Sandii & the Sunsetz were a Japanese synth-pop band formed in 1979. Led by Makoto Kubota and featuring Sandii (born Sandra O'Neale), who began her career as a singer and dancer. In 1976, she won the Grand Prix Best Vocal Performance award with the single "Goodbye Morning". She met Makoto Kubota in 1976, and they formed Sandii & the Sunsetz in 1979. In the early 1980s, the band gained international recognition with albums like Heat Scale (1981) and Immigrants (1982), which included the song "Open Sesame". They toured extensively, performing with acts like Eurythmics, INXS, Blondie, and David Bowie. In 1988, the band released One Love.
