Facts

Gackt Camui was born in Okinawa, Japan, on a July 4 (precise year unknown), he has an older sister and a younger brother. His father was a jazz musician who played the trumpet; some people say he was a mischevious child and enjoyed taking risks; at age seven he nearly drowned while swimming off the coast of Okinawa.

Gackt's musical education began at age three, when his parents initiated his classical piano education, of which he grew tired four years later. It would take another four years until his parents allowed him to quit. Competition with a friend lead Gackt to learn other instruments, with a focus on contemporary rock. He later resumed playing the piano.

In 1995, Gackt joined Malice Mizer as the group's vocalist,lyricist and pianist; later on he moved out of the group. Gackt launched his solo career on May 12, 1999; he made several albums, singles and videos. Gackt's music has also been featured as theme songs for anime and video games multiple times, such as New Fist of the North Star, Texhnolyze, Bujingai and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy Vll.  In 2003 he was in the  movie Moon Child, which also features Hyde (vocalist of L'Arc~en~Chiel).

Hee has designed two guitars, named "Marcury" and "Venus".  Since January 7, 2007, Gackt has been playing the warlord Uesuqi Kenshin in the drama Fūrinkazan. Gackt's most recent solo release is the single "Returner ~Yami no Shuen~", released on June 20, 2007, which is the first in the artist's career (both solo and in a band) to reach the number one spot on the Japanese Oricon charts. Gackt will be providing the voice for Malthazar in the Japanese release of the film Arthur and the Minimoys, set for September 2007.

GacktJob Members

Gackt Job is Gackt's live support band. Its current lineup is as follows:

• Chachamaru – backing vocals, guitar
• You – violin, guitar
• Ju-Ken – bass
• Jun-ji – drums
• Igao – keyboard