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'''Gackt''' was born as Gakuto Oshiro 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, he got tired of the piano at the age of seven when he entered elementary school, and because of a move had to change teachers. It would be another four years before his parents allowed him to leave school. Since his father played the trumpet, Gackt was also familiar with wind instruments. He has credited classical pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin for being "the one who taught me the beauty, the depth, the fun, the sadness, the kindness of the music, that music could give people courage, and the meaning of the sound layers. It is no exaggeration to say that Chopin is the foundation of my music”. Having listened only to classical music and enka as he grew up, he wasn't interested in rock until he was a young adult. He cited Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" as "something especially inspiring”, after this 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 mid-'90s he had begun his career as a singer. | '''Gackt''' was born as Gakuto Oshiro 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, he got tired of the piano at the age of seven when he entered elementary school, and because of a move had to change teachers. It would be another four years before his parents allowed him to leave school. Since his father played the trumpet, Gackt was also familiar with wind instruments. He has credited classical pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin for being "the one who taught me the beauty, the depth, the fun, the sadness, the kindness of the music, that music could give people courage, and the meaning of the sound layers. It is no exaggeration to say that Chopin is the foundation of my music”. Having listened only to classical music and enka as he grew up, he wasn't interested in rock until he was a young adult. He cited Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" as "something especially inspiring”, after this 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 mid-'90s he had begun his career as a singer. | ||
| − | ''Contiue: [[Gackt/About]]'' | + | ''Contiue: [[Gackt/About|About Gackt]]'' |
==TV Shows== | ==TV Shows== | ||
Revision as of 20:00, 4 October 2018
Profile
- Name: ガクト
- Name (pronounced): ga-ku-to
- Full artist name: Gackt M.S. Camui / 神威楽斗
- Profession: Singer, songwriter and actor
- Birthplace: Okinawa, Japan
- Birthday: 1973-Jul-04
- Height: 180cm
- Weight: 60kg
About Gackt
Gackt was born as Gakuto Oshiro 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, he got tired of the piano at the age of seven when he entered elementary school, and because of a move had to change teachers. It would be another four years before his parents allowed him to leave school. Since his father played the trumpet, Gackt was also familiar with wind instruments. He has credited classical pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin for being "the one who taught me the beauty, the depth, the fun, the sadness, the kindness of the music, that music could give people courage, and the meaning of the sound layers. It is no exaggeration to say that Chopin is the foundation of my music”. Having listened only to classical music and enka as he grew up, he wasn't interested in rock until he was a young adult. He cited Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" as "something especially inspiring”, after this 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 mid-'90s he had begun his career as a singer.
Contiue: About Gackt
TV Shows
- Time Spiral (NHK BS Premium, 2014)
- Akumu-chan SP (NTV, 2014)
- Akumu-chan (NTV, 2012)
- Sengoku Basara (MBS, BS-TBS, 2012)
- Tempest (NHK, 2011)
- MR. BRAIN (TBS, 2009, ep2)
- Fuurin Kazan (NHK, 2007)
- Hero's Hero (2002)
Movies
- Akumu-chan (2014)
- Moon Child (2003)
Endorsements
- Takano Yuri Beauty Clinic
- Doomsday (2002)
- Vanilla (2003)
- Saikai ~Story~ (2005)
- Love Letter (2006)
- Neue Men's (Another World)
- e-ma
- Dwango
- FujiFilm (Wasurenai Kara)
- Daihatsu Custome Move (2005) (Black Stone)
- Kirin Fire Beer (To Feel The Fire)