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* Vocal, Guitar, Piano : Gackt

* Guitar : Chachamaru [support member]
* Guitar, Violin : You [support member]
* Keyboard : Igao [support member]
* Drums : Toshi [support member]
* Drums : Ryuichi [support member]
* Bass : Ju-ken [support member]

PROFILE
Having an extensive and impressive career, Gackt is one of Japan's most acclaimed pop-rock artists who is known throughout the world. Selling over 10 million copies of his works in Japan, including 17 singles and 8 albums, Gackt has also sold his releases in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other Asian regions.

Not only does this talented man's reputation acknowledge his music career, but he has also accomplished some work in the acting industry. In 2003 Gackt wrote, directed and starred in the movie "MOON CHILD", which was filmed in Taiwan.

Recently, in 2007, it was announced that Gackt would be the vocalist of the band S.K.I.N., which is comprised of other well-known musicians such as Yoshiki, Sugizo and miyavi. Even though Gackt is involved with S.K.I.N. he continues to work on his solo career.

He reached a new high on July 2nd with his latest single, RETURNER ~yami no shuuen~, which became his first time in the #1 position on the Oricon charts.

Author : Cynthia (2008-02-02)
BIOGRAPHY
Beginning in January 1999, Gackt accomplished a lot during the first year of his solo career. By April, he had become a regular performer on the nationwide FM radio program "Radio's Rajio Ougon Jidai - Kuwareta Youkan to Kajirareta Mikan", which was broadcast on 32 regional channels across Japan. During the same month, he held his first performance as a solo artist. The live was called Gackt Easter Live - Resurrection, which was held in the Omiya Arche. On June 30th, Gackt released his first single titled Mizérable Single Box, which included a video containing the music video clip and a making of documentary.

The following month, Gackt appeared in SHOXX WAVE ILLUSTRATION '99 in Osaka and Tokyo. He finished the year off with the release of his second single, Vanilla, in August. The single's title track was used as the ending theme for "Romihi" and ranked number 4 on the Oricon charts. Even after this, Vanilla's success continued and the single stayed in the charts for over ten weeks.

Within February and March 2000, Gackt released three singles and in April he released his first solo album, MARS. The album kicked off his nationwide tour "MARS - Sora kara no Homonsha", which consisted of 16 performances beginning in Omiya Sonic City and ending on July 1st in Yokohama Arena. On August 30th, Gackt released his sixth single, Saikai - Story. A couple months later, he released a VHS titled MARS - Sora kara no Homonsha - Kaisou. This release featured images from the final live event from his nationwide tour and reached #1 on the monthly video charts on Countdown TV.

Gackt started 2001 with his first release on March 14, Kimi no tame ni Dekiru Koto, which was used as the ending song for CDTV. Beginning on April 15, he became a regular performer on Domoto Kyoudai, better known as Domoto Brothers. A week and a half later, he released his second album, Rebirth. Considering this artist's amazing musical talent, the remainder of the year was filled with many more releases and another nationwide tour.

On April 1, 2002, Gackt appeared on the Nippon Broadcasting show, Gackt's @llnightnippon.com. Twenty-four days later, he released his single, Wasurenai kara, with both the title and b-side track being used for different commercials! Wasurenai kara was used for the Fuji color digital camera print campaign and Doomsday was used for the Takanyuri commercial. June 9th saw the beginning of his third nationwide tour, Dears Presents Special Talk & Live Addition. During these tour dates, Gackt released his third album, MOON, and appeared in a television commercial for Tateyama Brewing.

A couple months later, on September 22nd, he had his first overseas live event held at the Beijing Worker's Gymnasium, holding up to 50,000 people, in China. He also appeared in the large musical event "China-Japan: Holding Hands, Moving Together", which commemorated 30 years of correction relations between China and Japan. As if Gackt hadn't already accomplish a lot in 2002, he had his second nationwide tour, Gackt Live Tour 2002 Kagen no Tsuki, starting on October 14th and continuing through December 24th, Christmas Eve. To show that touring wasn't going to hold him down from continuing his own works, he released his 12th single, Jyuunigatsu no Love song, on November 27th. The 2001 version of the song was sung in Japanese, whereas the 2002 version was sung in English. From here on, a new language version of Jyuunigatsu no Love song has been released each year.

The year 2003 was another busy year for Gackt. On March 19th, he released his 13th single. That same month he no stopped appearing as a regular performer on Domoto Kyoudai and on Gackt's @llnightnippon.com. Even though he ended these two activities, he did become a regular personality on the new Nippon Broadcasting show, Gackt no Furachi na Otokotachi, on April 5th. Later that month, on the 19th, the movie "MOON CHILD" was released and had Gackt starring alongside popular musician, HYDE. Gackt helped work on the script for the movie and also did his own action scenes! As if a movie and new television personality wasn't enough, he didn't give up on his yearly tradition of a nationwide tour in early May and throughout June he modeled and provided the narration for Rau Wong, the lead character in the Playstation 2 game, BUJINGAI. On December 3rd, he released his 17th single, Jyuunigatsu no Love song, but this version, a duet with Taiwanese artist, Wang Leehom, was sung in Chinese. That same day, Gackt released his fourth album, Crescent.

A little over two months after releasing his previous album, Gackt released his fifth album, THE SIXTH DAY, which is actually a single collection. A couple months later, he holds another nationwide tour, Gackt Live Tour 2004 THE SIXTH DAY & SEVENTH NIGHT, which was comprised of 15 performances total. Keeping with the theme of the tour, THE SEVENTH NIGHT, an album consisting of acoustic arrangements of previously recorded tracks, was released a month after the tour began. Toward the end of the year, on October 27th, he released his 18th single titled Kimi ni Aitakute, which was the ending theme for the television show, The Wide. In December, Gackt was awarded "Best Asian Rock Artist" at Korea's largest musical event, m.net/Km MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL. That same month, he released Jyuunigatsu no Love song in Korean.

The year 2005 started off strong with the release of his 20th single, Arittake no Ai de, and the song was used for the theme of Entertainment SPORTS for NNN News Plus 1. On Valentine's Day, Gackt released his first ballad album, Love Letter. The title tracks of his 21st and 22nd singles were also used as themes. Respectively, BLACK STONE was used as the song for the Daihatsu "Move Custom" TV commercial and Metamorphoze was used for the theme for Mobile Suit Gundam 2.

In June, Love Letter was re-recorded in Korea and was released into the Korean market. On August 10th, Gackt's 23rd single titled Todokanai Ai to Shitteitanoni Osaekirezu ni Aishitsudzuketa became the theme song for the Fuji television drama, Contract Marriage. Even though he had already released two albums earlier in 2005, his 8th, DIABOLOS, went on sale on September 21st. A couple days after its release he began his Gackt Live Tour 2005 DIABOLOS - A Sorrowful Poem tour. Early in November, he presented the leading out of bikes for the final presentations at the Kawaguchi Autorace track. For the first time, his songs were also played as the final race fanfare. The 2005 edition of Jyuunigatsu no Love song was only available via the internet and was performed as a duet with Isoo from the Korean group, MC the MAX.

The following year, in 2006, Gackt held his first Asian tour, Gackt Live Tour 2006 DIABOLOS - A Sorrowful Poem in Asia, the first performance of which took place in the Fencing Stadium at the Korean Olympic Park on January 14th. The following months saw the release of his 24th and 25th singles. REDEMPTION was used as the theme song for the Playstation 2 game, DIRGE of CERBERUS-FINAL FANTASY VI, while Love Letter was used as the theme for "Mobile Suit Gundam Z, Love is a Star's Beat". A DVD featuring his Gackt Live Tour, Christmas Eve, 2005. DIABOLOS - A Sorrowful Poem and Tears on Christmas Eve performance at Tokyo Dome hit the shelves on March 23rd, followed by the simultaneous release of two more DVDs, THE GREATEST FILMOGRAPHY 1999-2006 BLUE and THE GREATEST FILMOGRAPHY 1999-2006 RED, both video clip collections, in August. From October 25th to November 22nd, Gackt's albums, MARS, Rebirth, MOON, Crescent and Diabolos, were all released as a series dubbed Gackt PREMIUM COLLECTION, which consisted of the re-release of the each album with large-sized CD jackets.

In 2007, the year started with the February release of No ni Saku Hana no youni, Gackt's 26th single, which jumped to number three on the Oricon chart, and on June 27th, he released his 27th single, RETURNER - Yami no Shuen, a number one hit on the chart. Aside from his chart topping singles, he also joined the lineup of S.K.I.N., a "Super Band" consisting of himself, Yoshiki, Sugizo and Miyavi. The band's debut performance took place on June 29th at the California convention, Anime Expo, though there has been no further information regarding the possibility of S.K.I.N.'s continued activity.