Gackt Camui

[maple_roses]

Gackt

Background information
Name: Gackt Camui (it's a stage-name. Gackt would be the contraction of "Gaku" {music} and "to" {denotes greatness} so the result is Greatness of music.)
Place of birth: Okinawa
Hometown: Kyoto
Age: mysterious! He says he was born in 1540, so he would be 464 years old... But reliable sources let us know that his real birthday is 4 July 1973...This means that this year he will be 32... It is a little different, isn't it?? However, this man doesn't look his age!!
Blood type: A (very common in Japan)
Height: 1.80! Much higher than the average!
Weight: it swings, but it's always around 60 Kg
Measures: 98-68-88
Foot size: 42
Hair: it's difficult define them, he changes very often from brown to blond, in every possible and imaginable tonality!
Eyes: as a good japanese, Gackt has brown eyes but, as you already know, he has a huge collection of colored contact lenses
[/color] he is quite ambitious, he always wants to be the n.1
Spoken languages: besides his mother language, Japanese, he speaks well Mandarin, English and French. At the moment is learning Cantonese and Korean, but he's also interested in studying Italian and Spanish
Sports: he can play very well many martial arts, such as Karate, Judo, Aikido and Jujitsu. He is able to ski, to play golf and billiards, too
Music instruments: since he does everything, he can also play well piano, drums, guitar, violin, flute and bass!
Family: father musician, mother heirdresser, an elder sister and a younger brother
Education: he received a very strict education since he was a little child. His parents rarely allowed him to watch tv, he was allowed only to watch educational and instructive programs, nothing to do with amusement... He's grown up listening to classic music and begun to study piano when he was 3.
Civil Status: divorced....Yeah, our idol was married with a Korean woman....The marriage finished soon but I don't know why...
Pets: a delicious female miniature dachshund dog named Beru Constantine Chappi and a female maine coon cat named Mei
Favourite artist: Yoshida Miwa from Dreams Come True
Favourite films: "The city of angels", "Braveheart", "Soldier"
Favourite manga: "Banana Fish", "Monster", "Gundam"
Fragrance: Egoïste Platinum by Chanel
Favourite drink: red wine, the, vodka
Favourite food: kimchi (Korean food), eggs salad (Italian food); he loves cooking curry... He hates every sort of sweets (this would explain why he is so thin) and avoids eating rice because he says it makes him put on weight!
Favourite color: black and white
Favourite actors: Meg Ryan, Sandra Bullock, Brigitte Fonda, John Travolta, Brad Pitt, Nicholas Cage
The only difect (at least in our opinion): he smokes like a chimney!

Label(s) Nippon Crown
Associated
acts Malice Mizer, Skin
Website http://www.dears.ne.jp

Gackt Camui (神威 楽斗, Kamui Gakuto?, born July 4, 1973 in Okinawa, Japan) is a musician, songwriter and actor. Usually referred to by his first name only, he is best known for his work with Malice Mizer and his subsequent career as a successful solo artist.

Biography

Early life (1973–1994)

Gackt Camui was born in Okinawa, Japan, on July 4, 1973 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. According to his autobiography, he was a rambunctious child and enjoyed taking risks; at age seven he nearly drowned while swimming off the coast of Okinawa. After this near-death experience, he claimed to have the ability to see and speak with deceased family members, a notion which was dismissed by his parents. At the age of ten, Gackt was hospitalized with a gastrointestinal condition and had to remain at the hospital for a prolonged time. He made the acquaintance of several terminally ill children, of which some died during his stay.

Gackt's musical education began at age three, when his parents initiated his classical piano education, of which he grew tired four years later. It would take another four years until his parents allowed him to quit. Competition with a friend lead Gackt to learn other instruments, with a focus on contemporary rock. He also resumed playing the piano later on.

Malice Mizer (1995–1999)

Main article: Malice Mizer

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. After two albums, Gackt left the group though, citing an unfulfilled desire for more creative control over the group's compositions, as opposed to just writing the lyrics.

Solo career

Gackt launched his solo career on May 12, 1999 with the release of the EP Mizerable. Several albums, singles and videos (on VHS and DVD) have since followed. Gackt's music has also been featured as theme songs for animes 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) and Taiwanese-American singer Wang Lee Hom.

In the same year, Gackt published his autobiography, Jihaku. For Caparison Guitars, he has designed two guitars, named "Marcury" and "Venus". Since January 7, 2007, Gackt has been playing the warlord Uesugi Kenshin in the NHK drama Fūrinkazan.

On May 25, 2007, the formation of the supergroup Skin was announced, which besides Gackt consists of Miyavi, Sugizo and Yoshiki. The band will give its debut at the Anime Expo convention in Long Beach, California on June 29, 2007. Gackt's next solo release will be the single "Returner ~Yami no Shuen~", due for June 20, 2007.

Gackt Job

Gackt Job is Gackt's live support band. Its current lineup is as follows:

Chachamaru (茶々丸 – backing vocals, guitar
You – violin, guitar
Ju-ken – bass
Jun-ji – drums
Igao – keyboard
Former members

Masa – rhythm guitar
Ren – bass
Ryu – drums
Toshi – drums

p/s: if rate/comment is good i gonna put the Jihaku Translation

[kooky unnie]

he's quite good looking with a hint of femininity ^^

[edison]

he's very feminine and he looks very young for his age. He must put on tons of makeup. He's an interesting person and his music is pretty good I must say XD

[HybriDsmbr]

I think Gackt is waaaaay too pretty for his own good. No man on earth should be allowed to be that beautiful. xD

Anyways, as a character, I think he's quite estrange and it's pretty intriguing at times. As a musician, I don't really like his voice much so I can't really decide whether he has any talent.

[maple_roses]

actually .... he done a nose job.... and his skin is like that... the secret is.. don't go out in daylight to often and always went to takano yuri beauty treatment... and live in dark.... he eyes are allergy to too much light.

[Ayumu_syrein]

Ah! my favorite singer! Gackt is really cute, and his voice and music is awsome. Nice to see he's very intelligent too

[keylye]

He's cute, in a strange way. I think his music is ok. Some of his songs are better than others, but his voice gets to me sometimes. I did like Secret Garden (and the MV is pretty good too).

[my2324]

I go back and forth with Gackt. I like him but at the same time, there is something about his music that I can take it or leave it. Plus the plastic surgery is kind of a turn off. I am excited about the band he and Yoshiki are creating.

[clownsrevil]

Gackt im not feeling the back to goth look his taking with S.K.I.N to my perceptive hes not looking girly anymore, lets see how he keeps taking his career along with yoshiki miyavi and sugizo. but hes back to his dark looking self. and manly!!!!

[a3kings]

I love his music. I think im a little behind, but I just found out a few days ago that his entire library of music is available at itunes. Awesome! I do agree with HybriDsmbr
in that he is way too pretty. I hate it when he looks too feminine.