Akanksha Sharma (Voice Artist) Wiki, Height, Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Akanksha Sharma is a famous Indian voice artist, emcee, comedian, and a YouTuber. She came into limelight after she was chosen as the official Hindi of the popular Japanese cartoon Shin-chan.

Wiki/Biography

Akanksha was born on Saturday, 19 June 1993 (age 27 years; as of 2020). She pursued a Bachelor in Mass Communication and Journalism (2011-2014) at the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. ^[1]LinkedIn

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 3″

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Family & Caste

Parents & Siblings

Her father, Yogesh Kumar Sharma, is an Assistant Registrar at Supreme Court of India, and not much information is available about her mother. She has one sister, Swati Sharma, who is an anchor.

Relationships, Husband & Children

Akanksha married her long-time boyfriend Rajat Chauhan on Wednesday, 25 November 2020. Rajat is a well-liked Indian stand-up comedian.

Signature/Autograph

Career

Winning the RJ Hunt

In 2013, Radio Mirchi was looking for a new RJ for their Sunday morning shows; so, they organized a competition looking for their new radio jockey. Akanksha, who was still pursuing her Bachelor degree, got to know about this competition from a senior who was also participating in it. Akanksha, along with 20000 other participants, took part in the contest, and she ended up winning it.

Akanksha worked at the Radio Mirchi for one year before she quit it to complete her degree. While working at Radio Mirchi, she was placed under the tutelage of the reputed RJ Naved.

The Voice of Shin-chan

In an interview, while talking about her journey of becoming a voice artist, she said,

So, along with college, I did some Radio commercials which also helped in my training for being a voiceover artist – mimicking kid’s voice for Horlicks advertisements and other different voices for various other things on the radio. From there, I got the idea of being a voice-over artist.”

After completing her graduation, Akanksha started working as a freelance voiceover artist. Soon, she was offered to play the Hindi voice of the fictional character named Shin-chan Nohara in the superhit Japanese animated series Crayon Shin-chan. According to her, she was unaware of the cartoon until she started preparing for its voice. Akanksha is the fourth artist to give the Hindi voice of Shin-chan since it first aired in 2006 in India.

Other Voice-overs

Apart from Shin-chan, she has given her voice for her other well-known animated characters like Bo-chan (Shin-chan’s friend), Nobita (from the anime series Doraemon), and Doraemon’s sister, Dorami.

 

Akanksha is known to have worked for the professional wrestling show WWE where she dubs the voice of female wrestlers in Hindi.

Akanksha can perform more than 120 different cartoon voices.

As a YouTuber

Akanksha started her YouTube channel in 2016, and soon, she became a popular face in Indian YouTube community. Her subscriber count on YouTube is close 550K as of 2020. She has multiple videos with millions of views. Her most viewed video is titled “Cartoon Voice Mimicry Challenge by Akanksha Sharma,” which has more than 15 million views.

Awards, Honours, Achievements

• Winner (2013): Radio Mirchi RJ Hunt
  

  Akanksha Sharma with the trophy of the RJ hunt by Radio Mirchi

• Winner (2017): The Open Mic Comedy, Chandigarh
  

  A news article of Akanksha Sharma winning The Open Mic comedy in Chandigarh

• Winner (2019): Dr Kalam Smriti Excellence Award for remarkable achievement in the field of Media

Facts/Trivia

• Akanksha also works as a professional emcee at birthday parties, marriage ceremonies, comedy shows, and award functions.
  

  Akanksha Sharma hosting a show inside the rapid metro in Gurugram

• According to Akanksha, her friends from high school know her as a shy and reserved person.
  

  In an interview, she said, I had stage fright. In 9th and 10th standard every time I tried to go on stage I just froze. Even now, I get nervous in front of the audience.”

• In an interview, Akanksha confessed that her parents did not consider voice-over a stable career option until she started earning decent money in this field.

• Akanksha is an avid dog lover.

• She has often featured in famous entertainment magazines.
  

  Akanksha Sharma on the cover of a famous magazine