History Creator / Gackt

On September 9, 2021, he went on a hiatus due to a neurological disease that is progressively becoming life-threatening until coming back in June 2022 to reprise Genesis Rhaspodos in the remake of ''[[VideoGame/CrisisCore Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII]]''.

* ''Series/KamenRiderDecade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker'' (2009): as Jōji Yūki.

Gackt has also been used to model several characters for video games, including Genesis Rhapsodos for ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus: VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' and Lau the protaganist of ''VideoGame/{{Bujingai}}''. He has been cast as a voice actor for Seishirou Kirishiki in ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'' and Fiend of Twenty Face in ''Anime/{{Trickster}}'' and as Nemuri Kyoshiro in a theater play, after performing his first concert tour in Europe "Attack of the YELLOW FRIED CHICKENZ." Oh, and he's also playing UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga in the ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara [[http://tinyurl.com/cntrgnc Moonlight Party]]'' TV Drama.

* Gackt was the BigBad in an arc of ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'', where he released [[TheVirus a virus]] that turned rugged manly men into bishounen. It's also implied that many ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' characters are just alternate forms of him (a joke on how he inspired some character models from that series). [[spoiler:Gackt appears to be dead after a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Hyper Beam]] to the face, but Rain notes that in a month or so he'll find a way to put himself back to life-slash-in the spotlight]]. [[spoiler:And as it turns out, he had been hired by CommanderBadass's superiors to release the virus. Why? [[FelonyMisdemeanor So they could market new Commander Badass merchandise]].]]

!!Acts that Gackt has performed with:
* [[Music/CainsFeel Cains:Feel]]: His first band.
* Music/MaliceMizer: The band he became famous with.
* [[Music/{{SKIN}} S.K.I.N.]]: A superband that he performed with Music/YoshikiHayashi, Music/{{Miyavi}}, and Music/{{Sugizo}}.
* Music/YellowFriedChickenz: A band he started for his international performances.

!!Album discography:

* ''Mizérable'' (1999)
* ''Mars'' (2000)
* ''Rebirth'' (2001)
* ''Moon'' (2002)
* ''Crescent'' (2003)
* ''Love Letter'' (2005)
* ''Diabolos'' (2005)
* ''"RE:BORN"'' (2009)

!!Compilations:

* ''The Sixth Day: Single Collection'' (2004)
* ''The Seventh Night: Unplugged'' (2004)
* ''Juunigatsu no Love Song: Complete Box'' (2006)
* ''0079-0088'' (2007)
* ''nine*nine'' (2008)

!!Concert Tours:

* ''MARS Sora Kara no Homonsha ~Kaisou~'' (2000)
* ''Requiem et Reminiscence ~Shuuen to Seijaku~'' (2001)
* ''Kagen no Tsuki ~Seiya no Shirabe~'' (2002)
* ''Jogen no Tsuki ~Saishusho~'' (2003)
* ''The Sixth Day & Seventh Night'' (2004)
* ''Diabolos ~Aien no Shi to Seiya no Namida~'' (2005)
* ''Gackt Training Days D.R.U.G. Party'' (2006-2007)
* ''Requiem et Reminiscence II ~Saisei to Kaikou~'' (2008-2009)
* ''Yellow Fried Chickenz'' (2010-2011)

* ''Series/AkumuChan''
* ''Film/MoonChild''
* ''Series/MrBrain''
* ''Film/{{Bunraku}}''
* ''Series/{{Tempest}}''
* ''Series/KamenRiderDecade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker''
* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara: Moonlight Party''
* ''Series/BimaSatriaGaruda''

* Gackt was the BigBad in an arc of ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'', where he released [[TheVirus a virus]] that turned rugged manly men into bishounen. It's also implied that many ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' characters are just alternate forms of him (a joke on how he inspired some character models from that series). [[spoiler:Gackt appears to be dead after a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Hyper Beam]] to the face, but Rain notes that in a month or so he'll find a way to put himself back to life-slash-in the spotlight]].
** [[spoiler:And as it turns out, he had been hired by CommanderBadass's superiors to release the virus. Why? [[FelonyMisdemeanor So they could market new Commander Badass merchandise]].]]

!!Gackt provides examples of:

* BackStory: His autobiographic works "Jihaku" ("Confession") and "GACKTIONARY."
* BadassBaritone: He's well known for his sexy deep singing voice.
* TheBandMinusTheFace: Malice Mizer. Averted when Tetsu left and Gackt joined they reached the height of their popularity. Played straight when Gackt left and later Kami died, as even after replacing Gackt with Klaha the band eventually broke up.
* ChivalrousPervert: Brags on Website/{{Twitter}} on how big a pervert he is usually followed by SSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
* DramaQueen: Possibly one of the more notorious ones of Visual Kei.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: See the page image.
* FlameWar:
** You do ''not'' mention Gackt to Mana fans. This one even goes into RealLife because the bad feelings between them are still there -- making the mistake of defending Gackt to someone who actually knows Mana could even lead to a BarBrawl.
** Yoshiki vs. Gackt varies. If they seem to be friends for the time being, it will be snarky and muted and kind of a joke/parody FlameWar mostly arguing over which one is bigger in a certain body region/hotter/etc. If one has recently screwed over the other, it will become SeriousBusiness again.
** The Gackt scandals are ''all'' fertile ground for repeated FlameWar as Lovers will defend Gackt, and haters and Mana fans will invariably pile in to unquestioningly insult Gackt.
* FormerTeenRebel: Gackt spent most of his childhood getting into fist fights.
* HamToHamCombat: With [[Music/YoshikiHayashi Yoshiki of X Japan]].
* HotBlooded:
* ICallHimMisterHappy: "Magnum!" ''*facepalm*''
* ISeeDeadPeople: Apparently.
* JapaneseDelinquents: Gackt was a trouble maker during his childhood constantly getting into fist fights and skipping school.
* MeaningfulName: Gackt's name tends to sound weird to, well... People in general. But his name has an actual meaning. Gackt Camui is a modification of Kamui Gakuto which can either mean "Divine power of music" or "Divine being made of music."

** EvenTheGuysWantHim: ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld. Those who find Gackt sexy, and those who are lying.
* NearDeathExperience: He almost drowned as a pre-teen and this, according to him, caused him to [[ISeeDeadPeople see dead people]].
* TrainingFromHell: Back stage footage of Gackt and his band preparing for concert is nothing but this. Gackt and his back up dancers "training" includes lifting each other as weights and taking turns punching and kicking each other in the stomach over extended periods of time.
* {{Samurai}}: After his appearance in ''Fuurin Kazan'' Gackt started getting cast in roles as samurai. Since then he has been cast as Yoshi, a samurai in the film noir movie ''Film/{{Bunraku}}'', Nemuri Kyoshiro in a theater play, and even as UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara: Moonlight Party''.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX0cGumbuFk This commercial]] is of particular note.
* StudentCouncilPresident: He plays during the Camui Gakuen concerts.
* Music/{{Vocaloid}}: Gackt provided the voice for Gakupo.
* WeakenedByTheLight: His eyes are especially sensitive to light as he wears shades in bright light.
* {{Workaholic}}: Is usually doing at least a dozen jobs at once.
** WorkingThroughTheCold: [[WordOfGod According to himself]], his health conditions have gone ''worse'' since he was young, and he considered moving to a warmer climate.

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: He was hospitalized with a gastrointestinal condition when he was ten.

Gackt Camui (born July 4, 1973) is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} Japanese]] musician within the VisualKei subculture.

On September 9, 2021, he went on a hiatus due to a neurological disease that is progressively becoming life-threatening until coming back in June 2022 to reprise Genesis Rhaspodos in the remake of [[VideoGame/CrisisCore Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.]]

* ''Yellow Fried Chickenz'' (2010-2011)]

On September 9, 2021, he went on an indefinite hiatus due to a neurological disease that is progressively becoming life-threatening.

** The Gackt scandals are ''all'' fertile ground for repeated FlameWar as Lovers will defend Gackt, and [[HateDumb haters]] and Mana fans will invariably pile in to unquestioningly insult Gackt.

* TheBandMinusTheFace: Malice Mizer. Averted when Tetsu left and Gackt joined they reached the height of their popularity. Played straight when Gackt left and later Kami died, as even after replacing Gackt with Klaha the band eventually broke up.