山口百恵
Sakurada was born in 1958. She is a singer and actress. In 1973, she was part of "a hit female trio", which also included musicians Momoe Yamaguchi and Masako Mori. The music trio became popular as part of the television program "Producing the Stars" ("Star Tanjō!"); they were known as "The Trio of Third-Year Junior High School Students" ("Hana no Chu 3 Trio"). According to "Japan Pop!: Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture", after this experience in a music group, she went off on her own to develop a solo music career, and became a megastar. "Cruising the Anime City: An Otaku Guide to Neo Tokyo" described Sakurada as a 1970s music idol, like Pink Lady and Linda Yamamoto.