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Akasaka Sacas
akasaka Sacas (赤坂サカス, Akasaka Sakasu^?) is the area in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan, where the TBS Broadcasting Center and the site of the "Akasaka 5-chome TBS Development Project" stand.
Construction began in February 2005 and the buildings were completed in January 2008. akasaka Sacas was opened on March 20, 2008, following Akasaka Biz Tower Shops&Dining. It was created for the recreation of the area around the TBS station. Following the creation of TBS broadcasting center in 1994, the akasaka Sacas project was finally completed after 17 years for the 40th anniversary in 1991. "Sacas Opening Fes" was held from March 20 until April 4, 2008.
"Sacas" (Sakasu (咲かす^?)) means letting the cherry blossoms bloom, and also means lots of hills (Japanese for hill, Saka (坂^?), plus s). Also, when "akasaka Sacas" is written backwards, it becomes "Saca, Saka, Saka" (three hills). This naming was done purposely.
35°40′22″N 139°44′09″E / 35.672742°N 139.735972°E / 35.672742; 139.735972Coordinates: 35°40′22″N 139°44′09″E / 35.672742°N 139.735972°E / 35.672742; 139.735972

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Barcelona
Barcelona (English /bɑrsɨˈloʊnə/, Catalan: [bərsəˈɫonə], Spanish: [barθeˈlona]) is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, after Madrid, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of 101.4 km² (39 sq mi). The urban area of Barcelona extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of between 4,200,000 and 4,500,000 within an area of 803 km² (310 sq mi), being the sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, the Ruhr, Madrid and Milan. About five million people live in the Barcelona metropolitan area. It is also Europe's largest metropolis on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the main component of an administrative area of Greater Barcelona, with a population of 3,218,071 in an area of 636 km² (density 5,060 hab/km²). It is located on the Mediterranean coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs and is bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola ridge (512 m/1,680 ft).
Founded as a Roman city, Barcelona became the capital of the County of Barcelona. After merging with the Kingdom of Aragon, Barcelona became one of the most important cities of the Crown of Aragon. Besieged several times during its history, Barcelona has a rich cultural heritage and is today an important cultural centre and a major tourist destination. Particularly renowned are the architectural works of Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner, which have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean is located in Barcelona. The city is known for hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as world-class conferences and expositions, including the 1888 Exposición Universal de Barcelona, the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition (Expo 1929), the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures, and the 2004 World Urban Forum.

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Beijing
Beijing ( /beɪˈdʒɪŋ/; Chinese: 北京; pinyin: Běijīng, [peɪ˨˩ t͡ɕiŋ˥]), formerly romanized as Peking ( /piːˈkɪŋ/ or /peɪˈkɪŋ/), is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The metropolis, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government, with 14 urban and suburban districts and two rural counties. Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast.
Beijing is China's second largest city by urban population after Shanghai and is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's largest state-owned companies. Beijing is a major transportation hub in the national highway, expressway, railway and high-speed rail network. Beijing's Capital International Airport is the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic.

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Black Stone
The Black Stone (Arabic: الحجر الأسود‎ al-Ḥajar al-Aswad) is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba, the ancient stone building toward which Muslims pray, in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is revered by Muslims as an Islamic relic, which, according to Muslim tradition, dates back to the time of Adam and Eve.
The stone was venerated at the Kaaba in pre-Islamic pagan times. It was set intact into the Kaaba's wall by the Islamic Prophet Muhammad in the year 605 A.D., five years before his first revelation. Since then it has been broken into a number of fragments and is now cemented into a silver frame in the side of the Kaaba. Its physical appearance is that of a fragmented dark rock, polished smooth by the hands of millions of pilgrims. Islamic tradition holds that it fell from Heaven to show Adam and Eve where to build an altar. Although it has often been described as a meteorite, this hypothesis is now uncertain.
Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as part of the Tawaf ritual of the Hajj. Many of them try, if possible, to stop and kiss the Black Stone, emulating the kiss that Islamic tradition records that it received from Muhammad. If they cannot reach it, they point to it on each of their seven circuits around the Kaaba.

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Cambodia
Cambodia (ⁱ/kæmˈboʊdiə/;Khmer: ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, Kampuchea, IPA: [kɑmˈpuˈciə]), officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. With a total landmass of 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 sq mi), it is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.
With a population of over 14.8 million, Cambodia is the 68th most populous country in the world. The official religion is Theravada Buddhism, which is practiced by around 95% of the Cambodian population. The country minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and 30 various hill tribes. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh; the political, economic, and cultural center of Cambodia. The kingdom is a constitutional monarchy with Norodom Sihamoni, a monarch chosen by the Royal Throne Council, as head of state. The head of government is Hun Sen, who is currently the longest serving leader in South East Asia and has ruled Cambodia for over 25 years.

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Canada
Canada ( /ˈkænədə/) is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Spanning over 9,900,000 km² (3,800,000 sq mi), Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, and its common border with the United States is the longest land border in the world.
The land that is now Canada has been inhabited for millennia by various Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French colonial expeditions explored, and later settled, along the region's Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy; the Canada Act 1982 severed the vestiges of legal dependence on Britain.

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Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival (French: Le Festival International du Film de Cannes or just Festival de Cannes), is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is the world's most prestigious and publicized film festival. The invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.
The 2012 Cannes Film Festival took place from May 16 to May 27, 2012. The President of the Jury was the Italian film director Nanni Moretti.
The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in the late 1930s when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of Philippe Erlanger and with the support of the British and Americans,^{[clarification needed]} set up an international cinematographic festival. In 1947, the festival was held as the "Festival du film de Cannes", where films from sixteen countries were presented. Moreover, the principle of equality was introduced, so that the jury was to be made up only of one representative per country. Also, this year the festival was held at the made-for-the-occasion Palais des Festivals, although the roof was unfinished and blew off during a storm. The festival was not held in 1948 and 1950 on account of budgetary problems. In 1951, owing to better relations between France and Italy, the Cannes Festival was moved to Spring, while the Mostra remained in Autumn.

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China
China (ⁱ/ˈtʃaɪnə/; Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó; see also Names of China), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is the world's most-populous country, with a population of over 1.3 billion. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, the East Asian state is the world's second-largest country by land area, and the third- or fourth-largest in total area, depending on the definition of total area.
The People's Republic of China is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four directly controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). Its capital city is Beijing. The PRC also claims Taiwan—which is controlled by the Republic of China (ROC), a separate political entity—as its 23rd province, a claim controversial due to the complex political status of Taiwan and the unresolved Chinese Civil War. The PRC government denies the legitimacy of the ROC.

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Fukuoka
Fukuoka (福岡市, Fukuoka-shi^?) is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.
Ranked as the 14th of the world's most livable cities in the magazine Monocle in 2010, Fukuoka was praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by Kitakyushu. It is the largest city and metropolitan area west of Keihanshin. The city was designated on April 1, 1972 by government ordinance. Greater Fukuoka (福岡都市圏), with 2.5 million people (2005 census), is part of the heavily industrialized Fukuoka-Kitakyushu zone, as well as Northern Kyushu.
As of June 2011, Fukuoka is Japan's 7th largest city, having passed the population of Kyoto, and the first time a city west of the Kinki region has a larger population since Kyoto was established in the 7th century. However, in ancient times, the area near Fukuoka was thought to be perhaps even more influential than the Yamato region.
Fukuoka (the area of Kashii, Hakata, Sawara and Imazu) is said to be the oldest city in Japan, because it is the nearest city to China and Korea^{[citation needed]}. The area around Fukuoka is among the oldest non-Jōmon settlements in Japan^{[citation needed]}. Dazaifu was an administrative capital in 663 A.D., but a historian proposed that a prehistoric capital was in the area. Ancient texts, such as the Kojiki, and archaeology confirm this was a very critical place in the founding of Japan. Some scholars even go as far as to claim it was the first place outsiders and the Imperial Family set foot, but like many early Japan origin theories, it remains contested. See History of Japan. Fukuoka is sometimes still referred to as Hakata, the central ward of the city.

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Ginza
Ginza (銀座^?) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi.
It is known as an upscale area of Tokyo with numerous department stores, boutiques, restaurants and coffeehouses. Ginza is recognized as one of the most luxurious shopping districts in the world. Many upscale fashion clothing flagship stores are located here, being also recognized as having the highest concentration of western shops in Tokyo. Prominent are Chanel, Dior, Abercrombie & Fitch, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton. Flagship electronic retail stores like the Sony showroom and the Apple Store are also here.
Ginza is named after the silver-coin mint established there in 1612 during the Edo period.
After the Tsukiji area burnt to the ground in 1872, the Meiji government designated the Ginza area as model of modernisation. The government planned the construction of fireproof brick buildings, and larger, better streets connecting the Shimbashi Station and the foreign concession in Tsukiji, as well as to important government buildings. Designs for the area were provided by the Irish-born architect Thomas Waters; the Bureau of Construction of the Ministry of Finance was in charge of construction. In the following year, a Western-style shopping promenade on the street from the Shinbashi bridge to the Kyōbashi bridge in the southwestern part of Chūō with two- and three-story Georgian brick buildings was completed.

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Hong Kong
Coordinates: 22°16′42″N 114°09′32″E / 22.27833°N 114.15889°E / 22.27833; 114.15889
Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港) is one of two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is known for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. With a land mass of 1,104 km² (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Hong Kong's population is 95 percent ethnic Chinese and 5 percent from other groups. Hong Kong's Han Chinese majority originate mainly from the cities of Guangzhou and Taishan in the neighbouring Guangdong province.
Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after the First Opium War (1839–42). Originally confined to Hong Kong Island, the colony's boundaries were extended in stages to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and then the New Territories in 1898. It was occupied by Japan during the Pacific War, after which the British resumed control until 1997, when China resumed sovereignty. The region espoused minimum government intervention under the ethos of positive non-interventionism during the colonial era. The time period greatly influenced the current culture of Hong Kong, often described as "East meets West", and the educational system, which used to loosely follow the system in England until reforms implemented in 2009.

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Hyōgo Prefecture
Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県, Hyōgo-ken^?) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.
The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.
Present-day Hyōgo Prefecture includes the former provinces of Harima, Tajima, Awaji, and parts of Tamba and Settsu.
In 1180, near the end of the Heian Period, Emperor Antoku, Taira no Kiyomori, and the Imperial court moved briefly to Fukuhara, in what is now the city of Kobe. There the capital remained for five months.
Himeji Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is in the city of Himeji.
Southern Hyōgo Prefecture was severely devastated by the magnitude 7.2 Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995, which destroyed major parts of Kobe and Awaji, as well as Takarazuka and neighboring Osaka prefecture, killing nearly 6,500 people.
Hyōgo has coastlines on two seas: to the north, the Sea of Japan, to the south, the Inland Sea. The northern portion is sparsely populated, except for the city of Toyooka, and the central highlands are only populated by tiny villages. Most of Hyōgo's population lives on the southern coast, which is part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area. Awaji Island is an island in the Inland Sea, lying between Honshū and Shikoku.

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Japan
Japan ⁱ/dʒəˈpæn/ (Japanese: 日本 Nihon or Nippon; formally 日本国 Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku, literally the State of Japan) is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku, together accounting for ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area. Japan has the world's tenth-largest population, with over 127 million people. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents.
Archaeological research indicates that people lived in Japan as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan is in Chinese history texts from the 1st century AD. Influence from other nations followed by long periods of isolation has characterized Japan's history. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, victory in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War and World War I allowed Japan to expand its empire during a period of increasing militarism. The Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937 expanded into part of World War II in 1941, which came to an end in 1945 following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since adopting its revised constitution in 1947, Japan has maintained a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected parliament called the Diet.

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Korea
Korea (/kəˈriːə/ kə-REE-ə; Korean: 한국 Hanguk [hanɡuːk] or 조선 Joseon [tɕosʌn] – (see etymology) is an East Asian region that is divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea), and separated from Taiwan to the south by the East China Sea.
Archaeological and linguistic evidence suggest the origins of the Korean people might have been Altaic language-speaking people from south-central Siberia,^{[dubious – discuss]} who populated ancient Korea in successive waves from the Neolithic age to the Bronze Age. The adoption of the Chinese writing system ("Hanja" in Korean) in the 2nd century BC, and Buddhism in the 4th century AD, had profound effects on the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
The Three Kingdoms of Korea was first united during the Silla dynasty under the king Munmu of Silla. The united Silla dynasty fell to Goryeo Dynasty in 935 at the end of Later Three Kingdoms of Korea era. Goryeo was a highly cultural state and created the Jikji in the 14th century, using the world's first movable metal type printing press. The Mongol invasions in the 13th century, however, greatly weakened the nation which was forced to become a tributary state. After the Mongol Empire's collapse, severe political strife followed and Goryeo was replaced by the Joseon Dynasty in 1388.

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Kyoto
Kyoto (京都市, Kyōto-shi^?, "Capital City") (Japanese pronunciation: [kʲoːto] ( listen)) is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area.
Although archaeological evidence places the first human settlement on the islands of Japan to approximately 10,000 BC, relatively little is known about human activity in the area before the 6th century AD, around which time the Shimogamo Shrine is believed to have been established. During the 8th century, when powerful Buddhist clergy became involved in the affairs of the Imperial government, the Emperor chose to relocate the capital to a region far from the Buddhist influence. Emperor Kammu selected the village of Uda, at the time in the Kadono district of Yamashiro Province, for this honor.
The new city, Heian-kyō (平安京, "tranquility and peace capital"), a scaled replica of the then Tang capital Chang'an, became the seat of Japan's imperial court in 794, beginning the Heian period of Japanese history. Although military rulers established their governments either in Kyoto (Muromachi shogunate) or in other cities such as Kamakura (Kamakura shogunate) and Edo (Tokugawa shogunate), Kyoto remained Japan's capital until the transfer of the imperial court to Tokyo in 1869 at the time of the Imperial Restoration. (Some believe that it is still a legal capital: see Capital of Japan.)

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London
London ⁱ/ˈlʌndən/ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is the world's leading financial centre alongside New York City and has the fifth-largest city GDP in the world (and the largest in Europe). London has been described as a world cultural capital. It was the world's most visited city during 2011 and London Heathrow is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012 London will become the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.

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New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. The city is referred to as New York City or The City of New York to distinguish it from the State of New York, of which it is a part. As a global power city, New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. The home of the United Nations Headquarters, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural capital of the world.
Located on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, each of which comprises a state county. The five boroughs—The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island—were consolidated into a single city in 1898. With a Census-estimated 2011 population of 8,244,910 distributed over a land area of just 305 square miles (790 km²), New York is the most densely populated major city in the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. The New York City Metropolitan Area's population is the United States' largest, with 18.9 million people distributed over 6,720 square miles (17,400 km²), and is also part of the most populous combined statistical area in the United States, containing 22.1 million people as of the 2010 Census.

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NHK
NHK (日本放送協会, nippon housou kyoukai; official English name: Japan Broadcasting Corporation) is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestrial television services (NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV), two satellite television services (NHK BS-1 and NHK BS Premium, both now high-definition television services), and three radio networks (NHK Radio 1, NHK Radio 2, and NHK FM).
NHK also provides an international broadcasting service, known as NHK World. NHK World is composed of NHK World TV, NHK World Premium, and the shortwave radio service NHK World Radio Japan. World Radio Japan also makes some of its programs available on the internet.
Until the 1940s, NHK was a national radio broadcasting monopoly.
On 22 March 1925, one and a half years after the Great Kantō earthquake, Radio Japan produced the first radio broadcast in the country, transmitting from Atago Hill just north of the Tokugawa Tombs in Shiba Park. The first programme included Beethoven, classical Japanese music, and a play by Ōyō. In the same year, there were also broadcasts from Ōsaka and Nagoya.

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Niigata Prefecture
Niigata Prefecture (新潟県, Niigata-ken^?) is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Honshū on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The capital is the city of Niigata. The name "Niigata" literally means "new lagoon".
Until after the Meiji Restoration, the area that is now Niigata Prefecture was divided into Echigo Province and Sado Province. During the Sengoku period, the Nagao clan, who were at times vassals to the Uesugi, ruled a fief in the western part of modern Niigata from Kasugayama Castle. The most notable member of the Nagao clan was Nagao Kagetora, was later and better known as Uesugi Kenshin. He unified the leaders of Echigo Province and became its sole ruler. By taking the surname Uesugi, he also became the head of the Uesugi clan and effectively brought their realm under his control.
The city of Niigata is now the largest Japanese city facing the Sea of Japan. It was the first Japanese port on the Sea of Japan to be opened to foreign trade following the opening of Japan by Matthew Perry. It has since played an important role in trade with Russia and Korea. A freighter from North Korea visits Niigata once a month, in one of the few forms of direct contact between Japan and that country.

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Okinawa Prefecture
Okinawa Prefecture (沖縄県, Japanese: Okinawa-ken^?, Okinawan: Uchinaa-ken) is one of Japan's southern prefectures. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū (the southwesternmost of Japan's main four islands) to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island. The disputed Senkaku Islands (Mandarin: Diaoyu Islands) are administered as part of Okinawa Prefecture.
The oldest evidence of human existence in the Ryukyu islands was discovered in Naha and Yaese. Some human bone fragments from the Paleolithic era were unearthed, but there is no clear evidence of Paleolithic remains. Japanese Jōmon influences are dominant in the Okinawa Islands, although clay vessels in the Sakishima Islands have a commonality with those in Taiwan.
The first mention of the word Ryukyu was written in the Book of Sui. This Ryukyu might refer to Taiwan, not the Ryukyu islands.^{[citation needed]}Okinawa was the Japanese word depicting the islands, first seen in the biography of Jianzhen, written in 779. Agricultural societies begun in the 8th century slowly developed until the 12th century. Since the islands are located in the center of the East China Sea relatively close to Japan, China and South-East Asia, the Ryūkyū Kingdom became a prosperous trading nation. Also during this period, many Gusukus, similar to castles, were constructed. The Ryūkyū Kingdom had a tributary relationship with the Chinese Empire beginning in the 15th century.

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Osaka
Osaka (大阪, Ōsaka^?) listen (help·info) is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe. Located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, Osaka is the third largest city by population after Tokyo (special wards) and Yokohama.
Keihanshin is the second largest area in Japan by population and one of the largest metropolitan areas highly ranked in the world, with nearly 18 million people, and by GDP the second largest area in Japan and the seventh largest area in the world.
Historically the commercial centre of Japan, Osaka functions as one of the command centers for the Japanese economy. The ratio between daytime and night time population is 141%, the highest in Japan, highlighting its status as an economic center. Its nighttime population is 2.6 million, the third in the country, but in daytime the population surges to 3.7 million, second only after Tokyo (combining the Special wards of Tokyo, which is not a single incorporated city, for statistical purposes. See the Tokyo article for more information on the definition and makeup of Tokyo.) Osaka used to be referred to as the "nation's kitchen" (天下の台所, tenka no daidokoro^?) in feudal Edo period because it was the centre of trading for rice, creating the first modern futures exchange market in the world.

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Otakon
Otakon (/ˈoʊtəkɒn/OH-tə-kon) is a fan convention in the United States focusing on East Asian popular culture (primarily anime, manga, music, and cinema) and its fandom. The name is a portmanteau derived from convention and the Japanese word otaku. Otakon is traditionally held on a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in late summer at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland's Inner Harbor district. Otakon is one of the longest-running Anime conventions in the United States, and the second largest, averaging over 22,000 paid attendees since 2005. Even so, the convention has expanded since then, with attendance above 26,000 in both 2008 and 2009 and attendance officially surpassing 29,000 in 2010.
As one of the longest running and largest conventions of its type, Otakon offers a very broad range of programming, exhibits, and other events. Typical Otakon programming includes:
While the idea of a four-day convention has some support among the general membership (especially among younger members), the idea has been summarily dismissed as unworkable by Otakon staff. It was attempted in 1995, over a holiday weekend, back when Otakon fit comfortably in a small hotel, and even then it was an exhausting prospect that didn't pay off. In those days, the entire convention could be set up in a matter of hours, while it currently takes two full days to prepare the site. At its current size and functional requirements, Otakon would face a significant additional expense in running an extra day, and both industry and dealers have said that it would not be worth their time and money to attend a fourth day. Finally, it is clear that few staffers would be able to afford the extra day (most staffers already use as much as a week of vacation time to help run the con). With almost zero support from staff, industry, or dealers, there is virtually no chance that Otakon will ever attempt a four-day convention again.

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Paris
Coordinates: 48°51′24″N 2°21′03″E / 48.8567°N 2.3508°E / 48.8567; 2.3508
Paris (ⁱ/ˈpærɨs/; French: [paʁi] ( listen)) is the capital and largest city of France. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region (or Paris Region, French: Région parisienne). As of January 2008 the city of Paris, within its administrative limits (the 20 arrondissements) largely unchanged since 1860, has an estimated population of 2,211,297 and a metropolitan population of 12,089,098, and is one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe. Paris was the largest city in the Western world for about 1,000 years, prior to the 19th century, and the largest in the entire world between the 16th and 19th centuries.
Paris is today one of the world's leading business and cultural centres, and its influences in politics, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities. It hosts the headquarters of many international organizations such as UNESCO, the OECD, the International Chamber of Commerce or the European Space Agency. Paris is considered one of the greenest and most liveable cities in Europe. It is also one of the most expensive.

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Philippines
The Philippines ⁱ/ˈfɪlɨpiːnz/ FI-lə-peenz (Filipino: Pilipinas [ˌpɪlɪˈpinɐs]), officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas) is a sovereign country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea to the southwest lies between the country and the island of Borneo, and to the south the Celebes Sea separates it from other islands of Indonesia. It is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea. Its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and its tropical climate make the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons but have also endowed the country with natural resources and made it one of the richest areas of biodiversity in the world. An archipelago comprising 7,107 islands, the Philippines is categorized broadly into three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Its capital city is Manila.
With an estimated population of about 98 million people, the Philippines is the 7th most populated Asian country and the 12th most populated country in the world. An additional 12.5 million Filipinos live overseas. Multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands. In prehistoric times, Negritos were some of the archipelago's earliest inhabitants. They were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples who brought with them influences from Malay, Hindu, and Islamic societies. Trade introduced Chinese cultural influences which remain to this day.

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September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/11) were a series of four suicide attacks that were committed in the United States on September 11, 2001, coordinated to strike the areas of New York City and Washington, D.C. On that Tuesday morning, 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally piloted two of those planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City; both towers collapsed within two hours. The hijackers also intentionally crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and intended to pilot the fourth hijacked jet, United Airlines Flight 93, into a target in Washington, D.C.; however, the plane crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after its passengers attempted to take control of the jet from the hijackers. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks including the 227 civilians and 19 hijackers aboard the four planes, none of whom survived.

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Tokyo
Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō^?, "Eastern Capital") [toːkʲoː], English /ˈtoʊki.oʊ/; officially Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to^?), is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of the world. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family. Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture (東京府, Tōkyō-fu^?) and the city of Tokyo (東京市, Tōkyō-shi^?).
The Tokyo Metropolitan government administers the 23 special wards of Tokyo (each governed as a city), which cover the area that was the city of Tokyo, as well as 39 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture and the two outlying island chains. The population of the special wards is over 8 million people, with the total population of the prefecture exceeding 13 million. The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area with upwards of 35 million people and the world's largest urban agglomeration economy with a GDP of US$1.479 trillion at purchasing power parity in 2008, ahead of New York City metropolitan area, which ranks second on the list. The city hosts 47 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the highest amount of any city.

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United States
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km²) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.

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Cain and Abel
In the Bible, Cain and Abel (Hebrew: הֶבֶל ,קַיִן‎‎ Qayin, Hevel) are two sons of Adam and Eve. The Qur'an mentions the story, calling them the two sons of Adam (Arabic: إبني آدم).
Cain is described as a crop farmer and his younger brother Abel as a shepherd. Genesis 4:2 Cain is portrayed as sinful, committing the first murder by killing his brother, after God rejected his offerings of produce but accepted Abel's sacrifice "from the firstborn of his flock and from their fats".Genesis 4:1,3 Thus, Cain was the first human born, and Abel the first to die.
The oldest known copy of the Biblical narration is from the 1st century Dead Sea Scrolls. Cain and Abel also appear in a number of other texts, and the story is the subject of various interpretations. Abel, the first murder victim, is sometimes seen as the first martyr; while Cain, the first murderer, is sometimes seen as an ancestor of evil. A few scholars suggest the pericope may have been based on a Sumerian story representing the conflict between nomadic shepherds and settled farmers. Others think that it may refer to the days in which agriculture began to replace the ways of the hunter-gatherer.

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Chachamaru
Yukihiro Fujimura (藤村幸宏, Yukihiro Fujimura^?, born March 3, 1960 in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan), is a Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter, arranger and producer. Usually referred to by his stage name "Chachamaru", little is known about his early years and personal life. Besides as a member and collaborator with various bands and musical acts in the 80s and 90s, he is most known as being the lead guitarist and associate music producer for Gackt.
Yukihiro "Chachamaru" Fujimura was born in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, on March 3, 1960. He was a student at the Bukkyo University, private university with philosophy based on Pure Land Buddhism.
In 1983, Chachamaru co-founded progressive rock band Gerard, as a leader vocalist and guitar. It was until 1986 the band disbanded because their signed label King Records no longer supported progressive music. After a two year long break, with Shusei Tsukamoto formed a progressive/hard rock band Vienna being on vocals and guitar. In the same year they released their first album "Overture". With one more album and live record they went on a hiatus. During 1989, he was a guitarist for Minoru Niihara, at the time ex and now current singer of famous Loudness, session metal band Ded Chaplin for releasing their first album "Ded Chaplin 1st".

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Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin ( /ˈʃoʊpæn/; French pronunciation: [fʁe.de.ʁik ʃɔ.pɛ̃]; Polish: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, also phonetically Szopen; 22 February or 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of French-Polish parentage. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music. Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola, a village in the Duchy of Warsaw. A renowned child-prodigy pianist and composer, Chopin grew up in Warsaw and completed his music education there; he composed many mature works in Warsaw before leaving Poland in 1830 at age 20, shortly before the November 1830 Uprising.
Following the Russian suppression of the Uprising, he settled in Paris as part of Poland's Great Emigration. During the remaining 19 years of his life, Chopin gave only some 30 public performances, preferring the more intimate atmosphere of the salon; he supported himself by sales of his compositions and as a piano teacher. After some romantic dalliances with Polish women, including an abortive engagement, from 1837 to 1847 he carried on a relationship with the French writer Amantine Dupin (pen name "George Sand"). For most of his life, Chopin suffered from poor health; he died in Paris in 1849 at age 39.

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Gackt
Gackt Camui (神威楽斗, Kamui Gakuto^?, born July 4, 1973), known solely as GACKT, is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, actor, and author. He has been active since 1995, first as a vocalist for the defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer, and from 1999 as a solo artist. He has released nine studio albums, and with forty-one singles released holds the male soloist record for most top ten singles in Japan music history. His single "Returner (Yami no Shūen)", released on June 20, 2007, was his first and only single to reach the number one spot on the Oricon charts. He became the first Japanese artist to release his music catalog on iTunes in October 2007.
Besides that, in modern entertainment industry his music has been used as theme songs for various video games, anime films and television series. In addition to his music, Gackt acted in few films, including the film he wrote, Moon Child, and his international debut Bunraku, and series such as the NHK drama Fūrin Kazan. He also performed live in a theatre stage run.

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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founder members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as a teenager in the skiffle craze; his first band, The Quarrymen, evolved into The Beatles in 1960. As the group disintegrated towards the end of the decade, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to devote time to raising his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.

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Klaha
Masaki Haruna (春名真樹, Haruna Masaki^?), aka Klaha, is a Japanese singer-songwriter. He is best known as the third vocalist for visual kei rock band Malice Mizer. His first band was the new wave group Pride of Mind, active from 1992-1996. He first played with Malice Mizer in 2000, on their single, "Shiroi Hada ni Kuruu Ai to Kanashimi no Rondo", providing vocals, although he was credited as "fourth blood relative". He then provided vocals on their album, Bara no Seidou. It wasn't until at a concert in August that he became an official member. Sadly it wasn't for long, as only a year later Malice Mizer went on hiatus. A year after Malice Mizer, Klaha started a solo career, but with a drastic change of style he performed pop music. After a live appearance in April 2004, Klaha's releases and performances stopped without explanation. In 2007 he stated that he would be returning that year, but nothing happened and no information has been given since.

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Közi
Közi is a Japanese musician who plays guitar, piano, keyboard and synthesizer. Közi is best known as guitarist for the visual kei rock band Malice Mizer. After the band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2001, he joined the industrial rock act Eve of Destiny and also started a solo career. As of 2010, Közi is in the bands Dalle, My Horror Revue and XA-VAT (pronounced "Zabatto"), while still working on his solo work.
During his time in Malice Mizer, Közi often assumed the role of a pierrot doll, dressing in clown-like costumes with large ruffs, always in shades of red, his favourite colour. In music videos and on-stage he would often make movements reminiscent of a marionette (string puppet). Közi has continued this visual style to some extent, but his contemporary stage costumes are more gothic. His work on the Izayoi no Tsuki project was reminiscent of carnival music, and artwork for his projects usually follow a dramatic, theatrical theme. Very few details about his private life are known.

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Ryukyuan people
The Ryukyuan or Lewchewan people(琉球民族, Ryūkyū minzoku^?, Okinawan: Ruuchuu minzuku) are the indigenous peoples of the Ryukyu Islands between the islands of Kyūshū and Taiwan. The generally recognized subgroups of Ryukyuans are Amamians, Okinawans, Miyakoans, Yaeyamans, and Yonagunians. Geographically, they live in either Okinawa Prefecture or Kagoshima Prefecture. Their languages, such as Uchinaaguchi, make up the Ryukyuan language family, one of the two branches of the Japonic language family, the other one being Japanese and its dialects.
Chinese historical writings first mentioned the Ryukyus during the 6th-7th centuries (the Sui Dynasty). Exact details of these early voyages are still unknown, and it is widely believed that the ancient Ryukyus described by the Chinese consisted of the modern day Ryukyuan Islands and Taiwan. The Ryukyu Islands were inhabited early in historical times, by migrants believed to have crossed into the northern Amami-Uchiha Islands via Kyushu. Multiple waves of migrants, including those related to the Jomon, and, later, newcomers from Kyushu, continued to populate these islands. Similarities between the Ryukyuan and Japanese languages suggests a common origin in the language of immigrants from continental Asia to the archipelago.

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Tetsu Takano
Tetsu Takano (高野哲, Takano Tetsu^?, born on December 12, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese musician, probably best known as the first vocalist of the visual kei band Malice Mizer. After leaving Malice Mizer, he joined Mega8Ball from 1995 to 1997. He then started the band Zigzo with other formerly popular musicians, they were active from 1999 to 2002. Tetsu is currently working on his band Nil, which was originally formed in 1998 but went on hiatus until restarting in 2002, his solo career which he began in 2006, and the newly formed band The JuneJulyAugust.
Tetsu Takano first burst onto the scene as a vocalist sometime in 1991 at the age of 18 as vocalist for the band Ner-vous. In January 1992, Ner-vous' drummer left the band and Kiyoshi Moro replaced him; however, he only had the chance to play with the band for two lives before they disbanded. In March 1992, Tetsu went to see Kiyoshii play in his new band which included bassist Hiroyuki "Marawo" Kashimoto. Tetsu, Kashimoto, and Moro became good friends for years to come.

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Uesugi Kenshin
Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信^?, February 18, 1530 – April 19, 1578) was a daimyo who ruled Echigo province in the Sengoku period of Japan.
He was one of the most powerful lords of the Sengoku period. While chiefly remembered for his prowess on the battlefield, Kenshin is also regarded as an extremely skillful administrator who fostered the growth of local industries and trade; his rule saw a marked rise in the standard of living of Echigo. Kenshin is famed for his honourable conduct, his military expertise, a long-standing rivalry with Takeda Shingen, his numerous campaigns to restore order in the Kanto region as the Kanto Kanrei, and his belief in the Buddhist god of war — Bishamonten. In fact, many of his followers and others believed him to be the Avatar of Bishamonten, and called Kenshin god of war.
His original name was Nagao Kagetora (長尾景虎). He changed his name to Uesugi Masatora (上杉政虎) when he inherited the Uesugi family name in order to accept the official title of Kantō Kanrei (関東管領). Later he changed his name again to Uesugi Terutora (上杉輝虎) to honor the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru (足利義輝), and finally to Kenshin (上杉謙信) after he became a Buddhist monk; in particular, he would become renowned for being a devotee of Bishamonten. For the majority of this description, the name of Kenshin will be used.

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Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono (オノ・ヨーコ（小野洋子）, Ono Yōko^?, born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese artist, author, and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront in her music which prefigured New Wave music and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs.
Yoko Ono was born in Tokyo in 1933 to mother Isoko Ono, the great-granddaughter of Zenjiro Yasuda of the Yasuda banking family, and to father Yeisuke Ono, a banker and one-time classical pianist who was a descendant of an Emperor of Japan. The name "Yoko" means "ocean child". Two weeks before she was born, her father was transferred to San Francisco by his employer, the Yokohama Specie Bank. The rest of the family followed soon after and Yoko met her father when she was two. Her younger brother Keisuke was born in December 1936. In 1937, her father was transferred back to Japan and Ono was enrolled at Tokyo's Gakushuin (also known as the Peers School), one of the most exclusive schools in Japan.

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GACKT「GHOST」

6年ぶり待望のシングル・コレクション第二弾！ 2010年7月21日リリース「THE ELEVENTH DAY~SINGLE COLLECTION~」収録GACKTオフィシャルHP：...

published: 22 Jun 2010

author: crownrecord

[PV] GACKT 白露-HAKURO- [full version]

originally posted on yinyuetai. www.yinyuetai.com...

published: 06 Oct 2012

author: nullryuu

GACKT「REDEMPTION」

6年ぶり待望のシングル・コレクション第二弾！ 2010年7月21日リリース「THE ELEVENTH DAY~SINGLE COLLECTION~」収録GACKTオフィシャルHP：...

published: 22 Jun 2010

author: crownrecord

GACKT... Laughing? (English & French Subs)

I do not own this video, nor do I claim any rights from uploading it; it merely serves as ...

published: 08 Apr 2012

author: Uchiha Aoi

Gackt-Vanilla

Vanilla PV...

published: 08 Oct 2007

author: moron555

GACKT Train Game 2009[eng sub](psp).mp4

This is courtesy of Fileshut.com and Mediafire.com. I don't own the rights to it or anythi...

published: 08 May 2012

author: angelmimi300

GACKT「RETURNER ～闇の終焉～」

6年ぶり待望のシングル・コレクション第二弾！ 2010年7月21日リリース「THE ELEVENTH DAY~SINGLE COLLECTION~」収録GACKTオフィシャルHP：...

published: 22 Jun 2010

author: crownrecord

GACKT in Hong Kong - GHOST - 6th Asian Film Awards 2012

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published: 22 Mar 2012

author: weatherhkg

GACKT-Snowboard Story ENG SUB

gackt in the show [HEYx3] talking about his snowboard story so funny enjoy watching :) (i ...

published: 22 Jul 2011

author: gacktfan2

GACKT - Until the Last Day - "Making of UtLD" [HQ]

The video is not my property credits: Tenshin 26100...

published: 16 Dec 2012

author: Laviesurladentelle

GACKT ЯRII Bonus Documentary

GACKT VISUALIVE ARENA TOUR 2009 REQUIEM ET REMINISCENCE II FINAL〜鎮魂と再生〜 [Chinkon To Saisei...

published: 30 Oct 2011

author: OMGACKTchannel

白露-HAKURO-/Gackt

ドラマ『戦国BASARA』の主題歌...

published: 07 Oct 2012

author: katatumuri37564

GACKT / EVER

gackt.com オンラインゲーム「ドラゴンネスト」テーマソング（ブラックver.）。...

published: 22 Jul 2011

author: avexnetwork

GACKT - Jounetsu no Inazuma

I don't own this. All rights belong to their respective owners. avexnet.jp...

published: 10 Oct 2012

author: JudaiCamui

YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz - THE END OF THE DAY PV

published: 08 Sep 2011

author: Ritsuka Aoyagi

GE SZ office

published: 08 Mar 2012

author: gackt.c

gackt - ghost

caption by korean alphabet...

published: 04 Feb 2012

author: 아이즈나샤

gackt - storm

caption by korean alphabet...

published: 03 Feb 2012

author: 아이즈나샤

Gackt - Last Song - live concert

One of Gackt's best performances....

published: 26 Jun 2007

author: cbkurs1

Gackt Ghost Live

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published: 13 Oct 2010

author: marcomexico22

GACKT YFC LIVE DVD 2010 - 12 - Kagerou

Kagerou is the the 12th song Gackt performed on the YFC dvd. It was first released in Chac...

published: 13 May 2010

author: lostdreamer50

Gackt - Mizerable -Live- HQ

I love this song by gackt! Enjoy! :DD...

published: 15 Mar 2010

author: Jman Bsauce

Gackt Live Ai Senshi

Translated and subbed by Kaede2605...

published: 30 Apr 2012

author: cassiacacau100

Gackt - The Next Decade (live)

Gackt - The Next Decade (live) tiltshift filter...

published: 10 Aug 2011

author: tirmfktm18

[HD] Gackt - Last Song Live

Live Performance of Last Song By GACKT in 2003 on the show, Music Station's Christmas Spe...

published: 24 Oct 2011

author: ExorcistPlex

gackt fragrance live (subtitled)

My favorite Gackt song performed live...

published: 07 May 2006

author: Miyakuzi

Gackt KnT - Part 5 [Rain]

Gackt Kagen no Tsuki 2002 tour. -sighs- It would've been even more atmospheric if you were...

published: 02 Apr 2009

author: magnumdesu

Gackt Lu:na Live

Gackt singing Lu:na during The Sixth Day and Seventh Night concert..Download mp3 - www.med...

published: 19 Feb 2009

author: KageNoShinkirou

Vanilla - Gackt LIVE

Here's Gackt performing Vanilla LIVE! There are some suggestive motions and... stuff, So i...

published: 09 Nov 2008

author: shounenaifan23

Gackt -Vanilla

Gackt - Vanilla Lyrics: Kimiwa seijitsuna moralist kireina yubide bokuwo nazoru Bokuwa jun...

published: 20 May 2012

author: Akemi Shintharo

GACKT YFC LIVE DVD - 10 - Jesus

The 10th performance of Gackt on his YFC DVD. Jesus from the Jesus single....

published: 13 May 2010

author: lostdreamer50

Gackt Memories Live subtitulado en español

lyrics de yumenonaka y spanish dears...

published: 08 Apr 2009

author: yoco57x2

YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz - THE END OF THE DAY PV

published: 08 Sep 2011

author: Ritsuka Aoyagi

GE SZ office

published: 08 Mar 2012

author: gackt.c

gackt - ghost

caption by korean alphabet...

published: 04 Feb 2012

author: 아이즈나샤

gackt - storm

caption by korean alphabet...

published: 03 Feb 2012

author: 아이즈나샤

GACKT ЯRII Bonus Documentary

GACKT VISUALIVE ARENA TOUR 2009 REQUIEM ET REMINISCENCE II FINAL〜鎮魂と再生〜 [Chinkon To Saisei...

published: 30 Oct 2011

author: OMGACKTchannel

Gackt - Requiem et Reminiscence - Part 1

No Copyright infringement intended. All media displayed is property of it's original owner...

published: 05 Aug 2012

author: JrokkuNoHime

Singapore Civil War 3 - Red Line vs Green Line: Part 4/6 Gackt is human too

Singapore Civil War - Red Line vs Green Line: Part 4/6 Gackt is human too Residents of the...

published: 08 Oct 2012

author: crosscountertv

Bunraku (2010) starring Josh Hartnett, Gackt

Bunraku (2010) directed by Guy Moshe, starring Josh Hartnett, Gackt, Woody Harrelson, Demi...

published: 16 Jan 2013

author: slevingal

GACKT THE GRAFFITI Part 03_SUB ITA.avi

the-end-of-silence.forumcommunity.net Sottotitoli by Akayn Traduzione: ITLoveJP...

published: 29 Mar 2012

author: Akayn1

GACKT ~Platinum Box XI~ Part 1

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published: 23 Jan 2012

author: OMGACKTchannel

MCZ Daigo Umehara (Ryu) vs Gackt (Fei) - Race to 5: SEA Major 2012 Losers Finals SSF4 AE

In this grueling Race to 5, Team MCZ Daigo Umehara (Ryu) seeks revenge on Gackt for last y...

published: 16 Jun 2012

author: crosscountertv

Press Start Grand Finals Gackt[Fei] vs Leslie[Sagat]

Robots Gone Bad Presents Press Start Tournament at Jurong Point robotsgonebad.com --------...

published: 19 Oct 2012

author: crosscountertv

Gackt ~Platinum Box X~ Part 1

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published: 22 Jan 2012

author: OMGACKTchannel

福山雅治魂のラジオ 2002.10.26 ｹﾞｽﾄ:GACKT

2002年のカセットテープをお借り出来たのでUPしました。音質はややノイズありますがご勘弁ください。ニッポン放送オールナイトニッポンサタデースペシャル福山雅治の魂のラジオです...

published: 09 Dec 2012

author: kuni3986

Cross Counter: Asia DM | Xian (Gen) vs Gackt (Fei) - Winner's Final FT 5 SEA Major 2012 SSF4 AE

Bruce Lee (Fei-Long) and Ip Man (Gen) clash in the ultimate master-pupil battle of Wing Ch...

published: 16 Jun 2012

author: crosscountertv

Gackt - Requiem et Reminiscence - Part 2

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published: 05 Aug 2012

author: JrokkuNoHime

Gackt - Mars Sora Kara no Homonsha~Kaisou~ [2000]

I do not know the tracklist of this concert. Anyone who does, please tell me, or I'll just...

published: 05 Jul 2012

author: guesirwowghr

Gackt ~Platinum Box V~ Part 5

Special Movie: Shooting the SDSN pamphlet photos of Gackt, and Gackt & JOB going on rides ...

published: 04 Dec 2011

author: OMGACKTchannel

YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz - THE END OF THE DAY PV

published: 08 Sep 2011

author: Ritsuka Aoyagi

GE SZ office

published: 08 Mar 2012

author: gackt.c

gackt - ghost

caption by korean alphabet...

published: 04 Feb 2012

author: 아이즈나샤

gackt - storm

caption by korean alphabet...

published: 03 Feb 2012

author: 아이즈나샤

Friends of FUNi - Interview with Gackt on Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker and more

amzn.to Order Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker BD/DVD to hear "Until the Last Day" performed...

published: 25 May 2012

author: FUNimation

Gackt Interview

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published: 04 Oct 2012

author: memoo5697

[Trailer Addict] GACKT - Interview about Bunraku (2011.09.13) (spanish and english subs)

[Trailer Addict] GACKT - Interview about Bunraku (2011.09.13) Original Site: www.trailerad...

published: 13 Sep 2011

author: Nikoru2020

GACKT - Interview (Oshare Ism) (1/3)

This interview was held on 2010.05.02....

published: 16 Nov 2012

author: BLUEXXXBLOOD

Gackt ガクト Interview on the red carpet, 6th Asian Film Awards 2012 (HD)

Gackt interviewed on the red carpet at the 6th Asian Film Awards 2012 We just uploaded ano...

published: 27 Mar 2012

author: OnokoFilm

TV GACKT Moon Saga Special Interview 2012 09 01

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published: 03 Sep 2012

author: Наталия Коробченко

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Iran's president begins historic Egypt visit

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Cairo, marking the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. Ahmadinejad flew into the capital, Cairo, to attend a summit of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC), which begins on Wednesday. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi kissed the Iranian leader as he got off the plane on Tuesday ... "My wish is bigger than this ... Iran does not recognise Israel ... ....(size: 17.9Kb)

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Kidal assault: French jets bomb northern Mali

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French warplanes have carried out air strikes in Mali's far north as they try to secure the final rebel stronghold of Kidal after a three-week offensive. Thirty jets targeted Islamist militants' training and communication centres around Tessalit - a mountainous area near the Algerian border. French President Francois Hollande has pledged to help rebuild Mali after the rebels who seized its north are beaten ... ....(size: 2.7Kb)

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Tweet. London, Feb. 4 (ANI). Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accused Israel of trying to 'destabilise' his country. Assad's comments came as he claimed that last week's airstrike showed the Jewish state was behind the revolution seeking to overthrow his regime ... Assad insisted however, that his country could still meet 'current threats and aggression' ... (ANI) ... Israel ... ... ) .. ). ... . . . . . .. . . .. ....(size: 3.0Kb)

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‘Samurai Guitarist’ Makes His Indonesian Debut

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One man and his guitar. Sometimes, that’s all it takes to turn a crowd of concertgoers from enthusiastic observers into ecstatic participants ... Gone are the days of his androgynous appearance. nowadays, Miyavi has toned down his makeup and shrill fashion style. The visual kei artist has morphed into a samurai guitarist ... I was influenced by SKIN a lot and I still respect [the other members Yoshiki, Gackt and Sugizo] as artists ... I was 19 ... 13 ... ....(size: 7.1Kb)

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Gackt
Gackt as Uesugi Kenshin at Jōetsu city's 83rd Kenshin Festival in 2008.
Background information
Born	(1973-07-04) July 4, 1973 (age 38) Okinawa, Japan
Genres	Rock, pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, author
Instruments	Various
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Avex Nippon Crown (1999-2010)
Associated acts	Cains:Feel, Malice Mizer, S.K.I.N., Yellow Fried Chickenz
Website	www.gackt.com

Gackt Camui (神威楽斗, Kamui Gakuto^?, born July 4, 1973)^[1], known solely as GACKT, is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, actor, and author. He has been active since 1995, first as a vocalist for the defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer, and from 1999 as a solo artist. He has released nine studio albums, and with forty-one singles released holds the male soloist record for most top ten singles in Japan music history.^[2] His single "Returner (Yami no Shūen)", released on June 20, 2007, was his first and only single to reach the number one spot on the Oricon charts.^[3] He became the first Japanese artist to release his music catalog on iTunes in October 2007.^[4]

Besides that, in modern entertainment industry his music has been used as theme songs for various video games, anime films and television series. In addition to his music, Gackt acted in few films, including the film he wrote, Moon Child, and his international debut Bunraku, and series such as the NHK drama Fūrin Kazan. He also performed live in a theatre stage run.

1 Early years (1973–93)
2 Malice Mizer (1995–98)
3 Solo Career (1999–present)
4 Filmography
5 Discography
6 Tours
7 References
8 External links

Early years (1973–93)[link]

Gackt (whose real name is unknown, though is rumored to be Okabe Satoru, 岡部学) was born on July 4, 1973, as the second of three children in a Ryukyuan family, in Okinawa, Kyūshū region in Japan.^[5] His father was a music teacher primarily playing the trumpet and his mother was also a teacher. Gackt has an older sister, and a younger brother.^[5] Because of father's job he lived in many different cities, in addition to Okinawa in Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, Shiga, Osaka, and Kyoto.^[5] Gackt's musical education began at age three, when his parents initiated his classical piano education. He grew tired of at age seven when entered elementary school, and because of moving had to change teachers.^[5] It would take another four years until his parents allowed him to quit. Since his father played the trumpet, he was also familiar with brass instruments. He has credited the classical pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin with being "the one who taught me the beauty, depth, fun, sadness, kindness of music; that music could grant people courage, and the meaning of the layers of sound. It isn't an exaggeration to say Chopin is the foundation of my music."^[6]

According to Gackt's autobiography Jihaku,^[5] he was a mischievous child and had a tendency to face death; at age seven he nearly drowned while swimming off the coast of Okinawa. After this near-death experience, he claims to have paranormal abilitiy to see and speak with deceased people, as well family members.^[5] At the age of ten, he 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.^[5]

Having only listened to classical music and enka while growing up, he did not become interested in rock music until he was a young adult. He cites Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" as being particularly inspiring, and went on to master modern percussion and electric guitar.^[5]

Malice Mizer (1995–98)[link]

In the early 90’s, he stopped playing drums, studio band activities went blank for awhile, and found himself working multiple jobs at once, among them as a sound technician at the studio.^[5] When was in his early 20’s, in a music livehouse event he met a guitarist You Kurosaki, his solo career support guitarist, and they formed a band Cains’:Feel (with biblical reference to the story of Cain and Abel).^[5] Because of the mediocre acquaintances at the moment, Gackt unexpectedly became the frontman, and they recorded a demo tape.^[5]

In the upcoming year he was introduced to Mana, leader of visual kei band Malice Mizer which was on hiatus because were without vocalist. Gackt moved to Tokyo, and joined them in October 1995.^[5] He was the singer-lyricist, pianist, and contributed only two, but bands cult songs, “Regret” and “Le Ciel”. With him bands fame soared, and at their peak, after four years and two studio albums, in January of 1999 was announced that he left the band. According to his autobiography, the members differences, obsession, sudden income of money, and his isolation from the band, have led to his departure.^[5]

Solo Career (1999–present)[link]

1999–2001 [link]

Gackt launched his solo career on January 1, 1999.^[7] After having completed his recordings, his first gig as a solo artist was the 99 Gackt Resurrection tour held in 12 locations across Japan. It was followed on May 12 with his debut release, extended play Mizerable.^[7] The E.P. reached number two on the charts, and sold over 200,000 copies, being certified gold by RIAJ. It spanned a same titled single which reached number three on the charts. In July he performed at Shock Wave Illusion in Osaka and Tokyo.^[7] On August 11, was released his second single "Vanilla", and it reached number four and enjoyed considerable success.

In 2000, from February to March were released three singles, and on April 26, were followed by his first full-length studio album Mars. It reached number three on the charts, and sold over 150,000 copies. Soon he embarked on a nationwide tour Mars Sora Kara no Homonsha -Kaisō-.^[8] As was joined with new support guitarist and associate producer Chachamaru, for Caparison Guitars has designed two guitars named "Marcury" and "Venus", which he occasionally uses in his live performances.^[9] Until the end of the year were released three more, of that two upcoming album singles, "Seki-Ray" and "Secret Garden".

	"Jūnigatsu no Love Song" noicon A Christmas love song.
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In 2001, on March 14 was released his seventh single "Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru Koto", his most charted single. On April 25, was released his second studio, and first concept album, Rebirth.^[10] It reached number three on the charts, and was certified gold by RIAJ. It was followed by the Requiem et Reminiscence tour. After discovering the events of September 11th, 2001 in New York, Gackt wrote a song for a world peace.^[11] It was released that December as a single "Jūnigatsu no Love Song". From 2001 to 2004, the single was recorded in four different languages: Japanese, English, Korean and Chinese, all released before Christmas.

2002–2005 [link]

	"Rain" noicon A song from the album Moon.
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Between 2001 and 2002, with the release of his best-selling single "Another World", Gackt began his concept project "Moon". There were held two nationwide tours represeting his new concept; a live house tour, prior the release of his third studio concept album Moon on June 16, and a arena tour Kagen no Tsuki (下弦の月^?, The Waning Moon).^[12] The album reached number two on the charts, and was certified gold by RIAJ.^[13] On September 22, at the Beijing Worker's Gymnasium, in China, was held large musical event "China-Japan: Holding Hands, Moving Together" as part of "Japan-China Diplomatic Relations Normalization 30th Anniversary Commemoration", and Gackt was among handful who represented his homeland.^[12]

In 2003, Gackt announced his film Moon Child. He worked on the script, and did own action scenes on location in Taiwan.^[14] In collaboration with co-star Hyde, he also sang the film's theme song "Orange no Taiyō" (オレンジの太陽, Orenji no Taiyō^?, "The Orange Sun"). Film was released on April 19 in Japan, and screened on May 13 at the Cannes Film Festival and on April 12, 2004 at Philadelphia Film Festival.^[15] Prior the nationwide tour Jōgen no Tsuki (上弦の月^?, The Waxing Moon) which launched on May 5, continuing the concept of the previous one, on March 19 was released his thirteenth single "Kimi ga Oikaketa Yume", second of four to reach number two on the charts.^[14]^[14]

On September 27, he performed as a special guest at the TV Asahi 45 anniversary commemorative "Kingdom Rock Show".^[16] On October 2, at the "Dream Power: John Lennon Super Live" concert organized by Yoko Ono in Saitama Super Arena, performed the Lennon's song "Love". ^[17]^[17] In November and December were released his sixteenth single "Last Song", and his fourth studio album Crescent. The album was certified platinum by RIAJ.^[18] Besides the film and musical releases for the project, in this year Gackt also published a novel Moon Child Requiem,^[19] and his autobiography Jihaku was published as well. On New Year's Eve, he performed for the first time at the annual music show, 54th Kōhaku Uta Gassen.^[14]

In 2004, was released his first compilation album The Sixth Day: Single Collection, which was a collection of the singer's previous singles A-sides, of some being re-recorded.^[20] The album was followed three months later by the release of The Seventh Night: Unplugged, another compilation album, containing the acoustic arrangements of previously released songs.^[20] The albums reached number three and five on the charts, and were certified platinum and gold by RIAJ.^[21]^[22] He held The Sixth Day & Seventh Night nationwide tour between the releases of the albums.^[20] On October 27, was released his eighteenth single "Kimi ni Aitakute",^[23] one of his most charted, so the unplugged theme would be continued in the release of his fifth studio album, Love Letter on the following year's Valentine's Day. The album was certified gold by RIAJ,^[24] and was re-recorded in Korean and released on June 16, 2005 for the Korean market. On December 4, he appeared and performed at the M.net/Km Music Video Festival where received the award for "Best Asian Rock Artist".^[20]

In 2005, with the release of his twenty-first single "Black Stone" on April 27, Gackt switched to a more alternative rock style.^[25] It was followed in May and August by "Metamorphoze", which was used in a Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam movie and was commercially well received, and "Todokanai Ai to Shitteita no ni Osaekirezu ni Aishitsuzuketa...". The all three singles were certified gold by RIAJ.^[26]^[27]^[28] On September 21, was released his sixth studio album Diabolos. Conceptually, it was a prequel entrant to the previous "Moon" albums. It reached number four on the charts, and was certified gold by RIAJ,^[29] his last album to achieve this. Gackt went on a, at the time, his longest nationwide tour Diabolos ~Aien no Shi~, with 36 performances across Japan, which ended with a final New Year's Eve performance at the Tokyo Dome, in front of more than forty thousand people.^[30]

2006–2007 [link]

In 2006, he continued his tour with a concert on January 14, in Korea, at Fencing Stadium in Korean Olympic Park, which was his first Asian concert.^[31]^[32] In the same month was released his twenty-fourth single "Redemption", which included theme songs of Square Enix game Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII. On February 28, he appeared to promise he gave at the graduation of the Maiko High School in Hyōgo Prefecture. Besides the words of encouragement, he performed live an unreleased song especially written for the graduation. It was released the following year on February 7, as "No ni Saku Hana no Yō ni".^[33] Since then he appeared in several graduation ceremonies.

In August, at an Otakon conference, it was publicly announced that he would form a band, S.K.I.N, with famous metal band X Japan co-founder Yoshiki. Although there were high expectations for the group,^[34]^[35] since their debut performance on June 29, 2007 at the Anime Expo in Long Beach, California, no further activities were announced.^[36] On December 24, he went on a small nationwide fanclub tour "D.r.u.g. Party", which was also continued with two concerts in Korea and Taiwan.^[37]

Gackt as Uesugi Kenshin at Jōetsu city's 83rd Kenshin Festival in 2008, a role he carried since 2007.

	"Returner ~Yami no Shūen~" noicon Gackt's only number one spot on the charts.
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In 2007, in January he played the warlord Uesugi Kenshin in the NHK Taiga drama Fūrin Kazan.^[38] On June 20, was released his twenty-seventh single "Returner (Yami no Shūen)", and was the first in his career (both solo and in a band) to reach the number one spot on the Oricon charts.^[3] On August 23, Gackt was invited to perform his Fūrin Kazan television role at Jōetsu city's traditional 82nd Kenshin Festival, with approximate 203,000 visitors.^[39]^[40] In October he held a press conference at the Apple Store in Ginza, Tokyo, where besides advertised the first iPhone, announced to have his entire back catalog, with new previous tour live song recordings, put up on the iTunes Store, as well that his "The Greatest Filmography" would be released on October 9 in the United States and Canada, while his album Diabolos on October 26 in eighteen European countries.^[41]^[42] In November 17 and 27, he performed at M.net/Km Music Video Festival in Korea as the special guest star, and appeared and performed at the "2007 Japan-China Cultural Exchange Grand Concert Final" in Beijing. In Beijing he sang "Jūnigatsu no Love Song" in Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin. On December 10, he appeared at the China Fashion Awards in Beijing, where was given the award "Japanese Artist of the Year".^[43] Gackt also performed on the 58th Kōhaku Uta Gassen.^[44]

The year 2007 also saw the creation of the "Save our Dears" charity to help the victims of the powerful earthquake that struck the Niigata Prefecture.^[45] To raise funds for this charity, Gackt designed a keychain and bracelets, in addition, the charity also featured two Orico UPty MasterCard credit cards.^[46] Gackt's fanclub Dears raised ¥2,000,000 (US$26,041) which Gackt donated to the Jōetsu at the 83rd Kenshin Festival in 2008.^[46]

2008–2009 [link]

In 2008, from April 17, Gackt was filming in Romania for his international film debut Bunraku. On December 3, was released his twenty-eighth single "Jesus", his first single release in over a year.^[47] It was followed by his longest nationwide tour Requiem et Reminiscence -Saisei to Kaikō (Requiem et Reminiscence II -再生と邂逅-^?, Rebirth and Reunion), with over 60 performances in more than 45 cities, which started on December 14 at the Misato Cultural Center.^[48]

In 2009, on January 28 was released his twenty-ninth single, "Ghost", which was used as the opening song for the Japanese version of The Sarah Connor Chronicles.^[49] On May 18, Gackt was scheduled to perform a concert in Korea at Seoul's Olympic Hall, but due to the effects of the global recession the sponsors of the concert withdrew their support.^[50] In commemoration to his 10th anniversary as a solo artist, were released four singles, "Koakuma Heaven", "Faraway", "Lost Angels", and "Flower", a week after one another starting from June 17, and ending on July 1, 2009.^[51] On June 13, began the arena part of the tour, and on July 11 and 12 were held the final performances at the Saitama Super Arena.^[52]^[53]

As both he and the Kamen Rider Series' Heisei period run had its 10th anniversary, he became involved in the 2009 edition of the franchise Kamen Rider Decade to perform its theme songs, released via Avex Trax and Avex Entertainment. This began with his thirtieth single and the series' opening theme "Journey Through the Decade" in March. In August was released his second theme single for the Kamen Rider Decade film All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker "The Next Decade."^[54] He also appeared in the film as Decade's iteration of the character Jōji Yūki. The collaboration finished in January with the release of the final single "Stay the Ride Alive".^[55]

In September, he performed as a representative of Japan at the Asia Song Festival in Korea.^[56] He also participated in the 2009 Animelo Summer Live concert.^[57] In October performed as the main artist at the "Wow Live! Thanks For Music" show held in Yoyogi National Gymnasium, in Japan.^[58] On December 2, was released his seventh studio album Re:Born, which continued the story he had originally created in Rebirth. It reached number nine on the charts, and compared to previous albums wasn't commercially successful. On December 12, at the Saitama Super Arena he held a fanclub cover concert conceptualized around fictional school.^[59]

2010–present [link]

In 2010, on February 14, Gackt participated as a representative of Japan at the Asia Pops Festival held in Niigata, in homage for the victims of 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake.^[60]^[61] On March 6 and 7, he performed the theme songs in the festival organized by Koei to promote their new Wii game Samurai Warriors 3 at the Saitama Super Arena.^[62] On April 17, he officially announced that he transferred from Nippon Crown to Avex Group.^[63] On May 14, he began the stage production of Nemuri Kyoshiro Buraihikae at Nissei Theatre, in which he starred as the main actor.^[1]^[64]^[65] The show ran for 120 performances and the final show ended on on February 27, 2011; the show was performed in seven cities nationwide with estimated 150,000 spectators.^[66] Prior to the transfer announcement to Avex, he organized a band "Yellow Fried Chickenz", which name referred to human cowardice.^[67] Besides the nationwide tour in June and August,^[68] from July 16, he made his first appearance touring Europe, performing at clubs in London, Paris, Barcelona, Munich, and Bochum.^[69]^[70] On July 21, Nippon Crown released a compilation album The Eleventh Day: Single Collection, which was a collection of the singer's singles from the second half of his tenure with the label.^[71] On August 23, he participated in the 85th Kenshin Festival for the third time, with event record attendance of more than 240,000 visitors.^[72] On December 14, he participated and performed in a Hohoemi project charity event called "Message! to Asia", by DATV at Tokyo Dome, whose profit was planned to help street children in Cambodia and the Philippines.^[73] For an auction at the event, he auctioned his custom 1999 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am MS6, which got sold for ¥6,015,000 (US$72,033).^[74]

In 2011, because of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Gackt founded the "Show Your Heart" charity for collecting money to buy supplies for the victims.^[75] In March, a truck convoy with 72,000 lb (33,000 kg) of food and clothes was delivered and he held a nationwide street corner fund-raising campaign, which collected ¥25,234,490 (or US$320,193). All money collected through bank transfers and street fundraising activities was transferred to the Japanese Red Cross, totalling ¥208,181,735 (US$2,641,564).^[75] In July and August, Yellow Friend Chickenz toured Europe for the second time,^[76]^[77] and later toured across Japan. The Japanese part of tour revenue was donated to the Japanese Red Cross.^[76] On August 22, he participated at the 86th Kenshin Festival, for the fourth time.^[78]

In 2012, he announced a plan to continue the concept of "Moon", with a stage theatre performance on July 15, at Akasaka ACT Theatre in Tokyo.^[79] On March 18 and 19, Gackt appeared at the Gala party for FilmAid Asia,^[80] and 6th Asian Film Awards,^[81] where he also performed, as part of Hong Kong International Film Festival in Hong Kong. On March 29, Gackt sang the national anthem Kimigayo at the Major League Baseball season opening game in Tokyo Dome. It was his fourth time singing the national anthem.^[82]

Filmography [link]

Gackt’s introduction in the filmmaking, besides music videos, came in 2001 and 2002 with the two TV documentaries Fly to Madagascar and Hero’s Hero.

In 2003, he worked on the script and starred in his film Moon Child. It was released on April 19 in Japan, and screened on May 13 at the Cannes Film Festival and on April 12, 2004 at Philadelphia Film Festival.^[83] He voiced Seiji in the original video animation New Fist of the North Star, for which two his older songs were used as themes and released as a single. Gackt also assisted as a model, provided the voice, and the motion capture for a main character in the video game Bujingai by Taito Corporation and Red Entertainment.

His next involment was in 2006, with the Final Fantasy VII franchise, for a video game Dirge of Cerberus, where a character Genesis Rhapsodos was modeled and voiced by him, and again in 2007 for a video game Crisis Core. Besides that, Gackt composed and performed two theme songs for the first game, and were released as a single.

In 2007, Gackt played the Sengoku period daimyo Uesugi Kenshin at the NHK Taiga drama Fūrin Kazan, for which received the TV Navi award for best supporting actor in drama category. His only topping single "Returner (Yami no Shūen)" title song was the theme for the TV series. He was also the voice actor in the Japanese version of the French/American animated-live action film Arthur and the Minimoys. In the first part of 2008, he starred in his first international film debut, Bunraku, which was released in 2010. The next year (2009) he starred in the TV series Mr. Brain, and the film Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker.

In 2010, he was the voice actor in several occasions. For the film Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard, the anime series Shiki, his first regular voice cast role, and Tono to Issho, where provided the voice for the previous daimyo, and for the two video games Dragon Nest, for which composed and performed the theme song "Ever", and Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.. In 2011, he was the voice actor for sequel of Tono to Issho, anime series Supernatural: The Animation, and Sket Dance for which also performed its theme "Graffiti", and TV drama The Tempest. He is also a voice actor for the animated film Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker.

Discography [link]

Main article: Gackt discography

Mizérable (extended-play) (1999)
Mars (2000)
Rebirth (2001)
Moon (2002)
Crescent (2003)
Love Letter (2005)
Diabolos (2005)
Re:Born (2009)

Tours [link]

Arena tours:

2000: Mars Sora Kara no Homonsha (MARS 空からの訪問者)
2001: Requiem et Reminiscence
2002: Kagen no Tsuki (下弦の⽉)
2003: Jogen no Tsuki (上弦の⽉)
2004: The Sixth Day & Seventh Night
2005-2006: Diabolos ~Aien no Shi~ (DIABOLOS 〜哀婉の詩と聖夜の涙〜)
2008-2009: Requiem et Reminiscence ~Saisei to Kaikou~(Requiem et Reminiscence Ⅱ 〜再生と邂逅〜)

Club tours:

1999: Easter Live
1999: Shockwave Illusion Live
2000: Starlight Gig
2006-2007: Training Days D.r.u.g. Party
2010: Yellow Fried Chickenz

References [link]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Gackt, Camui (2003). Jihaku: Gackt. 光文社 (Kobunsha). ISBN 4-334-97412-0.
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External links [link]

Official website (Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese)
- Official community site (Japanese)

v t e Gackt

Discography & videography

Studio albums	Mars Rebirth Moon Crescent Love Letter Diabolos Re:Born

Compilations	The Sixth Day: Single Collection The Seventh Night: Unplugged 0079–0088 Are You "Fried Chickenz"?? The Eleventh Day: Single Collection

Extended plays	Mizérable

Soundtracks	Slo-Pachinko Gladiator Evolution Original Soundtrack

Video compilations	Greatest Filmography 1999-2006 (Red) Greatest Filmography 1999-2006 (Blue)

Live releases	Mars Sora Kara no Homonsha: Kaisō Requiem et Reminiscence Saisei to shuuen Kagen no Tsuki (Seiya no Shirabe) Jougen no Tsuki (Saishusho) The Sixth Day & Seventh Night (Final) Diabolos (Aien no Shi to Seiya no Namida) nine*nine Requiem Et Reminiscence II Final Chinkon To Saisei Yellow Fried Chickenz Kirameki Otokojuku (Danjo Konyoku Mizugi Matsuri) The Graffiti ~Attack of the "Yellow Fried Chickenz" in Europe~ I Love You All

Concert tours	99 Gackt Resurrection Mars Sora Kara no Homonsha Requiem et Reminiscence Kagen no Tsuki Jōgen no Tsuki The Sixth Day & Seventh Night Diabolos: Aien no Shi Training Days D.r.u.g. Party Requiem et Reminiscence II: Saisei to Kaikō Camui Gakuen School Yellow Fried Chickenz

Motion pictures	Moon Child Arthur and the Minimoys Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai-Shocker Bunraku

Television series and animation	Fly to Madagascar Hero's Hero Namahousou wa Tomaranai! Fūrin Kazan Mr. Brain New Fist of the North Star Tono to Issho Shiki Supernatural: The Animation

Games	Bujingai Final Fantasy VII Dirge of Cerberus Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core Samurai Warriors 3 Dragon Nest Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.

Related articles	Discography (Singles) Malice Mizer S.K.I.N.

v t e Gackt singles

Discography & Videography

Mizérable	"Mizérable"

Mars	"Vanilla" "Mirror" "Oasis"

Rebirth	"Seki-Ray" "Secret Garden" "Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru Koto"

Moon	"Another World" "Wasurenai Kara"

Crescent	"Kimi ga Oikaketa Yume" "Tsuki no Uta" "Last Song"

Love Letter	"Kimi ni Aitakute" "Arittake no Ai de" "Love Letter"

Diabolos	"Black Stone" "Metamorphoze" "Todokanai Ai to Shitteita no ni Osaekirezu ni Aishitsuzuketa..."

Re:Born	"Jesus" "Ghost" "Koakuma Heaven" "Faraway (Hoshi ni Negai o)" "Lost Angels" "Flower"

Non-album singles	"Remix of Gackt" "Saikai (Story)" "Jūnigatsu no Love Song" "Lu:na/Oasis" "Redemption" "No ni Saku Hana no Yō ni" "Returner (Yami no Shūen)" "Journey Through the Decade" "The Next Decade" "Setsugekka (The End of Silence)/Zan" "Stay the Ride Alive" Ever" "Episode.0" "Graffiti"

v t e Malice Mizer

Mana Közi Yu~ki Klaha Gaz Tetsu Gackt Kami

Albums and EPs	Memoire Voyage ~Sans Retour~ Merveilles Shinwa Bara no Seidou

Related articles	Discography Midi:Nette Eve of Destiny Moi dix Mois Nil Zigzo

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