MASHIRO is a member of the girl group Kep1er and succeeded in making her Kep1er debut by finishing eighth in the final episode of Girl's Planet 999 on October 22, 2021.
Advertisements on the New York Times Square electronic display, which have already become the K-pop stars' birthday ads, are getting hotter and hotter. This time, an advertisement to celebrate Sakamoto MASHIRO's 22nd birthday, a member of the global "Kep1er," who has yet to make her official debut, was posted on the New York Times Square electronic display from the 13th. This is the first time a member of a K-pop girl group who has never made a debut so far has been posted on Times Square in New York as a birthday advertisement.
Kep1er is a global girl group consisting of the top nine members (Choi Yoo-jin, Xiaoting, MASHIRO, Kim Chae-hyun, Kim Da-yeon, Hikaru, Hueningbahie, Seo Young-eun, and Kang Ye-seo) selected through Mnet's global project Girl's Planet 999: Girls' Competition and will officially release their debut album on December 14th. Kep1er' combines "Kep," which means catching a dream, and the number "1," which means nine girls will come together to become the best.
A Korean official at the MASHIRO Global Fan Union, who led and posted MASHIRO's birthday advertisement, said more than 10 countries, including Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the United States, France, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Vietnam, and Poland, are participating in the meeting, and prepared the advertisement as well.
According to the official, the advertisement cost about $4,000, and the advertisement lasts for a week from the 13th to the 19th. The advertisement posting time is 15 seconds once an hour.
MASHIRO has been confirmed to be infected with COVID-19. According to Wakeone and Swing Entertainment, their agencies, on the 14th, they tested positive for asymptomatic COVID-19 during regular PCR (genetic amplification) tests.
Kep1er was originally scheduled to make his debut on the 14th, but his debut was postponed to the 3rd of next month as one of the staff was previously confirmed with COVID-19 on the 4th of this month.
