Gackt

Name:
Gackt/Gacchan

Former band(s):
Malice Mizer, Cains:Feel, Gackt solo career, GacktJOB

Current Band:
S.K.I.N.

Position:
Vocals, piano

Discography:
Albums & EPs
Mizerable
Mars
Rebirth
Moon
Crescent
Love Letter
Diabolos

Singles
Mizerable
Vanilla
Mirror
Oasis
Seki-ray
Saikai ~Story~
Secret Garden
Kimi no Tameni Dekiru Koto
Another World
Jūnigatsu no Love Song
Wasurenai Kara
Kimi Ga Oikaketa Yume
Tsuki no Uta
Lu:na/Oasis
Last Song
Kimi ni Aitakute
Arittake no Ai De
Black Stone
Metamorphoze
Todokanai Ai to Shitteita…
Redemption
Love Letter
No ni Saku Hana no Youni
Returner ~Yami no Shuen~

Compilations:
Remix of Gackt
The Sixth Day
The Seventh Night
Jūnigatsu no Love Song ~Complete Box~

Website:
Official

Images:

Gackt Camui was born in Okinawa, Japan, on a July 4 (year unknown), as the second of three children (he has an older sister and a younger brother). His father was a jazz musician who played the trumpet. In 1995, Gackt joined Malice Mizer as the group’s vocalist, lyricist and pianist. Fan base and record sales grew substantially over the following years and the band became known for its distinct visual kei theme, with elaborate costumes, on-stage scenery and theatrics. Malice Mizer released two albums with Gackt, Voyage ~Sans Retour~ and Merveilles.

When Gackt began seeking further creative control over the group’s compositions, as opposed to just writing the lyrics, he was removed from the group. Gackt launched his solo career on May 12, 1999 with the release of the EP Mizerable. Several albums, singles and videos have since followed. Gackt’s music has also been featured as theme songs for anime and video games multiple times, such as New Fist of the North Star, Texhnolyze, Bujingai and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII.

He has also provided voice acting, motion capturing and his likeness for such works on several occasions and co-wrote and co-starred in the 2003 movie Moon Child, which also features Hyde (vocalist of L’Arc~en~Ciel). In the same year, Gackt published his autobiography, Jihaku. On May 25, 2007, the formation of the supergroup Skin was announced, which besides Gackt consists of fellow pop/rock artist Miyavi, former Luna Sea guitarist Sugizo, and X Japan co-founder Yoshiki. The group gave its debut performance at the Anime Expo convention in California on June 29, 2007 and plans to release an album. Besides Japanese, he speaks English, Korean, French, and Mandarin, with varying degrees of fluency. Currently he is doing vocal work for the band S.K.I.N. with Sugizo, Miyavi and Yoshiki.