Recently, images about Taiwan have gone viral on X in Japan. Japanese netizens used AI to generate images of a man who looks like he would appear in Taiwan. This man wears black-rimmed glasses and holds a pearl milk tea in his hand, and even his hairstyle has a very Taiwanese vibe. This AI-generated photo has attracted the attention of many Taiwanese people, with some netizens even saying they must have seen him at a department store food court.

Japanese netizens used AI to generate an image of a Taiwanese man, striking a chord with many Taiwanese people: “Isn’t this just my friend?!”
Japanese netizens @dandohque posted on his Twitter a photo of a Taiwanese man generated using AI. In the photo, the man’s hairstyle, glasses, the drink in his hand, and the clothes he wears all have a distinctly Taiwanese feel. After Taiwanese netizens came across this AI-generated photo of a Taiwanese man, they shared it across various social platforms. Many said it looked familiar, as if they had seen him somewhere before.
すごい台湾にいそう系男子が生成できた pic.twitter.com/x0AgDuSSmO
— りゃん@ダンドー・キュー (@dandohque) September 12, 2024
Some netizens even shared this photo with the caption that this guy is almost certainly named Chen, first name Po-han, and beneath the post there really was a netizen named Chen Po-han with a strikingly similar hairstyle and glasses who commented saying he happens to actually be named Chen Po-han. Do you all think they look alike?


Japanese netizens @dandohque In addition to this AI-generated photo of a Taiwanese man, other AI-generated scenes of Taiwanese men commonly seen by Japanese people were also created. @dandohque even started ataiwanaiboys’s An Instagram account dedicated to sharing these images. You can see a man wearing a helmet buying water at a convenience store, sitting on a motorcycle eating fried chicken, and other sights you’d see on the roads in Taiwan.
在 Instagram 查看這則貼文
在 Instagram 查看這則貼文
After everyone looks at these images, they’ll feel that Japanese netizens… @dandohque Truly observant – just the hairstyle alone is already pretty impressive. I wonder what kind of prompt could get the AI to generate hair like that. Actually, beyond the images above, the editor feels that @dandohque’s understanding of Taiwanese men’s hiking culture is also spot-on. The black-rimmed glasses and that hairstyle really are a perfect representation!
またよくある台湾男子風景を作ってしまった。山登りは定番👍 pic.twitter.com/FnPIkM6RT1
— りゃん@ダンドー・キュー (@dandohque) September 13, 2024
If you’re interested in @dandohque’s other works, you can check out his Instagram account.taiwanaiboys“See more Taiwanese men through Japanese eyes~

Source: KOCPC Chinese