From TheBestLinks.com
de:Gackt ja:Gackt
Gackt O.S. Camui (ガクト, but most often written in English, even in Japan, pronounced "ga-ku-to") is a song writer, vocalist, and multi-talented instrumentalist -- (trumpet, tuba, horn, trombone, piano, guitar, drums, bass), all other standard orchestral instruments, and most traditional Japanese instruments -- as well as a beloved celebrity amongst females, both in Japan and the international JPop fan community. Gackt claims to be a Norwegian vampire.
Gackt can speak Japanese, English, French, Mandarin, and Korean.
Early life
Camui does not release his birth date, maintaining a biography fit for a member of Malice Mizer. His given birthdate is July 4, 1540.
Born in Okinawa, Japan, he was raised by unusually strict parents who regulated his life. His television viewing was restricted to national or educational programming. At age seven, Gackt nearly drowned in the Sea of Okinawa. After being saved, he claimed to be able to see things that normal people couldn't and was then sent into isolation in a mental hospital.
Gackt was a very competitive person, saying, "It's not that I want to win, it's just that I don't want to lose." As a child, he had always wanted to be better than anyone else and continues to learn new skills and practice existing skills to become better.
His interest in music was a rough one; his parents, both musicians, forced him to learn the piano when he was three. He was too small to actually play, but he had to sit in front of the piano for two hours. Later, his competitive nature made him master the piano after seeing his friend play better than him. Then Gackt's interest changed to brass instruments after seeing his father play trumpet. Again, his competitive nature resulted in non-stop practice and mastery of several instruments of the brass category, but it had all ended when his parents worried it would damage his teeth and forbid him to play. This prompted him to consider becoming a music conductor.
When Gackt turned 17, his music life changed when his mother told him that she regretted forcing him to learn piano. Then he changed his tastes in music from classical to rock (after becoming very interested in it because he had never heard it in his childhood) and moved him to learn band instruments.
Early Career
Gackt started as a drum technician for a recording studio and drummer for an unknown band. Later on, he met Ren and You and formed a band, Cain's Feel, with Gackt as the vocalist, although he felt his deep voice wasn't suited for the trend at the time.
Days with Malice Mizer
Gackt's popularity began to rise after joining the visual kei band Malice Mizer on October 1995 as their new vocalist, seeing great potential in the band as well as being attracted to each member of the band. His contributions to the band soon created a new style for the band, bringing a soft romantic touch to their music as well as their appearance, as well as greatly popularizing Malice Mizer as one of the most influential bands in history. During his run with the band, they released several great singles as well as two albums.
Gackt left in 1998 after the end of the "Merveilles" Tour. In his autobiography, he cited personal/artistic differences as reasons for leaving. Also, in his autobiography, Gackt said that he was asked by Malice Mizer to leave, although he wished to stay. But he left, feeling that each member of the band had the potential to follow a solo career.
Solo career
After leaving Malice Mizer, Gackt started a solo career with a group of people called GacktJOB, consisting of several members including You (violin / rhythm guitar), Yukihiro Chachamaru Fujimura (lead guitar/effects), Masa (rhythm guitar), Ren (bass), Toshi (drums), Yosh (choreographer/dancer), and Igao (keyboards) (and much later Ryuichi Ryu Nishida on drums, and Ju-ken on bass). His solo career has been a great success as he continues to maintain a level of popularity far greater than when he was still with Malice Mizer.
In addition to music, Gackt has been involved as an actor in various TV commercials, the Japanese drama Hero's Hero, and co-writing and co-starring in the movie Moon Child with Hyde, vocalist of L'Arc En Ciel.
He has also written a book, Moonchild: Requiem, and several as-yet unpublished short stories, worked as a runway model for his favorite designer, Yoshiyuki Konishi, designed his own stage-wear and clothing line, and opened his own private, members only restaurant/bar, Tamaly Bar, complete with his own personal and family recipies.
Gackt was also involved in the PlayStation 2 game Bujingai, where he performed voice work as well as doing motion capture for the game's protagonist. Other voice-over work Gackt has done includes the character 'Seiji' from the anime New Fist Of The North Star (Shin Hokuto No Ken).
Miscellaneous
Gackt is a serious perfectionist. He is also a humorous man and often tries to maintain a deadpan expression when attempting humor.
He is also a very health-conscious person, with a body-fat percentage of 6%. He works hard to maintain his body's flexibility.
Discography
Singles
- Mizerable (7/9/1999)
- Vanilla (8/11/1999)
- Mirror (2/9/2000)
- OASIS (2/16/2000)
- Sekirei - seki-ray- (3/8/2000)
- Saikai -Story- (8/30/2000)
- Secret Garden (11/16/2000)
- Kimi No Tame Ni Dekiru Koto (3/14/2001)
- ANOTHER WORLD (9/5/2001)
- 12gatsu no Love Song (12/16/2001)
- Vanilla (3/20/2002) - First prints have a promotional video footage
- Wasurenaikara (4/24/2002)
- December Love (11/27/2002) - the English version of 12gatsu No Love Song
- Kimi Ga Oikaketa Yume (3/19/2003)
- Tsuki No Uta (6/11/2003)
- Last Song (11/12/2003)
- 12gatsu No Love Song (12/3/2003) - the Chinese version
- Kimi Ni Aitakute (10/27/2004)
- 12gatsu No Love Song (12/14/2004) - the Korean version
Albums
- Mizerable (5/12/1999)
- MARS (4/26/2000)
- Rebirth (4/25/2001)
- Rebirth (6/27/2001) - A special pre-order edition
- MOON (6/19/2002)
- Crescent (12/3/2003)
- THE SIXTH DAY (2/25/2004)
- THE SEVENTH NIGHT (5/26/2004)
VHS
- Mizerable Single Box (6/30/1999)
- Mirror OASIS (6/18/2000)
- MARS Sora Kara No Homonsha -Kaiso- (10/4/2000)
- MARS Sora Kara No Homonsha -Kaiso- (Lawson Special Backstage Report) (11/27/2000)
- Platinum Box 1 (12/16/2000) -contains special interview footage plus live CD of the Mars Tour
- Saisei to Shuen (6/21/2001) -contains the videos plus makings of for Secret Garden, and Kimi No Tame Ni Dekiru Koto
- Requiem et Reminiscence - Shuen to Seijaku (9/28/2001)
- Requiem et Reminiscence - Shuen to Seijaku (Lawson Special Backstage Report) (10/24/2001)
- Soyokaze (3/1/2002) -contains the videos and makings of for Another World, and 12gatsu No Love Song plus the short film feature, Life
- Shinkai -2002.6.6~2002.7.10 Live Tour Documents (Lawson Special Backstage Report) (11/27/2002)
- Gackt Live Tour 2002 Kagen no Tsuki -Seiya no Shirabe- (3/19/2003)
- Gekko (8/6/2003) -contains the videos plus makings of for Kimi Ga Oikaketa Yume, and Tsuki No Uta
- Gackt Live Tour 2003 Jogen no Tsuki -Saishusho- (9/18/2003)
- Gackt Live Tour 2004 The Sixth Day & Seventh Night -Final- (9/15/2004)
DVD
- MARS Sora Kara No Homonsha -Kaiso- Tokubetsuhen (11/20/2000)
- Requiem et Reminiscence -Shuen to Seijaku -Tokubetsuban- (11/30/2001)
- Platinum Box 2 (12/21/2001) -contains the videos for Mizerable, Vanilla, Mirror, Oasis, Sekirei -seki-ray-, Saikai -Story-, Secret Garden, and Kimi No Tame Ni Dekiru Koto plus a special VHS interview, Recollections (first editions have a velvet hardcover, subsequent editions have a plastic hardcase)
- Platinum Box 3 (12/21/2002) -contains the videos for Another World, 12gatsu No Love Song, and Wasurenai Kara, plus special footage of Gackt's concert in Beijing (first editions have a velvet hardcover, subsequent editions have a plastic hardcase)
- Gackt Live Tour 2002 Kagen no Tsuki -Seiya no Shirabe- (3/19/2003)
- Gekko (8/6/2003) -contains the videos plus makings of for Kimi Ga Oikaketa Yume, and Tsuki No Uta, plus special footage of Gackt's joke for Ren's birthday on the Dears FC trip to Hawaii
- Gackt Live Tour 2003 Jogen no Tsuki -Saishusho- (9/18/2003)
- Platinum Box 4 (12/16/2003) -contains special footage of Gackt's 2004 L.A. calendar photo-shoot, the Crescent album photobook shoot, and 12gatsu No Love Song (Chinese version) recording with Wang Lee Hom in Hong Kong (first editions have a velvet hardcover, subsequent editions have a plastic hardcase)
- Gackt Live Tour 2004 The Sixth Day & Seventh Night~Final~ (9/15/2004)
- Platinum Box 5 (12/14/2004)(first editions have a velvet hardcover, subsequent editions have a plastic hardcase)
External links
Related links
Top visited
0 of
0 links
[no links posted yet]
>> place link >>
Discussion
Last posted
0 of
0 messages
[no messages posted yet]
>> post message >>
Watch
You can
add this article to your own "watchlist" and receive e-mail notification about all changes in this page.
