[8] At this point, Tokumaru developed an interest with multi-instrumentalization, thinking that just the guitar/bass/drum set of a standard band wasn't enough.

[7] After finishing high school, Tokumaru traveled overseas for 2+1⁄2 years, spending most of his time living in Los Angeles.

[8] After returning to Japan in 2003, Tokumaru finished recording a 10 track demo album called Fragment.

[10] He gave this demo CD to a friend who was an acquaintance of Trevor Sias, owner of the US independent record label Music Related.

[11] The label was impressed with the CD, and wanted to release the demo album just as it was; however, Tokumaru did not like the idea.

[14] In 2009, Sony used Tokumaru's song "Rum Hee" for commercials for their VAIO L series of touchscreen computers.

[2] The resulting extended play, Rum Hee, was Tokumaru's first top 100 release.

[15] It was later used again in June 2014 by Sumo Digital in the E3 announcement trailer for LittleBigPlanet 3, and an instrumental version of the song was used as the title music when the game was released on November 18, 2014.

[5] Tokumaru's song "Parachute" was featured in soundtrack for Canadian film Year of the Carnivore.