Pre-Debut Photos Of Rumored Underage Member From Starship Entertainment’s New Girl Group Spark Fury

After rumors of Starship Entertainment debuting a new girl group, the creation of accounts for a group called KiiiKiii and the creative concept photos gained attention.
Netizens started looking for hints of potential members, and pre-debut photos of the potential members started gaining attention online.
In particular, one of the rumored members is Jiyu, who was alleged to be born in December 2010, meaning that she just turned 14 years old. Past photos of Jiyu were shared online but gained a lot of criticism.
KIIIKIII’s #JIYU
• Birthday: December 18, 2010
• Nationality: Korean 🇰🇷#KiiiKiii #키키 pic.twitter.com/Ge8cIfHREr— kiiikiii pics (@KiiiKiiipics) February 10, 2025
KIIIKIII’s JIYU#KiiiKiii #키키 pic.twitter.com/PMgCrfrezi
— kiiikiii pics (@KiiiKiiipics) February 10, 2025
Netizens shared their disgust and anger. While many thought she seemed too young and needed to be in school, others found it weird that fans were sharing photos of someone so young, especially as they were school photos, adding that it seems to be becoming the norm to debut idols at a very young age.
oh HELL no. send her back to middleschool https://t.co/fiPj52Tldc
— 💌Raven🍫 (@raven_ism) February 11, 2025
she should be in school, not debuting. what the hell. https://t.co/qpVpHLqzIw
— kaiha⁶ (@hexxinstarlight) February 11, 2025
14 years old debuting is crazy and ur so weird if you support it.. i also thought this way about leeseo back in 2021 and i still think that way.. stop debuting minors or at least minors younger than 16 https://t.co/OZy8fzqVNx
— mage (@hwangsupremcy) February 11, 2025
That just ruined my day! I am not endorsing child abuse and labor. The kpop and music industry as a whole is too toxic for children PERIOD. https://t.co/UrOgUPTxM1
— llll (@theresa69ht) February 12, 2025
they killed wjsn to debut a kindergartener https://t.co/hSRfyFLaGy pic.twitter.com/SfeXOCeAy1
— val ♡̶ (@wjbaseone) February 11, 2025
https://t.co/VdnEgiNddq pic.twitter.com/pAVzvDpoxM
— ❀ 🥞 ʚїɞ 🥐 (@girlsnightmp3) February 11, 2025
Another fan acknowledged that while it might be a past photo of Jiyu, she is still young and it seems wrong that an account is sharing these photos for a group that seems to be full of underage members.
this pre-debut picture may as well be from elementary or middle school in fact it probably is, and GROWN kpop stans are following a picture account for a group of girls where no one is over the age of 18 😭 pic.twitter.com/RlLxTxOlxc https://t.co/JXuyskzd0B
— ٍ (@hotgirlseul) February 11, 2025
The topic of debuting young members has continued to be a huge source of debate.