GACKT

Biography

Gakuto Oshiro (born July 4, 1973) best known by his mononymous stage name Gackt is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. Gackt’s 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 mid-'90s he had begun his career as a singer. He spent a short time in the independent band Cains:Feel 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 forty-four singles. He has toured extensively within Japan and also throughout Asia and Europe. With an illustrious career spanning over 15 years, and forty-three consec…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Bunraku (2010) — Yoshi
2. Shiki (2010) — Seishirō Kirishiki (voice)
3. New Fist of the North Star: The Cursed City (2003) — Seiji
4. Moon Child (2003) — Sho
5. Fly Me to the Saitama (2019) — Rei Asami
6. MR.BRAIN (2009)
7. Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker (2009) — Jôji Yûki
8. Trickster (2016) — Kaijin Nijuu Mensou (voice)
9. New Abarenbō Shōgun (2025) — Tokugawa Muneharu
10. My Little Nightmare: The Movie (2014) — Takashi Shiki
11. What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister (2024) — Nobunaga Oda
12. My Little Nightmare (2012) — Shiki Takashi/Yumeoji
13. Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love (2023)
14. Blazing Fists (2025) — Shizuka Mido
15. Samurai Banners (2007)
16. Time Spiral (2014) — Shuya Tatsumi
17. Gackt Live Tour 2005 DIABOLOS -Aien no Shi to Seiya no Namida (2006) — Self
18. MALICE MIZER: merveilles ~Shuuen to Kisuu~ l'espace (1998) — Self - Vocals, Piano
19. New Fist of the North Star (2003) — Seiji (voice)
20. Gackt Live Tour 2004 THE SIXTH DAY & SEVENTH NIGHT ~FINAL~ (2004) — Self
21. The Tempest (2011) — Jyo Teigai
22. MALICE MIZER: No Return Voyage "Final" ~one more time~ (1997) — Self
23. Gackt: The Greatest Filmography 1999-2006: Red (2006)
24. Gackt: The Greatest Filmography 1999-2006: Blue (2006)
25. Gackt Live Tour 2000 MARS ~Visitor from the Sky: La réminiscence~ (2000)
26. MOON SAGA - Mysteries of Yoshitsune I (2012) — Minamoto no Yoshitsune
27. Sengoku Basara - Moonlight Party (2012) — Oda Nobunaga
28. Japan's Got Talent (2023)
29. Karanukan (2017)
30. MALICE MIZER: Bel Air ～Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka de～ de l'image (1997) — Hero
31. Requiem and Reminiscence 〜The End and Silence〜 (2001)
32. Requiem et Reminiscence (Shuuen to Seijyaku) (2001)
33. Gackt Live Tour 2003: Jougen no Tsuki ~Final Show~ (2003) — Self
34. Gackt X Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra -A Splendid Evening of Classic- (2014) — Self
35. Gackt X Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Part II -A Splendid Evening of Classic- (2015) — Self
36. MALICE MIZER: merveilles ～cinq parallele～ (1999) — Self
37. MOON SAGA - Mysteries of Yoshitsune 2 (2014) — Minamoto no Yoshitsune
38. GACKT 20th ANNIVERSARY LIVE TOUR 2020 KHAOS (2020) — Self
39. ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2016 A 〜M(A)DE IN JAPAN〜 (2016) — Self
40. MOON SAGA (Special Edition) －A Hot Blooded School Tale－ (2015) — Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Directed

1. MOON SAGA - Mysteries of Yoshitsune I (2012) — Director
2. MOON SAGA - Mysteries of Yoshitsune 2 (2014) — Director