Cha Katō (加藤 茶, Katō Cha, born 1 March 1943), also known as Kato-chan, is a Japanese comedian and actor.
Cha is one of the members of The Drifters and plays drums.
His work with Ken Shimura, another Drifter, is well known in Japan.
In November 1987, Katō married his non-celebrity partner who was 18 years his junior and their wedding reception was broadcast live on television on the show Katchan Kenchan Gokigen TV on November 21, it recorded one of the highest audience rating at 36.3%, the fourth highest viewership rating of any celebrity wedding reception broadcast in Japanese history.
[2][3] They held their wedding ceremony a year later in March 11, 2012.