Gackt Camui

Born: 1973-07-04

Gackt Camui, was born in Okinawa, Japan. His 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 age of three. After exposure to rock music during his teenage years he practiced electric guitar and drums intensely. In the early 1990s he was working as a sound technician and studio drummer, but by the mid-'90s he had begun his career as a singer. He spent a short time in the independent band Cains:Feel before moving on to the visual kei rock band Malice Mizer. With Gackt as vocalist, lyricist, and composer, they rose to fame within the visual kei genre. In 1999 he parted ways with the band and launched his solo career, debuting with the EP Mizérable. He has since released nine studio albums, eight compilation albums, and forty-four singles. He has toured extensively within Japan and also throughout Asia and Europe. With an illustrious career spanning over 15 years, and forty-three consecutive singles ranked in the top ten of the Oricon music charts, he holds the title of the most successful male soloist in Japanese music history. A hallmark of his productions has been the use of all-encompassing, conceptual, and sometimes abstract themes, "Moon" and "Requiem et Reminiscence", to develop a series of related songs, concerts, movies, books or theatre play. To describe this idea he combined the words visual, live (concert), and alive to form the term "Visualive". It references the evocative and immersive experience he strives to create for his audiences. In addition to his music career, Gackt has undertaken various film and television acting roles. He wrote and starred in his first cinematic production Moon Child (2003), which screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003, and the Philadelphia Film Festival in 2004. In 2007 he received a TV Navi award for best supporting actor in a drama, for his portrayal of the powerful feudal leader Kenshin Uesugi in NHK's The Trusted Confidant (2007). One of Gackt's most notable performances was as the samurai protagonist Yoshi in the Guy Moshe film Bunraku (2010), where he costarred alongside Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Ron Perlman and Demi Moore. His depiction of the unnerving eunuch Jo Teigai in NHK's TV drama Tempest (2011) was brought to movie screens the following year in Gekijouban Tenpesuto 3D (2012). Recently he reprised his role as both Takashi Shiki and Yumeoji (dream prince) from the television drama Akumu chan (2012) in the cinematic release, Akumu Chan the Movie (2014). Gackt's numerous voice acting credits include animated films, such as Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (2012), and video games, with two from the popular Final Fantasy VII series; Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006)and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2007) among others. In his stage play debut Nemuri Kyoshiro Burahikae (2010), Gackt was cast as the leading character. He later expanded his theater credentials by resuming his "Moon" concept and writing, producing, composing and starring in Moon Saga - Yoshitsune Hiden (2012). He has since announced a sequel scheduled to begin in August 2014 entitled Moon Saga - Yoshitsune Hiden - Chapter 2 (2014).


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Bunraku

as Yoshi
Released: 2010-09-01

In a world with no guns, a mysterious drifter, a bartender and a young samurai plot revenge...

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Fly me to the Saitama

as Rei Asami
Released: 2019-02-22

People from Saitama Prefecture are persecuted and, because of this, they hide the fact that they...

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Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker

as Jôji Yûki
Released: 2009-08-08

Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker is the film adaptation of the 2009 Kamen Rider...

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New Fist of the North Star: The Cursed City

as Seiji
Released: 2003-07-02

In the 21st century, a nuclear war turned most of the Earth's surface into a desert wasteland,...

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My Little Nightmare: The Movie

as Takashi Shiki
Released: 2014-05-03

New student Kanji transfers to 6th grade 2 class, where Ayami Mutoi works as the homeroom...

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Moon Child

as Sho
Released: 2003-04-19

Moon Child follows a group of childhood friends as they advance in a futuristic criminal...

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Fly Me to the Saitama 2

as uncredited
Released: 2023-11-23

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Gackt X Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra -A Splendid Evening of Classic-

as Himself
Released: 2014-05-21

Features GACKT's first concert with an orchestra, "Kareinaru Classic no Yube," in which his...

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Gackt Live Tour 2000 MARS ~Visitor from the Sky: La réminiscence~

as uncredited
Released: 2000-10-04

Gackt Live Tour 2000 MARS ~Visitor from the Sky: La réminiscence~ was the first live tour of...

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Gackt X Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Part II -A Splendid Evening of Classic-

as Himself
Released: 2015-04-29

Features the concert performed by GACKT and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in the end of 2014....

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Karanukan

as uncredited
Released: 2017-04-23

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Malice Mizer: Merveilles l'espace

as Himself
Released: 1998-10-28

In 1998, the band played a two day live at the Nippon Budokan which involved a large building as...

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Gackt Live Tour 2004 THE SIXTH DAY & SEVENTH NIGHT ~FINAL~

as Himself
Released: 2004-09-15

Japan's notorius J-pop goth punk star Gackt has produced many best-selling albums and has a...

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Bel Air ~Kuuhaku no Shunkan no Naka De~ de l'image

as Lover
Released: 1997-08-06

A short film released as a prequel to the Malice Mizer concept album 'Merveilles'.

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Gackt: The Greatest Filmography 1999-2006: Blue

as uncredited
Released: 2006-08-23

The ballad-heavy companion to the Red DVD release, featuring hits like "Last Song," "Love...

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Malice Mizer: No Return Voyage "Final" ~one more time~

as Himself
Released: 1997-04-18

This video documented Malice Mizer's last indie live before signing with Columbia, at Shibuya...

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Gackt: The Greatest Filmography 1999-2006: Red

as uncredited
Released: 2006-08-23

A harder-edge companion to its ballad-heavy counterpart Blue, the Red collection of music videos...

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Requiem et Reminiscence (Shuuen to Seijyaku)

as uncredited
Released: 2001-09-28

Peaking at 10 on Japan's Oricon video charts, the live concert DVD of Gackt's 2001 tour Requiem...

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Gackt Live Tour 2003: Jougen no Tsuki ~Final Show~

as Himself
Released: 2003-09-18

Filmed during Gackt's Arena Tour that kicked off May 4, 2003. This electrifying concert was the...

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Fly Me to Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love

as Rei
Released:

This is a sequel of “Fly Me to the Saitama”.

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Shiki

as Seishirō Kirishiki (voice)
First aired: 2010-07-09

Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn't even...

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Samurai Banners

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-01-07

Fūrin Kazan was the 46th NHK Taiga drama beginning on January 7, 2007. It was aired throughout...

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Trickster

as Kaijin Nijuu Mensou (voice)
First aired: 2016-10-04

It is the 2030s. The Boy Detectives Club gathers under Kogorō Akechi, the mysterious detective....

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MR.BRAIN

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-05-23

Ryusuke Tsukumo is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research...

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My Little Nightmare

as Shiki Takashi/Yumeoji
First aired: 2012-10-13

Beautiful and young, Ayami has a solid reputation as a dedicated and reliable elementary...

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Time Spiral

as Shuya Tatsumi
First aired: 2014-09-02

When Natsuki Aizawa was a child, she was kidnapped which left her traumatized. Natsuki grew up...

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Sengoku Basara - Moonlight Party

as Oda Nobunaga
First aired: 2012-07-12

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The Tempest

as Jyo Teigai
First aired: 2011-07-17

Set in the Ryukyu Kingdom during the latter days of the Tokugawa shogunate, a woman takes the...

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Japan's Got Talent

as uncredited
First aired: 2023-02-11

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