GACKT
Sign in to save, better known as Gackt (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1973-07-04
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Las 99 Mejores Ideas de Rajoy para Detener el Procés
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Film & TV
Acting · Okinawa, Japan
Gakuto Oshiro (born July 4, 1973) best known by his mononymous stage name Gackt is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. Gackt’s father was a music teacher, and his mother also a teacher. He is the second of three children, with an older sister and younger brother. His musical education began early, and he started learning classical music theory and piano from the…
Known for
- The Consultant — Akimine Kurokawa2026
- Blazing Fists2025
- New Abarenbō Shōgun — Tokugawa Muneharu2025
- GACKT LAST SONGS 2025 feat. K2025
- What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister — Nobunaga Oda2024
- GACKT YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz～紅燐朱舞愁狂乱宴～2024
- Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love2023
- Japan's Got Talent2023
- GACKT 20th ANNIVERSARY LIVE TOUR 2020 KHAOS — Self2020
- Fly Me to the Saitama — Rei Asami2019
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 264,965
- Total plays
- 23,780,620
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1) GACKT (大城 ガクト, Ōshiro Gakuto, born July 4, 1973, Okinawa, Japan) is a singer-songwriter, musician, actor and author, famous in Japan. Since the launch of his solo career, he has gained an even greater fandom and notoriety than he had while working as the vocalist of the iconic visual kei band MALICE MIZER, and has been extremely successful. He is one of the most successful and recognized male soloist artists in Japanese history, and holds the record for most top 10 chart singles. <a href="htt
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Key facts
- Musical artist.image
- Kong-Skull Island Japan Premiere Red Carpet-GACKT (cropped).jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Gackt in 2017
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Okinawa, Japan
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1993–2021, 2022–present
- Musical artist.background
- solo_singer
- Musical artist.origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Musical artist.discography
- Gackt discography
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 4 July 1973
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Okinawa
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Nippon Crown
- Official website
- www.gackt.com
Article
37 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Music career
- 1993–1998: First musical efforts and Malice Mizer
- 1999–2001: Solo debut, ''Mizérable'', ''Mars'', and ''Rebirth''
- 2002–2003: ''Moon'' and ''Crescent''
- 2004–2005: ''The Sixth Day'' and ''The Seventh Night'', ''Love Letter'', ''Diabolos'' and Tokyo Dome
- 2006–2007: First solo tours in Asia, international releases and S.K.I.N.
- 2008–2009: Requiem et Reminiscence II tour and ''Re:Born''
- 2010–2011: ''The Eleventh Day'', move to Avex Group and Yellow Fried Chickenz
- 2012–2014: Best of the Best tour, and move to independent G&Lovers
- 2015–2017: ''Last Moon'' and Last Visualive tour
- 2018–2022: 20th anniversary and temporary hiatus
- 2023–present: Resume of activities, ''Demonic Symphony'' and world tour
- Acting career
- Theatre
- Music artistry
- Voice
- Songwriting
- Performances
- Visualive
- Other
- Cultural status
- Entrepreneurship
- Philanthropy
- Personal life
- Discography
- Solo
- Malice Mizer
- Filmography
- Movies
- Television series and documentaries
- Voice acting
- Bibliography
- Tours
- Notes
- References
- External links
, better known as Gackt (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor.
Born in Okinawa 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 from 1995 the now-defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer. Gackt started his solo career in 1999 with debut mini-album Mizérable and first full-length album Mars (2000). 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. They are mostly conceived around two conceptual stories "Moon Saga" (Moon, Crescent, Diabolos, Last Moon) and "Requiem et Reminiscence" (Rebirth, Re:Born) which are performed live in uniquely elaborate concerts. His single "Returner (Yami no Shūen)" (2007), is 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. In 2007 became a founding member of S.K.I.N., a Japanese visual kei rock supergroup, and in 2010 formed his own band project Yellow Fried Chickenz.
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