Page 06 · Oct 9, 2026

Meet TEAMILY: How &TEAM Is Turning Its Members’ Personalities Into Characters for Fans

By Kpop News

&TEAM has just dropped their latest project, TEAMILY. This is their first ever character collection and each member helped designed their own character, even giving the plushie unique personality traits. HYBE Japan confirmed the group will release a special five-episode series on their YouTube channel, giving fans the opportunity to see the members behind-the-scenes during the creative process. Fans will be able to buy the merch starting October 8 on &TEAM's Weverse Shop.

#&TEAM &TEAM &TEAM is a nine-member Japanese boy group under YX LABELS. The group consists of EJ, FUMA, K, NICHOLAS, YUMA, JO, HARUA, TAKI, and MAKI. The group was formed through the survival program &AUDITION - The Howling and officially debuted on December 7, 2022, with the mini album First Howling : ME. &TEAM promotes primarily in Japan while maintaining a strong international K-pop presence. The group later expanded its act #K K #HARUA HARUA #MAKI MAKI #FUMA FUMA #YUMA YUMA #TAKI TAKI #JO JO #EJ EJ #NICO

Key Takeaways

1. &TEAM &TEAM &TEAM &TEAM is a nine-member Japanese boy group under YX LABELS. The group consists of EJ, FUMA, K, NICHOLAS, YUMA, JO, HARUA, TAKI, and MAKI. The group was formed through the survival program &AUDITION - The Howling and officially debuted on December 7, 2022, with the mini album First Howling : ME. &TEAM promotes primarily in Japan while maintaining a strong international K-pop presence. The group later expanded its act members announce their first official character collection with personalities and names

2. Each member personalized their character with unique traits and a name

&TEAM &TEAM &TEAM &TEAM is a nine-member Japanese boy group under YX LABELS. The group consists of EJ, FUMA, K, NICHOLAS, YUMA, JO, HARUA, TAKI, and MAKI. The group was formed through the survival program &AUDITION - The Howling and officially debuted on December 7, 2022, with the mini album First Howling : ME. &TEAM promotes primarily in Japan while maintaining a strong international K-pop presence. The group later expanded its act has officially announced their first character collection, TEAMILY. The collection was announced October 6 via a short teaser on YouTube and later confirmed by HYBE Japan that the merch would go on sale starting October 8. According to HYBE JAPAN, the members were part of the creative process from start to finish. Each member helped design, name, and create their character’s unique personality traits. On October 8, &TEAM &TEAM &TEAM &TEAM is a nine-member Japanese boy group under YX LABELS. The group consists of EJ, FUMA, K, NICHOLAS, YUMA, JO, HARUA, TAKI, and MAKI. The group was formed through the survival program &AUDITION - The Howling and officially debuted on December 7, 2022, with the mini album First Howling : ME. &TEAM promotes primarily in Japan while maintaining a strong international K-pop presence. The group later expanded its act will release a behind-the-scenes series (five episodes) on their YouTube channel, giving fans the opportunity to see them during the creative process and the thoughts they had behind the cute plushies.

In the TEAMILY collection, each character has a unique profile with information including species type, hobby, personality, specialty, quote, and main emotion. These are the characters that belong to your bias (or bias wrecker): K K (Mochamaru), Nico (Huhhbu), Jo JO (Lejo), EJ EJ (Ejee), Yuma YUMA (Miel), Fuma FUMA (Holon), Maki MAKI (Schammy), Taki TAKI (Tattompoo), and Harua HARUA (Hapua).