Global J-Pop/K-Pop group based in Japan and Korea formed in 2022.
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! It’s my last week in Japan so I’m going to be incredibly lazy and use the same header image I created for the Day Thread to celebrate Fuma’s birthday and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 1, 2026)
Happy Fuma Day! On Sunday I sang happy birthday to Fuma along with the other members of &TEAM, an arena of fans who love him, and my two friends who came from different countries so we could all be together … Continue reading The 6/29 Happy Fuma Day Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I saw &TEAM! TWICE! And they were so close, and they totally looked at me, and they were amazing and perfect and so unbelievably cool and funny and charismatic and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 27, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I’m flying to Japan tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I have a million things to do and can’t focus on anything. Except I did manage to spend a silly amount of time making … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 20, 2026)
May 4th is Taki’s birthday, hooray![footnote]I know, we just had an &TEAM birthday thread a few days ago, but it’s not my fault that two members were born so close to one another. Not that I’m complaining, it just means … Continue reading The 5/4 Happy Taki Day Thread
May 1st is Harua’s birthday, so I’ve dedicated this thread to him! In addition to being a great singer and dancer, Harua is hilarious and always entertaining. He may be small, and cute, but don’t let that fool you, he … Continue reading The 5/1 Happy Harua Day Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! &TEAM was on Sound Bomb 360 again, which is one of my favorite things ever because you get to really hear their voices. They even have focused videos where you … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 29, 2026)
Picture it: one year ago today, it was a day like any other, I was hanging out watching the latest episode of CDTV with Ralph. But not that closely, he was probably playing chess, and I was just happy to … Continue reading The 4/19 LUNÉversary Day Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Instead of just releasing the title track and a Music Video on Sunday, &TEAM dropped the whole EP and I promptly lost my entire mind. Partly because I was at … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 15, 2026)
&TEAM’s Maki, Nico, Yuma, and Jo recently collaborated with Santos Bravos on a remix of one of their songs. It’s a pretty good song on its own (very catchy), but of course I like the &TEAM part the best. Especially … Continue reading The Remix Night Thread
One month after Valentine’s Day, if you gave someone chocolate, you might get a present in return! In Japan this is called ホワイトデー (White Day), and apparently the tradition has spread to a few other countries as well (South Korea … Continue reading The 3/14 Day Thread is 桜色
Later today, or tonight I guess, I’ll find out if I won the first raffle to get &TEAM tickets in Japan this summer! To try and send out good vibes to the universe (or whatever) here is a video from … Continue reading The 3/12 Day Thread is Wishing
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I just wanted to watch something cute today, so if you also want to watch something cute today, I recommend this video. And, as always… What have you been watching/reading/playing/eating/listening … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 4, 2026)
February 17th is Maki’s birthday, so this thread is all about him!!! Maki is the youngest member of &TEAM, he has an amazing voice, and he’s basically a very energetic puppy. But the most impressive thing about Maki is the … Continue reading The 2/17 MAKI Day Thread
I will fully to admit to not really listening to this song by Kazuki Hayashi (林和希) the first time I heard it. Because I was distracted by Fuma, K, and Yuma’s dancing. But once I did actually listen to it, … Continue reading The 2/12 Night Thread Says Wow, Wow, Wow
Hello, friends! I think today everyone should listen to &TEAM’s debut song, “Under the Skin” because it’s really good. I like it a lot! Also, the video is cool and does a great job telling the story of the lyrics, … Continue reading The 2/8 Day Thread Is Right Here
February 7th is Yuma’s birthday, so this thread is all about him!!! Yuma is basically a cat, so he should be very popular around here. He’s one of the main vocalists of &TEAM, and it was his voice that really … Continue reading The 2/7 Happy YUMA Day Thread
&TEAM’s latest video series is the perfect introduction to their personalities and showcases how funny and charming they are. So you should watch it! The first two videos serve as the “appetizer” to what will eventually be a full course … Continue reading The 1/31 Day Thread is an Appetizer
あけましておめでとう！Happy New Year! New Year’s is one of my favorite holidays. Really, at this point, I should probably just declare it to be my favorite (overtaking Halloween). I look forward to it so much every December. I love watching all … Continue reading The 1/1 Day Thread Loves the New Year!
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! By the time this is posted I’ll have watched &TEAM perform at this year’s Kouhaku Uta Gassen (紅白歌合戦)!!! Earlier this week they posted a really cool video mix of a … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 31, 2025)
For &TEAM’s anniversary last year they posted this special video for their fans (LUNÉ) filled with messages of gratitude. It was really sweet, and this song has a kind of winter holiday vibe, so it’s seasonally appropriate. Enjoy the cuteness! … Continue reading The 12/23 Day Thread
