Akanksha Sharma is a famous Indian voice actor, host, comedian and YouTuber. She rose to fame in 2015 when she was chosen as the official Hindi voice actor for the popular Japanese anime Shin-chan.
Wiki/Biography
Akanksha was born on Saturday, June 19, 1993 (27 years old in 2020). She studied Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication and Journalism at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi (2011-2014).
Akanksha Sharma’s Childhood Photos
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 3″
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Black
Family and caste
Parents and siblings
Her father, Yogesh Kumar Sharma, is an assistant clerk in the Supreme Court of India. She also has an elder sister, Swati Sharma, who is a presenter.
Akanksha Sharma and family
Relationships, husbands and children
Akanksha married her long-time boyfriend Rajat Chauhan on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. Rajat is a very successful Indian stand-up comedian.
Akanksha Sharma gets married
Signature/Autograph
Profession
Win RJ Hunt
In 2013, Radio Mirchi was looking for a new radio host for its Sunday morning show; hence, they organized a competition called “Delhi’s Hottest RJ.” Akanksha, who was pursuing her bachelor’s degree at the time, learned about the competition from a senior who was also participating in the competition. Akanksha participated in the competition along with 20,000 other contestants and she eventually won the competition.
Akanksha Sharma wins Radio Mirchi’s RJ search
Akanksha worked at Radio Mirchi for a year before quitting her job to complete her studies. While working at Radio Mirchi, she was mentored by famous radio presenter RJ Naved.
Akanksha Sharma and RJ Naved
Xiaoxin’s voice
In an interview, she talked about her journey to becoming a voice actor,
So, during college, I did some radio commercials, which also helped me train to be a voice actor – imitating the voices of the children in the Horlicks commercials, and other different voices in various other shows on the radio. From that point on, I had the idea of becoming a voice actor in mind.”
After graduation, Akanksha started working as a freelance voiceover artist. In 2015, she was invited to voice the fictional character Nohara Shin-chan from the super hit Japanese anime series Crayon Shin-chan. According to her, she had no idea about the anime until she started dubbing for it. Akanksha is the fourth artist to voice Crayon Shin-chan since the show first aired in India in 2006.
Other voice acting
In addition to Shin-chan, she also voiced other well-known animated characters such as Po (Shin-chan’s friend), Nobita (a character in the cartoon “Doraemon”), and Doraemon’s sister Dorami.
It is reported that Akanksha used to work for the professional wrestling show WWE where she voiced for the female wrestlers.
Akanksha Sharma voices for the show WWE
Akanksha can perform over 120 different cartoon voices.
As a YouTuber
Akanksha created her YouTube channel in 2016 and soon she became a popular figure in the Indian YouTube community. As of 2020, she has close to 550,000 subscribers on YouTube. She has uploaded several videos on her YouTube channel which have been viewed millions of times. Her most viewed video is titled “Akanksha Sharma’s Cartoon Voice Imitation Challenge” which has been viewed over 15 million times.
Awards
- Winner (2013): Radio Mirchi RJ Hunt
Akanksha Sharma holding RJ hunting prize on Radio Mirchi
- Winner (2017): The Open Mic Comedy (Chandigarh)
News report about Akanksha Sharma winning Chandigarh Open Mic Comedy Competition
- Recipient (2019): Dr. Kalam Smriti Excellence Award for outstanding achievements in the field of media
Facts/Trivia
- Akanksha also serves as a professional host for birthday parties, weddings, comedy shows and award ceremonies.
Akanksha Sharma hosts a show inside Gurgaon Rapid Metro
- According to Akanksha, her high school classmates considered her to be shy and introverted. In an interview, she said:
I have stage fright. In ninth and tenth grade, every time I tried to go on stage, I would freeze up. Even now, I get nervous in front of an audience.”
- In an interview, Akanksha revealed that her parents did not consider dubbing as a stable career option until she started earning a decent income in the field.
- Akanksha is very fond of dogs and she often posts pictures of animals on her social media accounts.
Akanksha Sharma plays with her dog
- She frequently appears in some famous entertainment magazines.
Akanksha Sharma graces the cover of a famous magazine
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education