NATALIE.MU: Is it true that he doesn't feel pain even when punched? Authencity of GACKT's urban legends verified on「Shabekuri 007」

GACKT will be appearing as a guest on tomorrow, Monday, 4 February’s episode of NTV program “Shabekuri 007 2-hour special” at 21:00.

In a segment called “Uso ka? Honto ka? GACKT no Toshi Densetsu 007 (True? Or False? GACKT’s Urban Legends 007)” during the program, legends regarding GACKT that are being convincingly spoken of will be directly verified by GACKT himself. For the legend that “he doesn’t feel pain no matter how much he gets hit”, they recreated his harsh training, “Hell Ball”, in the studio by dropping a ball on the abs.

In the segment “TikTok de KanKopi 007 (Perfect Imitation on TikTok 007)”, they speak of GACKT being into imitating entertainers’ jokes on TikTok and the entertainers who he imitated are invited into the studio. They then performed the jokes in the flesh.

Aside from this, Arata Mackenyu and Hosoki Kaori, known for Rokusei Senjutsu who is the successor and daughter of Hosoki Kazuko, appear on this program as well. Arata tries riding a motorised scooter in the studio along with the regulars, and furthermore reveals “something that will definitely excite” him. Hosoki Kaori was born as the eldest daughter of Hosoki Kazuko’s younger sister, and she speaks of how she was adopted by Hosoki Kazuko and eventually becomes her daughter. She also looks at the fortune of the regulars for 2019.