Sarbjit Singh Chadha Musical artist

Sarbjit Singh Chadha (born June 17, 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 agricultural industry, and there he began to like enka. He gained popularity via the Japanese television program Kinyō 10 Ji: Uwasa no Channel. He debuted as an enka singer with the single "Omokage no Hito" (面影の女) 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.

Personal facts

Sarbjit Singh Chadha
Birth dateJune 17, 1952
Hometown
India
New Delhi

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Musical artist

Career started1975
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Enka

Sarbjit Singh Chadha on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://asienter.jp/chadha