Sarbjit Singh Chadha (; born 17 June 1952 in New Delhi, India) is an Indian singer, who is said to be the first non-Japanese enka singer. He went to Japan to study the agricultural industry, and there he began to prefer enka. He earned popularity via the Japanese television program Kinyō 10 Ji: Uwasa no Channel. He debuted as an enka singer with the single under JVC in 1975. The single reportedly sold over 100,000 copies. He soon returned to India because of a visa problem. However, he returned to Japan in 2008.

Discography

– Greatest-hits album under JVC (17 December 2008)

Sarbjit Singh Chadha

See also

Sikhism in Japan

References

External links

Official Website

1952 births

Living people

Enka singers

Indian male singers

Indian expatriates in Japan

Japanese-language singers

Punjabi people

Indian Sikhs

Sarbjit Singh Chadha