of Kong Skull Island in February 2017Gackt s introduction to filmmaking in addition to music videos came in 2001 and 2002 with two TV documentaries First he traveled to Madagascar for the TV show Ima Hadaka ni Shitai Otoko tachi いま裸にしたい男たち 193 then participated in the children s documentary Hero s Hero both aired on NHK 194 In 2003 he worked on the script and starred in his film Moon Child It was released on April 19 in Japan and screened on May 13 at the Cannes Film Festival and on April 12 2004 at Philadelphia Film Festival 36 He voiced Seiji in the original video animation New Fist of the North Star for which two of his older songs were used as themes and released as a single Lu na Oasis 195 Gackt also assisted as a model and provided the voice and the motion capture for a main character in the video game Bujingai by Taito and Red Entertainment 196 197 His next involvement was in 2006 with the Final Fantasy franchise for a video game Dirge of Cerberus and again in 2007 for a video game Crisis Core where the character Genesis Rhapsodos was modeled on voiced and co created by Gackt 198 Besides that Gackt composed and performed two theme songs for the first game which were released in the single Redemption 198 In 2007 Gackt played the Sengoku period daimyō Uesugi Kenshin in the NHK Taiga drama Furin Kazan for which he was nominated for the TV Navi award as best supporting actor in a drama category 199 His only chart topping single Returner Yami no Shuen was the theme for the TV series Gackt recalls that Kenshin was always portrayed as a very tough man Thus his vision which presented him clean shaven and with long hair received harsh criticism but Ken Ogata expressed his approval and supported Gackt s work in the drama 200 In the same year Gackt was a voice actor in the Japanese dub of the French animated live action film Arthur and the Minimoys 201 In 2008 Gackt was filming in Romania for his first international film debut Bunraku which was released in 2010 202 The next year he appeared as a prisoner on death row in the second episode of the TV series Mr Brain 203 and the film Kamen Rider Decade All Riders vs Dai Shocker 99 In 2010 he was a voice actor several times first for the film Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard 204 then the anime series Shiki his first regular voice cast role 205 and Tono to Issho where he provided the voice for the daimyo he previously played on television 206 He also voiced characters for two video games Dragon Nest 207 for which he composed and performed the theme song Ever 208 and Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs 209 In 2011 he was a voice actor for the sequel of the Tono to Issho anime series Supernatural The Animation episode 21 first season 210 211 and Sket Dance for which he also performed its theme Graffiti as well 212 He appeared in the TV drama Tempest テンペスト in which he played Jotei Gai a Chinese eunuch who tries to take over the Ryukyu Kingdom 213 He was also a voice actor and theme song performer for the animated film Dragon Age Dawn of the Seeker 214 nbsp Gackt in 2013 on Indonesian RCTI greeting BIMA Satria GarudaIn 2012 Gackt appeared in the Sengoku Basara television drama Sengoku Basara Moonlight Party as the games depiction of warlord Oda Nobunaga 215 He also performed the series theme song Hakuro his 42nd single He was also seen in a dual role as a Professor of Neurology Shiki Takashi and Yumeoji literally translated Dream Prince in the drama Akumu chan which is based on the novel Yume Chigai 夢違 by Riku Onda 216 In November 2013 Gackt appeared as a guest star in two episodes 21 amp 22 of the Indonesian Tokusatsu series Bima Satria Garuda as Noir the mysterious Bima Legend Knight from Parallel World 217 In 2014 he repeated his role in the movie Akumu chan 216 218 and starred in the drama Time Spiral as a time traveler university professor Shuya Tatsumi based on the web novel Tokeru Rasen 解 け る 螺旋 by Eren Mizumori 水守恵蓮 219 Gackt collaborated with Square Enix on the role playing game 3594e Sangokushi Eiga for iOS based on the story of Romance of the Three Kingdoms a Chinese historical novel The in game playable character military general Lu Bu was voiced by him and he also provided a theme song 220 In 2015 Gackt made a cameo appearance in Origami a short film by director Cato Ochi 221 222 It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 221 In the same year he voiced the characters Uesugi Kenshin and Sengoku Gackt as well as provided the opening theme song of the mobile game Sengoku Shura Soul 223 224 In early 2016 it was announced that Gackt was to have his first lead role after 14 years in the movie Karanukan 2018 directed by Yasuhiro Hamano 浜野安宏 225 226 The movie is set at the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa and Gackt portrays photographer Hikaru Ooyama who falls in love with a girl Mami who mysteriously disappears 225 227 In the same year he voiced Maten Ruedo in the mobile game Othellonia 228 was a voice actor for and provided opening and ending theme songs for the anime Trickster 229 160 and also dubbed the main role played by Tom Hiddleston in the Japanese dub of Kong Skull Island 230 231 In 2018 it was announced that Gackt will have a co leading role as 18 year old student Rei Asami in a live adaptation movie of the 1980s comedy manga Tonde Saitama 翔んで埼玉 written by Mineo Maya 魔夜峰央 The film was released in early 2019 to critical acclaim 232 and Gackt was nominated at the 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 233 On 1 October 2022 was confirmed to have started working on Tonde Saitama sequel which will be released in 2023 234 Theatre Edit In May 2010 a play named Nemuri Kyoshiro Buraihikae was staged at Nissay Theatre in Tokyo in which Gackt starred as the main protagonist 8 235 236 The show ran for 120 performances in seven cities until February 27 2011 with an estimated 150 000 spectators 237 In 2012 Gackt announced a plan to continue the concept of Moon Saga with a stage theatre play written composed and directed by him Moon Saga Mysteries of Yoshitsune in which he starred as Minamoto no Yoshitsune starting from July 15 at Akasaka ACT Theatre in Tokyo 238 The final two of 60 shows were held on September 26 and October 2 in Tokyo 239 240 The estimated audience was about 50 000 spectators 241 At several plays with the help of the Ashinaga Organization orphans from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake were invited and also received a monetary donation for scholarship 240 242 The second Moon stage theatre adaptation ran from August until October 2014 with 40 performances in seven cities and in the same time period the play s original soundtrack was released 243 Business ventures EditIn 2016 Gackt co founded a real estate company with Satoshi Ikeda named Gackt amp Ikeda Asia Bridge Partnerz in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 244 245 In 2017 he got involved as a core member and strategic advisor for Asia of a virtual currency project Spindle 6 In the media EditGackt s sex appeal has been noted by national polls such as by Oricon similar to those done by People He is often ranked as the most or one of the most beautiful Japanese celebrities 246 247 248 249 250 In 2009 he was also ranked fifth among rock music personalities in Japanese history 251 Gackt is considered a fashion icon J pop and national idol and due to his involvement with the visual kei movement which emphasizes androgynous and changing appearance he is referred to as a living manifestation of readers fantasy men found in bishōnen manga in his late career it changed to more macho 252 1 2 253 254 He has been compared to fictional characters like Griffith from Berserk 1 and Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII 255 as well as having been an inspiration for manga characters 256 Gackt appeared in many television commercials including for Fujifilm Shiseido Daihatsu Niconico Tsutaya Square Enix and Konami among others 257 Over the years Gackt appeared as a performer guest and regular member on several television variety shows including Hey Hey Hey Music Champ and since 2009 TV Asahi s New Year s special Geinoujin Kakuzuke Check Celebrity Rating Check where he holds the record of 71 individual winning streaks 171 258 Personal life EditWhen he was 20 years old Gackt was briefly married to a Korean woman 15 259 Gackt has lived for most of his life in Tokyo Japan In 2012 he moved to the Philippines and Hong Kong 260 with his primary residence located in Malaysia where he has a house of 1 700 square meters situated in a residential area on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur 244 He is fluent in Mandarin Korean English and speaks some French 31 He has a second degree black belt rank in ITF taekwondo as well as experience in other martial arts like karate boxing jiu jitsu among others 261 In the past years he enjoys playing poker and since 2017 plays competitively on live tournaments with largest cash of 75 600 from fourth place finish in Aria High Roller Las Vegas 3 262 He stated that his philosophical way of life is similar to Japanese Bushido 202 263 His personal religious belief is close to a nature god 264 His family believed that their deceased members became gods and they should venerate them hence exist two conceptions of Ryukyuan religion in Okinawa whether to venerate the ancestors or nature It does not have a well defined theorization and rituals but the practice is an acknowledgment of everything that surrounds people 265 a love of nature 227 Discography EditSolo Edit Main article Gackt discography Mizerable extended play 1999 Mars 2000 Rebirth 2001 Moon 2002 Crescent 2003 Love Letter 2005 Diabolos 2005 Re Born 2009 Last Moon 2016 Malice Mizer Edit Main article Malice Mizer discography Voyage Sans Retour 1996 Merveilles 1998 Filmography EditMoviesMoon Child 2003 Shō Kamen Rider Decade All Riders vs Dai Shocker 2009 Joji Yuki Bunraku 2010 Yoshi The Tempest 3D 2012 Akumu chan 2014 Takashi Shiki Yume Ōji Origami 2015 short film Karanukan 2018 Hikaru Ooyama Fly Me to the Saitama 2019 Rei Asami 266 The Confidence Man JP Episode of the Princess 2020 Mysterious man Fly Me to the Saitama II 2023 Rei Asami 266 Voice actingNew Fist of the North Star 2003 OVA Seiji 267 Bujingai 2003 video game Lau Wong Dirge of Cerberus Final Fantasy VII 2006 video game Genesis Rhapsodos Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII 2007 video game Genesis Rhapsodos 267 Arthur and the Minimoys 2007 animated film Japanese dubbed version Maltazard Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard 2010 animated film Japanese dubbed version Maltazard Shiki 2010 anime Seishiro Kirishiki Tono to Issho 2010 anime Kenshin Uesugi Dragon Nest 2010 video game Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs 2010 video game Supernatural The Animation 2011 anime Andy Sket Dance 2011 anime Kiyoshi Dante Date Dragon Age Dawn of the Seeker 2012 animated film Knight Commander 3594e 2014 mobile game Sengoku Shura Soul 2015 mobile game Othellonia 2016 mobile game Trickster 2016 anime Fiend With Twenty Faces Kong Skull Island 2017 feature film Japanese dubbed version James Conrad Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion 2022 video game Genesis Rhapsodos 268 Television series and documentariesIma Hadaka Ni Shitai Otoko tachi いま裸にしたい男たち 2001 Hero s Hero 2002 Furin Kazan 2007 Uesugi Kenshin Mr Brain 2009 Takegami Teijiro Ep 2 The Tempest 2011 Jyoteigai Akumu chan 2012 Takashi Shiki Yumeoji Sengoku Basara Moonlight Party 2012 Oda Nobunaga Bima Satria Garuda 2013 Noir Time Spiral 2014 Shuya TatsumiTours EditArena tours 2000 Mars Sora Kara no Homonsha Mars 空からの訪問者 2001 Requiem et Reminiscence 2002 Kagen no Tsuki 下弦の 2003 Jogen no Tsuki 上弦の 2004 The Sixth Day amp Seventh Night 2005 06 Diabolos Aien no Shi Diabolos 哀婉の詩 2008 09 Requiem et Reminiscence II Saisei to Kaikou Requiem et Reminiscence II 再生と邂逅 2013 Best of the Best Vol I 2016 Last Visualive Saigo no Tsuki Last Moon Last Visualive 最期ノ月 Last Moon 2020 KhaosClub tours 1999 99 Gackt Resurrection amp Easter Live 2006 07 Training Days D r u g PartyTheater Hall tours 2021 Last Songs 2021 feat K 2023 Last Songs 2023 feat KNotes Edit Gackt s exact birth name was publicly unknown until 2017 For a certain period of time was considered that Gackt Camui 神威 楽斗 Kamui Gakuto was his real name 1 2 3 but ASCAP beside Gackt and Gackt C listed Gakuto Oshiro which are a Japanese given name and surname 4 5 They were confirmed by Gackt on 26 December 2017 6 7 His year of birth 1973 was also unknown until 5 November 2009 and instead his public profile used 1540 This was a remnant of his claim to be a vampire from his early career 8 9 10 On 4 June 2009 in commemoration of his solo career s 10th anniversary his stage name Gackt became stylized in all capital letters as GACKT 11 Dears is the former name of G amp Lovers Gackt s official fan club As of October 1st 2013 it was renamed to G amp Lovers On March 15 2016 an international fan club was also opened 87 Specially reserved events are organized for the members like an annual trip which so far visited Hawaii Seoul Sydney Vancouver Los Angeles Paris Singapore Toronto Macau Thailand and Rome 88 References Edit a b c Miller Laura 2012 Youth fashion and beautification Japan s Changing Generations Are Young People Creating a New Society Routledge pp 90 91 ISBN 978 1 134 35389 7 a b Henry Johnson Akitsugu Kawamoto 2016 Visual Kei Glamour in Japanese Pop Music Global Glam and Popular Music Style and Spectacle from the 1970s to the 2000s Routledge p 202 ISBN 978 1 317 58819 1 a b Valerie Cross August 28 2017 Pop Music Star Gackt Attempting to Change Poker s Image in Japan PokerNews Archived from the original on August 28 2017 Retrieved August 28 2017 ACE Repertory ASCAP Archived from the original on January 6 2017 Retrieved August 17 2016 Paul Campbell 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4 334 97412 0 autobiography Moon Child 鎮魂歌 Moon Child Requiem in Japanese Kadokawa Shoten 2003 ISBN 978 4048734615 novel Gacktionary in Japanese Kadokawa 2009 ISBN 978 4048950701 quotes collection Moon Saga 義経秘伝 Moon Saga Mysteries of Yoshitsune in Japanese Kodansha 2014 ISBN 978 4062190565 novel Gacktの格 言集 Gackt no Gakugenshu in Japanese Takarajimasha 2015 ISBN 9784800234674 quotes collection Oh My Gackt in Japanese Kadokawa 2017 ISBN 9784046017062 blog post collection Gacktの勝ち方 in Japanese North Village 2019 ISBN 9784861133770 business book External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gackt Official website Japanese Chinese English Official community site Japanese Gackt at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gackt amp oldid 1177849752, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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