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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-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. Born in Okinawa, Japan, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gackt has received more than 1,448,727 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Gackt is the 1,277th most popular musician (up from 1,342nd in 2019), the 1,146th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,109th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Musician.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gackt ranks 1,277 out of 2,662. Before him are Randy Brecker, Jay Chou, Jo Jones, Leslie West, Hariprasad Chaurasia, and Richard Palmer-James. After him are Jukka Nevalainen, Max Martin, Ron Asheton, Ole Beich, Paquito D'Rivera, and Randy Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Gackt ranks 144. Before him are Sharlto Copley, Aílton, James Haven, Tom Wlaschiha, Jorge Garcia, and Daimaou Kosaka. After him are Matías Almeyda, Sachin Tendulkar, Maria Bonnevie, Vincent Candela, Julie Depardieu, and Andrés Palop.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Gackt ranks 1,146 out of 6,048. Before him are Hiroshi Kamiya (1975), Riichi Yokomitsu (1898), Daimaou Kosaka (1973), Chiaki Mukai (1952), Yukihiro Matsumoto (1965), and Masahiro Sakurai (1970). After him are Minami Takayama (1964), Nobuo Kishi (1959), Takayuki Kubota (1934), Hisao Sekiguchi (1954), Takumi Minamino (1995), and Yoshiichi Watanabe (1954).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Gackt ranks 12. Before him are Hide (1964), Shigeru Umebayashi (1951), Yuki Kajiura (1965), Yoshiki (1965), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), and Takanori Nishikawa (1970). After him are LiSA (1987), Ryo Kawasaki (1947), Miyavi (1981), Hyde (1969), Nujabes (1974), and Nigo (1970).

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