Name: Gackt
Full Name: Gackt Camui
Profession: Singer, song writer
Country: Japan
Birthday: July 4, 1973
Label: Nippon Crown

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Super celebrity and singer in Japan. He was vocalist for Cains:Feel, and Malice Mizer, a popular Visual Kei band in Japan. He then went solo and created GacktJob. He has produced many albums since, all music and lyrics written by and sung by him. He plays the trumpet, tuba, horn, trombone, piano, guitar, drums, bass, other standard orchestral instruments, and most traditional Japanese instruments. He is a very talented man!

Gackt Camui (神威 楽斗, Kamui Gakuto?) (ガクト, Gakuto?, but most often written in Latin alphabet) is a Japanese songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist. He began his rise to fame fronting the band Malice Mizer.

Albums listed below:

(1999.05.12) Mizeble Ver.2/3
(2000.04.26) MARS
(2001.04.25) Rebirth, A special pre-order edition was released on 27
June 2001
(2002.06.19) MOON
(2003.12.03) Crescent
(2004.02.25) The Sixth Day: Single Collection
(2004.05.26) The Seventh Night: Unplugged
(2005.02.14) Love Letter
(2005.06.16) Love Letter - For Korean Dears
(2005.09.21) DIABOLOS

After leaving Malice Mizer, Gackt started his solo career in 1999 backed by “GacktJOB,” initially consisting of You (violin/rhythm guitar), Yukihiro “Chachamaru” Fujimura (lead guitar/effects), Masa (rhythm guitar), Ren (bass), Toshi (drums), Yosh (choreographer/dancer), and Igao (keyboards). GacktJOB later added Ryuichi Ryu Nishida and Ju-ken. His official fanclub is named DEARS.

Masa parted abruptly with GacktJOB accompanied by Toshi in early 2002 to pursue solo activities following the release of “Another World,” the first single for Gackt’s Moon Album. Although Masa has continued his own solo career, Toshi still occasionally provides percussion for Gackt in the studio. For live appearances and the majority of studio recordings, Ryuichi Ryu Nishida has otherwise taken Toshi’s place.

Bassist Ren announced during Gackt’s “Kagen no Tsuki” tour during the summer of 2003 that he would be taking a break.[citation needed] Later that year, Ren posted assurances to fans on his blog that he would not be leaving GacktJOB permanently but wanted to return to the less inundating indies scene with his own band, LiN Clover for a while.

Throughout the first half of 2004, magazine shoots were conducted only with the remaining four members until a TV appearance in March which featured a new bassist. This was later revealed to be Ju-ken, who has been GacktJOB’s bassist since then.

Despite often being labeled as “pop”[citation needed], few of his songs can be clearly said to belong to that genre. Gackt’s music is characterized by a wide variety in musical styles which can range from heavy rock to romantic ballad. Traditional instruments are often used to accentuate electric guitar, piano, and other modern instruments. For these reasons, it is difficult to clearly assign Gackt’s music to a specific genre.

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