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Gackt

1973 - Today

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Gakuto Oshiro (大城 ガクト, Ōshiro Gakuto, born July 4, 1973), better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese singer, musician, songwriter, 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 of the short-lived independent band Cains:Feel, and then from 1995 the now-defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gackt has received more than 1,572,153 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Gackt is the 1,368th most popular musician (down from 1,274th in 2019), the 1,259th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,143rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gackt ranks 1,368 out of 3,175. Before him are Tony Kaye, Jolin Tsai, Mal Waldron, Patrick Moraz, Lasse Holm, and Bill Monroe. After him are Kenney Jones, Tim Hardin, Josef Lhévinne, Roy Wood, Marin Alsop, and Michel Sogny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Gackt ranks 173. Before him are Julie Depardieu, Maria Bonnevie, Sachin Tendulkar, Alpay Özalan, Regillio Simons, and Rona Hartner. After him are Tomáš Galásek, Kris Marshall, Marija Naumova, Sharlto Copley, Anneke van Giersbergen, and Nikos Machlas.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Gackt ranks 1,259 out of 6,245. Before him are George W. Casey Jr. (1948), Yasutoshi Miura (1965), Hiroshi Yoshida (1958), LiSA (1987), Kazuyoshi Hoshino (1947), and Makoto Hasebe (1984). After him are Rinko Kikuchi (1981), Hiroshi Fushida (1946), Yu Suzuki (1958), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Ichikawa Raizō VIII (1931), and Kotono Mitsuishi (1967).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Gackt ranks 14. Before him are Haruomi Hosono (1947), Shigeru Umebayashi (1951), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Mitski (1990), Yuki Kajiura (1965), and LiSA (1987). After him are Hyde (1969), Mana (1969), Masaharu Fukuyama (1969), Nujabes (1974), Miyavi (1981), and Nobuko Imai (1943).

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