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Takako Shirai (白井 貴子, Shirai Takako, born 19 January 1959) is a Japanese singer. First performing solo and later with her band Crazy Boys (クレイジーボーイズ), she was one of the best known acts of the early eighties,[citation needed] and received some international attention as one of the Japanese acts in the Hurricane Irene Aid Concert.[1]

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  1. ^ 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" "