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singer. First performing solo and later with her band , she was one of the best known acts of the early

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, and received some international attention as one of the Japanese acts in the

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Aid Concert.SPIN - oct. 1988 - Page 27 "... Howard Jones, Youssou N'Dour from Senegal, Stas Namin from the U.S.S.R., and a number of acts from Japan like Yoshihiro Kai and Takako Shirai & Crazy Boys. They called the concert "Japan Aid-Hurricane Irene" "

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* 1959 births Japanese women singers Living people People from Fujisawa, Kanagawa Musicians from Kanagawa Prefecture Ferris University alumni {{Japan-singer-stub