aiayeen: May 2010

Full Name: Gackt M.S. Camui

ガクト is Gackt written in Japanese

Gender: Male

Birthday: July 4, 1540 this is not a typo, this is when he claims
to be born... obv. a lie XD>
(Note: Recently in the SIXTH DAY, SEVENTH NIGHT tour,
Gackt wrote on his own tombstone that his birthday was 1973,
which could or could not be true.)

Birthplace: Okinawa, Japan
Hometown: Kyoto, Japan
Blood Type: A
Pets: Mei (cat), Belle Constantine Chappy a.k.a. Belle (dog)
Hobbies: driving, dating, playing billards, martial arts
Height: 180 cm (around 5' 10")
Weight: 50 - 80 kg (around 130 lbs)
Foods: Bananas, Wine, Spaghetti, Kimchi, tea
Habits: smoking, seeing dead people
Instruments: Drums, Trombone, Trumpet, Piano, Guitar, Bass, Tuba
Languages: Japanese, Mandarin, French, English
Currently Learning: Korean, Cantonese

Favorite...
color? Black and White
drink? Vodka (kind of strong, ne?)
manga? Banana Fish
song? Stairway to Heaven, Beauty and Harmony
singer? Yoshida Miwa, Crystal King, Metallica
movies? Braveheart, Primal Fear, The Game, City of Angels,
Soldier, Scent of a Woman
actor/actress? Sandra Bullock, Meg Ryan, John Travolta, Brad Pitt,
Nicholas Cage

Also known as Gackt Camui, Gackt C.
Genres :Rock, pop
Occupations :Singer, songwriter, record producer, composer, poet, actor, model
Years active :1995–present
Labels :Nippon Crown/Dears, Avex Trax
Associated acts Cains:Feel, Malice Mizer, S.K.I.N.
Website :gackt.com

Gackt was born in Okinawa, Japan, on July 4, 1973. His father was a music teacher primarily playing the trumpet and his mother was also a teacher. According to Gackt's autobiography, he was a mischievous child and enjoyed taking risks; at age seven he nearly drowned while swimming off the coast of Okinawa. After this near-death experience, he claim to have the ability to see and speak with deceased family members, and people. 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, some of whom died during his stay.

Gackt's musical education began at age three, when his parents initiated his classical piano education, which he grew tired of four years later. It would take another four years until his parents allowed him to quit. Gackt is known for being very competitive, and when he learned that a friend was also learning piano it led to Gackt taking up the piano again so he could be better. Having only listened to classical music and enka while growing up, Gackt didn't become interested in rock music until he was a young adult. He cites Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" as being particularly inspiring, and went on to master modern percussion and guitar.

Gackt first started learning the piano at three. He says that his parents were very stricked. Evenutally, Gackt learned to love the piano and started playing it voluntarily. He had been into classical music but changed into band. After going crazy when he was young, he said he became a psychic. His family left Okinawa and moved to Kyoto. After the move, Gackt almost drowned. He said he felt "Kanashibari" (suddenly becoming inexpliccably paralyzed while lying down) a lot, and ghosts would move his body. In one of these incidents, he lost all trust with his parents because he said he had some woman's spirit in his body and they didn't beleive him.

Gackt wanted to be an orchestra conductor. He first wanted to play a brass instrument but everything changed when he started singing in a band. When he wasn't allowed to play the brass instrument, he turned to percussion. He was determined to play the best and when he saw his friends playing the piano better than him, he had to better then them too. He said he felt and attraction toward each of the members of the band (he mentioned Kami and Kozi's names). He says that he doesn't feel like a replacement for the previous vocalist (Tetsu) but that he doesn't have to do everything Tetsu did. On one incident in France, Gackt says, "During the video shooting, I found an old piano in the castle, and I was playing it. Then a girl, who lives in the castle, and her friend came close to me and were listening to my piano-playing. After playing piano, they showed a really happy facial expression, and since I can't speak in French and they just speak very awkward English, we couldn't speak much to each other but we surely could communicate. I felt it was a very precious experience." With Gackt as a lead singer, Malice Mizer went very far.

Secrets about Gackt? He claims to be a 465 year old vampire born in Norway and says says his body can be controled by ghosts. He loves to view the nightscapes. He says he remembers asking Kami were the best place to view them was but Kami took him to a beach instead. Tokyo really didn't have many places to view nightscapes. Gackt later took Kozi to see some and Kozi was really amazed. Gackt loves to play his piano, read books, drink alcohol, or listen to music.