Sandii (and the Sunsetz)

Sandii (born Sandra O'Neale) first recorded in the mid 70s under the name Sandra Ai. In 1975 she worked as for NHK TV and performed at the World Popular Song Festival and the following year at Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and released her first solo lp.
 In 1976 she met Makoto Kubota and joined his band Sunset Gang as a backup vocalist. She also continued her solo career and released an Lp under the name Sandy O'Neil.
 In 1979 Sandii appeared on YMO's Solid State Survivor album, and recorded her LP Eating Pleasure. At the same time Makoto Kubota cahnged the Sunset Gang to Sandii and the Sunsetz. In 1981 they released the album Heat Scale and followed it up in 1982 with Immigrants
 In 1983 Sandii and the Sunsetz had a top 20 hit in Australia "Sticky Music" and toured there including aa a support act for INXS

In 1985 they released the album La La La La Love. known as Banzai Baby outside Japan, but where unhappy with the lack of foreign promotion. Their Subsequent LPs included and Jamaican Dancehall and reggae influence among other things
After 1990 the band became just known as Sandii as if promoting Sandii as a solo artists. The relases since have been an eclectic range of pop, world music and later Hawaiian songs and Sandii has become involved in Hawaiian Hula culture, even running two schools in Japan on Hula dance and doing a tv show on Hula.

Sandii and the Sunsetz Discography:
1981 Heat Scale
1982 Immigrants
1983 Viva Lava Liva (Compilation)
1986 La La La La Love / Banzai Baby
1987 Rhythm Chemistry
1988 One Love

Links
Sandii official site
Wikipedia
Nippop
Life in Tokyo