Fans find out tripleS's new member Kaede was a popular child model in Japan.

tripleS announced their new member Kaede on November 9. Japanese netizens immediately recognized the new member to be Yamada Kaede, who was a former child model for the magazine Nico☆Petit until 2019. 

After Kaede left Nico☆Petit management, she became a model for the Japanese clothing brand LIZLISA. In 2020 she then became a model for the clothing brand Lindiha.

Since her LIZLISA modeling, she had not been seen having any activities since 2020. 

Kaede stated on November 14 that she has been learning Korean for about a year. It is assumed she went into idol training in 2021 and moved to Korea in August 2022.