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Gackt

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Gakuto Oshiro (大城 ガクト, Ōshiro Gakuto; born July 4, 1973), better known as Gackt (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. Born in Okinawa to a Ryukyuan family, Gackt learned the piano at a young age and was raised on classical music and enka before becoming interested in rock music while attending high school. He has been active since 1993, first as the frontman of the short-lived independent band Cains:Feel, and then from 1995 the now-defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer. Gackt started his solo career in 1999 with debut mini-album Mizérable and first full-length album Mars (2000). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gackt is the 1,498th most popular musician (down from 1,368th in 2019), the 1,402nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,259th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gackt ranks 1,498 out of 3,175. Before him are Bob Daisley, Bert Jansch, Francis Buchholz, Renato Zero, Joseph Williams, and Allen Collins. After him are Noel Rosa, Ronnie Drew, Andreas Kisser, Mic Michaeli, Jay Kay, and Larry Graham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Gackt ranks 188. Before him are Jane March, Juninho Paulista, Kaoru Nagadome, Louis Leterrier, Tomislav Marić, and Marcus Allbäck. After him are Alpay Özalan, Marco Delvecchio, Kevin McKidd, Milorad Mažić, Essam El Hadary, and Tori Spelling.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Gackt ranks 1,402 out of 6,245. Before him are Kaoru Nagadome (1973), Kaori Momoi (1951), Masahiro Sakurai (1970), Masakazu Katsura (1962), Yoshihide Nishikawa (1978), and Taki Inoue (1963). After him are Takeshi Shimizu (1975), Akio Kaminaga (1936), Emiko Kubo (1966), Megumi Ogata (1965), Tetsuo Hamuro (1917), and Yoko Taro (1970).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Gackt ranks 14. Before him are Haruomi Hosono (1947), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Yuki Kajiura (1965), Yoshiki (1965), Mitski (1990), and Mana (1969). After him are Ryo Kawasaki (1947), Nujabes (1974), Masaharu Fukuyama (1969), Hyde (1969), Miyavi (1981), and Nobuko Imai (1943).

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