Line #50 Creator/Gackt


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2	[[caption-width-right:236: He's nicknamed "The King of Devils," really.]]
3	Gackt Camui (born July 4, 1973) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese musician within the VisualKei subculture.
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5	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 ''Literature/{{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.
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7	Has autobiographic works "Jihaku" ("Confession") and "GACKTIONARY."
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9	Gackt provided the voice for [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Gakupo]].
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11	He is also known to speak well in Chinese.
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13	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 Rhapsodos in the remake of ''[[VideoGame/CrisisCore Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII]]''.
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15	See Music.{{Gackt}} for his music career.
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18	!!His filmography includes:
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20	* ''Film/MoonChild'' (2003): as Shō.
21	* ''Franchise/CompilationOfFinalFantasyVII'' (2006-): as Genesis Rhapsodos.
22	* ''Series/MrBrain'' (2009)
23	* ''Film/KamenRiderDecadeAllRidersVsDaiShocker'' (2009): as Jōji Yūki.
24	* ''Film/{{Bunraku}}'' (2010): as Yoshi.
25	* ''[[VideoGame/GundamVsSeries Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.]]'' (2010) as EX-.
26	* ''Series/{{Tempest}}'' (2012)
27	* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara: Moonlight Party'' (2012)
28	* ''Series/BimaSatriaGaruda'' (2013)
29	* ''Series/AkumuChan'' (2014): as Takashi Shiki/Yume Ōji.
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31	!!Gackt in pop-culture:
32	* Gackt was an ArcVillain in ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'', where he released a [[TheVirus 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]].]]
33	* After much pleading from the director, he agreed to voice UsefulNotes/UesugiKenshin in ''Manga/TonoToIssho''.
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36	!!Gackt's non-music works provide examples of:
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38	* MrFanservice: Gackt's appearance in ''Fuurin Kazan'' was expected to increase young adult female viewers. What they didn't anticipate was that he also drew in 40+ female fans as well.
39	* {{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''.
40	* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX0cGumbuFk E-ma commercial]] is of particular note.

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