Girl group Kep1er to drop its debut album on Dec. 14

From left: Choi Yu-jin, Shen Siaoting and Sakamoto Mashiro. [WAKEONE ENTERTAINMENT, SWING ENTERTAINMENT]

Girl group Kep1er, formed by the nine finalists of Mnet’s audition program “Girls Planet 999,” which aired during the summer, is ready to make a debut.

Wakeone Entertainment and Swing Entertainment, which co-manages the new girl group announced Wednesday that Kep1er will drop its debut album on Dec. 14.

A new web page for Kep1er was launched on Nov. 22, inviting fans to follow the members on the group's official YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok accounts, as well as the fan cafe. A teaser video was also released on Wednesday, which introduces Kep1er with the phrase, “Do you copy?”

Along with the announcement, the agencies released concept photographs of three of the nine members — Choi Yu-jin, Shen Xiaoting and Sakamoto Mashiro. The girl group also has members from Korea, China and Japan.

BY YIM SEUNG-HYE [yim.seunghye@joongang.co.kr]