Editing Gackt (section)

===2006–2007: First solo tours in Asia, international releases and S.K.I.N.===
In 2006, he continued his tour with a concert on January 14, in Korea, at Fencing Stadium in [[Olympic Park, Seoul|Korean Olympic Park]], which was his first Asian solo concert.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/245430/1| title=U.S.'s Backstreet Boys-Japan's Gackt| date=January 11, 2006| work=The Dong-a Ilbo| access-date=January 16, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116201140/http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/245430/1| archive-date=January 16, 2019| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.chosun.com/se/news/200601/200601140148.html| script-title=ko:日 록가수 각트, 내한 공연 중 실신| date=January 14, 2006|publisher=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]| access-date=January 21, 2019| language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118195220/http://www.chosun.com/se/news/200601/200601140148.html|archive-date=January 18, 2008}}</ref><ref name="NoCut06">{{cite news |date=January 21, 2006 |title=日 인기로커 각트, "한국팬 위해 한국어 배웠다" |url=https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/117562 |work=[[No Cut News]] |language=ko |access-date=November 30, 2023}}</ref> In the same month his twenty-fourth single, "[[Redemption (Gackt song)|Redemption]]" was released, which included theme songs "Redemption" and "Longing" of the [[Square Enix]] game, ''[[Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII]]''.<ref name="060125Inter">{{Cite web| url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/interview/060125_01.html| title=Gackt 2006年第1弾もGackt節全開!| date=January 25, 2006| publisher=Oricon| access-date=December 2, 2012| language=ja| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024075116/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/interview/060125_01.html| archive-date=October 24, 2012| url-status=live}}</ref> On February 28, he appeared at the graduation of the Maiko High School in [[Hyōgo Prefecture]]. Besides the words of encouragement, he performed 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]]".<ref name="nikkansports">{{Cite web| url=http://www.nikkansports.com/ns/entertainment/p-et-tp0-060301-0002.html| title=Gackt 卒業式ライブ!門出を祝福| date=March 2, 2006| work=nikkansports.com| access-date=September 12, 2010| language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060325024210/http://www.nikkansports.com/ns/entertainment/p-et-tp0-060301-0002.html|archive-date=March 25, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/interview/070131_02.html| title=Gackt "夢の中"で作られた"卒業"をテーマにした新曲!| date=January 31, 2007| publisher=Oricon| access-date=December 2, 2012| language=ja| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325055112/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/interview/070131_02.html| archive-date=March 25, 2014| url-status=live}}</ref> Since then he continued to appear in graduation ceremonies,<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.j-times.jp/news.php?seq=1633| script-title=ja:ガクトさん、ゲストで登場 高田高校の卒業式に| date=March 19, 2008| publisher=Joetsu Times| access-date=December 5, 2012| language=ja| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403110055/http://www.j-times.jp/news.php?seq=1633| archive-date=April 3, 2014| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/03/gackt-holds-surprise-live-at-a-high-school-graduation/| title=Gackt holds surprise live at a high school graduation| date=March 2, 2011| publisher=tokyohive.com| access-date=December 5, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501153944/http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/03/gackt-holds-surprise-live-at-a-high-school-graduation/| archive-date=May 1, 2013| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://culture.cdjapan.co.jp/?p=6690| title=Gackt Encourages Students At Graduation Ceremony| date=April 15, 2014| publisher=CDJapan Journal| access-date=July 13, 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223232/http://culture.cdjapan.co.jp/?p=6690| archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> with 16 performances by 2025.<ref>{{cite news |date=March 13, 2023 |title=GACKT 4年ぶりの卒業式ライブ独占撮！全校生徒を感動させた「贈る言葉」
|url=https://jisin.jp/entertainment/entertainment-news/2187076/ |work=[[Josei Jishin]] |access-date=November 30, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=March 7, 2025 |title=「左耳が聞こえなくなっていた」GACKT　明かした16回目卒業式ライブ“根室での異変” |url=https://jisin.jp/entertainment/interview/2440436/ |work=[[Josei Jishin]] |access-date=April 15, 2025}}</ref>

In August, at an [[Otakon]] conference, it was publicly announced that he would form a rock supergroup, [[Skin (Japanese band)|S.K.I.N.]], with [[X Japan]] drummer [[Yoshiki (musician)|Yoshiki]], [[Luna Sea]] guitarist [[Sugizo]], and guitarist [[Miyavi]].<ref name="Oricon Style">{{cite web| url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/31537/| title=YOSHIKI×Gackt、07年より新バンド始動！| trans-title=YOSHIKI×Gackt, starting a new band in 2007!| date=2006-08-15| publisher=[[Oricon]]| language=ja}}</ref> The group had an ambitious vision to be the first Asian band to conquer the world charts.<ref name="FoolMate032007">{{cite magazine |title=Gackt: 2007年、衝撃の「予言」アジア進出、ニュー・シングル、大河ドラマ、FC限定ライヴ･･･ 知られざる真実を語り尽くす緊急ロング･インタヴュー! |date=March 2007 |magazine=Fool's Mate |volume=305 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://jrockrevolution.com/asian-imports-attempting-to-break-into-the-u-s-music-industry/| title=Asian Imports: Attempting to Break Into the U.S. Music Industry| date=2007-06-19| publisher=jrockrevolution.com| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629195732/http://www.jrockrevolution.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=1| archive-date=June 29, 2007| url-status=live}}</ref> On December 24, Gackt went on a small nationwide fan club tour ''Training Days – Dears Reserved Unique Gackt (D.r.u.g./Drug) Party'', which also continued with four concerts in Korea and Taiwan in January 2007.<ref name="OriconDrug07">{{Cite web| author=東條祥恵| url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/070110_02.html| title=Gackt ファンクラブ限定のスペシャルライブ・レポート!| date=January 10, 2007| publisher=Oricon| access-date=September 12, 2010| language=ja| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817202554/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/070110_02.html| archive-date=August 17, 2009| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="AyakoBarks07">{{Cite web| author=望木綾子| url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000029115| title=Gackt、ファンクラブ限定ライヴで大サービス| date=January 5, 2007| work=barks.jp| publisher=Global Plus| access-date=December 2, 2012| language=ja| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222154629/http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000029115| archive-date=February 22, 2014| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.barks.jp/feature/?id=1000029179| title=Gackt Training Days 2006 Drug Party (Photo album)| date=January 5, 2007| work=barks.jp| publisher=Global Plus| access-date=December 2, 2012| language=ja| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214064757/http://www.barks.jp/feature/?id=1000029179| archive-date=December 14, 2012| url-status=live}}</ref> The tour, being his first livehouse tour since going solo, had a specific theme as while performing rock songs embraced an all-out androgynous style approach.<ref name="FoolMate032007"/>

On June 20, Gackt released his twenty-seventh single, "[[Returner (Yami no Shūen)]]", which was the first in his career (both solo and as a member of a band) to reach the number one spot on the Oricon charts.<ref name="oricon compliments"/> Its music and video were inspired by the NHK Taiga drama ''[[Fūrin Kazan (TV series)|Fūrin Kazan]]'' in which Gackt played [[Uesugi Kenshin]].<ref name="CDJReturner">{{Cite web| url=https://artist.cdjournal.com/d/-/4107042023| title=Gackt / RETURNER～闇の終焉～ (mini review)| date=2007| publisher=CDJournal| language=ja| access-date=December 7, 2023}}</ref> The supergroup S.K.I.N. made debut performance on June 29, 2007 at [[Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center#Long Beach Arena|Long Beach Arena]], California, but no further activities were announced.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://jrockrevolution.com/s-k-i-n-concert-review/| title=Skin Concert Review| date=2007-07-01| publisher=JRockRevolution| access-date=January 16, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116200941/http://jrockrevolution.com/s-k-i-n-concert-review/| archive-date=January 16, 2019| url-status=live}}</ref> On 10 October,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/49057/full/ |title=サムライ・Gackt、世界進出は「時間がかかった」|date=October 24, 2007 |publisher=[[Oricon]] |language=ja |access-date=November 30, 2023}}</ref> he held a press conference at the [[Apple Store]] in [[Ginza]], Tokyo, where besides advertising the first [[iPhone]], Gackt announced he would have his entire back catalog, with new, previously toured, live song recordings, put up on the [[iTunes Store]], as well as that "[[The Greatest Filmography 1999-2006|The Greatest Filmography]]" would be released on October 9 in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]]. His album ''Diabolos'' was released on October 26 in eighteen European countries.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Gackt Going Global| url=http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2007/09/15/gackt_going_global.shtml| date=September 15, 2007| work=Japan Zone| access-date=July 14, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714235723/http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2007/09/15/gackt_going_global.shtml| archive-date=July 14, 2014| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Oricon48102">{{Cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/48102/full/ |title=Gackt、ついに世界進出!18カ国でリリース決定 |date=September 19, 2007 |publisher=[[Oricon]] |language=ja |access-date=November 30, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Apple07">{{Cite web| url=https://www.apple.com/jp/articles/interviews/gackt/| title=Special Interview – Gackt| date=October 23, 2007| work=Apple| access-date=September 12, 2010| language=ja| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017235101/http://www.apple.com/jp/articles/interviews/gackt/| archive-date=2011-10-17|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=Gackt、出陣式でアレを片手でもてあそぶ!?| url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000035126| date=October 25, 2007| work=barks.jp| publisher=Global Plus| access-date=July 13, 2014| language=ja| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714154734/http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000035126| archive-date=July 14, 2014| url-status=live}}</ref>

On November 17 and 27, he performed at M.net/Km Music Video Festival in [[Korea]] as a special guest star,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/49914/full/ |title=Gackt、韓国で華麗なステージを披露! |date=November 22, 2007 |publisher=[[Oricon]] |language=ja |access-date=November 30, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mwave.interest.me.trial.edgekey.net/jp/mnettv/videodetail.m?searchVideoDetailVO.clip_id=169398|title=2007 Mnet KM Music Festival #9 Promises / GACKT|publisher=Mnet|format=video|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117013302/http://mwave.interest.me.trial.edgekey.net/jp/mnettv/videodetail.m?searchVideoDetailVO.clip_id=169398|archive-date=January 17, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> and he appeared and performed at the 2007 Japan-China Cultural Exchange Grand Concert Final in [[Beijing]] where sang "Jūnigatsu no Love Song" in Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin.<ref name="officialcommunity" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://japanese.china.org.cn/culture/archive/sc/2007-11/30/content_9321969.htm|title=「中日文化・スポーツ交流年」が北京で華麗に閉幕|date=November 30, 2007|publisher=china.org.cn|language=ja|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612111824/http://japanese.china.org.cn/culture/archive/sc/2007-11/30/content_9321969.htm|archive-date=June 12, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 19, Gackt released a compilation album, ''[[0079–0088]]'', including songs used in the ''[[Gundam]]'' franchise.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-05/gackt-gundam-songs| title=Gackt x Gundam for 0079-0088| date=November 5, 2007| work=Anime News Network| access-date=January 16, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207184759/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-05/gackt-gundam-songs| archive-date=December 7, 2018| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2015| title=Gackt to release "Gundam album"| date=November 5, 2007| work=tokyograph.com| publisher=WordPress| access-date=January 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209195547/http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2015|archive-date=December 9, 2007}}</ref> Gackt also performed at the ''[[58th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen|58th Kōhaku Uta Gassen]]''.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2188| title=NHK reveals Kohaku lineup| date=January 28, 2008|work=tokyograph.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205174306/http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2188|archive-date=December 5, 2007}}</ref>