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Gackt

Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor and author

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1973

Place of Birth: Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Profession: screenwriter, actor, composer, poet, singer, record producer, pianist, singer-songwriter, seiyū, guitarist, model

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About Gackt

  • Gakuto Oshiro (?? ???, Oshiro Gakuto, born July 4, 1973), better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • As a solo artist, Gackt has sold over 10 million records.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.
  • In addition to his music career, Gackt has acted in a few films, 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 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.

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