NEW DELHI: If you are a fan of motorbike racing and have followed a young Japanese beautiful woman biker on social media you will be heartbroken after reading this. Here is why!!
According to reports, in a bizarre incident, a young Japanese woman biker with a large following on social media was recently discovered to be a 50-year-old man.
According to Ladbible, the man, who had a Twitter account with the handle @azusagakuyuki, enjoys a following of over 20,000 people. The fact that he was posing as a woman came to light when netizens found out a picture in which they could see his reflection.
The biker used to regularly post pictures of himself reportedly, standing in front of the bike. For the longest time, no one could guess that the pictures were actually of a man. Then, netizens turned suspicious of a picture that the woman posted on February 11. In the rear-view mirror, where it was supposed to be her picture, netizens saw the reflection of a middle-aged man.
After people drew these conclusions, a Japanese TV show tracked the man down. They were shocked to find that underneath the helmet, was a man with shoulder-length hair.
The unnamed 50-year-old admitted in the show that he uses FaceApp, the photo editing tool that can drastically alter one's appearance, including their age and gender.
It is believed that the man-altered the way he looks to deceive people and increase his followers. He told a media outlet, NOWnews, that once he posted a picture of himself as a woman for fun. However, soon he gained over 1,000 followers. So, he continued deceiving people.
The man had been altering his face with the use of FaceApp and Photoshop to look like a young woman.