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* ''[[THE SIXTH DAY 〜SINGLE COLLECTION〜]]'' (2/25/2004) |
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* ''[[THE SEVENTH NIGHT 〜UNPLUGGED〜]]'' (5/26/2004) |
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Revision as of 09:34, 12 June 2005
Gackt M.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 both females and men, both in Japan and the international JPop fan community. Gackt claims to have been imbued with certain psychic powers after a fall off a boat at a young age. He is a former vocalist of Cains:Feel and Malice Mizer; thanks to him, Malice Mizer became well-known.
Gackt can speak Japanese, English, Mandarin, Korean,and French
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Life
Early life
Camui does not release his birth date, maintaining a biography fit for a member of Malice Mizer. He claims his birthday is July 4, 1540, but some sources say that he was born on the more realistic date of July 4, 1973. He has never revealed his real name, and various rumors about what it might be (Okabe Satoru?) are pure conjecture.
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. He was also very ambitious as well he is now.
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 all ended when his parents worried it would damage his teeth and forbade 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 lifelong friends and fellow performers Ren and You and formed a band, Cains: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. His contributions to the band led it in a new stylistic direction, bringing a soft romantic touch to their music as well as their appearance. During Gackt's time with the band Malice Mizer met its greatest popularity, releasing two albums (Voyage ~sans retour~ on Mana's Midi:Nette label and their first and only major release, Merveilles on Nippon Columbia) as well as a number of singles.
Gackt left in 1998 after the end of the "Merveilles" Tour. He has variously cited personal, artistic, and financial 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.
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 live shows often include homoerotic play (fanservice) with some of these members. 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. His fans (whom he calls "Dears") span several countries.
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. In 2003 his autobiography, where he displays his deep thoughts and events, appeared.
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, Also appearing in the hit game Metal Gear Solid 2, Other voice-over work Gackt has done includes the character 'Seiji' from the anime New Fist of the North Star (Shin Hokuto no Ken). He also performed the ending theme (Tsuki no Uta) for the anime Texhnolyze.
Gackt is usually cited as being the model for Final Fantasy VIII lead Squall Leonhart's character design.
In begin 2005 he was asked to write and perform the theme- and endingsong of the Gundam movie 'Zeta Gundam: A New Translation', which was eagerly participated by a significant number the anime-community. The songs were 'Metamorphoze' and an rearrangement of the earlier 'Kimi ga Matteiru kara'.
GacktJOB
GacktJOB is Gackt's group of support members. Current members include:
- You (violin, guitar)
- Chachamaru (茶々丸) (guitar)
- Ju-ken (bass)
- Ryu (drums)
- Igao (keyboard)
Among former members are:
- Ren (bass) currently in band LinClover
- Masa (rhythm guitar) currently in band Spiky and DizzyDrive
Discography
In several cases, the Japanese titles are given first, followed by the romaji titles in square brackets.
Singles
1999
- Mizérable (07/09)
- Vanilla (08/11)
- Remix of Gackt EP (11/03)
2000
- Mirror (02/09)
- OASIS (02/16)
- 鶺鴒〜seki-ray〜 [Sekirei—seki-ray—] (03/08)
- 再会〜Story〜 [Saikai—Story—] (08/30)
- Secret Garden (11/16)
2001
- 君のためにできること [Kimi no tameni dekiru koto] (03/14)
- ANOTHER WORLD (09/05)
- 12月のLove song [Juunigatsu no Love Song] (12/16)
2002
- Vanilla (03/20) - re-release with video on first prints
- 忘れないから [Wasurenai kara] (04/24)
- 12月のLove song (11/27) - with English version "December Love"
2003
- 君が追いかけた夢 [Kimi ga oikaketa yume] (03/19)
- 月の詩 [TSUKI no UTA] (06/11)
- Lu:na/OASIS (06/25)
- Last Song (11/12)
- 12月のLove song (12/03) - with Chinese version
2004
- 君に逢いたくて [Kimi ni ai takute] (10/27)
- 12月のLove song (12/14) - with Korean version
2005
- ありったけの愛で [arittake no ai de] (01/26)
- BLACK STONE (04/27)
- ～メタモルフォーゼ～Metamorphoze (05/25)
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 〜SINGLE COLLECTION〜 (2/25/2004)
- THE SEVENTH NIGHT 〜UNPLUGGED〜 (5/26/2004)
- Love Letter (2/14/2005)
VHS
- Mizérable Single Box (6/30/1999)
- Video Vanilla (12/8/1999)
- Video Mirror.OASIS (6/18/2000)
- MARS 空からの訪問者〜回想〜 [MARS Sora Kara No Homounsha—Kaisou— ] (10/4/2000)
- MARS 空からの訪問者〜回想〜 (Lawson Special Backstage Report) (11/27/2000)
- PLATINUM BOX 〜Ⅰ〜 (12/16/2000) - contains special interview footage plus live CD of the MARS Tour
- 再生と終焉 [Saisei to Shuen] (6/21/2001)
- contains the videos/makings-of for Secret Garden and 君のためにできること
- Requiem et Réminiscence〜終焉と静寂〜 [Requiem et Réminiscence—Shuen to Seijaku—] (9/28/2001)
- Requiem et Réminiscence〜終焉と静寂〜 (Lawson Special Backstage Report) (10/24/2001)
- seven (2001) - exclusive Dears-only content
- 微風 [Soyokaze] (3/1/2002)
- contains the videos/makings-of for ANOTHER WORLD and 12月のLove song plus the short film, Life
- 心海 2002.6.6〜7.10 LIVE TOUR DOCUMENTS [Shinkai] (11/27/2002)
- Gackt Live Tour 2002 下弦の⽉〜聖夜の調〜 [Kagen no Tsuki —Seiya no Shirabe—] (3/19/2003)
- ⽉光 [Gekkou] (8/6/2003)
- contains the videos/makings-of for 君が追いかけた夢 and ⽉の詩
- Gackt Live Tour 2003 上弦の⽉〜最終章〜 [Jogen no Tsuki —Saishusho—] (9/18/2003)
- Gackt Live Tour 2004 THE SIXTH DAY & SEVENTH NIGHT 〜FINAL〜 (9/15/2004)
DVD
- MARS 空からの訪問者〜回想〜 特別編 [MARS Sora Kara No Homounsha—Kaisou— Tokubetsuhen] (11/20/2000)
- Requiem et Réminiscence〜終焉と静寂〜 特別編 [Requiem et Réminiscence—Shuen to Seijaku— Tokubetsuhen] (11/30/2001)
- PLATINUM BOX 〜Ⅱ〜 (12/21/2001)
- contains the videos for Mizérable, Vanilla, Mirror, OASIS, 鶺鴒〜seki-ray〜, 再会〜Story〜, Secret Garden, and 君のためにできること plus a special VHS interview, Recollections
- PLATINUM BOX 〜Ⅲ〜 (12/21/2002)
- contains the videos for ANOTHER WORLD, 12月のLove song, and 忘れないから, plus special footage of Gackt's concert in Beijing
- Gackt Live Tour 2002 下弦の⽉〜聖夜の調〜 [Kagen no Tsuki —Seiya no Shirabe—] (3/19/2003)
- ⽉光 [Gekkou] (8/6/2003)
- contains the videos/makings-of for 君が追いかけた夢 and ⽉の詩, plus special footage of Gackt's joke for Ren's birthday on the Dears FC trip to Hawaii
- Gackt Live Tour 2003 上弦の⽉〜最終章〜 [Jogen no Tsuki —Saishusho—] (9/18/2003)
- PLATINUM BOX 〜Ⅳ〜 (12/16/2003)
- contains special footage of Gackt's 2004 L.A. calendar photoshoot, the Crescent album photobook shoot, and 12月のLove song (Chinese vers.) recording with Wang Lee Hom in Hong Kong
- Gackt Live Tour 2004 THE SIXTH DAY & SEVENTH NIGHT 〜FINAL〜 (9/15/2004)
- PLATINUM BOX 〜Ⅴ〜 (12/14/2004)
All PLATINUM BOX first editions have a velvet hardcover; subsequent editions have a plastic hardcase.