Utada Hikaru also known as Hikki by fans. legal name in Japan is Hikaru Iwashita.
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born: January 19 , 1983
POB: NYC
Occupation: Japanese singer-songwriter, arranger, and record producer.
Biography:
Early Life
Utada Hikaru was born in New York, to Japanese parents with roots in the Japanese music industry. Her father, Teruzane Utada, was a record producer, while her mother, Junko Utada, was an enka singer who performed under the stage name "Keiko Fuji". Junko Utada's mother was a traditional blind shamisen player or goze.
Utada made her first professional recording at the age of twelve. She did her recordings with her mother and released songs under U3 until 1996, when she started her first solo project "I'll be Stronger." The "Cookin' With Moses Vocal" was originally called the "Cookin' With Gas Vocal" on the promo disk. "I'll Be Stronger" was the first song Utada Hikaru wrote and was released under the name Cubic U (Utada Hikaru's pseudonym before becoming a superstar in Japan). The song failed to release in the USA and in 1997 she started her next project.
Precious Era
Cubic U released her debut single "Close to You," which was a cover of The Carpenter's song. She then released her debut album Precious, but it failed to be released in the United States due to restructuring issues at her then record label EMI US.
In an MTV interview (MTV's You Hear It First, October 2004), Utada said: "Someone in Japan heard it, at a Japanese record company, and he said, 'Oh, can't you write in Japanese? You speak Japanese.' And I didn't want to say no, so I had to try it."
She released Precious in Japan on January 28, 1998 and then later re-released it on March 31, 1999 to much better success. It has sold 702,060 copies to date in Japan, making it a significant hit for an all-English album in this industry.
First Love Era
Utada moved to Tokyo later that year and attended Seisen International School and later the American School in Japan, while continuing to record on a new contract with Toshiba-EMI. She soon made her mark on Japanese music with her phenomenally successful single "Automatic / time will tell" (over 2,063,000 units sold cumulatively of its two versions, making it the 2nd most successful single by a solo female artist in Japanese music history, behind Namie Amuro's Can You Celebrate?) and, two months later, with "Movin' on without you" (her first #1 single that would also clear 1 million confirmed units), soon followed by her much-anticipated official studio debut album First Love, which sold over five million copies in a month during March and April of 1999, and placed Utada among the 100 wealthiest people in Japan. Since the "Automatic / Time Will Tell" single were actually two separate products (8 cm and 12 cm versions), she only managed to reach #4 and #2 on the Oricon. Her next single "Movin' on without you" would achieve the #1 ranking on Oricon, and would become her second platinum single and first #1 single. A month after First Love was released; "First Love" was released as a single due to popular demand, and sold 800,000 units, a very impressive feat for a post-album single. It should be noted that this was Utada's only album to have only three single releases, all her subsequent work would contain at least four. In addition to the album reaching #1 on the daily, weekly and monthly charts of the Oricon Top 200, she also broke the record of units (the previous title holder was B'z The Best "Pleasure" compilation by the rock duo B'z) sold of a single album in Japan by the year's end (over 7.6 million units), all by age 16, which she still holds to this day.
First Love is the most commercially successful debut and overall album by a Japanese artist in Japanese music history, having sold over 10 million copies throughout Asia, nearly 8 million copies sold in Japan alone.
Distance Era
Eight months after "First Love" was released, Utada then released her fourth Japanese-language single, "Addicted To You." It broke the million mark in its first week, making it the fastest selling single of all time by a solo or female artist in Japan over Namie Amuro's "Can You Celebrate?", hit #1 on the Oricon Singles Chart for two consecutive weeks (a personal first) and eventually sold 1,784,000 copies. It remains her most successful single of all time. ("Automatic/Time Will Tell" isn't considered to be by Oricon chart rules her highest-selling single. This is because it was released in two separate versions versus this one). On April 19, 2000, Utada released her first of only two singles for that year, "Wait & See ~Risk~." It also reached #1 pinnacle on the Oricon and sold another astounding total: 1,662,000 copies, a figure that would've almost guaranteed her a #1 on the Oricon Yearly Singles chart, but instead placed at a high #3, and became her largest-selling single that year. A month later, she released a half single "Remix: Fly Me to the Moon" in English and Toshiba-EMI released an animated music video for the single version of Fly Me to the Moon. The single was a limited edition release, but did sell out rapidly of its 20,000 units, and had a chart peak of #16 on the Oricon. The follow-up "For You / Time Limit," her second double A-sided single, was released in late June and proved much more successful, becoming her fourth #1 hit (her second single to reach #1 two consecutive weeks), and eventually selling 888,650 units. It was her last single in 2000, and whose success could probably be attributed to that, in July-August of this year, Utada decided to go on her first major headlining tour, the Bohemian Summer Circuit Live 2000, within a matter of weeks post its release. Utada returned to New York City after "For You / Time Limit"'s release to attend Columbia University as a freshman, but finding her break into Japanese music scene "easier than expected", she left after a year to pursue her career.
In early 2001, Utada released what would be the final Distance era single, "Can You Keep a Secret?" on February 16, 2001. It brought her #1 hit count up to five (her third single to stay #1 two weeks), and became her fifth single to exceed a million units in sales, raking in an eventual 1.484 million units. A month later, she released her highly anticipated sophomore album, "Distance," on March 28, 2001, after nearly a two year hiatus. It was awarded with the largest first-week sales for any album in J-music history, with over 3.02 million units sold.At the end of 2001, it became the most sold album for any J-music artist worldwide or in the residential industry, with 4.469 million copies sold in Japan alone. She had the #1 single and album of the year as well in Japan, for Distance and its last released single, "Can You Keep A Secret?" Distance is also the fourth best-selling album of all time in Japan.
The video for Utada's 2001 song "Can You Keep a Secret?" received some attention as part of "International Week," which coincided with the 2001 EMAs on the American channel MTV2. The video's airplay was likely Utada's first chance of exposure in the United States.
Deep River Era
After Distance, Utada quickly released the singles "Final Distance", "traveling", "Hikari", and "Sakura Drops / Letters" for her 2002 follow-up album, Deep River. With the exception of "Final Distance" (#2 peak), they would all become instant #1 smashes on the Oricon singles chart, selling a combined total of about 2.8 million physical units by the end of 2002 .
In May of 2002, she became sick right before the release of Deep River. She was diagnosed with an ovarian tumor, and then underwent surgery. During this period, she had to put on hold her TV appearances and other promotional activities. In June of 2002, just over a year and a month after "Distance", the album was released. While there were no TV appearances, she promoted her album in magazine and radio interviews. The Oricon count of the album was another amazing first-week sales debut for Utada, with 2.35 million sold for the week post its release day, or 1.89 million by Planet's count. Oricon reports that sales eventually surpassed 3.60 million, meaning she was the only singer or group in Japanese music history to have three consecutive albums surpass the triple-platinum (3 million) sold mark, by RIAJ standards. It was also her third consecutive time to hold the #1 position on Oricon's Yearly Albums chart. Once again, she had the #1 album of the year, but had the #2 single with "traveling", behind supposed rival Ayumi Hamasaki's "H". Deep River is also the eighth best selling album of all time in Japan.
In 2001, Utada did a duet with Foxy Brown, "Blow My Whistle", which is featured on the Rush Hour 2 soundtrack.
Marriage
On September 7, 2002 Utada married Kazuaki Kiriya, a photographer and film director thus fifteen years her senior. Kiriya has directed several of her music videos, including "Final Distance", "traveling", "Hikari", "Sakura Drops", "Deep River", "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro", "Be My Last", "Passion", and "Keep Tryin'". Also, "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" is the theme song of Kiriya's directorial debut, Casshern. They divorced in March of 2007.
Pre-Exodus Era
In 2003, Utada's promotional and personal life schedules got more active with the addition of her recent marriage and her imposing agreement with Island Records in America to release a proper full-English debut album. New Japanese-language singles would therefore come few and far between, but Utada did release "COLORS", her longest charting single with a 45 week trajectory on the Oricon Singles chart, on January 29, 2003, which was her only single release for 2003. It went well against the tide of slowing Japanese music industry sales, selling 881,000 and placing at a high #3 on the Yearly Singles chart. The most recent figures show that this single surpassed 893,000 units, although this would be her last single until 2007 to be certified double-platinum, or sell 500,000 units. She then released her first singles compilation album Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol.1 on March 31, 2004, after heavy media, record label, and fan demand. It would set a new array of records for Utada's already legendary discography. It became the best-selling album of 2004 in Japan, making her the only solo or group artist to reach #1 four times on the yearly charts. It was the first compilation album to reach #1 in six years on the yearly charts, and the first compilation album to reach #1 in twenty six years by a female artist. It debuted with 1.4 million units sold in its first week and would eventually go on to sell over 3.4 million units. Its success was a particularly amazing achievement, since it received very little promotion and contained no new material or photos. Moreover, it charted longer on the Oricon Albums chart longer than any other Utada release to date, over 2 years. It was also her first to debut at #1 on the United World Charts, the first time in music history for any Asian artist. A month later, on April 21, she released her only Japanese single in 2004, "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro", which was a heavy power, acoustic-piano ballad that topped the singles chart for two consecutive weeks and sold 365,000 units by the year's end. The title translates to "When Someone's Wish Comes True", and it is also the main theme song for Casshern, her ex-husband's directorial debut.
Both "Colors" and "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro" would eventually be included in Utada's fourth 2006 studio album, Ultra Blue.
Exodus Era
On October 5, 2004, Utada Hikaru released her North American English-language debut album, Exodus, under the name "Utada". It was released nearly a month earlier, on September 9 in Japan, with a special booklet and housed in a cardboard slipcase. In an MTV interview, Utada said: "I don't think it's the music that I'm concerned about. It's obviously that I look really different and there really aren't any completely Asian people [who are popular singers in the U.S.] right now." Exodus became Utada's fourth consecutive release to debut at #1 and boast 500,000+ first-week sales. It had a chart run of twenty weeks on the Oricon and saw her reach #1 on the World United Charts a second time. It sold considerably less than her three previous Japanese releases as Utada Hikaru, possibly due to its heavy experimentation in other music genres such as dance and hip hop. However, it still managed to sell an outstanding 1.35 million copies, despite the fact that, strangely enough, none of its singles charted in Japan and it was a foreign language album to the territory.
In spite of enlisting the help of Timbaland to produce and co-write some songs, her American debut as an Island Def Jam Music Group artist was met with indifference by the American market, almost purely due in part to the fact there was virtually no promotion on her record label's part, selling a minimal 30,000 units. Despite the failure in the international markets, this album topped the charts in Japan, though again, it sold less than her releases as Utada Hikaru.
"Easy Breezy" was released as the lead single in early August 2004, peaking at #9 Billboard Hot Dance/Club Airplay chart, followed up by "Devil Inside" a month and two weeks later. "Exodus '04" was released at the end of June 2005. The fourth single from her Exodus album, "You Make Me Want to Be a Man", was released in October 2005. "Devil Inside" became a club smash in the U.S. and topped the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Airplay charts, and remains her most successful single release in the U.S.. "Exodus '04" also charted with a lesser #24 peak. Maxi singles featuring remixes from The Scum Frog, Richard Vission, JJ Flores and Peter Bailey were also released. Both the Exodus album and "You Make Me Want to Be a Man" single were released in the UK, with different artwork from the USA and Japanese versions, in October 2005, another #1 on the Billboard Dance chart. The song was also featured on the Japanese Nintendo DS Launch Campaign.
Ultra Blue Era
A year after the international releases and promotion of Exodus, Utada triumphantly returned to the Japanese music scene with the proper first "Ultra Blue" single, "Be My Last". Although it became her eleventh #1 Japanese single to date and her highest-selling single of 2006, it sold considerably less than all of her previous efforts pushing only 150,000 units. These relatively low physical sales by Utada standards were probably due to its lack of A-sides or B-sides on the single. Instead of purchasing an expensive single with few songs and a lack of a karaoke track, consumers bought the song digitally which, on an opposite view of its overall success, led to extremely strong digital sales, as demonstrated by the single topping the OnGen digital chart and coming in at #2 on the iTunes Japan yearly chart. The single itself demonstrated a new era in Utada's music, with emotionally charged lyrics incorporated into a ballad unlike any of her previous compositions.
Three months later, she released another single mid-December, "Passion", commonly known around the world as the theme for the Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts II. Despite the large tie in for the single, it only peaked at #4 on the Oricon Top 200 singles charts. The single would sell only 112,000 physical units. Yet again, however, Utada proved to be a top digital seller as "Passion" did reach #1 on the OnGen Weekly Downloaded Singles chart, as well as iTunes Japan. "Passion" would also be her last single released in 2005. In addition to "Passion", Utada composed an English song, "Sanctuary", that would be used in the Kingdom Hearts II advertisement and game releases worldwide. Despite the same background music found in both songs, the meaning and lyrics of the two songs are notably quite different, much as "Simple and Clean" and "Hikari" were before them for Kingdom Hearts. Interestingly, Utada reportedly wrote and recorded "Sanctuary" before "Passion".
After another three months, Utada released another, and final physical single, from her upcoming Ultra Blue album entitled "Keep Tryin'" on February 22, 2006. In addition to a much stronger performance on the Oricon weekly single charts than "Passion" (the single reached #2 behind Hyde's "Season's Call" by about 3,000 units or so), "Keep Tryin'" also garnered the strongest digital sales of any Utada release single to date, staying at #1 on the OnGen top 20 weekly online download singles for over a phenomenal two months. The song also sold more than 2.5 million downloads digitally, more than sixteen times as many copies as the physical single sold 2006 . Although these low sales by Utada standards reflected in the performance of the physical single in comparison to earlier achievements, "Keep Tryin'" reached number one on iTune Japan's year-end chart. Compared to Utada's recent track releases, "Keep Tryin'" was a much more upbeat song with a more encouraging and immediate message of perseverance. Moreover, Utada included a B-side on this single, the first B-side she had included in over three years, since 2003's "Colors". The B-side, "Wings" was a soft R&B tune.
In May of 2006, Utada released her first Japanese digital sales-exclusive single, "This Is Love", which meant it would not be available in physical format. It aired on the radio on Sunday, May 7, 2006, and the song was released as a digital single through iTunes Japan on May 31 and other online and mobile phone music stores and topped the iTunes Japan sales chart for that week. It would go on to be the ninth most downloaded song in Japan for 2006, continuing her trend as a top contender in digital sales of songs. The song was used as a promotional tool for Utada's fourth Japanese album, Ultra Blue. The entire album aired on Japanese radio on May 29, 2006. Unlike many of her previous albums, this album contained no track that matched the title of the album. Instead, a ballad, "Blue" was recorded, using Utada's new experimental pop/dance tone found in the album's last physical single "Keep Tryin'" and other Ultra Blue tracks, such as "This Is Love", " " and "One Night Magic" with Yamada Masashi, lead vocalist of the Back Horn, her first collaboration ever (besides "Blow My Whistle" with rapper Foxy Brown on the Rush Hour 2 soundtrack). The album was finally released on June 14, 2006 for physical CDs and released on June 28, 2006 for digital download in many Japanese online stores, most notably iTunes Japan. With physical copies alone, Ultra Blue cleared 500,317 copies in the first week out, easily topping the Oricon Daily, Weekly and even Monthly charts, in addition to her third #1 debut on the United World Charts, still the most for any Asian or foreign artist to date. This gave Utada her sixth consecutive chart-topping album to sell in excess of 500,000 units for first-week sales, setting a new record. It also charted a second week at #1 on the Oricon Daily and Weekly charts, selling a further 157,000 units. By July 13, barely a month post its release, her record label Toshiba EMI published a report confirming 'Ultra Blue' had sold over one million copies worldwide and four million digital ringtones already.
As of week fifty of charting on the Oricon Albums chart, (the week of May 24-31st, 2007), it has sold 906,202 units in Japan and has so far been certified triple-platinum by the RIAJ. These figures may seem low by usual Utada Hikaru standards, but it was still the highest-selling original studio album by a Japanese female artist for 2006.This was also Utada's first, and so far the only, album to be available on the iTunes Japan online music store, where it has been immensely successful, charting at #4 on it yearly download rankings for 2006, and in turn may have staggered its physical album sales somewhat. Even though this makes Ultra Blue the first Japanese studio album by her to not reach #1 on the Oricon Yearly Album rankings in her ongoing discography, Oricon has confirmed it was the 2nd highest selling original album of 2006, behind Def Tech's "Catch The Wave", and the 7th best-selling album overall, not to mention the already declining music industry sales due to Japan's economic slump of recent years, therefore counting it to still be a major success (It should be noted all the top five best-selling albums were "best of "collections.
Utada United and Boku Wa Kuma
"Utada United 2006" commenced June 30, 2006 (about a week after Ultra Blue's release) and ended on September 12, 2006 after Utada's performances at Yoyogi. Aside from her Japanese work, the tour's set list featured songs from Exodus. The dates were all cumulatively announced, and ticket sales started on May 28, 2006 with the majority of venues selling out in less than two hours. On September 20, 2006, Exodus was re-released in Japan for ¥1,470. Also to be released in September 2006 was the "Utada Hikaru Single Collection" Volume 4, which will feature all of the music videos for all the Ultra Blue singles, in addition to "A Making" segment for each of them. It will also feature the live internet footage of "Be My Last" and "Passion" which were performed in late 2005. For the week of October 8, 2006, it entered the Oricon Music DVD charts at #1, selling an approximate 22,000 units.
On November 22, 2006, Utada released an anticipated new single, "ぼくはくま (, Boku wa Kuma?, lit. I'm a Bear)." The song is tied with Passion as her lowest charting single as it placed #4 in its first week, and it also has the lowest first-week sales of her career. Even so, its been her first single since "Dareka no Negai Ga Kanau Koro" to chart at more than three consecutive or non-consecutive weeks in the "Top 10 Oricon singles" chart. As of the end of the week for May 2007, the single has sold 147,041 copies, although it should be noted that Oricon only counts the standard edition sales of this and all singles, meaning that actual total sales may be higher than published. In the singles favor, the sales have been outstandingly resilient. Despite low first week sales, Boku wa Kuma stayed in the top twenty for nine consecutive weeks, selling more than 10,000 copies each week up until its seventh. Despite such initially slow sales, it's already her most successful single since "Be My Last" in 2005 and has surpassed the sales of her previous two singles: "Passion" and "Keep Tryin'".
Boku wa Kuma's title is a reference to her stuffed bear named Kuma-chan, later renamed Kuma-Chang, and is her first time writing a children's song. Oricon Style did confirm that "Boku wa Kuma" and its karaoke version were the only tracks on this new single. Included in the first press edition of the single ia a picture book created by Utada, and the single will be used in Japan's NHK channel's Minna no Uta children's program commercials as an advanced promotional tool from November 2006 through January of 2007. This is also Utada's first single release to have three different pressings: one limited edition that includes a picture book, a standard single and cover, and then finally one CD+DVD combo pack (that is confirmed to only contain a music video for the single in its tracklist). As a special gift to fans, and her last release of any kind for 2006, will be the "Utada United 2006" tour show DVD which released on December 20, 2006, as well as her previous three live DVDs in new packaging at lowered prices on that same day.
Flavor of Life
In early 2007 Hikaru's official site announced a new single was to be released on February 28 entitled "Flavor Of Life." "Flavor Of Life - Ballad Version-" was featured as the insert song for the second season of the popular Japanese drama, Hana Yori Dango, and also received a PV, while the original version did not.
"Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version-" was the most downloaded ring tone of January and February 2007 in Japan and by the eve of the release of the single, it was revealed that the ballad version has been downloaded over 2,000,000 times, all before the full physical single was released, a new record for Japan and worldwide.
"Flavor Of Life" debuted at number one on the Oricon Weekly Chart, with sales of 270,605, Utada's highest first week sales since 2003's "COLORS," and a female artist's highest since Ayumi Hamasaki's &. A week after release, RIAJ revealed that "Flavor Of Life" had been downloaded 3 million times. This is also Utada's 13th single to register 500,000+ sales, or in other record industry terms, receive a double-platinum certification from the RIAJ. Moreover, by "Flavor of Life's" 7th week of charting, Utada's total single sales surpassed the 15 million mark, making her the #3 solo or female artist in terms of such sales.
The single in addition went on to top Oricon's Weekly Single Chart for 3 straight weeks, and was the first single by a female artist to do so since Ayumi Hamasaki's 2002 single, "Voyage". In a subsequently stunning success, "Flavor Of Life" also become the highest-selling Japanese downloaded single of all time, according to Chaku-Uta charts, with an immense 5,580,000 downloads as of April 2007. With "Flavor Of Life", combining its digital downloads with physical CD sales, it total sold 6,300,000 copies, marking another an all-time combination sales record for a single in Japan.
Divorce
On 2 March 2007, Utada Hikaru and her husband Kazuaki Kiriya were officially divorced and announced it together in her blog the next day, March 3rd, thus ending their four and a half year marriage. Both stated that many factors contributed to the divorce, including personal changes, different viewpoints on the future of their marriage, and more importantly, lack of communication due to the nature of their jobs. Kiriya, her ex-husband, hoped that his ex-wife's fans continue their support for her and that the divorce would not affect her reputation and sales. Kiriya stated that they could not "emotionally depend on each other" and wished for everybody to support Hikaru.
On the night of their divorce, Utada Hikaru performed in the music show MUSIC STATION and was seen already without her ring.
Kiss and Cry
As of March 21, 2007, Utada has announced that she is working on a new single and is having trouble creating the lyrics. On March 29, 2007, Utada posted another blog entry, revealing that she had finished recording the song and had to finish arranging another one. Utada has not yet mentioned a release date for these new songs, a title, or even the format of their release.
On April 20, 2007 she revealed her new song entitled "Kiss & Cry" on her website which is to be released sometime this summer. "Kiss & Cry" was then featured in a new "Freedom Cup Noodles" commercial that began airing the same day as a part of the revealing. The song was also made available on "Chaku-uta Ringtones" for download that same day. Kiss & Cry debuted on the radio in Japan on May 21st, 2007. An official mp3 of the song was released through iTunes Japan on May 29, 2007.
"Kiss & Cry" will be released as part of a three track single on the 29th of August, 2007. The title of the single has not been announced.
Disography:
Precious 1998 #4 out of 100
First Love 1999 #1
Distance 2001 #1
Deep River 2002 #1
Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 1 2004 #1, #1 Worldwide
Exodus 2004 #1, #160 in USA, #1 Worldwide
Ultra Blue 2006 #1, #1 Worldwide
other recordings
Colors(Godson Mix)
Hikari, Simple And Clean- Kingdom Hearts theme
Passion, Sanctuary- Kingdom Hearts 2 Theme
awards: too many to list.
Gackt Camui
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Genesis_DCFF7.jpg best i could find since there aren't any pic of him much on wikipedia and his albums don't have good pictures of him or not at all so i used G from FF7 Dirge of Cerberus since he was the model for G.
Occupation: Japenese Musician, songwriter, and Actor.
Born: July 4 ????
POB: Okinawa Japan
Biography:
Early Life
Gackt Camui was born in Okinawa, Japan, on a July 4 (precise year unknown), as the second of three children (he has an older sister and a younger brother). His father was a jazz musician who played the trumpet. According to his autobiography, he was a rambunctious child and enjoyed taking risks; at age seven he nearly drowned while swimming off the coast of Okinawa. After this near-death experience, he claimed to have the ability to see and speak with deceased family members, a notion which was dismissed by his parents. At the age of ten, Gackt was hospitalized with a gastrointestinal condition and had to remain at the hospital for a prolonged time. He made the acquaintance of several terminally ill children, some of whom died during his stay.
Gackt's musical education began at age three, when his parents initiated his classical piano education, of which he grew tired four years later. It would take another four years until his parents allowed him to quit. Competition with a friend lead Gackt to learn other instruments, with a focus on contemporary rock. He later resumed playing the piano.
Malice Mizer
In 1995, Gackt joined Malice Mizer as the group's vocalist, lyricist and pianist. Fan base and record sales grew substantially over the following years and the band became known for its distinct visual kei theme, with elaborate costumes, on-stage scenery and theatrics. After two albums, Gackt left the group though, citing an unfulfilled desire for more creative control over the group's compositions, as opposed to just writing the lyrics.
Solo Career
Gackt launched his solo career on May 12, 1999 with the release of the EP Mizerable. Several albums, singles and videos (on VHS and DVD) have since followed. Gackt's music has also been featured as theme songs for animes and video games multiple times, such as New Fist of the North Star, Texhnolyze, Bujingai and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII. He has also provided voice acting, motion capturing and his likeness for such works on several occasions and co-wrote and co-starred in the 2003 movie Moon Child, which also features Hyde (vocalist of L'Arc~en~Ciel) and Taiwanese-American singer Wang Lee Hom.
In the same year, Gackt published his autobiography, Jihaku. For Caparison Guitars, he has designed two guitars, named "Marcury" and "Venus". Since January 7, 2007, Gackt has been playing the warlord Uesugi Kenshin in the NHK drama Fūrinkazan.
On May 25, 2007, the formation of the supergroup Skin was announced, which besides Gackt consists of Miyavi, Sugizo and Yoshiki. The band will give its debut at the Anime Expo convention in Long Beach, California on June 29, 2007. Gackt's next solo release will be the single "Returner ~Yami no Shuen~", due for June 20, 2007.
Discography:
Mizerable 1999
Mars 2000
Rebirth 2001
Moon 2002
Crescent 2003
Love Letter 2005
Love Letter - For Korean Dears 2005
Diablos 2005
Singles:
Mizerable 1999
Vanilla 1999
Mirror 2000
Oasis 2000
Seki-ray 2000
Saikai~Story~ 2000
Secret Garden 2000
Kimi no Tameni Dekiru Koto 2001
Another World 2001
Juunigatsu no Love Song 2001
Vanilla re-release 2002
Wasurenai Kara 2002
Juunigatsu no Love Song re-release 2002
Kimi Ga Oikaketa Yume 2003
Tsuki no Uta 2003
Luna/Oasis 2003
Last Song 2003
Juunigatsu no Love Song re-release 2003
Kimi ni Aitakute 2004
Juunigatsu no Love Song re-release 2004
Arittake no Ai De 2005
Black Stone 2005
Metamorphoze 2005
Todokanai Ai to Shitteita no ni Osaekirezu ni Aishitsuzuketa 2005
Redemption 2006 used in Dirge of Cerberus
Love Letter 2006
No ni Saku Hana no Yo Ni 2007
Returner~Yami no Shuen~ 2007
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