EDGELINE-TOKYO.COM: GACKT's Gentle Mannerisms on Stage! Fluent Mandarin, "I hope next year will be good too"

Artist GACKT attended the red carpet event and awards ceremony for WEIBO Account Festival in Japan 2018, which was held at Toranomon Hills Forum on the 22nd.

The awards ceremony recognises Japanese businesses and artists that are active and influential on China’s major social media platform Weibo. There were many activities on the day of the event including the awards ceremony, the red carpet, live performances, and more that brought much excitement to the venue. GACKT went on stage to accept the Weibo Japan Activity Artist Award.

First, GACKT arrived on the red carpet. Showered in numerous flashes by cameramen, he was soon lost among the cameramen’s calls for him to look in their direction and the dazzling glare of their flashes but was successful in asking them in return.

Later, when he went on stage to accept his award, the presenter was trying to take a picture with him using her phone through trial and error, and GACKT took out his own phone to take the picture instead, showing his gentle mannerism which excited the hall.

“I hope that next year will be a great one too”, said GACKT. Standing on stage with a smile, GACKT spoke fluent Mandarin when answering the questions, and when asked what kind of event he was preparing for, he answered fluently in Mandarin, “I’ll be holding my own concert next year. I’m looking forward to meeting everyone in China”.