Sarbjit Singh Chadha
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Sarbjit Singh Chadha is an Indian singer, who is said to be the first non-Japanese enka
singer. He went to Japan for studying agricultural industry, but he began to like enka. He gained popularity via Japanese television program Kinyō 10 Ji: Uwasa no Channel. He debuted as an enka singer with 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.
Enka
is a popular Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern enka, however, is a relatively recent musical form which arose in the context of such postwar expressions of modern Japanese nonmaterial nationalism as nihonjinron, while adopting a more...
singer. He went to Japan for studying agricultural industry, but he began to like enka. He gained popularity via Japanese television program Kinyō 10 Ji: Uwasa no Channel. He debuted as an enka singer with single under JVC
JVC
, usually referred to as JVC, is a Japanese international consumer and professional electronics corporation based in Yokohama, Japan which was founded in 1927...
in 1975. The single reportedly sold over 100,000 copies. He soon returned to India because of a visa
Visa (document)
A visa is a document showing that a person is authorized to enter the territory for which it was issued, subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry. The authorization may be a document, but more commonly it is a stamp endorsed in the applicant's passport...
problem. However, he returned to Japan in 2008.