Sonoko Kawai

[1] She first entered the entertainment business in 1983 after winning second place in CBS Sony's Teens Pop Contest.

Nicknamed the "eternally young girl" (永遠の少女, eien no shōjo), she immediately gained great popularity which led to her participation in various dramas such as Sukeban Deka.

[2] In April, she graduated from Onyanko Club at the Nippon Budōkan venue of their first concert tour and officially became a solo artist.

[2] In 1988, she decided to stop making television appearances, opting to promote her newest material on the radio or live events instead.

After a long absence from the media after her marriage, in the year 2000 she appeared on a single scene of an episode of the television drama Tajū Jinkaku Tantei Psycho (多重人格探偵サイコ).