Gackt Camui

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 mid90s he had begun his career as a singer He spent a short time in the independent band CainsFeel 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 fortyfour singles He has toured extensively within Japan and also throughout Asia and Europe With an illustrious career spanning over 15 years and fortythree 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 allencompassing 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 NHKs The Trusted Confidant 2007 One of Gackts 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 NHKs 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 Gackts 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 2006and 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