5 VTubers who accidentally revealed their face

VTubers are one of the most popular types of creators within the online community. Their hidden identities are the primary reason behind this virality. In fact, while some VTubing talent agencies prefer their streamers maintain a degree of anonymity online, others are pretty strict when it comes to concealing identities.

However, despite their efforts, some VTubers have had accidental slip-ups and have ended up showing their faces. This article will list five such creators who have been involved in such inadvertent errors.

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VTubers who have accidentally shown their faces

1) Maika Mallow

Maika Mallow isn't the most recognizable name within the VTubing community as she only has around 1K followers on her Twitch account and a further 3.7K subscribers on YouTube. Naturally, as with most VTubers, Mallow has tried her best to keep her identity concealed from her fanbase. However, her best efforts fell short, as she experienced a minor slip-up earlier this year (February 2024).

During one of her Twitch streams, she turned on her camera indenting to show her desk and the collectibles she owned. At one point, the streamer reached out to grab something, but mistakenly overstretched, meaning a part of her face was visible. Later, she re-uploaded this segment on YouTube, blurring out her face.

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2) MataraKan

MataraKan accidentally showed her face through her purse's mirror (Image via YouTube/VTuber Family)

Another VTuber, MataraKan, who has 245K followers on Twitch, also experienced an accidental slip-up during one of her streams in March 2024. While showing some new items she had purchased, including a purse, she forgot that there was a mirror inside it.

Matara is currently contracted to VShojo, the popular VTubing agency. During her stream in March, she mistakenly opened a purse and briefly revealed her face, something that wasn't a part of her plan. Despite the slip-up, it's worth noting that she has shown her face in the past.

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3) Filian

The third name on the list is Filian, and she is certainly one of the more popular VTubers. With over 1 million followers on Twitch, she has yet to reveal her face officially. However, during a stream in August 2023, she was trying to search her name on Google, when one of the results showed the face of an actual person.

The streamer did react with surprise, but there’s no confirmation as to whether it was her own face. Interestingly, she didn’t click away immediately, which might suggest that it was someone else's face.

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4) JaidenAnimations

JaidenAnimations face reveal happened during VidCon 2016 (Image via Instagram/JaidenAnimations and YouTube/Anthony Padilla)

JaidenAnimations (13 million subscribers) isn't a VTuber in the traditional sense. Instead, she’s a YouTuber who uses animations to represent her content rather. Typically, a VTuber relies on AI augmentation to track their movements in real-time, while Jaiden edits and creates her animations manually.

Interestingly, Jaiden was also the victim of a major slip-up in the past. During an interview with Anthony Padilla, she explained how vloggers filmed her at VidCon 2016 and uploaded the raw footage online, thus inadvertently showing her face. However, she has officially revealed her face since then.

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5) Numi

Akuma Nihmune, also known as Numi, is the last name on the list to have had an accidental face reveal. The streamer is currently not affiliated with any agency, meaning she produces her content independently. Moreover, at the time of writing, she has over 338K subscribers on her YouTube account.

At TwitchCon 2023, fellow Twitch streamer Hasan "HasanAbi" was vlogging for his YouTube page, when he met up with several creators, including Numi. Although she was wearing a mask, she had no idea that Hasan would later upload the video on his channel. This revealed her face inadvertently, and Numi later confirmed that she was the masked girl in the video.