Sarbjit Singh Chadha

Sarbjit Singh Chadha (チャダ; 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 "Omokage no Hito" (面影の人) 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

 * Chadha Densetsu (チャダ伝説) – Greatest-hits album under JVC (17 December 2008)