On February 25, 2014, Kiroy Company introduced the first member and leader of their upcoming girl group Ye-A: Yigyer, under her birth name Hwang Hyun Jin, as well as plans for Ye-A's debut in April. The agency also updated their artists list with the seven-member lineup of Ye-A, consisting of Mia, Yigyer, Dohye, Lora, Hyeseong, Hady and Kazoo. However, plans fell through and the debut was delayed.
On July 7, 2014, Kiroy Company revealed the first four members of Ye-A: Yigyer, Kazoo, Yeorin (formerly Lora) and Chai. The four remaining members were later on the 14th of the same month: Dohye, Pier, Hady and Hyei (formerly Hyeseong). On July 18, 2014, Ye-A made their debut as an eight-member girl group with their first digital single "National Treasure".
On August 28, 2014, it was announced that Yigyer would be going on a hiatus to study abroad at New York University. In October 2014, their CEO announced that the group would be adding new members. In December 2014, the group appeared with only five members: Kazoo, Hady, Yeorin, Chai and Pier, with Hyei and Dohye appeared to be missing.
On December 24, 2014, the group appeared as eight at Kiroy Company's Christmas party with three new members: Mia, Xiha and Rose. In March 2015, Chai and Kazoo were also assumed to have left the group as their names were removed from Ye-A's Twitter bio. Chai later confirmed that she had left the group to focus on her studies.
In September 2015, Ye-A became Shinhoo Entertainment's artist as Kiroy Company was acquired by Shinhoo and rebranded into Shinhoo Entertainment. Among the members, Yeorin and Yigyer weren't listed as artists under Shinhoo Entertainment, indicating that they were no longer members of Ye-A. On November 21, 2015, Mia was revealed as a member of GIRLS GIRLS, under the stage name Miso, so it was assumed that she had left Ye-A.
In December 2015, Pier answered to a fan question on their fancafe that they were preparing for a comeback soon. On April 28, 2016, Shinhoo Entertainment declared business closure and Ye-A was presumed to have disbanded. ===Aftermath=== Following the disbandment of Ye-A, all the members went their separate ways: - Mia debuted as a member of GIRLS GIRLS on December 9, 2015, under the stage name Miso.
- Revealed in Nailholic Magazine June 2016 issue, Hyei, Dohye, Pier planned to re-debut as a vocal-oriented 3-member girl group called 'Madeleine'. However, by the following year, Pier appeared to have joined GF Entertainment while Hyei and Dohye went their separate ways, thus the debut of Madeleine never materialized. - Pier re-debuted as a member of Gate9 on October 26, 2017, under the stage name Haeyeon.
She is currently active as a BJ and pole dancing instructor. - Dohye is currently active as a singer-songwriter under the stage name DD! and has composed several songs for Kwon Eun Bi (Kazoo).
She is also a member of the crew SELSPEXXION, duo Sovv, and band VirGO. - Hyei appeared to have left the entertainment industry. She got married in 2021.
- Kazoo, now using her real name, Kwon Eun Bi, participated in Produce 48 as a trainee under Woollim Entertainment. She finished the competition in seventh place, thus debuting as a member and leader of IZ*ONE. She made her solo debut with her first mini album Open, on August 24, 2021.
- Chai signed with Soo Entertainment and transitioned to being active as an actress but appeared to have left the entertainment industry shortly after. - Yigyer is currently working in hotel management. She got married in 2023.
- Yeorin became active as an actress and model.
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