The ultimate catfish: This glamorous young female motorbike rider is actually a 50-year-old MAN with a talent for photo editing – so can you spot the clues?
- A youthful-looking Japanese ‘woman’ has been uncovered as a 50-year-old man
- The Japanese rider has gained a following for documenting life on Twitter
- But a Japanese TV show tracked ‘her’ down after people noticed unusual things
- TV crew was shocked to find a middle-aged man after he pulled his helmet off
A youthful-looking Japanese female motorbike rider (pictured) has gained a huge following on social media – but not everything is as it seems
A youthful Japanese female motorbike rider’ has fooled thousands on social media after ‘she’ was exposed as a 50-year-old man with long luscious hair.
The Japanese rider, who goes under the username @azusagakuyuki on Twitter, has gained a following of almost 18,000 with life updates and pictures dressed in a motorcycle jacket or posing with Yamaha bikes.
But eagle-eyed followers suspected something wasn’t right when a mirror reflection in one of the pictures showing a completely different face.
A Japanese entertainment TV show managed to track down the creator of the Twitter feed, discovering a middle-aged man was behind the pictures after he pulled his bike helmet off to reveal himself in the ‘ultimate catfish’ moment.
A Japanese entertainment TV show managed to track the female bike rider down to uncover the truth after her followers started suspecting something wasn’t right
Viewers were shocked to discover a middle-aged man behind the pictures after he pulled his bike helmet off to reveal his identity in what has been described as the ‘ultimate catfish’
The Japanese rider has gained a huge following for documenting pictures of ‘herself’ dressed in a motorcycle jacket or posing with Yamaha bikes
However, ‘her’ fan base started noticing unusual things in the pictures – including a ‘masculine-looking hairy arm’ (pictured)
The man named Zonggu said he used photo editing apps such as FaceApp to make himself appear like a ‘younger beautiful woman’ because he believed no one wanted to see an old ‘uncle’.
The pretty girl image gained him a legion of fans, with some even assuming the girl in the photos simply edited her pictures to make herself ‘more beautiful’.
However, ‘her’ fan base started noticing unusual things in the pictures – including a ‘masculine-looking hairy arm’ and a wing-mirror reflection showing a man’s facial features.
The man said he turned to the face-changing app because he wanted to gain popularity on social media, as well as increase the engagement of his posts.
The man said he used photo editing apps to alter his face, making himself appear like a ‘younger beautiful woman’ because he believed no one wanted to see an old ‘uncle’
The man said he turned to the face-changing app to turn himself into a ‘beautiful’ woman because he wanted to gain popularity on social media
‘Her’ fans started noticing unusual things in the pictures – including a mirror reflection (top right) showing a man’s facial features
People zoomed in on the bike snap only to find a man’s facial features in the mirror reflection
The man used photo editing apps such as FaceApp to alter his face, making himself appear like a ‘younger beautiful woman’ because he believed no one wanted to see an old ‘uncle’
Using a filter behind all his photographs, he gained a legion of fans, with some even assuming the ‘girl’ simply edited ‘her’ pictures to make herself ‘more beautiful’
His impressive editing skills led to thousands of ‘likes’ and hundreds of ‘retweets’ on his posts.
He told the TV show he enjoyed the feeling of becoming an ‘online celebrity’.
Ironically it was the unveiling of his identity that truly went viral, with thousands of ‘impressed’ people saying he did a ‘great job’ turning himself into ‘such a cute girl’.
‘His hair is so luscious it’s worth the clickbait,’ one man joked.
Many women joked ‘this dude looks prettier than me’, while others described the catfish as ‘next level’.
‘And everyone believed it. That’s the best catfish ever,’ one wrote.
Meanwhile, dozens said they will ‘never trust anything’ they see on social media, with one joking: ‘My trust issues have been upgraded.’
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