Although not an original member, he has appeared on every One Ok Rock album.

In junior high school, he belonged to the percussion group in a brass band club, playing various percussion instruments such as tambourine and xylophone.

After graduated from high school, he came to Tokyo and studied at a technical college.

[1][2] Tomoya attended ESP Musical Academy where one of his lecturers who was in a band introduced him to a band they had played with earlier that was looking for a drummer.

That band was One Ok Rock and after a period of playing as support, he formally joined a month before their major debut.